2018–19 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille

2017–18 season
Chairman	Jacques-Henri Eyraud
Manager	Rudi Garcia
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
Ligue 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2018–19 season is Olympique de Marseille's 69th professional season since its creation in 1899 and 23rd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participates in Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

Squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Romain Cagnon
2	DF	JPN	Hiroki Sakai
4	DF	FRA	Boubacar Kamara
5	FW	ARG	Lucas Ocampos
6	DF	POR	Rolando
8	MF	FRA	Morgan Sanson
10	MF	FRA	Dimitri Payet (captain)
11	FW	GRE	Kostas Mitroglou
12	DF	CMR	Henri Bedimo
13	DF	TUN	Aymen Abdennour (on loan from Valencia)
14	FW	CMR	Clinton N'Jie
15	DF	CRO	Duje Ćaleta-Car
16	GK	FRA	Yohann Pelé
17	DF	FRA	Bouna Sarr
18	DF	FRA	Jordan Amavi

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo
20	DF	FRA	Christopher Rocchia
21	FW	TUR	Yusuf Sari
22	MF	FRA	Grégory Sertic
23	DF	FRA	Adil Rami
24	MF	TUN	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui
25	DF	SVK	Tomáš Hubočan
26	FW	FRA	Florian Thauvin
27	MF	FRA	Maxime Lopez
28	FW	FRA	Valère Germain
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda
31	FW	FRA	Florian Chabrolle
32	DF	FRA	Lucas Perrin
34	MF	FRA	Sacha Marasovic
40	GK	FRA	Florian Escales
—	MF	NED	Kevin Strootman

Reserve squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Suan Besic
—	GK	FRA	Amadou Dia
—	GK	FRA	Christian Madede
—	GK	FRA	Nicolas Pelloux
—	DF	COM	Abdallah Ali Mohamed
—	DF	FRA	Yoann Araujo
—	DF	FRA	Emerick Forte
—	DF	FRA	Jérémy Mizrahi
—	DF	FRA	Malik Ousfane
—	DF	FRA	Lucas Perrin
—	MF	FRA	Kevan Mezine

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CMR	Chryst Gnapele
—	MF	FRA	Sacha Marasovic
—	MF	FRA	Kevan Mezine
—	MF	FRA	Housseine Zakouani
—	MF	ALG	Ismaël Haddou
—	FW	FRA	Mohamed Ben Fredj
—	FW	FRA	Dylan Bolnet
—	FW	FRA	Florian Chabrolle
—	FW	ALB	Gent Dinaj
—	FW	FRA	Zakari Iscaye
—	FW	FRA	Adel Santana
—	FW	FRA	Kylian Taghrit

Friendlies

Marseille v Béziers

11 July 2018 Friendly	Marseille	1–2	Béziers	Le Grau-du-Roi, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mítroglou 9'		Kanté 31' Rabillard 44'	Stadium: Stade Michel Mézy

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

13 July 2018 Friendly	Marseille	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Clermont-Ferrand, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)			Nordin 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied

Marseille v Nantes

18 July 2018 Friendly	Marseille	2–1	Nantes	La Roche-sur-Yon, France
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mítroglou 42', 53'		Rongier 88'	Stadium: Stade Henri-Desgrange

Marseille v Villarreal

21 July 2018 Friendly	Marseille	1–1	Villarreal	Le Pontet, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Germain 63'		Toko Ekambi 42'	Stadium: Stade de Fargues

Marseille v Real Betis

25 July 2018 Friendly	Marseille	2–3	Real Betis	Faro, Portugal
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hubočan 66' N'Jie 90+2'		Morón 10' Boudebouz 52' (pen.) Camarasa 81'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Sporting CP v Marseille

28 July 2018 Friendly	Sporting CP	1–1	Marseille	Lisbonne, Portugal
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pinto 61'		Germain 4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade XXI

Bournemouth v Marseille

4 August 2018 Friendly	Bournemouth	5–2	Marseille	Bournemouth, England
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Smith 1' King 25', 34' Fraser 47' Wilson 50'		Germain 64' Cabella 89'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2018–19 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Lyon	38	21	9	8	70	47	+23	72	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Saint-Étienne	38	19	9	10	59	41	+18	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Marseille	38	18	7	13	60	52	+8	61
6	Montpellier	38	15	14	9	53	42	+11	59
7	Nice	38	15	11	12	30	35	−5	56

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in single league match; 10) Fairplay ranking.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	3	1	1	14	7	+7	10	2	1	0	10	2	+8	1	0	1	4	5	−1

Last updated: 16 September 2018.
Source: Results

Results

Marseille v Toulouse

10 August 2018 1	Marseille	4–0	Toulouse	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Payet 45' (pen.), 62' Amavi  46' Germain 89' Thauvin 90+2'	Report	Jullien  11' Amian  44' Sangaré  55'	Stadium: Orange Vélodrome Attendance: 60,747 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nîmes v Marseille

19 August 2018 2	Nîmes	3–1	Marseille	Nîmes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bouanga 34',  36' Thioub 62' Landre  68' Diallo  74' Ripart 87'	Report	Thauvin 49' Sanson  72'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 15,285 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Marseille v Rennes

26 August 2018 3	Marseille	2–2	Rennes	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kamara  20' Ocampos 54' Bensebaini 72' (o.g.)	Report	Bourigeaud 38' (pen.) Sarr 45+1' André  90'	Stadium: Orange Vélodrome Attendance: 55,525 Referee: Antony Gautier

Monaco v Marseille

2 September 2018 4	Monaco	2–3	Marseille	Monaco
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Glik  35' Tielemans 48' Falcao 53'	Report	Mitroglou 45+1' Thauvin 74' Amavi  78' Germain 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 14,269 Referee: Benoît Millot

Marseille v Guingamp

16 September 2018 5	Marseille	4–0	Guingamp	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ocampos  32' Thauvin 57', 80' Payet 73' Mitroglou 83'	Report	Eboa Eboa  54'	Stadium: Orange Vélodrome Attendance: 50,450 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Lyon v Marseille

23 September 2018 6	Lyon	v	Marseille	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Groupama Stadium

Marseille v Strasbourg

26 September 2018 7	Marseille	v	Strasbourg	Marseille
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Orange Vélodrome

Lille v Marseille

30 September 2018 8	Lille	v	Marseille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy

Marseille v Caen

7 October 2018 9	Marseille	v	Caen	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Orange Vélodrome

Coupe de France

Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group H

Marseille v Eintracht Frankfurt

20 September 2018 1	Marseille	v	Eintracht Frankfurt	Marseille, France
18:55		Report		Stadium: Orange Vélodrome

Apollon Limassol v Marseille

4 October 2018 2	Apollon Limassol	v	Marseille	Limassol, Cyprus
21:00		Report		Stadium: Tsirio Stadium

Marseille v Lazio

25 October 2018 3	Marseille	v	Lazio	Marseille, France
21:00		Report		Stadium: Orange Vélodrome

Lazio v Marseille

8 November 2018 4	Lazio	v	Marseille	Rome, Italy
18:55		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico

Eintracht Frankfurt v Marseille

29 November 2018 5	Eintracht Frankfurt	v	Marseille	Frankfurt, Germany
21:00		Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena

Marseille v Apollon Limassol

13 December 2018 6	Marseille	v	Apollon Limassol	Marseille, France
18:55		Report		Stadium: Orange Vélodrome

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played 17 September 2018

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Europa League	Total
1	FW		26	Florian Thauvin	5	0	0	0	5
2	MF		10	Dimitri Payet	3	0	0	0	3
3	FW		28	Valère Germain	2	0	0	0	2
	FW		11	Konstantinos Mitroglou	2	0	0	0	2
5	FW		5	Lucas Ocampos	1	0	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	0
TOTALS					14	0	0	0	14