2008–09 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille 2008–09 Eric Gerets Pape Diouf Stade Vélodrome Ligue 1 2nd Coupe de France Round of 32 Coupe de la Ligue Third round Champions League Group stage UEFA Cup Quarter-finals Mamadou Niang(13 goals) Mamadou Niang(20 goals) _om_home_0809 _om_home_0809 _om_home_0809 _om_home_0809 00CCFF 00CCFF 00CCFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _om 0809 away _om away 0809 _om 0809 away _om_0809_away 000000 66CCFF 000000 000000 000000 _om_3rd_0809 _om0809t _om_3rd_0809 _om_3rd_0809 _om_3rd_0809 66CCFF 66CCFF 66CCFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 2007–08 2009–10 During the 2008–09 French football season, Olympique de Marseille competed in Ligue 1.April 2025 Season summary Marseille finished 3 points behind league champions Bordeaux.April 2025 Manager Eric Gerets left after his contract expired at the end of the season.http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=825024.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090430102433/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=825024.html dead April 30, 2009 Gerets to stand down at Marseille 29 April 2009 Uefa.com 29 April 2009 Replacing him was former Marseille player Didier Deschamps. First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/france/2008-2009/ligue1/marseille.htm FootballSquads - Marseille - 2008/09 footballsquads.co.uk 30 October 2016April 2025 1 FRA GK Rudy Riou 2 ARG DF Renato Civelli 3 NGA DF Taye Taiwo 4 FRA DF Julien Rodriguez 5 BRA DF Hilton 6 ALG MF Karim ZianiZiani was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Algeria in 2003. 7 FRA MF Benoît Cheyrou 8 ENG DF Tyrone MearsMears was born in Stockport, England, but also believed he was eligible to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2009. It was later discovered that Mears' father was from Sierra Leone and was thus ineligible to represent Jamaica. on loan from Derby County 9 BRA FW Brandão 10 NED MF Boudewijn Zenden 11 SEN FW Mamadou Niang 12 BFA MF Charles Kaboré 14 CIV MF Bakari Koné 15 Guadeloupe DF Ronald Zubar 16 FRA GK Hilaire Muñoz 17 MLI FW Mamadou SamassaSamassa was born in Montfermeil, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Mali internationally through his parents, declared for Mali internationally during the season, and would make his international debut for Mali in 2009. 19 ALB MF Lorik CanaCana was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo). 20 FRA MF Hatem Ben Arfa 22 FRA MF Sylvain Wiltord 23 CMR MF Modeste M'bami 24 FRA DF Laurent Bonnart 26 FRA MF Mohamed Amine Dennoun 28 FRA MF Mathieu Valbuena 30 FRA GK Steve MandandaMandanda was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent France internationally and made his international debut for France in May 2008. 31 FRA FW Guy Gnabouyou 40 UKR GK Dmytro Nepohodov Left club during season 8 GHA FW André AyewAyew was born in Seclin, France, but also qualifies to represent Ghana internationally through his father and made his international debut for Ghana in August 2007. on loan to Lorient 9 FRA FW Djibril Cissé on loan to Sunderland 13 SEN DF Leyti N'Diaye on loan to AC Ajaccio 17 ALG MF Salim ArracheArrache was born in Marseille, France, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his parents, and made his international debut for Algeria in April 2004. on loan to Stade de Reims 18 FRA MF Elliot Grandin on loan to GF38 21 SER MF Miloš Krstić on loan to AC Ajaccio 22 MAR DF Amin Erbati to Al Wahda 25 SVN DF Boštjan Cesar to AC Ajaccio 27 SEN DF Pape M'Bow on loan to Cannes 29 FRA DF Fabrice Begeorgi on loan to SV Werder Bremen II 32 FRA DF Gaël Givet on loan to Blackburn Rovers Competitions Ligue 1 2008–09 Ligue 1 League table OM Results summary 10 5 4 35 22 12 6 1 32 13 LFP.fr Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result D/W/W/W/D/D/D/W/W/L/D/W/W/L/D/D/W/D/L/W/W/L/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/L/W/W Position 9/2/1/1/2/2/3/3/2/2/4/2/2/2/3/3/2/2/5/4/3/4/4/3/3/3/3/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/2/2/2 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 LFP.fr Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 9 August 2008 21:00 Rennes 4–4 April 2025 Marseille Thomert 7 51Mandanda 90 o.g.Cheyrou 90+3 Koné 13Ben Arfa 15Niang 28Grandin 90+2 Rennes Stade de la Route de Lorient 28,879 Thierry Auriac D 2 17 August 2008 21:00 Marseille 4–0 April 2025 Auxerre Niang 17Grichting 63 o.g.Grandin 76Zenden 86 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 55,776 Philippe Kalt W 3 23 August 2008 19:00 Le Havre 0–1 April 2025 Marseille Zenden 56Zubar 0 90 Le Havre Stade Jules Deschaseaux 16,378 Tony Chapron W 4 30 August 2008 21:00 Marseille 2–1 April 2025 Sochaux Ziani 39Koné 60 Erdinç 73 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 55,704 Saïd Ennjimi W 5 13 September 2008 21:00 Bordeaux 1–1 April 2025 Marseille Chamakh 25 Koné 2 Bordeaux Stade Chaban-Delmas 32,854 Bertrand Layec D 6 21 September 2008 21:00 Marseille 0–0 April 2025 Monaco Marseille Stade Vélodrome 51,342 Stéphane Lannoy D 7 27 September 2008 19:00 Le Mans 1–1 April 2025 Marseille Helstad 10 Ben Arfa 7 Le Mans Stade Léon-Bollée 16,221 Frédy Fautrel D 8 4 October 2008 19:00 Marseille 2–1 April 2025 Caen Ben Arfa 2Niang 60Ziani 0 70 Savidan 20 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 51,915 Antony Gautier W 9 19 October 2008 21:00 Valenciennes 1–3 April 2025 Marseille Pujol 81 Koné 13Ben Arfa 73Kaboré 9024 Valenciennes Stade Nungesser 16,192 Lionel Jaffredo W 10 26 October 2008 21:00 Marseille 2–4 April 2025 Paris Saint-Germain Niang 21Valbuena 45 Hoarau 10 82Luyindula 53Rothen 76 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 56,426 Laurent Duhamel L 11 29 October 2008 19:00 Nantes 1–1 April 2025 Marseille Maréval 44 Koné 78 Nantes Stade de la Beaujoire 35,993 Hervé Piccirillo D 12 1 November 2008 21:00 Marseille 3–1 April 2025 Saint-Étienne Cheyrou 20Ben Arfa 37 pen.Taiwo 71 Gomis 22 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 54,715 Damien Ledentu W 13 8 November 2008 19:00 Grenoble 0–3 April 2025 Marseille Ben Arfa 4Koné 32Cheyrou 82 Grenoble Stade des Alpes 19,648 Thierry Auriac W 14 15 November 2008 19:00 Marseille 2–3 April 2025 Lorient Ziani 10Niang 60 pen. Amalfitano 76Abriel 84Gameiro 88 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 48,878 Tony Chapron L 15 23 November 2008 21:00 Marseille 2–2 April 2025 Lille Samassa 47Zenden 90+2 Rami 11Bastos 37 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 46,145 Clément Turpin D 16 30 November 2008 17:00 Toulouse 0–0 April 2025 Marseille Toulouse Stadium de Toulouse 33,572 Bertrand Layec D 17 6 December 2008 19:00 Marseille 2–1 April 2025 Nice Echouafni 14 o.g.Niang 45 pen. Bamogo 48 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 50,279 Stéphane Lannoy W 18 14 December 2008 21:00 Lyon 0–0 April 2025 Marseille Lyon Stade de Gerland 39,638OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS 0 - 0 ( 0 - 0 ) OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=4&code_jr_tr=J18 LFP.fr 1 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20081217022750/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008%2F2009&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=4&code_jr_tr=J18 17 December 2008 live Stéphane Bré D 19 21 December 2008 17:00 Marseille 0–3 April 2025 Nancy Hadji 34 39Dia 56 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 50,628OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE 0 - 3 ( 0 - 2 ) AS NANCY LORRAINE http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=5&code_jr_tr=J19 LFP.fr 1 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20090414174610/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008%2F2009&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=5&code_jr_tr=J19 14 April 2009 live Thierry Auriac L 20 10 January 2009 21:00 Auxerre 0–2 April 2025 Marseille Samassa 31Valbuena 78 Auxerre Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps 19,269 Saïd Ennjimi W 21 17 January 2009 19:00 Marseille 2–0 April 2025 Le Havre Valbuena 25Zubar 60 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 45,721 Philippe Malige W 22 1 February 2009 17:00 Sochaux 1–0 April 2025 Marseille Erdinç 24 Montbéliard Stade Auguste Bonal 19,972 Lionel Jaffredo L 23 8 February 2009 21:00 Marseille 1–0 April 2025 Bordeaux Chamakh 57 o.g. Diawara 0 86 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 53,856 Stéphane Bré W 24 15 February 2009 21:00 Monaco 0–1 April 2025 Marseille Koné 77 Monaco Stade Louis II 13,475AS MONACO FC 0 - 1 ( 0 - 0 ) OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=6&code_jr_tr=J24 LFP.fr 1 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20090417043103/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008%2F2009&code_evt=D1&num_ordre=6&code_jr_tr=J24 17 April 2009 live Antony Gautier W 25 22 February 2009 17:00 Marseille 0–0 April 2025 Le Mans Marseille Stade Vélodrome 48,680 Olivier Thual D 26 1 March 2009 17:00 Caen 0–1 April 2025 Marseille Brandão 67 Caen Stade Michel d'Ornano 20,775 Thierry Auriac W 27 7 March 2009 19:00 Marseille 0–0 April 2025 Valenciennes Marseille Stade Vélodrome 48,746 Jean-Charles Cailleux D 28 15 March 2009 21:00 Paris Saint-Germain 1–3 April 2025 Marseille Giuly 43Camara 0 53 Zenden 24Koné 55Cana 60 Paris Parc des Princes 45,774 Bertrand Layec W 29 21 March 2009 21:00 Marseille 2–0 April 2025 Nantes Civelli 55Brandão 59 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 47,747 Saïd Ennjimi W 30 5 April 2009 21:00 Saint-Étienne 0–3 April 2025 Marseille Niang 60 pen. 76Brandão 73 Saint-Étienne Stade Geoffroy-Guichard 34,734 Philippe Kalt W 31 12 April 2009 17:00 Marseille 4–1 April 2025 Grenoble Taiwo 52 pen. 65Hilton 56Brandão 89 Courtois 90+3 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 56,953 Philippe Malige W 32 19 April 2009 17:00 Lorient 1–2 April 2025 Marseille Gameiro 8Le Lan 0 89 Civelli 59Brandão 80Cana 0 89 Lorient Stade du Moustoir 13,093 Olivier Thual W 33 26 April 2009 21:00 Lille 1–2 April 2025 Marseille Hazard 49 Cheyrou 54Niang 56 Villeneuve d'Ascq Stadium Lille-Metropole 17,076 Laurent Duhamel W 34 2 May 2009 21:00 Marseille 2–2 April 2025 Toulouse Niang 63Cetto 73 o.g. Gignac 48 72 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 55,823 Antony Gautier D 35 13 May 2009 19:00 Nice 0–2 April 2025 Marseille Niang 26Brandão 60 Nice Stade du Ray 16,669 Stéphane Bré W 36 17 May 2009 21:00 Marseille 1–3 April 2025 Lyon Wiltord 80 Benzema 31 pen. 42Juninho 90+1 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 56,498 Stéphane Lannoy L 37 23 May 2009 21:00 Nancy 1–2 April 2025 Marseille N'Guémo 88 Macaluso 32 o.g.Brandão 56 Tomblaine Stade Marcel Picot 20,017 Bertrand Layec W 38 30 May 2009 21:00 Marseille 4–0 April 2025 Rennes Koné 53Niang 57 72Douchez 58 o.g. Marseille Stade Vélodrome 55,873 Saïd Ennjimi W Source: Olympique de Marseille 2008/2009 calendar https://www.ligue1.com/clubs/Calendar?id=olympique-de-marseille&seasonId=2008-2009 Ligue1.com 3 February 2021 Coupe de France 2008–09 Coupe de France Round of 64 4 January 2009 20:45 Besançon 1–1 April 2025 Marseille Zubar 67 o.g. Taiwo 83 pen. Stade Léo Lagrange Besançon 10,334 Jean-Charles Cailleux Lamy Bourillon Gamondes Hakkar Rangdet 4–5 Taiwo Bonnart Ziani Koné Cheyrou D Round of 32 28 January 2009 20:45 Lyon 1–0 April 2025 Marseille Benzema 2Keïta 0 64 Stade de Gerland Lyon 28,304 Laurent Duhamel L Coupe de la Ligue 2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16 21:00 24 September 2008 Sochaux 1–0 April 2025 Marseille Erdinç 75 Stade Auguste Bonal Montbéliard 12,946 Olivier Thual L Champions League 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round W First leg 13 August 2008 20:45 CET Brann NOR 0–1 Report FRA Marseille Cheyrou 40 Brann Stadion Bergen, Norway 11,197 Alexandru Tudor (Romania) W Second leg 27 August 2008 20:45 CET Marseille FRA 2–1 3–1 Report NOR Brann Niang 65 90 Sigurðsson 74 Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 44,641 Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) Group C 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group D Group D n MAR L 1 16 September 2008 20:45 Marseille FRA 1–2 Report ENG Liverpool Cana 23 Gerrard 26 32 pen. Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 44,841 Konrad Plautz (Austria) L 2 1 October 2008 20:45 Atlético Madrid ESP 2–1 Report FRA Marseille Agüero 4R. García 22 Niang 16 Vicente Calderón Stadium Madrid, Spain 39,898 Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) L 3 22 October 2008 20:45 PSV Eindhoven NED 2–0 Report FRA Marseille Koevermans 71 85 Philips Stadion Eindhoven, Netherlands 29,000 Damir Skomina (Slovenia) W 4 4 November 2008 20:45 Marseille FRA 3–0 Report NED PSV Eindhoven Koné 30Niang 63 71 Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 48,777 Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) L 5 26 November 2008 20:45 Liverpool ENG 1–0 Report FRA Marseille Gerrard 23 Anfield Liverpool, England 40,024 Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) D 6 9 December 2008 20:45 Marseille FRA 0–0 Report ESP Atlético Madrid Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 49,663 Wolfgang Stark (Germany) UEFA Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup Round of 32 L First leg 19 February 2009 20:45 Marseille FRA 0–1 Report NED Twente Arnautović 22 Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 22,616 Stanislav Sukhina (Russia) W Second leg 26 February 2009 18:30 Twente NED 0–1 yes 1–1 Report FRA Marseille Ben Arfa 24 De Grolsch Veste Enschede, Netherlands 24,000 Alon Yefet (Israel) N'Kufo Perez Janssen Hersi Arnautović Braafheid Douglas Rajković 6–7 Taiwo Niang Ben Arfa Koné Ziani Cheyrou Bonnart M'bami Round of 16 W First leg 12 March 2009 20:45 Marseille FRA 2–1 Report NED Ajax Cheyrou 19Niang 33 Suárez 36 pen. Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 27,829 Ivan Bebek (Croatia) D Second leg 18 March 2009 20:45 Ajax NED 2–2 yes 3–4 Report FRA Marseille Enoh 33Sulejmani 74 Niang 35Mears 110 Amsterdam Arena Amsterdam, Netherlands 47,650 Florian Meyer (Germany) Quarter-finals L First leg 9 April 2009 18:30 Shakhtar Donetsk UKR 2–0 Report FRA Marseille Hübschman 39Jádson 65 RSK Olimpiyskyi Donetsk, Ukraine 25,500 Felix Brych (Germany) L Second leg 16 April 2009 20:45 Marseille FRA 1–2 1–4 Report UKR Shakhtar Donetsk Ben Arfa 43 Fernandinho 30Luiz Adriano 90+3 Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 48,268 Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) Notes and references Notes notes References 2008–09 Marseille Marseille