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2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season

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Marseille
2003–04 season
ChairmanRobert Louis-Dreyfus
ManagerAlain Perrin
José Anigo
Ligue 17th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Champions LeagueGroup stage
UEFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Didier Drogba (19)
All: Didier Drogba (32)

Olympique de Marseille returned to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in four years, and in spite of going out in the group stage, the side made headlines in the UEFA Cup, knocking Liverpool, Internazionale and Newcastle United out on the way to the final, where the sending off of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez and the converted penalty kick from Valencia's Vicente saw Valencia eventually edge the game.

In the domestic campaign, Marseille endured a disappointing campaign, where manager Alain Perrin was replaced by José Anigo early on, following the inability to hang onto the top teams. The end result was seventh, missing out even on UEFA Cup qualification, in spite of having the French player of the season in Didier Drogba in the team. The Ivorian striker netted 19 league goals and was instrumental to OM's fortunes in Europe, and following the season he was sold to Chelsea.

Squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Croatia CRO Vedran Runje
3 DF France FRA Manuel dos Santos
4 MF France FRA Mathieu Flamini
5 DF France FRA Philippe Christanval
6 MF Algeria ALG Brahim Hemdani
7 MF Senegal SEN Sylvain N'Diaye
8 MF France FRA Sébastien Pérez
9 FW Egypt EGY Mido
10 FW Spain ESP Koke
11 FW Ivory Coast CIV Didier Drogba
12 DF Ivory Coast CIV Abdoulaye Méïté
14 MF Czech Republic CZE Štěpán Vachoušek
15 MF France FRA Pascal Johansen
16 GK France FRA Fabien Barthez (on loan from Manchester United)
18 MF France FRA Camel Meriem (on loan from Bordeaux)
19 MF Czech Republic CZE Rudi Skácel
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW France FRA Steve Marlet (on loan from Fulham)
21 DF France FRA Johnny Ecker
23 DF Senegal SEN Habib Beye
24 FW France FRA Karim Dahou
25 DF Brazil BRA Demetrius Ferreira (on loan from Bastia)
26 MF France FRA Laurent Batlles
27 DF France FRA Camille Borios
28 DF France FRA David Sommeil (on loan from Manchester City)
29 DF Switzerland SUI Fabio Celestini
30 GK France FRA Jérémy Gavanon
32 MF France FRA Laurent Merlin
36 FW Senegal SEN Rahmane Barry
— GK France FRA Cédric Carrasso
— MF Portugal POR Delfim
— FW France FRA Nicolas Cicut

Left club during season[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Belgium BEL Daniel Van Buyten (on loan to Manchester City)
7 MF Poland POL Piotr Świerczewski (to Lech Poznań)
10 FW Brazil BRA Fernandão (on loan to Toulouse)
13 FW Senegal SEN Lamine Sakho (on loan to Leeds United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahima Bakayoko (to Osasuna)
20 MF Cameroon CMR Salomon Olembe (on loan to Leeds United)
22 FW Russia RUS Dmitri Sytchev (to Lokomotiv Moscow)
25 DF France FRA Fabien Laurenti (on loan to Ajaccio)

Competitions[edit]

Ligue 1[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 Ligue 1

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Sochaux 38 18 9 11 54 42 +12 63 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
6 Nantes 38 17 9 12 47 35 +12 60 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
7 Marseille 38 17 6 15 51 45 +6 57
8 Lens 38 15 8 15 34 48 −14 53
9 Rennes 38 14 10 14 56 44 +12 52
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 17 6 15 51 45  +6 57 12 3 4 34 18  +16 5 3 11 17 27  −10

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWLWWWLWWLWLLWLDLWLWLWWDDDLWLDWWLLLDLW
Position42642122222333357766676666666666677777
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

2 August 2003 1 Guingamp 0–1 Marseille Guingamp
20:00 Bakayoko 90+1' Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 18,002
Referee: Damien Ledentu
8 August 2003 2 Marseille 1–0 Auxerre Marseille
20:45 Mido 58' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,840
Referee: Alain Sars
17 August 2003 3 Lens 2–1 Marseille Lens
20:45 Diop 21'
Thomert 90+1'		 Drogba 11' Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
Attendance: 40,445
Referee: Philippe Kalt
23 August 2003 4 Marseille 2–0 Sochaux Marseille
20:00 Drogba 34'
Hemdani 84' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,782
Referee: Gilles Veissière
31 August 2003 5 Ajaccio 0–1 Marseille Ajaccio
20:45 Meriem 65' Stadium: Stade François Coty
Attendance: 8,204
Referee: Pascal Garibian
13 September 2003 6 Marseille 5–0 Le Mans Marseille
20:00 Drogba 14'
Marlet 24'
Mido 55', 86'
Sychev 68'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,975
Referee: Dominique Fraise
21 September 2003 7 Nantes 1–0 Marseille Nantes
20:45 Vahirua 3' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 35,862
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
27 September 2003 8 Marseille 2–1 Nice Marseille
20:00 Drogba 59', 90+4' (pen.) Laslandes 35' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,148
Referee: Pascal Viléo
5 October 2003 9 Marseille 3–1 Bastia Marseille
20:45 Drogba 15'
Marlet 19'
Skácel 67'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,148
Referee: Bruno Derrien
17 October 2003 10 Strasbourg 4–1 Marseille Strasbourg
21:00 Martins 21'
Niang 37'
Ljuboja 45+1'
Ehret 90'		 Marlet 33' Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 26,943
Referee: Alain Sars
25 October 2003 11 Marseille 2–0 Rennes Marseille
20:00 Van Buyten 45'
Drogba 76'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,112
Referee: Claude Colombo
1 November 2003 12 Bordeaux 1–0 Marseille Bordeaux
20:00 Darcheville 45' Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 32,507
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
9 November 2003 13 Marseille 1–4 Lyon Marseille
21:00 Van Buyten 20' Élber 19'
Luyindula 38', 58'
Juninho 90+2'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,207
Referee: Bertrand Layec
22 November 2003 14 Lille 0–2 Marseille Lille
20:00 Drogba 22'
Mido 47'		 Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris
Attendance: 20,480
Referee: Pascal Garibian
30 November 2003 15 Marseille 0–1 Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
20:45 Fiorèse 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,493
Referee: Alain Sars
5 December 2003 17 Marseille 1–2 Monaco Marseille
21:00 Mido 44' Squillaci 59'
Giuly 67'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,265
Referee: Éric Poulat
20 December 2003 19 Marseille 1–0 Toulouse Marseille
17:15 Drogba 62' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,838
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
10 January 2004 20 Auxerre 2–0 Marseille Auxerre
20:00 Tainio 4'
Kalou 16'		 Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 21,112
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
18 January 2004 21 Marseille 3–2 Lens Marseille
20:45 Drogba 10', 48'
Sychev 88'		 Moreira 13'
Thomert 62'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,638
Referee: Pascal Garibian
27 January 2004 16 Metz 1–1 Marseille Metz
20:45 Rodriguez 47' Drogba 77' Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 28,511
Referee: Philippe Kalt
31 January 2004 22 Sochaux 2–1 Marseille Montbéliard
20:00 Mathieu 31'
Frau 74' (pen.)		 Gnanhouan 6' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,754
Referee: Stéphane Bré
4 February 2004 18 Montpellier 0–1 Marseille Montpellier
19:00 Drogba 64' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 21,085
Referee: Claude Colombo
7 February 2004 23 Marseille 2–1 Ajaccio Marseille
17:16 Mido 11'
Marlet 90+1'		 Seck 73' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,698
Referee: Stéphane Moulin
14 February 2004 24 Le Mans 0–0 Marseille Le Mans
20:00 Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée
Attendance: 16,312
Referee: Gilles Veissière
22 February 2004 25 Marseille 1–1 Nantes Marseille
20:45 Drogba 29' Moldovan 41' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 49,637
Referee: Pascal Viléo
29 February 2004 26 Nice 0–0 Marseille Nice
18:00 Stadium: Stade du Ray
Attendance: 15,686
Referee: Damien Ledentu
7 March 2004 27 Bastia 4–1 Marseille Furiani
20:45 Maurice 22'
Diarra 27'
Ben Saada 49'
Ogbeche 65'		 Drogba 79' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 6,803
Referee: Bertrand Layec
14 March 2004 28 Marseille 4–0 Strasbourg Marseille
18:00 Drogba 22' (pen.)
Marlet 37'
Ferreira 47', 90+3'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,893
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
21 March 2004 29 Rennes 4–3 Marseille Rennes
20:45 Frei 35', 39', 60', 74' Batlles 31'
Drogba 45'
Mido 72'		 Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
Attendance: 18,244
Referee: Hervé Piccirillo
28 March 2004 30 Marseille 1–1 Bordeaux Marseille
18:30 Meriem 52' Francia 9' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 51,573
Referee: Philippe Kalt
3 April 2004 31 Lyon 1–2 Marseille Lyon
17:15 Luyindula 17' Drogba 4'
Meriem 84'		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 38,602
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
18 April 2004 32 Marseille 2–1 Lille Marseille
18:00 Marlet 45+3'
Batlles 81'		 Bodmer 12' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,832
Referee: Gilles Veissière
25 April 2004 33 Paris Saint-Germain 2–1 Marseille Paris
18:15 Pauleta 12', 62' Batlles 90+1' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 41,978
Referee: Stéphane Bré
1 May 2004 34 Marseille 0–1 Metz Marseille
17:15 Meniri 26' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 52,128
Referee: Olivier Thual
9 May 2004 35 Monaco 1–0 Marseille Monaco
20:45 Giuly 90+3' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 16,560
Referee: Laurent Duhamel
12 May 2004 36 Marseille 1–1 Montpellier Marseille
20:30 Marlet 30' Mansaré 66' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,709
Referee: Bertrand Layec
15 May 2004 37 Toulouse 2–1 Marseille Toulouse
20:00 Fernandão 44' (pen.)
Eduardo 85'		 Dao 3' (o.g.) Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
Attendance: 35,005
Referee: Damien Ledentu
23 May 2004 38 Marseille 2–1 Guingamp Marseille
20:00 Marlet 13', 41' Talhaoui 76' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,968
Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de France[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 Coupe de France
3 January 2004 Round of 64 Marseille 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Strasbourg Marseille
17:00 Ecker 37' Niang 83' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Damien Ledentu
Penalties
Mido soccer ball with check mark
Hemdani soccer ball with check mark
Skacel soccer ball with check mark
Barthez soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Kobylík
soccer ball with check mark Deroff
soccer ball with check mark Arrache
24 January 2004 Round of 32 Marseille 1–2 (a.e.t.) Paris Saint-Germain Marseille
17:00 Drogba 35' Pauleta 10'
Sorín 103'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Éric Poulat

Coupe de la Ligue[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 Coupe de la Ligue
29 October 2003 Second round Marseille 2–0 Monaco Marseille
21:00 Fernandão 29'
Drogba 33'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 33,974
Referee: Stéphane Bre
17 December 2003 Round of 16 Sochaux 1–0 Marseille Montbéliard
21:00 Mathieu 43' Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 19,510
Referee: Bertrand Layec

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round[edit]

13 August 2003 First leg Austria Wien Austria 0–1 France Marseille Vienna, Austria
20:30 Report Sychev 4' Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Attendance: 28,300
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
27 August 2003 Second leg Marseille France 0–0
(1–0 agg.)		 Austria Austria Wien Marseille, France
20:50 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 41,253
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Portugal Porto 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11
3 France Marseille 6 1 1 4 9 11 −2 4 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Serbia and Montenegro Partizan 6 0 3 3 3 8 −5 3
Source: RSSSF
16 September 2003 1 Real Madrid Spain 4–2 France Marseille Madrid, Spain
20:45 Roberto Carlos 29'
Ronaldo 34', 56'
Figo 61' (pen.)		 Drogba 25'
Van Buyten 83'		 Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Attendance: 60,433
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
1 October 2003 2 Marseille France 3–0 Serbia and Montenegro Partizan Marseille, France
20:45 Drogba 62', 68', 85' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,362
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
22 October 2003 3 Marseille France 2–3 Portugal Porto Marseille, France
20:45 Drogba 24'
Marlet 82'		 Maniche 31'
Derlei 36'
Alenichev 80'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,209
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
4 November 2003 4 Porto Portugal 1–0 France Marseille Porto, Portugal
20:45 Alenichev 80' Stadium: Estádio das Antas
Attendance: 33,215
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
26 November 2003 5 Marseille France 1–2 Spain Real Madrid Marseille, France
20:45 Mido 64' Beckham 35'
Ronaldo 73'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 54,745
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
9 December 2003 6 Partizan Serbia and Montenegro 1–1 France Marseille Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
20:45 Delibašić 79' Mido 61' Stadium: Partizan Stadium
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

UEFA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Third round[edit]

26 February 2004 First leg Marseille France 1–0 Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Marseille, France
19:00 Drogba 55' (pen.) Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 15,285
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
3 March 2004 Second leg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 0–0
(0–1 agg.)		 France Marseille Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
17:00 Report Stadium: Meteor Stadium
Attendance: 22,100
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Fourth round[edit]

11 March 2004 First leg Liverpool England 1–1 France Marseille Liverpool, England
21:00 Baroš 55' Report Drogba 78' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,270
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
25 March 2004 Second leg Marseille France 2–1
(3–2 agg.)		 England Liverpool Marseille, France
21:00 Drogba 38' (pen.)
Méïté 65'		 Report Heskey 15' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Arturo Dauden Ibañez (Spain)

Quarter-finals[edit]

8 April 2004 First leg Marseille France 1–0 Italy Internazionale Marseille, France
21:00 Drogba 46' Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
15 April 2004 Second leg Internazionale Italy 0–1
(0–2 agg.)		 France Marseille Milan, Italy
20:45 Report Meriem 74' Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 36,044
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Semi-finals[edit]

22 April 2004 First leg Newcastle United England 0–0 France Marseille Newcastle upon Tyne, England
20:45 Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,004
Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
6 May 2004 Second leg Marseille France 2–0
(2–0 agg.)		 England Newcastle United Marseille, France
21:00 Drogba 18', 82' Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 58,897
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Final[edit]

Main article: 2004 UEFA Cup final
19 May 2004 Final Valencia Spain 2–0 France Marseille Gothenburg, Sweden
20:45 Vicente 45' (pen.)
Mista 58'		 Report Stadium: Ullevi
Attendance: 39,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

References[edit]

- RSSSF France 2003/04

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