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Marseille

File:OMLogo.gif

Full name

Olympique de Marseille

Nickname(s)

l'OM, l'Oheme

Founded

1899

Ground

Stade Vélodrome,
Marseille

Capacity

60,031

Chairman

Manager

League

Ligue 1, 5th

Home colours

Away colours

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
- Winners (2): 2005, 2006

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Cédric Carrasso
2	DF	ARG	Renato Civelli
3	DF	NGA	Taye Ismaila Taiwo
4	DF	BRA	Leo De Matos Cruz
5	DF	FRA	Alain Cantareil
6	DF	FRA	Garry Bocaly
7	MF	FRA	Franck Ribéry
8	MF	NGA	Wilson Oruma
9	FW	FRA	Djibril Cissé
10	FW	FRA	Mickaël Pagis
11	FW	SEN	Mamadou Niang
13	FW	FRA	Toifilou Maoulida
15	DF	FRA	Ronald Zubar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	FRA	Sébastien Hamel
17	MF	CMR	Modeste M'Bami
19	MF	ALB	Lorik Cana
20	DF	FRA	Hassoun Camara
21	DF	SVN	Boštjan Cesar
22	MF	FRA	Samir Nasri
23	DF	SEN	Habib Beye
25	MF	SEN	Mame N'Diaye
26	FW	FRA	Habib Bamogo
27	DF	CMR	Salomon Olembé
28	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena
30	GK	ALG	Mehdi Sennaoui

2	DF	ARG	Renato Civelli (from Banfield)
9	FW	FRA	Djibril Cissé (on loan from Liverpool)
15	DF	FRA	Ronald Zubar (from Caen)
16	GK	FRA	Sébastien Hamel (free agent, from Auxerre)
17	MF	CMR	Modeste M'Bami (from PSG)
20	DF	FRA	Hassoun Camara (from Noisy-le-Sec)
28	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena (from Libourne-Saint-Seurin)
30	GK	FRA	Mehdi Sennaoui (from Strasbourg)

Out

2	DF	BRA	André Luís (end of loan from Benfica)
4	DF	BRA	Demetrius Ferreira (to ES Troyes AC)
5	DF	FRA	Frédéric Déhu (to Levante)
6	MF	POR	José Delfim (free agent, to Young Boys)
12	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Méïté (to Bolton)
13	FW	ARG	Christian Giménez (on loan to Hertha BSC)
16	GK	FRA	Fabien Barthez (to Nantes)
18	DF	FRA	Jérôme Bonnissel (free agent)
24	FW	FRA	Péguy Luyindula (on loan to Levante)
29	FW	FRA	Karim Dahou (to Nîmes)
30	GK	FRA	Yannick Quesnel (end of loan from Estoril sold to AS Monaco)
31	FW	FRA	Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan to Libourne-Saint-Seurin)
32	MF	FRA	Thomas Deruda (on loan to Libourne-Saint-Seurin)
38	FW	SEN	Rahmane Barry (on loan to Lorient)
39	DF	SEN	Leyti N’Diaye (on loan to Strasbourg)
29	FW	ESP	Sergio Contreras Pardo "Koke" (to Aris)