2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
2002–03 season
ChairmanRobert Louis-Dreyfus
ManagerAlain Perrin
Ligue 13rd
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueSemi-finals
Top goalscorerIbrahima Bakayoko (9)

Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history.

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Croatia CRO Vedran Runje
2 DF France FRA Jérôme Perez
3 DF France FRA Manuel dos Santos
4 DF Belgium BEL Daniel Van Buyten
5 DF Algeria ALG Eduardo Tuzzio
6 MF Algeria ALG Brahim Hemdani
8 DF France FRA Sébastien Pérez
9 FW Brazil BRA Fernandão
10 FW Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahima Bakayoko
11 FW France FRA Cyril Chapuis
12 DF Ivory Coast CIV Abdoulaye Méïté
13 FW Senegal SEN Lamine Sakho
14 FW France FRA Karim Dahou
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF France FRA Pascal Johansen
16 GK France FRA Cédric Carrasso
17 MF Portugal POR Delfim
18 DF France FRA Franck Leboeuf (captain)
20 MF Cameroon CMR Salomon Olembé
21 DF France FRA Johnny Ecker
22 FW Russia RUS Dmitri Sytchev
25 DF France FRA Fabien Laurenti
27 MF France FRA Michel Gafour
28 DF France FRA Loris Reina
29 MF Switzerland SUI Fabio Celestini
33 FW France FRA Laurent Merlin
MF Tunisia TUN Fabien Camus

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF Poland POL Piotr Świerczewski (on loan to Birmingham City)
19 MF Algeria ALG Djamel Belmadi (on loan to Manchester City)
23 MF France FRA Sébastien Grégori (on loan to Créteil)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF France FRA Mickaël Marsiglia (on loan to Racing Ferrol)
26 MF France FRA Benjamin Gavanon (on loan to Nottingham Forest)

Competitions

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Ligue 1

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C) 38 19 11 8 63 41 +22 68 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Monaco 38 19 10 9 66 33 +33 67
3 Marseille 38 19 8 11 41 36 +5 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Bordeaux 38 18 10 10 57 36 +21 64 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Sochaux 38 17 13 8 46 31 +15 64
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 19 8 11 41 36  +5 65 12 4 3 26 14  +12 7 4 8 15 22  −7

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultLWDWDLWWWLWLWDDWLWWDLWDWLWWWDLWLDWWLWL
Position181012891084353534334411323132112223332323
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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3 August 2002 1 Marseille 0–2 Nantes Lyon
17:15 Yepes 62'
Berson 90+3'
Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 7,742
Referee: Bruno Derrien
10 August 2002 2 Monaco 0–1 Marseille Monaco
20:00 Fernandão 54' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 17,172
Referee: Pascal Garibian
16 August 2002 3 Marseille 1–1 Lyon Marseille
20:45 Bakayoko 29' Govou 14' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,529
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
24 August 2002 4 Rennes 1–3 Marseille Rennes
20:00 Piquionne 10' Chapuis 35', 70'
Sakho 90+1'
Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 23,205
Referee: Damien Ledentu
1 September 2002 5 Marseille 0–0 Auxerre Marseille
20:45 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 53,160
Referee: Philippe Kalt
11 September 2002 6 Nice 2–0 Marseille Nice
18:00 Everson 52'
Olufade 82'
Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 13,614
Referee: Bertrand Layec
14 September 2002 7 Marseille 2–1 Bordeaux Marseille
17:15 Leboeuf 16' (pen.)
Bakayoko 75'
Pauleta 52' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,358
Referee: Alain Sars
21 September 2002 8 Le Havre 1–3 Marseille Le Havre
20:00 Fauconnier 66' Sakho 45+2'
Johansen 58'
Celestini 90'
Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux
Attendance: 16,149
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
27 September 2002 9 Marseille 3–1 Ajaccio Marseille
20:45 Van Buyten 41'
Chapuis 45'
Bakayoko 77' (pen.)
Destruhaut 15' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,035
Referee: Damien Ledentu
5 October 2002 10 Lille 3–0 Marseille Lille
20:00 Tapia 15'
Brunel 55'
Cheyrou 65'
Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris
Attendance: 20,211
Referee: Patrick Lhermite
20 October 2002 11 Marseille 1–0 Strasbourg Marseille
20:45 Fernandão 24' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,131
Referee: Pascal Viléo
26 October 2002 12 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Marseille Paris
17:15 Ronaldinho 15', 37' (pen.)
Cardetti 82'
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,949
Referee: Éric Poulat
2 November 2002 13 Marseille 2–0 Montpellier Marseille
20:00 Bakayoko 32'
F. Silvestre 61' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,487
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
9 November 2002 14 Guingamp 0–0 Marseille Guingamp
20:00 Stadium: Stade du Roudourou
Attendance: 17,330
Referee: Alain Sars
16 November 2002 15 Marseille 0–0 Troyes Marseille
20:00 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,017
Referee: Bruno Ruffray
23 November 2002 16 Marseille 1–0 Lens Marseille
17:15 Olembé 12' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,320
Referee: Pascal Garibian
30 November 2002 17 Bastia 2–0 Marseille Furiani
20:00 Ben Saada 74', 87' Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 9,008
Referee: Damien Ledentu
4 December 2002 18 Marseille 1–0 Sochaux Marseille
20:30 Fernandão 40' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 45,293
Referee: Patrick Lhermite
14 December 2002 19 Sedan 1–2 Marseille Sedan
20:45 H. Camara 70' dos Santos 39'
Bakayoko 49'
Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez
Attendance: 22,754
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
20 December 2002 20 Marseille 1–1 Monaco Marseille
20:30 Van Buyten 60' Pršo 40' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,426
Referee: Stéphane Bré
10 January 2003 21 Lyon 1–0 Marseille Lyon
20:45 Luyindula 41' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,775
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
14 January 2003 22 Marseille 2–0 Rennes Marseille
20:45 Bakayoko 7'
Van Buyten 19'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 44,366
Referee: Jean-Marc Bonnin
21 January 2003 23 Auxerre 0–0 Marseille Auxerre
20:45 Stadium: Stade Abbe-Deschamps
Attendance: 16,104
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
28 January 2003 24 Marseille 2–0 Nice Marseille
20:45 Van Buyten 45+3'
Sychev 87'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,058
Referee: Pascal Garibian
2 February 2003 25 Bordeaux 3–1 Marseille Bordeaux
20:45 Feindouno 56'
Darcheville 63' (pen.)
Sávio 90+6'
Van Buyten 88' Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 32,793
Referee: Éric Poulat
5 February 2003 26 Marseille 2–0 Le Havre Marseille
20:30 Sychev 16'
Van Buyten 52'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 45,170
Referee: Stéphane Moulin
8 February 2003 27 Ajaccio 0–2 Marseille Ajaccio
17:15 Bakayoko 35'
Sakho 79' (pen.)
Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 8,305
Referee: Pascal Viléo
22 February 2003 28 Marseille 2–0 Lille Marseille
20:00 Bakayoko 13'
Johansen 75'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,770
Referee: Philippe Kalt
1 March 2003 29 Strasbourg 0–0 Marseille Strasbourg
20:00 Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 26,857
Referee: Alain Sars
9 March 2003 30 Marseille 0–3 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
20:45 Leroy 28', 83'
Ronaldinho 55'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,982
Referee: Bertrand Layec
22 March 2003 31 Montpellier 1–2 Marseille Montpellier
17:15 Rouvière 71' Sakho 22'
Van Buyten 83'
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 26,096
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
5 April 2003 32 Marseille 0–2 Guingamp Marseille
20:00 Bah 12'
Drogba 16'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,643
Referee: Patrick Lhermite
12 April 2003 33 Troyes 0–0 Marseille Troyes
17:15 Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 14,211
Referee: Stéphane Moulin
20 April 2003 34 Lens 0–1 Marseille Lens
20:45 Leboeuf 33' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 40,825
Referee: Pascal Garibian
3 May 2003 35 Marseille 2–1 Bastia Marseille
17:15 Sychev 45'
Van Buyten 87'
Batlles 90+3' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,356
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
10 May 2003 36 Sochaux 3–0 Marseille Montbéliard
20:00 Santos 28'
Frau 65'
Isabey 86'
Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,910
Referee: Alain Hamer
20 May 2003 37 Marseille 4–2 Sedan Marseille
20:00 Pérez 10'
Chapuis 43'
Hemdani 83'
Sakho 89'
N'Diefi 57'
Pérez 61' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,593
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
24 May 2003 38 Nantes 1–0 Marseille Nantes
20:30 Quint 84' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 36,411
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Top Scorers

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Coupe de France

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4 January 2003 Round of 64 Marseille 2–0 Bastia Marseille
17:00 Fernandão 77'
Olembe 90'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alain Sars
25 January 2003 Round of 32 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 (a.e.t.) Marseille Paris
20:45 Pochettino 14'
Fiorèse 102'
Van Buyten 62' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 38,150
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Coupe de la Ligue

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7 December 2002 Second round Marseille 5–1 Troyes Marseille
20:00 Bakayoko 22' (pen.), 29', 60'
Belmadi 30'
Pérez 72'
Thomas 45+1' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 19,081
Referee: Bruno Derrien
18 January 2003 Round of 16 Marseille 4–0 Créteil Marseille
21:00 Chapuis 1', 41'
Sychev 83'
Swierczewski 90+3'
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Thierry Auriac
4 March 2003 Quarter-finals Saint-Étienne 0–2 Marseille Saint-Étienne
21:00 Fernandão 31'
Sakho 50'
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy Guichard
Attendance: 32,767
Referee: Pascal Garibian
16 April 2003 Quarter-finals Marseille 0–1 Monaco Marseille
21:00 Pršo 49' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 44,201
Referee: Alain Sars

Sources

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