2009–10 Olympique de Marseille season

March 2021 Marseille 2009–10 Didier Deschamps Jean-Claude Dassier Ligue 1 1st Coupe de France Round of 32 Coupe de la Ligue Winners UEFA Champions League Group stage (3rd) UEFA Europa League Round of 16 Mamadou Niang (18) Mamadou Niang (22) 56,282 (3 November vs Zürich, UEFA Champions League) 19,217 (27 January vs Lille, Coupe de la Ligue) 48,892 (Ligue 1) _om_home_0910 _om_home_0910 _om_home_0910 _om_home_0910 _om_home_0910 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _om_away_0910 _om_away_0910 _om_away_0910 _om_away_0910 _om_away_0910 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF _om_third_0910 _om_third_0910 _om_third_0910 _om_third_0910 _om_third_0910 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 2008–09 2010–11 The 2009–10 season of Olympique de Marseille (OM) had the club being involved in five competitions: the Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League. They won the Ligue 1 for the first time in 18 years. They also won the Coupe de la Ligue. In the UEFA Champions League, they were eliminated in the group stage. They finished third and were given a place in the UEFA Europa League knockout stages. They were eliminated in the round of 16 by Benfica. Club Coaching staff right|thumb|150px|This is Didier Deschamps' first season with Marseille as a coach. Coach France Didier Deschamps y Assistant coach France Guy Stéphan y Goalkeeping coach France Laurent Spinosi Fitness coach France Christophe Manouvrier Club doctor France Christophe Baudot y Chief scout France Jean-Philippe Durand 15 May 2010 Olympique de Marseille February 2010 Kit This new season Adidas introduced Marseille's new kits, and these new ones are very different from last season, except the home kit, the colours of Marseille still stay white and sky blue. The away kit is an impressive kit with it being sky blue and has shades of black. The third kit was so far used in European competitions only. This kit is a full black kit but still has a little sky blue. In all of Marseille's kits there is one their main colour sky blue one. right|thumb|150px|Steve Mandanda in l'OM's training outfit. none center _om_home_0910 _om_home_0910 _om_home_0910 _om_home_0910 _om_home_0910 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Home none center _om_away_0910 _om_away_0910 _om_away_0910 _om_away_0910 _om_away_0910 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Away none center _om_third_0910 _om_third_0910 _om_third_0910 _om_third_0910 _om_third_0910 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Third none center _om_rld_0910 _om_rld_0910 _om_rld_0910 _om_rld_0910 _om_rld_0910 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF RLD Supplier : Adidas Sponsor : Direct Energie Other information right|thumb|150px|Jean-Claude Dassier is the chairman of the club since June 2009. Chairman France Jean-Claude Dassier y Stade Vélodrome 60,013 8 February 2009 February 2010 Squad The professional staff of the 2009–10 season, led by Deschamps and his assistant Guy Stéphan, has eight home-grown players. 13 are international players in the team, including two France team members. The goalkeeping coach is Laurent Spinosi, who has four players under his wing, including Steve Mandanda, one of the current choices of the France national team. Taye Taiwo and Mamadou Niang are the longest tenured OM players, with 193 and 179 games played, respectively, as of 25 June 2009. First-team squad right|thumb|200px|Taye Taiwo is the current Marseille player with the most appearances. Since 2004 he has been appeared in 193 games for l'OM. Updated 25 June 2009. Updated 15 May 2010.Effectif pro | Olympique de Marseille 1 France GK Rudy Riou 3 Nigeria DF Taye Taiwo 4 France DF Julien Rodriguez 5 Brazil DF Hilton 6 France MF Édouard Cissé 7 France MF Benoît Cheyrou 8 Argentina MF Lucho González 9 Brazil FW Brandão 10 France MF Hatem Ben Arfa 11 Senegal FW Mamadou Niang captain 12 Burkina Faso MF Charles Kaboré 14 Ivory Coast FW Bakari Koné 15 Ghana MF Jordan Ayew 17 Cameroon MF Stéphane Mbia 18 France MF Fabrice Abriel 19 Argentina DF Gabriel Heinze 20 Cameroon DF Charley Roussel Fomen 21 Senegal DF Souleymane Diawara 22 France DF Cyril Rool 23 Spain FW Fernando Morientes 24 France DF Laurent Bonnart 27 Senegal DF Pape M'Bow 28 France MF Mathieu Valbuena 30 France GK Steve Mandanda 31 France FW Guy Gnabouyou 32 Gabon FW Alexander N'Doumbou 34 France MF Kevin Osei 40 Brazil GK Elinton Andrade Out on loan 13 SEN DF Leyti N'Diaye at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season 26 FRA DF Jean-Philippe Sabo at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season – MLI FW Mamadou Samassa at Valenciennes until end of the 2009–10 season – GHA FW André Ayew at Arles-Avignon until end of the 2009–10 season – FRA FW Mohamed Amine Dennoun at Amiens until end of the 2009–10 season – FRA DF Cédric D'Ulivo at Cassis Carnoux until end of the 2009–10 season 2 FRA DF Garry Bocaly at Montpellier until end of the 2009–10 season Reserve squad Updated 8 February 2010.http://www.om.net/fr/Equipes/203001/Effectif_CFA2 Effectif CFA2 Olympique de Marseille 8 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090831122951/http://www.om.net/fr/Equipes/203001/Effectif_CFA2 31 August 2009 dead France Johan Crespin GK France Samir Kouakbi GK France Sébastien Bregand DF France Bradley Diallo DF France Sébastien Fischetti DF France Raphaël Lopes DF Togo Sénah Mango DF France Samir Abbes MF France Landing Bodian MF France Olivier Cano MF France Alexander N'Doumbou MF France Ahmed Nouri MF France Thomas Pechart MF France Emmanuel Schianchi MF France Jordan Ayew FW France Nicolas Crus FW France Cédric Hachani FW Croatia Niko Maričić FW Statistics Overall Last updated on 15 May 2010 Games played 54 (38 Ligue 1, 6 UEFA Champions League, 4 UEFA Europa League, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, 2 Coupe de France)Games won 32 (23 Ligue 1, 2 UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Europa League, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, 1 Coupe de France)Games drawn 11 (9 Ligue 1, 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League)Games lost 11 (6 Ligue 1, 3 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League, 1 Coupe de France)Goals scored 100 (69 Ligue 1, 10 UEFA Champions League, 8 UEFA Europa League, 10 Coupe de la Ligue, 3 Coupe de France)Goals conceded 59 (36 Ligue 1, 10 UEFA Champions League, 5 UEFA Europa League, 5 Coupe de la Ligue, 3 Coupe de France)Yellow cards 92 (64 Ligue 1, 12 UEFA Champions League, 8 UEFA Europa League, 7 Coupe de la Ligue, 1 Coupe de France)Red cards 5 (2 Ligue 1, 2 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League)Best result 6–1 (H) v FC Zürich - UEFA Champions League - 3 November 2009Worst result 0–3 (A) v Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League - 30 September 2009Most appearances SEN Diawara and FRA Mandanda (50 matches)Top scorer SEN Niang (22 goals) Squad stats The list is sorted by position and total appearances. Last updated on 15 May 2010. right|thumb|150px|Marseille's captain Mamadou Niang is the top scorer of Marseille and the Ligue 1. Ligue 1 Champions League &Europa League Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France |- |colspan="14" align="center"|Goalkeepers 30 Steve Mandanda GK FRA 36 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 40 Elinton Andrade GK BRA 2+1 0 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14" align="center"|Defenders 21 Souleymane Diawara DF SEN 36 4 9 0 4 1 1 0 24 Laurent Bonnart DF FRA 30+1 0 8 0 4 0 1 0 3 Taye Taiwo DF NGA 25+3 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 21 Stéphane Mbia DF CMR 26+1 2 7 0 2 0 1 0 19 Gabriel Heinze DF ARG 26+1 4 6+1 2 1+1 0 0 0 5 Hilton DF BRA 9+3 1 3 1 2+1 0 2 0 27 Pape M'Bow DF SEN 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 4 Julien Rodriguez DF FRA 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14" align="center"|Midfielders 18 Fabrice Abriel MF FRA 18+14 1 7+2 1 2+2 0 2 0 7 Benoît Cheyrou MF FRA 27+5 5 10 1 2 0 2 2 6 Édouard Cissé MF FRA 27+5 1 7+1 0 4 0 1 0 8 Lucho González MF ARG 28+4 5 8 2 4 1 0 0 28 Mathieu Valbuena MF FRA 19+12 5 2+4 0 2+2 2 1+1 0 12 Charles Kaboré MF BFA 17+8 1 2+4 1 3 0 1 0 22 Cyril Rool MF BRA 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Alexander N'Doumbou MF GAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 |- |colspan="14" align="center"|Forwards 11 Mamadou Niang FW SEN 29+3 18 9 3 3+1 1 1 0 9 Brandão FW BRA 27+3 8 7+1 1 3 4 1+1 0 10 Hatem Ben Arfa FW FRA 17+12 3 1+6 3 3+1 0 1 1 14 Bakari Koné FW CIV 11+16 4 3+4 2 0+1 0 1 0 23 Fernando Morientes FW ESP 4+8 1 2+3 0 0 0 1+1 0 15 Jordan Ayew FW GHA 0+4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="14"|Player(s) who left the club after the start of the season: 2 Garry Bocaly DF FRA 3+1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 |} Friendlies Pre-season friendlies Marseille started their season with six pre-season friendlies; they won four, drew one, and lost one. During these friendlies, they scored eight goals and only conceded four. Mamadou Niang, Brandão, Hatem Ben Arfa, and Stéphane Mbia each scored a goal while Bakari Koné and Taye Taiwo scored two goals each. 10 July 2009 Dinamo București 1–2 Marseille Dănciulescu 44 14 Ben Arfa 22 Niang Stade Joseph-Moynat Thonon-les-Bains 6,000 Olivier Dumoulin W 17 July 2009 Ajaccio 0–1 Marseille 20 Taiwo Stade de Fargues Le Pontet 5,000 Didier Falcone W 21 July 2009 Bordeaux 2–1 Marseille González 37 o.g.Gourcuff 48 18 Taiwo Stade Maurice Boyau Dax 11,000 Damien Ledentu L 25 July 2009 Ajaccio 1–1 Marseille Gignac 73 7 Koné Stadium Municipal Albi 6,000 Vincent Teulet D 29 July 2009 Saint-Étienne 0–1 Marseille 60 Koné Stade Georges Pompidou Valence 12,500 Sébastien Dessiage W 1 August 2009 Lens 0–2 Marseille 46 Brandão 74 Mbia Stade Félix-Bollaert Lens 36,000 Ruddy Buquet W Other friendlies 4 September 2009 Monaco 2–0 Marseille Coutadeur 1 Muratori 60 Stade Pierre de Coubertin Cannes 6,000 Didier Falcone L 9 October 2009 Nîmes 1–2 Marseille Poulain 31 11 Morientes 87 Ben Arfa Stade des Costières Nîmes 12,000 Philippe Malige W 13 November 2009 Arles-Avignon 2–2 Marseille Psaume 21 Guise 54 61 Abriel 79 Morientes Parc des Sports Avignon 3,500 Didier Falcone D 9 October 2009 Languedoc-Roussillon XI 1–4 Marseille Aabiza 48 49 62 Gnabouyou 78 N'Doumbou 90 Abriel Stade Gilbert Brutus Perpignan 3,000 Abdelali Chaoui W Competitions Overall y y Ligue 1 4th — 1st 8 August 2009 15 May 2010 y y Coupe de France Round of 64 Round of 32 10 January 2010 10 February 2010 y Coupe de la Ligue Round of 16 — Winner 13 January 2010 27 March 2010 y y UEFA Champions League Group stage Group stage 15 September 2009 8 December 2009 y UEFA Europa League Round of 32 Round of 16 18 February 2010 18 March 2010 5 Apr Ligue 1 2009–10 Ligue 1 Marseille started their Ligue 1 campaign with an impressive 2–0 victory and continued through a very fine form usually never being below 6th so they did have some very hard times, dropping points and losing or drawing important games but soon after they were flying high and now after 30 games, l'OM tops the Ligue 1 with a game in hand. Now that it has reached the firing line in the league, Marseille are in the lead but there are many challengers for the Ligue 1 with only 3 points splitting the top five teams. League table OM Results summary 14 3 2 37 14 9 6 4 32 22 lfp.fr October 2009 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result W/W/D/D/W/W/L/L/W/W/W/D/D/W/L/W/W/D/L/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/L/W Position 4/3/4/5/1/3/3/5/5/3/3/3/3/1/3/2/2/2/2/3/2/4/3/3/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 complete Matches April 2010 Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 8 August 2009 Grenoble 0–2 (Report) Marseille 2 Niang80 Cheyrou Stade des Alpes Grenoble 19,622 Philippe Kalt W 2 16 August 2009 Marseille 1–0 (Report) Lille Brandão 11 Stade de la Mosson Montpellier 26,965 Fredy Fautrel W 3 22 August 2009 Rennes 1–1 (Report) Marseille Leroy 37 pen. 52 Niang Stade de la Route de Lorient Rennes 28,631 Philippe Malige D 4 30 August 2009 Marseille 0–0 (Report) Bordeaux Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,920 Antony Gautier D 5 12 September 2009 Le Mans 1–2 (Report) Marseille Maïga 61 14 Niang70 Brandão Stade Léon-Bollée Le Mans 16,301 Tony Chapron W 6 19 September 2009 Marseille 4–2 (Report) Montpellier González 31 Niang 34 Cissé 39 Diawara 50 75 Belhanda 88 pen. Camara Stade Vélodrome Marseille 52,351 Olivier Thual W 7 26 September 2009 Valenciennes 3–2 (Report) Marseille Biševac 21 Ducourtioux 28 Rafael 84 13 Morientes 22 Niang Stade Nungesser Valenciennes 16,208 Fredy Fautrel L 8 4 October 2009 21:00 Marseille 1–2 (Report) Monaco Niang 85 20 Nenê 42 Park Stade Vélodrome Marseille 48,566 Stéphane Bre L 9 17 October 2009 19:00 Nancy 0–3 (Report) Marseille 5 Valbuena 79 Brandão 81 Abriel Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 20,057 Philippe Kalt W 10 31 October 2009 19:00 Marseille 1–1 (Report) Toulouse Brandão 75 27 Sissoko Stade Vélodrome Marseille 53,340 Saïd Ennjimi D 11 8 November 2009 21:00 Lyon 5–5 (Report) Marseille Pjanić 5 Govou 14 López 80 83 pen. Bastos 90+1 11 Diawara 44 Cheyrou 47 Koné 79 Brandão 90+2 o.g. Toulalan Stade de Gerland Lyon 38,018 Stéphane Bré D 12 20 November 2009 21:00 Marseille 1–0 (Report) Paris Saint-Germain Heinze 25 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,623 Laurent Duhamel W 13 28 November 2009 21:00 Lens 1–0 (Report) Marseille Eduardo 90+4 Stade Félix-Bollaert Lens 41,052 Damien Ledentu L 14 5 December 2009 19:00 Nice 1–3 (Report) Marseille Couibaly 33 19 Niang 77 González 86 Koné Stade Municipal du Ray Nice 15,047 Lionel Jaffredo W 15 12 December 2009 19:00 Marseille 2–0 (Report) Boulogne Heinze 48 Taiwo 54 pen. Stade Vélodrome Marseille 47,575 Alexandre Castro W 16 16 December 2009 19:00 Lorient 1–2 (Report) Marseille Vihirau 53 pen. 68 J. Ayew 90+2 Diawara Stade du Moustoir Lorient 11,634 Clément Turpin W 17 19 December 2009 19:00 Saint-Étienne 0–0 (Report) Marseille Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne 27,614 Antony Gautier D 18 16 December 2009 19:00 Marseille 0–2 (Report) Auxerre 40 79 Oliech Stade Vélodrome Marseille 49,966 Philippe Malige L 19 18 January 2010 21:00 Bordeaux 1–1 (Report) Marseille Mandanda 45+1 o.g. 81 Cheyrou Stade Chaban Delmas Bordeaux 32,771 Laurent Duhamel D 20 20 January 2010 19:00 Marseille 2–1 (Report) Le Mans Niang 30 56 pen. 16 Le Tallec Stade Vélodrome Marseille 44,907 Damien Ledentu W 21 30 January 2010 21:00 Montpellier HSC 2–0 (Report) Marseille Aït-Fana 49 Cheyrou 76 o.g. Stade de la Mosson Montpellier 29,051 Fredy Fautrel L 22 7 February 2010 21:00 Marseille 5–1 (Report) Valenciennes González 33 Brandão 43 Cheyrou 53 Valbuena 77 Niang 90+1 66 Sánchez Stade Vélodrome Marseille 46,306 Wilfried Bien W 23 13 February 2010 19:00 Monaco 1–2 (Report) Marseille Maazou 40 37 pen. Niang89 o.g. N'Koulou Stade Louis II Monaco 13,063 Saïd Ennjimi W 24 21 February 2010 17:00 Marseille 3–1 (Report) Nancy Niang 10 34 67 13 André Luiz Stade Vélodrome Marseille 47,975 Clément Turpin W 25 28 February 2010 21:00 Paris Saint-Germain 0–3 (Report) Marseille 15 Ben Arfa 54 González71 Cheyrou Parc des Princes Paris 43,813 Antony Gautier W 26 7 March 2010 17:00 Marseille 1–1 (Report) Lorient Niang 42 64 Koscielny Stade Vélodrome Marseille 48,290 Philippe Kalt D 27 13 March 2010 21:00 Toulouse 1–1 (Report) Marseille Machado 39 30 Brandão Stadium Municipal Toulouse 27,249 Saïd Ennjimi D 28 21 March 2010 21:00 Marseille 2–1 (Report) Lyon Kaboré 68Taiwo 81 80 Gomis Stade Vélodrome Marseille 52,557 Fredy Fautrel W 29 4 April 2010 17:00 Marseille 1–0 (Report) Lens Brandão 22 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 54,839 Philippe Malige W 30 7 April 2010 19:00 Marseille 3–0 (Report) Sochaux Heinze 9Ben Arfa 27 pen.Koné 90+1 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 48,198 Stéphane Bré W 31 11 April 2010 21:00 Marseille 4–1 (Report) Nice Koné 42Mbia 52Valbuena 70 Diawara 74 Faé 90+2 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,229 Lionel Jaffredo W 32 14 April 2010 Sochaux 0–1 (Report) Marseille Mbia 88 Stade Auguste Bonal Montbéliard 19,992 Wilfried Bien W 33 17 April 2010 19:00 Boulogne 1–2 (Report) Marseille Blayac 82 Valbuena 44 Taiwo 90 pen. Stade de la Libération Boulogne-sur-Mer 15,249 Pascal Vileo W 34 25 April 2010 Marseille 1–0 (Report) Saint-Étienne Valbuena 6 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,056 Clemente Turpin W 35 2 May 2010 Auxerre 0–0 (Report) Marseille Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps Auxerre 20,005 Herve Piccirillo D 36 5 May 2010 Marseille 3–1 (Report) Rennais Heinze 5Niang 76González 77 38 Briand Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,377 Ruddy Buquet W 37 8 May 2010 Lille 3–2 (Report) Marseille Cabaye 28 pen.De Melo 81 6 Niang44 Hilton Stadium Lille-Metropole Lille 17,688 Fred Frautel L 38 15 May 2010 Marseille 2–0 (Report) Grenoble Niang 41 pen.Ben Arfa 90 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,808 Philippe Kalt W Coupe de France 2009–10 Coupe de France Marseille entered the Coupe de France in the round of 64 some other Ligue 1 sides. They won their first game against Trélissac thanks to Ben Arfa and Cheyrou. Marseille's next game in the Coupe de France is against Lens a team that they lost to in 2009–10 Ligue 1. l'OM lost the round of 32 clash being knockout at the same round last season when they lost to Lyon but this time it was against Lens. Round of 64 10 January 2010 Trélissac 0–2 Marseille 16 Ben Arfa 74 Cheyrou Stade Francis Rongerias Périgueux W Round of 32 23 January 2010 Lens 3–1 Marseille Jemâa 20 45Maoulida 57 62 Cheyrou Stade Félix-Bollaert Lens 27,044 Pascal Viléo L Coupe de la Ligue 2009–10 Coupe de la Ligue Marseille started their Coupe de la Ligue campaign in the round of 16 where they came up against a team that they drew with in Ligue 1 but instead they were focused this time and determined to stay in this competition so they beat Saint-Étienne at the very last moment with a Niang goal in the 90+4-minute. In the quarter-finals Marseille beat Lille then Toulouse FC after extra time in the semi-finals. For the final, l'OM will play against the winner of the match FC Lorient–Girondins de Bordeaux. Round of 16 13 January 2010 20:45 CET Saint-Étienne 2–3 Marseille Sako 18 Bergessio 30 28 50 Brandão 90 Niang Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Saint-Étienne 15,774 Lionel Jaffredo W Quarter-finals 27 January 2010 20:45 CET Marseille 2–1 Report Lille González 9 Valbuena 81 4 Melo Stade Vélodrome Marseille 19,217 Hervé Piccirillo W Semi-finals 3 February 2010 20:45 CET Toulouse 1–2 yes Report Marseille Gignac 59 86 105 Brandão Stadium Municipal Toulouse 26,548 Lionel Jaffredo W Final 27 March 2010 20:50 CET Marseille 3–1 Report Bordeaux Diawara 60Valbuena 67Chalmé 77 o.g. 84 Sané Stade de France Saint-Denis 79,000 Stéphane Lannoy W UEFA Champions League 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Marseille were put into pot three in group C with two big football giants Real Madrid and Milan. Marseille started off poorly, losing their opening game at home to Milan. In their next game, Marseille also lost by a large margin, 3–0 to Real Madrid. Marseille had to win games if they are to stay in the Champions league and they did just that, winning against Swiss champions Zürich in both of their away and home matches. Marseille still continued their fine form but failed to get three points away at Italy. They could only earn one point, meaning that they must win their next clash against Real Madrid or else they are in the Europa League and also hope that Milan lose to Zürich, but it was not to be; Marseille lost 3–1 to Madrid, meaning that they will go into the Europa League as a seeded team. Group C 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group C Group C n MAR 1 15 September 2009 20:45 Marseille FRA 1–2 Report ITA Milan Heinze 49 28 74 Inzaghi Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 55,434 Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark) L 2 30 September 2009 20:45 Real Madrid ESP 3–0 Report FRA Marseille Ronaldo 58 64Kaká 61 pen. Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid, Spain 67,244 Martin Hansson (Sweden) L 3 21 October 2009 20:45 Zürich SUI 0–1 Report FRA Marseille 69 Heinze Letzigrund Zürich, Switzerland 22,300 Damir Skomina (Slovenia) W 4 3 November 2009 20:45 Marseille FRA 6–1 Report SUI Zürich Aegerter 3 o.g.Abriel 11Niang 51Hilton 80Cheyrou 87Brandão 90 31 Alphonse Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 56,282 Craig Thomson (Scotland) W 5 25 November 2009 20:45 Milan ITA 1–1 Report FRA Marseille Borriello 10 16 González San Siro Milan, Italy 49,063 Howard Webb (England) D 6 8 December 2009 20:45 Marseille FRA 1–3 Report ESP Real Madrid González 11 5 80 Ronaldo 60 Albiol Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 55,722 Wolfgang Stark (Germany) L UEFA Europa League 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Because of Marseille's third-place finish at the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, they were relegated to the Europa League along with other third-place finishers. The draw for the Europa League was made on 18 December 2009, and Marseille went up against Danish champions Copenhagen. Marseille easily went past the Danish champions in the Europa league, but then they had a very hard task ahead of them coming up against the 2008–09 Primeira Liga third-place finishers Benfica. After their double 3–1 wins, Marseille were favourites to progress to the quarter-finals. Round of 32 First leg 18 February 2010 21:05 Copenhagen DEN 1–3 Report FRA Marseille Grønkjær 79 pen. 72 Niang 84 Ben Arfa 90 Kaboré Parken Stadium Copenhagen, Denmark 26,000 Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) W Second leg 25 February 2010 19:00 Marseille FRA 3–1 6–2 Report DEN Copenhagen Ben Arfa 43Koné 62 78 87 Aílton Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 27,195 Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) W Round of 16 First leg 11 March 2010 21:05 Benfica POR 1–1 Report FRA Marseille M. Pereira 76 90 Ben Arfa Estádio da Luz Lisbon, Portugal 46,635 Felix Brych (Germany) D Second leg 18 March 2010 19:00 Marseille FRA 1–2 2–3 Report POR Benfica Niang 70 75 M. Pereira90+1 Alan Kardec Stade Vélodrome Marseille, France 38,386 Damir Skomina (Slovenia) L National selection The table shows the players selected to participate in National football matches for their countries. There were many International football competitions this season such as the 2010 FIFA World cup qualifications and other things such as the 2010 African Cup of Nations as well as international friendlies. Marseille have players who are often chosen to represent their countries in international football competitions and there are many who were chosen to represent their country in those competitions above. NumberNationNameNationalitySelectionsGoals11SENMamadou NiangSEN Senegal223NigeriaTaye TaiwoNigeria Nigeria30 Honours Team Ligue 1 Winners Coupe de la Ligue Winners Individuals Name Number Country Award Benoît Cheyrou 7 FRA France 2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the YearLucho González8ARG Argentina 2009–10 Ligue 1 top passer UNFP Player of the Month (February 2010) Mamadou Niang 9 SEN Senegal2009–10 Ligue 1 top goalscorer 2009 Senegalese Player of the Year2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year2009–10 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year Hatem Ben Arfa 10 FRA France UNFP Player of the Month (February 2010) Fabrice Abriel 18 FRA France UNFP Player of the Month (November 2009) Souleymane Diawara 21 SEN Senegal 2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year References Category:Olympique de Marseille seasons Marseille Category:French football championship–winning seasons Marseille Marseille