2010–11 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2010–11 season of Olympique de Marseille (OM) has the club being involved in four competitions: the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the League Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. l'OM will be trying to defend their Ligue 1 title after previously placing first in the 2009–10 Ligue 1.

Season summary

To be written at the end of the season

Key dates

28 July 2010: Marseille win the Trophée des Champions in a penalty shootout against Paris Saint Germain;

7 August 2010: Ligue 1 title holders Marseille suffer an opening day loss to the newly promoted Caen;

4 November 2010: Marseille go into the history books by beating Žilina 7–0 at the Štadión pod Dubňomin Slovakia, thus achieving the biggest away win in the Champions League.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Coach	Didier Deschamps
Assistant coach	Guy Stéphan
Goalkeeping coach	Nicolas Dehon
Fitness coach	Antonio Pintus
Club doctor	Christophe Baudot
Chief scout	Jean-Philippe Durand

Kit

For the 2010–11 season, Adidas introduced Marseille's new kits, much different to last season, save for the home kit. The colours of Marseille remain white and sky blue. The away kit is sky blue and has shades of black. The third kit is for use in European competitions only; it is a black kit which has a sky blue collar outline. All of Marseille's kits embody sky blue, one of their main colours.

Home

Away

Third

Supplier : Adidas

Sponsor : BetClic

Other information

Chairman	Jean-Claude Dassier
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stade Vélodrome (60,013 / {{{d}}})

Updated to match played 8 February 2009
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Squad

First Team

Updated 5 February 2011.^[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 2 DF  ESP César Azpilicueta 3 DF  NGA Taye Taiwo 4 DF  FRA Julien Rodriguez 5 DF  BRA Hilton 6 MF  FRA Édouard Cissé 7 MF  FRA Benoît Cheyrou 8 MF  ARG Lucho González 9 FW  BRA Brandão 10 FW  FRA André-Pierre Gignac 11 FW  FRA Loïc Rémy 12 MF  BFA Charles Kaboré 13 DF  TOG Senah Mango 14 DF  SEN Leyti N'Diaye 15 FW  GHA Jordan Ayew

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  BRA Elinton Andrade 17 MF  CMR Stéphane Mbia 18 MF  FRA Fabrice Abriel 19 DF  ARG Gabriel Heinze 20 MF  GHA André Ayew 21 DF  SEN Souleymane Diawara 23 MF  GAB Alexander N'Doumbou 24 DF  FRA Rod Fanni 25 DF  FRA Cédric D'Ulivo 26 DF  FRA Jean-Philippe Sabo 28 MF  FRA Mathieu Valbuena 30 GK  FRA Steve Mandanda 40 GK  CMR Jules Goda

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  CMR Charley Fomen (at Dijon until end of the 2010–11 season) 27 DF  SEN Pape M'Bow (at Cannes until end of the 2010–11 season)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  MAR Samir Kouakbi — GK  SVN Brice Krizman — DF  FRA Fabien Barrillon — DF  ARM Varanth Bezdikian — DF  FRA Sébastien Bregand — DF  ARG Sébastien Fischetti — DF  CPV Raphaël Lopes — DF  TOG Senah Mango — DF  GLP Thierry Rodriguez — MF  FRA Landing Bodian — MF  FRA Olivier Cano — MF  ARG Gaëtan D'Acunto — MF  BIH Mathias Guedj

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ALG Cédric Hachani — MF  SEN Daouda Haidari — MF  CRO Niko Maričić — MF  FRA Anthony Marin — MF  IRN Ahmad Nouri — MF  TUN Driss Sahraoui — FW  GHA Jordan Ayew — FW  FRA Thierry Batret — FW  CPV Nicolas Crus — FW  CPV Riad Dob — FW  FRA Chris Gadi — FW  FRA Noël Sciortino

Transfers

Summer

In

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
2	DF	César Azpilicueta	Osasuna	€7 million	21 June 2010	[2]
11	FW	Loic Remy	Nice	€15 million	19 August 2010	[3]
10	FW	Andre-Pierre Gignac	Tolouse	€18 million	20 August 2010	[4]

Total spending: €40 million

Out

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
14	ST	Bakari Koné	Lekqiya	€5 million	26 May 2010	[5][6]
9	ST	Mamadou Niang	Fenerbahçe	€8 million	14 August 2010	[7]

Total income: €13 million

Winter

In

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Total spending: €

Out

Squad #	Position	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source

Total income: €

Loan out

Num	Pos	Player	To	Start	End

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

Marseille starts its 2010–2011 season with a five-game preparation program, spread over July and August, before the start of official competitions. The scheduled match on 24 July against Porto was canceled and replaced by an encounter with Valencia, as well as Catania. On 1 August, there was a tribute to Robert Louis-Dreyfus in a game at the Stade Vélodrome against Valencia. It is also proposed to extend this type of game all year. On 3 September, Marseille have planned to face Ajaccio in the challenge Michael Moretti, won by the Ajaccio at the beginning of the 2008–09 season.

Competitions

Trophée des Champions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille (C)	38	21	13	4	68	36	+32	76	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	18	14	6	62	39	+23	68
3	Lyon	38	17	13	8	61	40	+21	64	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Paris Saint-Germain	38	15	15	8	56	41	+15	60	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
5	Sochaux	38	17	7	14	60	43	+17	58

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
38	18	14	6	62	39	+23	68	10	7	2	34	19	+15	8	7	4	28	20	+8

Results by round

Matches

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15	Advance to knockout phase
2	Marseille	6	4	0	2	12	3	+9	12
3	Spartak Moscow	6	3	0	3	7	10	−3	9	Transfer to Europa League
4	Žilina	6	0	0	6	3	19	−16	0

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 30 December.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Champions League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la ligue
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	FRA	Rudy Riou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ESP	César Azpilicueta	18	1	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	1
3	DF	NGA	Taye Taiwo	39	5	29	4	5	0	1	0	4	1
4	DF	FRA	Julien Rodriguez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Hilton	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	FRA	Édouard Cissé	31	0	23	0	5	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	FRA	Benoît Cheyrou	45	3	33	3	7	0	1	0	4	0
8	MF	ARG	Lucho González	47	10	34	8	8	2	1	0	4	0
9	FW	BRA	Brandão	30	4	19	1	7	2	1	0	3	1
10	FW	FRA	André-Pierre Gignac	37	12	29	8	5	3	1	0	2	1
11	FW	FRA	Loïc Rémy	39	14	29	12	7	2	1	0	2	0
12	MF	BFA	Charles Kaboré	41	0	32	0	5	0	0	0	4	0
15	DF	SEN	Leyti N'Diaye	7	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
15	FW	GHA	Jordan Ayew	26	2	20	2	2	0	1	0	3	0
16	GK	BRA	Elinton Andrade	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	MF	CMR	Stéphane Mbia	35	1	24	1	6	0	1	0	4	0
18	MF	FRA	Fabrice Abriel	28	0	21	0	3	0	1	0	3	0
19	DF	ARG	Gabriel Heinze	39	4	29	3	8	1	1	0	1	0
20	FW	GHA	André Ayew	48	12	35	10	8	0	1	0	4	2
21	DF	SEN	Souleymane Diawara	37	1	26	0	7	1	0	0	4	0
23	MF	FRA	Alexander N'Doumbou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	FRA	Rod Fanni	21	0	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF	FRA	Jean-Philippe Sabo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena	41	5	30	4	8	1	1	0	2	0
29	FW	FRA	Guy Gnabouyou	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda	47	0	36	0	8	0	0	0	3	0

References