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| Full name | Olympique de Marseille | ||
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| Nickname(s) | l'OM, l'Oheme | ||
| Founded | 1899 | ||
| Ground | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille | ||
| Capacity | 60,031 | ||
| Chairman | Pape Diouf | ||
| Manager |  Sven-Göran Eriksson | ||
| League | Ligue 1 | ||
| 2005-2006 | Ligue 1, 5th | ||
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Olympique de Marseille is a football team that plays in Ligue 1, the top level of the French Football League, based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, Marseille is one of the largest and most successful clubs in France. It is the best-supported club in the country, and the only French team to have won the Champions League. However, having suffered from scandalous financial irregularities in 1994 and the resulting relegation, the club has not won a major trophy in over a decade.
Nicknamed l'OM - sometimes spelled phoenetically as l'Oheme - fans of the club can often be heard chanting "Allez l'OM, allez!" ("Go Marseille, go!").
The club's motto is Droit Au But, French for "Straight to the Goal".
Marseille is also well known for its fierce rivalry with Paris Saint-Germain.
History
Marseille was founded in 1899. The highlight of the club's history is winning the Champions League in new format in 1993. That triumph was the first time that a France-based club has won, and it made Didier Deschamps and Fabien Barthez the youngest captain and goalkeeper, respectively, to capture the title.
This, however, was followed by a decade of decline. In 1994, due to financial irregularities and a match fixing scandal involving then president Bernard Tapie, they suffered forced relegation to the second division.
Upon returning to the top flight in 1996 with backing by Adidas's owner Robert Louis-Dreyfus, l'OM reached the UEFA Cup Final in 1999; the closest Marseille to get another trophy was when they reached the UEFA Cup Final in 2004, impressively beating Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Inter Milan, Liverpool and Newcastle United along the way. But they were beaten in the final by newly-crowned Spanish champions Valencia and once again fans were forced to continue waiting for the next cup to come along.
Recently, Marseille succeeded in winning the 2005 Intertoto Cup, beating the likes of SS Lazio and Deportivo La Coruna in doing so, and earning another shot at the UEFA Cup.
Stadium
The team regularly fills their imposing home of the Stade Vélodrome, which seats 60,000. Marseille's vast support continues to show unwavering and impressive loyalty to the club, despite having several average seasons since their return to the top flight. The fans continue to hope that Marseille will regain its former glory.
Honours
Marseille has won 8 French championships (record is owned by Saint-Etienne, 10 times champions) and a record 10 French Cups. Marseille's latest title arrived in 1993, which had since been stripped off following a match fixing scandal involving then president Bernard Tapie. The club also won the Champions League in the same year, defeating A.C. Milan in the final.
- French Division 1
- Winners (8): 1937, 1948, 1971, 1972, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992. 1929 is often added but in those times, the championship was not a professionnal one, which should exclude 1929 from the list.
- French Division 2
- Winners (2): 1984, 1995
- French Cup
- Winners (10): 1924, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1938, 1943, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1989
- UEFA Champions League
- Winners (1): 1993
- Runners-up (1): 1991
- UEFA Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1999, 2004
- UEFA Intertoto Cup
Players
Current Squad
As of August 4, 2006 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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In
| 2 | DF |  ARG
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Renato Civelli (from Banfield) |
| 9 | FW |  FRA
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Djibril Cissé (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 15 | DF | FRA
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Ronald Zubar (from Caen) |
| 16 | GK | FRA
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Sébastien Hamel (free agent, from Auxerre) |
| 17 | MF |  CMR
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Modeste M'Bami (from PSG) |
| 20 | DF | FRA
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Hassoun Camara (from Noisy-le-Sec) |
| 28 | MF | FRA
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Mathieu Valbuena (from Libourne-Saint-Seurin) |
| 30 | GK | FRA
|
Mehdi Sennaoui (from Strasbourg) |
Out
| 2 | DF |  BRA
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André Luís (end of loan from Benfica) |
| 4 | DF | BRA
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Demetrius Ferreira (to ES Troyes AC) |
| 5 | DF | FRA
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Frédéric Déhu (to Levante) |
| 6 | MF |  POR
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José Delfim (free agent, to Young Boys) |
| 12 | DF |  CIV
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Abdoulaye Méïté (to Bolton) |
| 13 | FW | ARG
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Christian Giménez (on loan to Hertha BSC) |
| 16 | GK | FRA
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Fabien Barthez (to Nantes) |
| 18 | DF | FRA
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Jérôme Bonnissel (free agent) |
| 24 | FW | FRA
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Péguy Luyindula (on loan to Levante) |
| 29 | FW | FRA
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Karim Dahou (to Nîmes) |
| 30 | GK | FRA
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Yannick Quesnel (end of loan from Estoril sold to AS Monaco) |
| 31 | FW | FRA
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Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan to Libourne-Saint-Seurin) |
| 32 | MF | FRA
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Thomas Deruda (on loan to Libourne-Saint-Seurin) |
| 38 | FW |  SEN
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Rahmane Barry (on loan to Lorient) |
| 39 | DF | SEN
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Leyti N’Diaye (on loan to Strasbourg) |
| 29 | FW |  ESP
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Sergio Contreras Pardo "Koke" (to Aris) |
Notable past players
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Argentina Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Croatia |
Egypt England Germany Ghana Ireland Italy Ivory Coast |
Liberia Mali Morocco Portugal Russia Sweden Uruguay Yugoslavia |
External links
- Template:Fr iconTemplate:En icon Official site
- Template:Fr iconTemplate:En icon Supporters de Marseille
- Template:Fr icon OMplanète - Best of Marseille (unofficial site)
- Template:Fr iconTemplate:En icon Marseille fans worldwide (unofficial site)
- Template:Fr icon Fabulous (unofficial site)
- Template:Fr icon OM-Passion (unofficial site)
- Template:Fr icon Olympique Marseille Fansite
- Template:Fr icon Tapiomca's board Olympique Marseille & Bernard Tapie Fansite (unofficial site)
- {Template:En icon Olympique Marseille History
- Template:Fr icon OM Vista (unofficial site)
- Template:En icon Olympique Marseille formations at football-lineups
- Template:En icon Videoblog - Ultras of OM
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