2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille 2002–03 Robert Louis-Dreyfus Alain Perrin Ligue 1 3rd Ibrahima Bakayoko (9) Coupe de France Round of 32 Coupe de la Ligue Semi-finals _om0203h _om0203h _om0203h _om0203 h _om0203home _om0203a _om0203a _om0203a _om0203a _om0203a _om0203t _om0203t _om0203t _om0203 t _om0203 third 2001–02 2003–04 Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history. Squad 1 CRO GK Vedran Runje 2 FRA DF Jérôme Perez 3 FRA DF Manuel dos Santos 4 BEL DF Daniel Van Buyten 5 ALG DF Eduardo Tuzzio 6 ALG MF Brahim Hemdani 8 FRA DF Sébastien Pérez 9 BRA FW Fernandão 10 CIV FW Ibrahima Bakayoko 11 FRA FW Cyril Chapuis 12 CIV DF Abdoulaye Méïté 13 SEN FW Lamine Sakho 14 FRA FW Karim Dahou 15 FRA MF Pascal Johansen 16 FRA GK Cédric Carrasso 17 POR MF Delfim 18 FRA DF Franck Leboeuf captain 20 CMR MF Salomon Olembé 21 FRA DF Johnny Ecker 22 RUS FW Dmitri Sytchev 25 FRA DF Fabien Laurenti 27 FRA MF Michel Gafour 28 FRA DF Loris Reina 29 SUI MF Fabio Celestini 33 FRA FW Laurent Merlin TUN MF Fabien Camus Left club during season 7 POL MF Piotr Świerczewski on loan to Birmingham City 19 ALG MF Djamel Belmadi on loan to Manchester City 23 FRA MF Sébastien Grégori on loan to Créteil 24 FRA MF Mickaël Marsiglia on loan to Racing Ferrol 26 FRA MF Benjamin Gavanon on loan to Nottingham Forest Competitions Ligue 1 2002–03 Ligue 1 League table OM Results summary 12 4 3 26 14 7 4 8 15 22 LFP.fr March 2022 Results by round table b Round Ground 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/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A Result L/W/D/W/D/L/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/D/D/W/L/W/W/D/L/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/D/L/W/L/D/W/W/L/W/L Position 18/10/12/8/9/10/8/4/3/5/3/5/3/4/3/3/4/4/1/1/3/2/3/1/3/2/1/1/2/2/2/3/3/3/2/3/2/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold green1 green2 blue1 red1 LFP.fr Matches 1 3 August 2002 17:15 Marseille 0–2 Nantes Yepes 62 Berson 90+3 Stade de Gerland Lyon 7,742 Bruno Derrien L 2 10 August 2002 20:00 Monaco 0–1 Marseille Fernandão 54 Stade Louis II Monaco 17,172 Pascal Garibian W 3 16 August 2002 20:45 Marseille 1–1 Lyon Bakayoko 29 Govou 14 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 56,529 Laurent Duhamel D 4 24 August 2002 20:00 Rennes 1–3 Marseille Piquionne 10 Chapuis 35 70 Sakho 90+1 Stade de la Route de Lorient Rennes 23,205 Damien Ledentu W 5 1 September 2002 20:45 Marseille 0–0 Auxerre Stade Vélodrome Marseille 53,160 Philippe Kalt D 6 11 September 2002 18:00 Nice 2–0 Marseille Everson 52 Olufade 82 Stade du Ray Nice 13,614 Bertrand Layec L 7 14 September 2002 17:15 Marseille 2–1 Bordeaux Leboeuf 16 pen. Bakayoko 75 Pauleta 52 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,358 Alain Sars W 8 21 September 2002 20:00 Le Havre 1–3 Marseille Fauconnier 66 Sakho 45+2 Johansen 58 Celestini 90 Stade Jules Deschaseaux Le Havre 16,149 Hervé Piccirillo W 9 27 September 2002 20:45 Marseille 3–1 Ajaccio Van Buyten 41 Chapuis 45 Bakayoko 77 pen. Destruhaut 15 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 48,035 Damien Ledentu W 10 5 October 2002 20:00 Lille 3–0 Marseille Tapia 15 Brunel 55 Cheyrou 65 Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Lille 20,211 Patrick Lhermite L 11 20 October 2002 20:45 Marseille 1–0 Strasbourg Fernandão 24 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 47,131 Pascal Viléo W 12 26 October 2002 17:15 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Marseille Ronaldinho 15 37 pen. Cardetti 82 Parc des Princes Paris 41,949 Éric Poulat L 13 2 November 2002 20:00 Marseille 2–0 Montpellier Bakayoko 32 F. Silvestre 61 o.g. Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,487 Stéphane Lannoy W 14 9 November 2002 20:00 Guingamp 0–0 Marseille Stade du Roudourou Guingamp 17,330 Alain Sars D 15 16 November 2002 20:00 Marseille 0–0 Troyes Stade Vélodrome Marseille 46,017 Bruno Ruffray D 16 23 November 2002 17:15 Marseille 1–0 Lens Olembé 12 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,320 Pascal Garibian W 17 30 November 2002 20:00 Bastia 2–0 Marseille Ben Saada 74 87 Stade Armand Cesari Furiani 9,008 Damien Ledentu L 18 4 December 2002 20:30 Marseille 1–0 Sochaux Fernandão 40 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 45,293 Patrick Lhermite W 19 14 December 2002 20:45 Sedan 1–2 Marseille H. Camara 70 dos Santos 39 Bakayoko 49 Stade Louis Dugauguez Sedan 22,754 Hervé Piccirillo W 20 20 December 2002 20:30 Marseille 1–1 Monaco Van Buyten 60 Pršo 40 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,426 Stéphane Bré D 21 10 January 2003 20:45 Lyon 1–0 Marseille Luyindula 41 Stade de Gerland Lyon 38,775 Pierluigi Collina (Italy) L 22 14 January 2003 20:45 Marseille 2–0 Rennes Bakayoko 7 Van Buyten 19 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 44,366 Jean-Marc Bonnin W 23 21 January 2003 20:45 Auxerre 0–0 Marseille Stade Abbe-Deschamps Auxerre 16,104 Laurent Duhamel D 24 28 January 2003 20:45 Marseille 2–0 Nice Van Buyten 45+3 Sychev 87 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,058 Pascal Garibian W 25 2 February 2003 20:45 Bordeaux 3–1 Marseille Feindouno 56 Darcheville 63 pen. Sávio 90+6 Van Buyten 88 Stade Chaban-Delmas Bordeaux 32,793 Éric Poulat L 26 5 February 2003 20:30 Marseille 2–0 Le Havre Sychev 16 Van Buyten 52 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 45,170 Stéphane Moulin W 27 8 February 2003 17:15 Ajaccio 0–2 Marseille Bakayoko 35 Sakho 79 pen. Stade François Coty Ajaccio 8,305 Pascal Viléo W 28 22 February 2003 20:00 Marseille 2–0 Lille Bakayoko 13 Johansen 75 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 52,770 Philippe Kalt W 29 1 March 2003 20:00 Strasbourg 0–0 Marseille Stade de la Meinau Strasbourg 26,857 Alain Sars D 30 9 March 2003 20:45 Marseille 0–3 Paris Saint-Germain Leroy 28 83 Ronaldinho 55 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,982 Bertrand Layec L 31 22 March 2003 17:15 Montpellier 1–2 Marseille Rouvière 71 Sakho 22 Van Buyten 83 Stade de la Mosson Montpellier 26,096 Laurent Duhamel W 32 5 April 2003 20:00 Marseille 0–2 Guingamp Bah 12 Drogba 16 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 51,643 Patrick Lhermite L 33 12 April 2003 17:15 Troyes 0–0 Marseille Stade de l'Aube Troyes 14,211 Stéphane Moulin D 34 20 April 2003 20:45 Lens 0–1 Marseille Leboeuf 33 pen. Stade Félix-Bollaert Lens 40,825 Pascal Garibian W 35 3 May 2003 17:15 Marseille 2–1 Bastia Sychev 45 Van Buyten 87 Batlles 90+3 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 55,356 Hervé Piccirillo W 36 10 May 2003 20:00 Sochaux 3–0 Marseille Santos 28 Frau 65 Isabey 86 Stade Auguste Bonal Montbéliard 19,910 Alain Hamer L 37 20 May 2003 20:00 Marseille 4–2 Sedan Pérez 10 Chapuis 43 Hemdani 83 Sakho 89 N'Diefi 57 Pérez 61 o.g. Stade Vélodrome Marseille 50,593 Laurent Duhamel W 38 24 May 2003 20:30 Nantes 1–0 Marseille Quint 84 Stade de la Beaujoire Nantes 36,411 Stéphane Bré L Top Scorers CIV Ibrahima Bakayoko 9 (1) BEL Daniel Van Buyten 8 FRA Cyril Chapuis 4 SEN Lamine Sakho 4 (1) BRA Fernandão 4 RUS Dmitri Sychev 3 Coupe de France 2002–03 Coupe de France Round of 64 4 January 2003 17:00 Marseille 2–0 Bastia Fernandão 77 Olembe 90 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 28,000 Alain Sars W Round of 32 25 January 2003 20:45 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 yes Marseille Pochettino 14 Fiorèse 102 Van Buyten 62 Parc des Princes Paris 38,150 Stéphane Bré L Coupe de la Ligue 2002–03 Coupe de la Ligue Second round 7 December 2002 20:00 Marseille 5–1 Troyes Bakayoko 22 pen. 29 60 Belmadi 30 Pérez 72 Thomas 45+1 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 19,081 Bruno Derrien W Round of 16 18 January 2003 21:00 Marseille 4–0 Créteil Chapuis 1 41 Sychev 83 Swierczewski 90+3 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 21,000 Thierry Auriac W Quarter-finals 4 March 2003 21:00 Saint-Étienne 0–2 Marseille Fernandão 31Sakho 50 Stade Geoffroy Guichard Saint-Étienne 32,767 Pascal Garibian W Quarter-finals 16 April 2003 21:00 Marseille 0–1 Monaco Pršo 49 Stade Vélodrome Marseille 44,201 Alain Sars L Sources RSSSF - France 2002/03 Category:Olympique de Marseille seasons Marseille