Marseille

1998–99 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Rolland Courbis
Division 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Florian Maurice (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Olympique de Marseille had their best season since the bribery affair burst in 1993, reaching the UEFA Cup final and only just being defeated by Bordeaux in the domestic championship. Laurent Blanc, Christophe Dugarry and Fabrizio Ravanelli were among the crucial players in the Marseille resurgence. When those players left, l'OM fell into pieces.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Andreas Köpke 2 DF  FRA Patrick Blondeau 3 DF  FRA Patrick Colleter 4 DF  RSA Pierre Issa 5 DF  FRA Laurent Blanc 6 MF  FRA Eric Roy 7 MF  FRA Robert Pires 8 MF  FRA Frédéric Brando 9 FW  FRA Florian Maurice 10 MF  FRA Jocelyn Gourvennec 11 FW  ITA Fabrizio Ravanelli 12 MF  CIV Tchiressoua Guel 13 FW  GUI Titi Camara 15 FW  GHA Arthur Moses

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  FRA Stéphane Porato 17 DF  CIV Cyril Domoraud 19 FW  FRA Cédric Mouret 21 FW  FRA Christophe Dugarry 22 DF  FRA Martial Robin 23 DF  FRA William Gallas 25 MF  COM Hamada Jambay 26 MF  FRA Peter Luccin 27 MF  FRA Daniel Bravo 28 DF  BRA Edson (on loan from Sport Recife) 29 DF  FRA Jacques Abardonado 30 GK  FRA François Lemasson — DF  FRA Serge Blanc — MF  TOG Chérif Touré Mamam

Competitions

Division 1

Main article: 1998–99 French Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bordeaux (C)	34	22	6	6	66	29	+37	72	Qualification to Champions League first group stage
2	Marseille	34	21	8	5	56	28	+28	71
3	Lyon	34	18	9	7	51	31	+20	63	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Monaco	34	18	8	8	52	32	+20	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Rennes	34	17	8	9	45	38	+7	59	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	21	8	5	56	28	+28	71	13	4	0	36	9	+27	8	4	5	20	19	+1

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W
Position	2	3	1	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2

Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Marseille v Nantes

1	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
	Ravanelli 49' Maurice 90'

Metz v Marseille

2	Metz	0–1	Marseille
			Gourvennec 45'

Marseille v Montpellier

3	Marseille	5–4	Montpellier	Marseille
	Maurice 61' Dugarry 64', 71' Roy 84' Blanc 90' (pen.)		Bakayoko 15', 34' Robert 19' Sauzée 23'

Le Havre v Marseille

4

Le Havre

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Rennes

5	Marseille	1–1	Rennes	Marseille
	Maurice 78'		Dogon 90'

Marseille v Bordeaux

6	Marseille	2–2	Bordeaux	Marseille
	Ravanelli 45' Roy 56'		Diawara 43', 90'

Bastia v Marseille

7	Bastia	0–2	Marseille
			Pires 36' Camara 67'

Marseille v Toulouse

8	Marseille	2–0	Toulouse	Marseille
	Maurice 43' Ravanelli 86'

Strasbourg v Marseille

9	Strasbourg	0–2	Marseille	Marseille
			Maurice 41', 53'

Marseille v Sochaux

10	Marseille	4–0	Sochaux	Marseille
	Ravanelli 43', 90' Camara 55', 90+1'

Lorient v Marseille

11	Lorient	1–3	Marseille
	Bouafia 25'		Ravanelli 55', 66' Pires 87'

Marseille v AS Monaco

12	Marseille	1–0	AS Monaco	Marseille
	Maurice 90'

Nancy v Marseille

13	Nancy	2–3	Marseille
	Cascarino 52' Soufiane-Koné 89'		Maurice 11', 78' Gourvennec 22'

Marseille v Lens

14	Marseille	1–0	Lens	Marseille
	Dugarry 31'

Lyon v Marseille

15	Lyon	2–1	Marseille	Lyon
	Linarès 17' Violeau 55'		Maurice 76'

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

16

Marseille

0–0

Paris Saint-Germain

Marseille

Auxerre v Marseille

17	Auxerre	1–1	Marseille
	Carnot 85'		Blanc 60'

Marseille v Metz

18	Marseille	3–0	Metz	Marseille
	Camara 29' Maurice 44' Gourvennec 90'

Montpellier v Marseille

19	Montpellier	0–1	Marseille
			Maurice 41'

Marseille v Le Havre

20	Marseille	2–0	Le Havre	Marseille
	Pires 32', 70'

Rennes v Marseille

21	Rennes	1–1	Marseille
	Arribagé 12'		Camara 78'

Bordeaux v Marseille

22	Bordeaux	4–1	Marseille	Marseille
	Wiltord 14', 32' Micoud 17' Laslandes 20'		Dugarry 59'

Marseille v Bastia

23	Marseille	3–1	Bastia	Marseille
	Bravo 33' Ravanelli 40, 81'		Laurent 76'

Toulouse v Marseille

24	Toulouse	1–0	Marseille
	Oceano 75' (pen.)

Marseille v Strasbourg

25	Marseille	1–0	Strasbourg	Marseille
	Pires 47'

Sochaux v Marseille

26

Sochaux

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Lorient

27	Marseille	4–1	Lorient	Marseille
	Ravanelli 17', 72' Maurice 49' Gourvennec 77' (pen.)		Camadini 87'

AS Monaco v Marseille

28	AS Monaco	1–2	Marseille	Monaco
	Ikpeba 28'		Camara 15' Ravanelli 48'

Marseille v Nancy

29	Marseille	4–0	Nancy	Marseille
	Edson 30' Gourvennec 58' Ravanelli 63' Maurice 80'

Lens v Marseille

30	Lens	4–0	Marseille
	Vairelles 43', 70' Moreira 67', 76'

Marseille v Lyon

31

Marseille

0–0

Lyon

Marseille

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille	Paris
	Simone 84' Rodriguez 88'		Maurice 21'

Marseille v Auxerre

33	Marseille	1–0	Auxerre	Marseille
	Luccin 13'

Nantes v Marseille

34	Nantes	0–1	Marseille
			Pires 38'

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup

First round

Sigma Olomouc v Marseille

15 September 1988 First leg	Sigma Olomouc	2–2	Marseille	Olomouc, Czech Republic
19:00	Heinz 35', 41'	Report	Ravanelli 29' Roy 83'	Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 6,558 Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

Marseille v Sigma Olomouc

29 September 1998 Second leg	Marseille	4–0 (6–2 agg.)	Sigma Olomouc	Marseille, France
19:00	Dugarry 19', 76' Pires 23', 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 17,868 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Second round

Werder Bremen v Marseille

20 October 1998 First leg	Werder Bremen	1–1	Marseille	Bremen, Germany
20:45	Herzog 69'	Report	Maurice 67'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

Marseille v Werder Bremen

3 November 1998 Second leg	Marseille	3–2 (4–3 agg.)	Werder Bremen	Marseille, France
21:00	Maurice 36' Issa 52' Dugarry 77'	Report	Eilts 48' Herzog 82'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Third round

Monaco v Marseille

24 November 1998 First leg	Monaco	2–2	Marseille	Monaco
20:30	Trezeguet 17' (pen.) Giuly 56'	Report	Pires 10' Camara 39'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

Marseille v Monaco

8 December 1998 Second leg	Marseille	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	Monaco	Marseille, France
21:00	Camara 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Quarter-finals

Marseille v Celta Vigo

2 March 1999 First leg	Marseille	2–1	Celta Vigo	Marseille, France
21:15	Maurice 33', 68'	Report	Mostovoi 64'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,137 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Celta Vigo v Marseille

16 March 1999 Second leg	Celta Vigo	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Marseille	Vigo, Spain
21:45		Report		Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-finals

Marseille v Bologna

6 April 1999 First leg	Marseille	0–0	Bologna	Marseille, France
20:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 57,300 Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Bologna v Marseille

20 April 1999 Second leg	Bologna	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Marseille	Bologna, Italy
19:30	Paramatti 18'	Report	Blanc 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Final

Main article: 1999 UEFA Cup final

Parma v Marseille

12 May 1999 Final	Parma	3–0	Marseille	Moscow, Russia
20:00	Crespo 26' Vanoli 36' Chiesa 55'	Report		Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Top scorers

References