2021–22 Olympique de Marseille season
2021–22 season | ||||
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President | Pablo Longoria | |||
Head coach | Jorge Sampaoli | |||
Stadium | Stade Vélodrome | |||
Ligue 1 | 2nd | |||
Coupe de France | Quarter-finals | |||
UEFA Europa League | Group stage | |||
UEFA Europa Conference League | Semi-finals | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Dimitri Payet (12) All: Arkadiusz Milik (20) | |||
Highest home attendance | 65,121 (vs Paris Saint-Germain, 24 October 2021, Ligue 1) | |||
Biggest win | 5–2 (vs. Angers (H), 4 February 2022, Ligue 1) | |||
Biggest defeat | 4–1 (vs. Nice (A), 9 February 2022, Coupe de France) | |||
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The 2021–22 season was the 116th season in the existence of Olympique de Marseille and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Marseille participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- As of 18 January 2022[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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32 | FW | Salim Ben Seghir | Nice | Free | 1 July 2021 | [2] |
20 | FW | Konrad de la Fuente | Barcelona | €3,000,000 | 1 July 2021 | [3] |
5 | DF | Leonardo Balerdi | Borussia Dortmund | €11,000,000 | 3 July 2021 | [4] |
17 | FW | Cengiz Ünder | Roma | Loan | 4 July 2021 | [5] |
6 | MF | Matteo Guendouzi | Arsenal | Loan | 6 July 2021 | [6] |
16 | GK | Pau López | Roma | Loan | 8 July 2021 | [7] |
8 | MF | Gerson | Flamengo | €25,000,000 | 9 July 2021 | [8] |
14 | DF | Luan Peres | Santos | €4,500,000 | 14 July 2021 | [9] |
2 | DF | William Saliba | Arsenal | Loan | 15 July 2021 | [10] |
29 | DF | Pol Lirola | Fiorentina | €13,000,000 | 24 August 2021 | [11] |
7 | MF | Amine Harit | Schalke 04 | Loan | 2 September 2021 | [12] |
13 | FW | Cédric Bakambu | Free transfer | 13 January 2022 | [13] | |
23 | DF | Sead Kolašinac | Arsenal | Free | 18 January 2022 | [14] |
– | FW | Darío Benedetto | Elche | Loan return | 22 January 2022 | [15] |
Out
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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16 | GK | Yohann Pelé | Free transfer | 1 July 2021 | [16] | |
25 | DF | Yuto Nagatomo | [17] | |||
28 | FW | Valère Germain | [18] | |||
– | MF | Maxime Lopez | Sassuolo | €2,000,000 | 1 July 2021 | [19] |
2 | DF | Hiroki Sakai | Urawa Red Diamonds | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2021 | [20] |
– | MF | Kevin Strootman | Cagliari | Loan | 3 July 2021 | [21] |
24 | MF | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | Clermont | Free | 14 August 2021 | [22] |
9 | FW | Darío Benedetto | Elche | Loan | 19 August 2021 | [23] |
7 | MF | Nemanja Radonjić | Benfica | Loan | 22 August 2021 | [24] |
23 | DF | Jordan Amavi | Nice | Loan | 5 January 2022 | [25] |
– | FW | Darío Benedetto | Boca Juniors | €3,000,000 | 22 January 2022 |
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]Win Draw Loss
4 July 2021 Friendly | Marseille | 3–0 | Martigues | Marseille, France |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Robert Louis-Dreyfus Center | |
Note: Three halves of 30 minutes played. |
11 July 2021 Friendly | Marseille | 2–1 | Sète | Marseille, France |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Robert Louis-Dreyfus Center | |
Note: Three halves of 30 minutes played. |
15 July 2021 Friendly | Marseille | 3–1 | Servette | Fos-sur-Mer, France |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Parsemain Attendance: 3,671 |
21 July 2021 Friendly | Braga | 1–1 | Marseille | Braga, Portugal |
20:00 WEST (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0 |
25 July 2021 Friendly | Benfica | 1–1 | Marseille | Lisbon, Portugal |
20:00 WEST (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho |
28 July 2021 Friendly | Saint-Étienne | 1–2 | Marseille | Gueugnon, France |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Jean Laville Attendance: 7,000 |
31 July 2021 Friendly | Marseille | 2–1 | Villarreal | Marseille, France |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste |
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 1 | 8 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 55.26 |
Coupe de France | 19 December 2021 | 9 February 2022 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 50.00 |
UEFA Europa League | 16 September 2021 | 9 December 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 16.67 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 17 February 2022 | 5 May 2022 | Knockout round play-offs | Semi-finals | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 75.00 |
Total | 56 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 93 | 58 | +35 | 53.57 |
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 1
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 90 | 36 | +54 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 71 | |
3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
4 | Rennes | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 40 | +42 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
5 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 66[a] | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[27]
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 71 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | +14 |
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[28][29]
8 August 2021 1 | Montpellier | 2–3 | Marseille | Montpellier |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,459 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
15 August 2021 2 | Marseille | 2–2 | Bordeaux | Marseille |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
28 August 2021 4 | Marseille | 3–1 | Saint-Étienne | Marseille |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,039 Referee: Benoît Millot |
11 September 2021 5 | Monaco | 0–2 | Marseille | Monaco |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,615 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
19 September 2021 6 | Marseille | 2–0 | Rennes | Marseille |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,188 Referee: Willy Delajod |
22 September 2021 7 | Angers | 0–0 | Marseille | Angers |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
26 September 2021 8 | Marseille | 2–3 | Lens | Marseille |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,001 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
3 October 2021 9 | Lille | 2–0 | Marseille | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 44,839 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
17 October 2021 10 | Marseille | 4–1 | Lorient | Marseille |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 57,349 Referee: Antony Gautier |
24 October 2021 11 | Marseille | 0–0 | Paris Saint-Germain | Marseille |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 65,121 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
27 October 2021 3 | Nice | 1–1 | Marseille | Troyes |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin | ||
Note: The match was originally played on 22 August 2021 at the Allianz Riviera, but was abandoned after 74 minutes, with Nice leading 1–0, due to crowd disturbances caused by Nice fans. Nice were thus deducted one point and a replay was rescheduled for 27 October, to be played at a neutral venue behind closed doors.[30][31] |
31 October 2021 12 | Clermont | 0–1 | Marseille | Clermont-Ferrand |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 12,240 Referee: Benoît Millot |
7 November 2021 13 | Marseille | 0–0 | Metz | Marseille |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 61,539 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
28 November 2021 15 | Marseille | 1–0 | Troyes | Marseille |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard | ||
Note: Match played behind closed doors. |
1 December 2021 16 | Nantes | 0–1 | Marseille | Nantes |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,018 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
4 December 2021 17 | Marseille | 1–2 | Brest | Marseille |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,413 Referee: Antony Gautier |
12 December 2021 18 | Strasbourg | 0–2 | Marseille | Strasbourg |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 26,028 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
22 December 2021 19 | Marseille | 1–1 | Reims | Marseille |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,908 Referee: François Letexier |
7 January 2022 20 | Bordeaux | 0–1 | Marseille | Bordeaux |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
16 January 2022 21 | Marseille | 1–1 | Lille | Marseille |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 5,034 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
22 January 2022 22 | Lens | 0–2 | Marseille | Lens |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
1 February 2022 14 | Lyon | 2–1 | Marseille | Décines-Charpieu |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien | |
Note: The match was originally played on 21 November 2021 at the Groupama Stadium, but was abandoned after five minutes, with the score at 0–0, due to Dimitri Payet being hit by a bottle.[32] |
4 February 2022 23 | Marseille | 5–2 | Angers | Marseille |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
13 February 2022 24 | Metz | 1–2 | Marseille | Metz |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 25,482 Referee: Eric Wattellier |
20 February 2022 25 | Marseille | 0–2 | Clermont | Marseille |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,840 Referee: Willy Delajod |
27 February 2022 26 | Troyes | 1–1 | Marseille | Troyes |
17:05 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 16,871 Referee: François Letexier |
6 March 2022 27 | Marseille | 0–1 | Monaco | Marseille |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,510 Referee: Antony Gautier |
13 March 2022 28 | Brest | 1–4 | Marseille | Brest |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,611 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
20 March 2022 29 | Marseille | 2–1 | Nice | Marseille |
20:45 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 64,722 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
3 April 2022 30 | Saint-Étienne | 2–4 | Marseille | Saint-Étienne |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 41,278 Referee: Clément Turpin |
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 2 April 2022, but was postponed due to adverse weather conditions.[33] |
10 April 2022 31 | Marseille | 2–0 | Montpellier | Marseille |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,131 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
17 April 2022 32 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–1 | Marseille | Paris |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,000 Referee: François Letexier |
20 April 2022 33 | Marseille | 3–2 | Nantes | Marseille |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,890 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
24 April 2022 34 | Reims | 0–1 | Marseille | Reims |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 20,335 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
1 May 2022 35 | Marseille | 0–3 | Lyon | Marseille |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 64,784 Referee: Antony Gautier |
8 May 2022 36 | Lorient | 0–3 | Marseille | Lorient |
17:05 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,210 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
14 May 2022 37 | Rennes | 2–0 | Marseille | Rennes |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,811 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
21 May 2022 38 | Marseille | 4–0 | Strasbourg | Marseille |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 63,873 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
Coupe de France
[edit]19 December 2021 Round of 64 | Marseille | 4–1 | Cannet-Rocheville | Marseille[a] |
13:45 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 21,538 Referee: Johan Hamel |
2 January 2022 Round of 32 | Chauvigny | 0–3 | Marseille | Limoges[35] |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Municipal de Beaublanc Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
29 January 2022 Round of 16 | Marseille | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Montpellier | Marseille |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Benoît Millot | |
Penalties | ||||
9 February 2022 Quarter-finals | Nice | 4–1 | Marseille | Nice |
21:15 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 33,346 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
UEFA Europa League
[edit]Group stage
[edit]The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.[36]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GAL | LAZ | MAR | LOK | |
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1 | Galatasaray | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | |
2 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
3 | Marseille | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | |
4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |
16 September 2021 1 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–1 | Marseille | Moscow, Russia |
20:45 MSK (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
30 September 2021 2 | Marseille | 0–0 | Galatasaray | Marseille, France |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,870 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
21 October 2021 3 | Lazio | 0–0 | Marseille | Rome, Italy |
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 8,329 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany) |
4 November 2021 4 | Marseille | 2–2 | Lazio | Marseille, France |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 59,163 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain) |
25 November 2021 5 | Galatasaray | 4–2 | Marseille | Istanbul, Turkey |
20:45 TRT (UTC+3) | Report | Stadium: Nef Stadium Attendance: 39,758 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) |
9 December 2021 6 | Marseille | 1–0 | Lokomotiv Moscow | Marseille, France |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 42,614 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
UEFA Europa Conference League
[edit]Knockout phase
[edit]Knockout round play-offs
[edit]The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.[37]
17 February 2022 First leg | Marseille | 3–1 | |