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Olympique de Marseille

2022–23 season
President	Pablo Longoria
Head coach	Igor Tudor
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Alexis Sánchez (14) All: Alexis Sánchez (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2022–23 season was the 117th season in the history of Olympique de Marseille and their 27th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2023

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  CMR Simon Ngapandouetnbu 3 DF  CIV Eric Bailly (on loan from Manchester United) 4 DF  FRA Samuel Gigot 5 DF  ARG Leonardo Balerdi 6 MF  FRA Matteo Guendouzi (3rd captain) 7 DF  FRA Jonathan Clauss 8 MF  MAR Azzedine Ounahi 9 FW  POR Vitinha 10 MF  FRA Dimitri Payet (captain) 16 GK  ESP Pau López 17 FW  TUR Cengiz Ünder

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  UKR Ruslan Malinovskyi (on loan from Atalanta) 21 MF  FRA Valentin Rongier (vice-captain) 23 DF  BIH Sead Kolašinac 27 MF  FRA Jordan Veretout 29 DF  BFA Issa Kaboré (on loan from Manchester City) 30 DF  POR Nuno Tavares (on loan from Arsenal) 36 GK  ESP Rubén Blanco (on loan from Celta Vigo) 70 FW  CHI Alexis Sánchez 77 MF  MAR Amine Harit 99 DF  COD Chancel Mbemba

Out on loan

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 — DF  FRA Jordan Amavi (on loan to Getafe until 30 June 2023) — DF  ESP Pol Lirola (on loan to Elche until 30 June 2023) — DF  FRA Isaak Touré (on loan to Auxerre until 30 June 2023) — MF  SEN Pape Gueye (on loan to Sevilla until 30 June 2023) — FW  USA Konrad de la Fuente (on loan to Olympiacos until 30 June 2023) — MF  NED Kevin Strootman (on loan to Genoa until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  FRA Salim Ben Seghir (on loan to Valenciennes until 30 June 2023) — FW  BRA Luis Henrique (on loan to Botafogo until 30 June 2023) — FW  POL Arkadiusz Milik (on loan to Juventus until 30 June 2023) — FW  SRB Nemanja Radonjić (on loan to Torino until 30 June 2023) — FW  COL Luis Suárez (on loan to Almería until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
19	DF	Jordan Amavi	Nice	Loan return	30 June 2022
32	DF	Lucas Perrin	Strasbourg	Loan return
	MF	Nemanja Radonjić	Benfica	Loan return
	MF	Kevin Strootman	Cagliari	Loan return
16	GK	Pau López	Roma	€12M	1 July 2022
6	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	Arsenal	€10.5M
17	FW	Cengiz Ünder	Roma	€10.5M
9	FW	Arkadiusz Milik	Napoli	€9M
4	DF	Samuel Gigot	Spartak Moscow	€0.5M
18	DF	Isaak Touré	Le Havre	€5.5M
99	DF	Chancel Mbemba	Porto	Free	15 July 2022
7	DF	Jonathan Clauss	Lens	€7.5M	20 July 2022
36	GK	Rubén Blanco	Celta Vigo	Loan
11	FW	Luis Suárez	Granada	€10M
30	DF	Nuno Tavares	Arsenal	Loan	23 July 2022
27	MF	Jordan Veretout	Roma	€11M	5 August 2022
70	FW	Alexis Sánchez	Inter Milan	Free	10 August 2022
29	DF	Issa Kaboré	Manchester City	Loan	17 August 2022
3	DF	Eric Bailly	Manchester United	Loan	24 August 2022
77	MF	Amine Harit	Schalke 04	Loan	1 September 2022
77	MF	Amine Harit	Schalke 04	€5M	7 November 2022
18	MF	Ruslan Malinovskyi	Atalanta	Loan	9 January 2023
8	MF	Azzedine Ounahi	Angers	€10M	29 January 2023
9	FW	Vitinha	Braga	€32M	31 January 2023

Total expenditure: €123.5 million (excluding any other fees)

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
7	MF	Amine Harit	Schalke 04	Loan return	30 June 2022
6	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	Arsenal	Loan return	30 June 2022
17	FW	Cengiz Ünder	Roma	Loan return	30 June 2022
9	FW	Arkadiusz Milik	Napoli	Loan return	30 June 2022
2	DF	William Saliba	Arsenal	Loan return	30 June 2022
16	GK	Pau López	Roma	Loan return	30 June 2022
4	DF	Boubacar Kamara	Aston Villa	Free	1 July 2022
32	DF	Lucas Perrin	Strasbourg	€1.5M	1 July 2022
30	GK	Steve Mandanda	Rennes	Free	6 July 2022
	MF	Nemanja Radonjić	Torino	Loan	7 July 2022
11	FW	Luis Henrique	Botafogo	Loan	22 July 2022
14	MF	Luan Peres	Fenerbahçe	€5.23M	29 July 2022
26	MF	Oussama Targhalline	Alanyaspor	Loan	1 August 2022
3	DF	Álvaro	Released	Free	1 August 2022
20	MF	Konrad de la Fuente	Olympiacos	Loan	13 August 2022
29	DF	Pol Lirola	Elche	Loan	12 August 2022
	MF	Kevin Strootman	Genoa	Loan	24 August 2022
9	FW	Arkadiusz Milik	Juventus	€0.9M	26 August 2022
19	DF	Jordan Amavi	Getafe	Loan	1 September 2022
15	DF	Duje Ćaleta-Car	Southampton	€10M	1 September 2022
13	FW	Cédric Bakambu	Olympiacos	Undisclosed	16 September 2022
11	FW	Luis Suárez	Almería	Loan	5 December 2022
12	FW	Bamba Dieng	Lorient	€7M	28 January 2023

1. Includes an option to sign permanently for €20 million.
2. Includes an option to sign permanently.
3. Includes an option to sign permanently.
4. Obligation-to-buy clause was triggered.
5. Includes an obligation to sign permanently for €10–13 million.
6. Fee includes €2 million in bonuses.
7. Includes a conditional obligation to buy.
8. Includes an option to sign permanently.
9. On 29 August 2022, Álvaro joined Al Nassr.
10. Includes an option to sign permanently.
11. On loan until June 2023 with option to buy for €7 million + €2.8 million variables.
12. On loan until June 2023 with obligation to buy for €8 million.

Total income: €24.63 million (excluding potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 July 2022 Friendly	Marseille	4–1	Marignane Gignac	Angleur, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakambu 27' Dieng 53', 83', 90+1'	Report	Nagui 48'	Stadium: SL16 Football Campus

16 July 2022 Friendly	Marseille	0–3	Norwich City	Fos-sur-Mer, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sørensen 9' Rashica  41' Hugill 60', 86',  49'	Stadium: Stade Parsemain

22 July 2022 Friendly	Middlesbrough	2–0	Marseille	Middlesbrough, England
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Jones 51' Tavernier 72'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium

27 July 2022 Friendly	Real Betis	1–1	Marseille	Chesterfield, England
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Miranda  27' Rodri 90' Joaquín  90+3'	Report	Touré  18' Milik 87' Guendouzi  90+3'	Stadium: Technique Stadium

31 July 2022 Friendly	Marseille	0–2	Milan	Marseille, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guendouzi  40' Touré  77'  78'	Report	Messias 11' Giroud 28' Rebić  40' Tonali  53'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Mathieu Vernice (France)

11 December 2022 Friendly	Sassuolo	3–2	Marseille	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berardi 26' Pinamonti 66' Thorstvedt 90+2'	Report	Sánchez 10' Balerdi  34' Payet 56'	Stadium: Marbella Football Center Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

Coupe de France

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	FRA	SPO	MAR
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–2	1–1	2–0
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10			0–0	—	0–3	2–1
3	Sporting CP	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Transfer to Europa League		2–0	1–2	—	0–2
4	Marseille	6	2	0	4	8	8	0	6			1–2	0–1	4–1	—

7 September 2022 1	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Marseille	London, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dier  53' Son  65' Richarlison 76', 81'	Report	Mbemba  48' Bailly  48' Clauss  72'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 57,367 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

13 September 2022 2	Marseille	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ünder  82'	Report	Hasebe  37' Lindstrøm 43'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,500 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

4 October 2022 3	Marseille	4–1	Sporting CP	Marseille, France
19:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Sánchez 13' Harit 16' Balerdi 28' Veretout  43' Mbemba 84'	Report	Trincão 1' Adán  23' St. Juste  34' Santos  40' Esgaio  43'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 618 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
Note: The match was originally scheduled to be played at 18:45, but was delayed to 19:05 after the bus carrying Sporting CP's players was caught in traffic and arrived late at the stadium.

12 October 2022 4	Sporting CP	0–2	Marseille	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Esgaio  16'  19' Ugarte  54' Gonçalves  60'  60' Porro  74'	Report	Guendouzi 20' (pen.) Sánchez 30' Bailly  43'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 38,126 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

26 October 2022 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Marseille	Frankfurt, Germany
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamada 3' Kolo Muani 27',  54' Smolčić  57' Dina Ebimbe  75'	Report	Guendouzi 22' Tavares  25' Veretout  40' Suárez  86'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 48,700 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

1 November 2022 6	Marseille	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbemba 45+2' Balerdi  76'	Report	Lenglet 54',  57' Højbjerg  90+1', 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,768 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		UEFA Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	CMR	Simon Ngapandouetnbu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	ESP	Pau López	42	0	32+1	0	3	0	6	0
36	GK	ESP	Rubén Blanco	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	CIV	Eric Bailly	23	0	5+12	0	1	0	5	0
4	DF	FRA	Samuel Gigot	33	2	24+2	2	2	0	2+3	0
5	DF	ARG	Leonardo Balerdi	44	1	30+5	0	3	0	5+1	1
7	DF	FRA	Jonathan Clauss	42	2	32+2	2	2	0	6	0
23	DF	BIH	Sead Kolašinac	41	4	26+7	4	4	0	1+3	0
29	DF	BFA	Issa Kaboré	29	1	9+13	1	2+1	0	0+4	0
30	DF	POR	Nuno Tavares	39	6	23+8	6	1+1	0	6	0
42	DF	COM	Yakine Said M'Madi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	DF	COD	Chancel Mbemba	45	7	32+4	5	2+2	0	5	2
Midfielders
6	MF	FRA	Matteo Guendouzi	43	5	25+8	2	4	1	5+1	2
8	MF	MAR	Azzedine Ounahi	10	1	1+7	1	0+2	0	0	0
10	MF	FRA	Dimitri Payet	27	4	9+15	4	1	0	1+1	0
18	MF	UKR	Ruslan Malinovskyi	23	2	13+7	1	3	1	0	0
21	MF	FRA	Valentin Rongier	46	1	34+2	1	2+2	0	5+1	0
27	MF	FRA	Jordan Veretout	48	5	31+7	4	4	1	6	0
47	MF	TUR	Bartuğ Elmaz	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
77	MF	MAR	Amine Harit	16	1	6+4	0	0	0	4+2	1
Forwards
9	FW	POR	Vitinha	16	2	5+9	2	0+2	0	0	0
17	FW	TUR	Cengiz Ünder	46	5	28+9	5	3	0	1+5	0
33	FW	CMR	François-Régis Mughe	2	1	0+1	0	0+1	1	0	0
70	FW	CHI	Alexis Sánchez	44	18	32+3	14	4	2	5	2
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	BRA	Gerson	13	2	6+4	2	0	0	2+1	0
9	FW	POL	Arkadiusz Milik	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	COL	Luis Suárez	11	3	2+5	3	0	0	1+3	0
12	FW	SEN	Bamba Dieng	12	2	1+9	1	1+1	1	0	0
13	FW	COD	Cédric Bakambu	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	CRO	Duje Ćaleta-Car	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	FRA	Isaak Touré	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	SEN	Pape Gueye	19	1	4+10	1	1+1	0	0+3	0
29	DF	ESP	Pol Lirola	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	FRA	Salim Ben Seghir	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Last updated: 3 June 2023
Source: Competitions

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