2007–08 Olympique de Marseille season

March 2021 Marseille 2007–08 Robert Louis-Dreyfus Albert Emon Eric Gerets Ligue 1 3rd Mamadou Niang(18 goals) Mamadou Niang(23 goals) Coupe de France Round of 16 Coupe de la Ligue Quarter-finals Champions League Group stage UEFA Cup Round of 16 _om0708h _om0708h _om0708h _om0708h FFFFFF _om0708a _om0708a _om0708a _om0708a 66CCFF _om0708t _om0708t _om0708t _om0708t 66CCFF 2006–07 2008–09 Olympique de Marseille extended their titleless run to 15 years – but had a decent season, where they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the second year running, and won away from home in the 2007–08 tournament at Anfield against 2007 finalists Liverpool, but a 4–0 defeat at Stade Vélodrome in the last round knocked OM out of the tournament. Having sold Franck Ribéry to Bayern Munich for around 30 million euros, the stage was set for Marseille to push the boundaries financially in the coming seasons, with investments in the playing squad long overdue for a club that had been known as a club selling players expensively rather than buying. Squad As of February 1, 2008.http://www.om.net/fr/Equipes/201001/Effectif_pro Effectif pro OM.net January 29, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20080513154210/http://www.om.net/fr/Equipes/201001/Effectif_pro May 13, 2008 1 France Cédric Carrasso GK 2 Ivory Coast Kanga Akalé MF on loan from Lens 3 Nigeria Taye Taiwo DF 4 France Julien Rodríguez DF 5 France Jacques Faty DF 6 Algeria Karim Ziani MF 7 France Benoît Cheyrou MF 9 France Djibril Cissé FW 10 Netherlands Boudewijn Zenden MF 11 Senegal Mamadou Niang FW 12 Burkina Faso Charles Kaboré MF 14 Senegal Leyti N'Diaye DF 15 France Ronald Zubar DF 16 France Sébastien Hamel GK 17 Cameroon Modeste M'bami MF 18 FRA Elliot Grandin FW 19 Albania Lorik Cana MF captain 21 Serbia Miloš Krstić MF 22 France Samir Nasri MF 23 Argentina Juan Ángel Krupoviesa DF on loan from Boca Juniors 24 France Laurent Bonnart DF 26 France Jean-Philippe Sabo DF 27 Senegal Pape M'Bow DF 28 France Mathieu Valbuena MF 29 Ghana André Ayew FW 30 FRA Steve Mandanda GK 32 France Gaël Givet DF 40 France Sébastien Maté GK Transfers In: 23 Argentina DF Juan Krupoviesa on loan from Boca Juniors 7 France MF Benoît Cheyrou from Auxerre 10 Netherlands MF Boudewijn Zenden from Liverpool 9 France FW Djibril Cisse from Liverpool 5 France DF Jacques Faty from Rennes 32 France DF Gaël Givet from Monaco Out: France FW Mickaël Pagis to Rennes Senegal FW Rahmane Barry to Sedan 20 Cameroon DF Salomon Olembe to Wigan Athletic 7 France MF Franck Ribéry to Bayern Munich 23 Senegal Habib Beye DF to Newcastle United France Fabrice Fiorèse FW to Amiens Competitions Ligue 1 2007–08 Ligue 1 League table OM Results summary 11 3 5 34 21 6 8 5 24 24 LFP.fr March 2022 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/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 Result D/D/L/D/W/L/D/L/L/L/W/L/D/W/W/D/W/D/W/L/W/D/W/W/W/D/W/W/D/L/W/W/W/L/W/L/D/W Position 14/13/15/14/11/15/16/16/17/18/18/19/19/17/15/16/13/14/11/13/10/11/9/5/4/5/4/4/4/4/4/4/3/4/3/4/4/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold green1 green2 blue1 red1 LFP.fr Matches 1 4 August 2007 17:10 Strasbourg 0–0 Marseille Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg 26,397 Stéphane Lannoy D 2 11 August 2007 20:00 Marseille 0–0 Rennes Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,896 Philippe Kalt D 3 15 August 2007 18:30 Valenciennes 2–1 Marseille Savidan 62 87 Ziani 57 Stade Nungesser Valenciennes 16,028 Alain Hamer L 4 19 August 2007 21:00 Marseille 2–2 Nancy Niang 22 Cissé 50 Gavanon 64 pen. Hadji 80 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,732 Olivier Thual D 5 25 August 2007 17:10 Caen 1–2 Marseille Samson 90+2 Rodriguez 43 Niang 54 Stade Michel d'Ornano Caen 20,790 Thierry Auriac W 6 29 August 2007 18:30 Marseille 0–2 Nice Hognon 51 Hellebuyck 87 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 54,000 Saïd Ennjimi L 7 2 September 2007 18:00 Paris Saint-Germain 1–1 Marseille Luyindula 20 Cissé 11 Parc des Princes Paris 43,179 Stéphane Lannoy D 8 15 September 2007 17:10 Marseille 1–2 Toulouse Zubar 90 Emana 11 Elmander 37 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 53,650 Jean-Charles Cailleux L 9 22 September 2007 17:10 Auxerre 2–0 Marseille Niculae 19 23 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre 18,150 Lionel Jaffredo L 10 6 October 2007 17:10 Saint-Étienne 1–0 Marseille Dernis 90 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne 32,004 Thierry Auriac L 11 21 October 2007 21:00 Marseille 1–0 Lens Zenden 74 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 49,245 Stéphane Bré W 12 27 October 2007 20:00 Sochaux 2–1 Marseille Zubar 31 o.g. Bonnart 52 o.g. Niang 9 Stade Auguste Bonal Montbéliard 19,957 Saïd Ennjimi L 13 3 November 2007 20:00 Marseille 0–0 Lorient Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,864 Olivier Thual D 14 11 November 2007 21:00 Lyon 1–2 Marseille Juninho 7 Niang 10 pen. 45 Stade de Gerland Lyon 38,811 Bertrand Layec W 15 24 November 2007 20:00 Marseille 3–1 Metz Zenden 20 Niang 36 70 Gueye 88 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 48,035 Lionel Jaffredo W 16 1 December 2007 20:00 Lille 1–1 Marseille Kluivert 27 Niang 32 Stadium Lille-Metropole Villeneuve-d'Ascq 17,618 Philippe Kalt D 17 8 December 2007 17:10 Marseille 2–0 Monaco Rodriguez 52 Cana 69 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 50,150 Damien Ledentu W 18 16 December 2007 20:55 Bordeaux 2–2 Marseille Chamakh 32 Jussiê 69 Niang 2 Cheyrou 26 Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux 32,286 Laurent Duhamel D 19 22 December 2007 20:00 Marseille 1–0 Le Mans Niang 14 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 40,886 Philippe Malige W 20 13 January 2008 20:55 Rennes 3–1 Marseille Pagis 39 Wiltord 82 88 Cissé 16 Stade de la Route de Lorient Rennes 29,278 Bruno Coué L 21 19 January 2008 20:00 Marseille 3–1 Valenciennes Cissé 27 73 Rodriguez 51 Audel 81 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 48,152 Tony Chapron W 22 23 January 2008 20:45 Nancy 1–1 Marseille Brison 48 Nasri 87 Stade Marcel Picot Tomblaine 19,901 Stéphane Lannoy D 23 26 January 2008 20:00 Marseille 6–1 Caen Cissé 28 55 57 Valbuena 41 44 Nasri 81 Toudic 2 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 48,481 Stéphane Moulin W 24 10 February 2008 20:55 Nice 0–2 Marseille Niang 25 Cissé 76 Stade du Ray Nice 15,884 Laurent Duhamel W 25 17 February 2008 20:55 Marseille 2–1 Paris Saint-Germain Taiwo 37 Niang 45 Rothen 29 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 56,863 Bertrand Layec W 26 24 February 2008 19:00 Toulouse 0–0 Marseille Stadium de Toulouse Toulouse 34,502 Lionel Jaffredo D 27 1 March 2008 20:00 Marseille 2–1 Auxerre Cana 8 Cissé 22 Pedretti 89 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 53,100 Bruno Ruffray W 28 9 March 2008 18:00 Marseille 2–0 Saint-Étienne Valbuena 59 Taiwo 66 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 53,565 Fredy Fautrel W 29 16 March 2008 20:55 Lens 3–3 Marseille Maoulida 56 Mangane 65 Rémy 73 Nasri 24 Cheyrou 29 Cissé 89 Stade Félix-Bollaert Lens 40,477 Éric Poulat D 30 22 March 2008 20:00 Marseille 0–1 Sochaux N'Daw 3 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,435 Thierry Auriac L 31 30 March 2008 20:55 Lorient 1–2 Marseille Saïfi 43 pen. Akalé 53 Niang 80 Stade du Moustoir Lorient 15,436 Antony Gautier W 32 6 April 2008 20:55 Marseille 3–1 Lyon Cissé 26 Niang 28 54 Cana 43 o.g. Stade Vélodrome Marseille 56,271 Fredy Fautrel W 33 12 April 2008 20:00 Metz 1–2 Marseille Barbosa 3 Cissé 14 Nasri 57 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 25,694 Philippe Malige W 34 20 April 2008 20:55 Marseille 1–3 Lille Niang 13 Mirallas 37 40 Makoun 67 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,674 Tony Chapron L 35 27 April 2008 20:55 Monaco 2–3 Marseille González 56 Leko 64 Nasri 28 Taiwo 61 Cissé 82 Stade Louis II Monaco 17,368 Laurent Duhamel W 36 4 May 2008 20:55 Marseille 1–2 Bordeaux Niang 45 Wendel 80 Ducasse 90 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,778 Stéphane Lannoy L 37 10 May 2008 20:45 Le Mans 0–0 Marseille Stade Léon-Bollée Le Mans 16,361 Bertrand Layec D 38 17 May 2008 20:50 Marseille 4–3 Strasbourg Niang 7 Cissé 45+2, 78 Nasri 45+5 Fanchone 11 Gameiro 18 Zenke 72 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,543 Damien Ledentu W Coupe de France 2007–08 Coupe de France Round of 64 5 January 2008 18:15 Beauvais 0–2 Marseille Cana 23Cissé 32 Stade Pierre Brisson Beauvais 10,465 Alain Hamer W Round of 32 3 February 2008 21:00 Marseille 3–1 Monaco Valbuena 6Grandin 10Cissé 62 Bakar 70 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 35,000 Éric Poulat W Round of 16 19 March 2008 20:45 Carquefou 1–0 Marseille N'Doye 7 Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes 36,883 Saïd Ennjimi L Coupe de la Ligue 2007–08 Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16 30 October 2007 21:00 Marseille 2–2 yes Metz Niang 94Cissé 105 N'Diaye 96Baldé 120 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 21,389 Philippe Kalt Niang Valbuena Ziani Cheyrou Cissé 5–4 Agouazi Pjanić N'Diaye Bong Bassong D Quarter-finals 16 January 2008 21:00 Auxerre 1–0 Marseille Pedretti 90+1 Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre 13,006 Stéphane Bré L UEFA Champions League 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group A Group A n MAR 1 18 September 2007 20:45 Marseille FRA 2–0 TUR Beşiktaş Rodriguez 76 Cissé 90+1 Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 35,676 Matteo Trefoloni (Italy) W 2 3 October 2007 20:45 Liverpool ENG 0–1 FRA Marseille Valbuena 77 Anfield Liverpool, England 41,355 Konrad Plautz (Austria) W 3 24 October 2007 20:45 Marseille FRA 1–1 POR Porto Niang 70 Lucho 79 pen. Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 46,458 Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) D 4 6 November 2007 20:45 Porto POR 2–1 FRA Marseille Sektioui 27 Lisandro 78 Niang 47 Estádio do Dragão Porto, Portugal 42,217 Wolfgang Stark (Germany) L 5 28 November 2007 20:45 Beşiktaş TUR 2–1 FRA Marseille Tello 27 Bobô 88 Taiwo 65 BJK İnönü Stadium Istanbul, Turkey 19,448 Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) L 6 11 December 2007 20:45 Marseille FRA 0–4 ENG Liverpool Gerrard 4 Torres 11 Kuyt 48 Babel 90+1 Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 53,097 Terje Hauge (Norway) L UEFA Cup 2007–08 UEFA Cup Knockout phase 2007–08 UEFA Cup final phase Round of 32 First leg 13 February 2008 20:45 Marseille FRA 3–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/301924--marseille-vs-spartak-moskva RUS Spartak Moscow Cheyrou 62 Taiwo 68 Niang 79 Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 31,790 Pedro Proença (Portugal) W Second leg 21 February 2008 17:30 Spartak Moscow RUS 2–0 2–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/301940--spartak-moskva-vs-marseille FRA Marseille Pavlenko 39 Pavlyuchenko 85 Luzhniki Stadium Moscow, Russia 15,000 Thomas Einwaller (Austria) L Round of 16 First leg 6 March 2008 20:45 Marseille FRA 3–1 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/301954--marseille-vs-zenit RUS Zenit Saint Petersburg Cissé 37 55 Niang 48 Arshavin 82 Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 24,327 Knut Kircher (Germany) W Second leg 12 March 2008 17:30 Zenit Saint Petersburg RUS 2–0 3a–3 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/301962--zenit-vs-marseille FRA Marseille Pogrebnyak 39 78 Petrovsky Stadium Saint Petersburg, Russia 21,500 Mike Riley (England) L References Sources – Footballsquads – Marseille 2007/2008 7 – LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Profesionel Category:Olympique de Marseille seasons Marseille