2017–18 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille
2017–18 season
Chairman	Jacques-Henri Eyraud
Manager	Rudi García
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Florian Thauvin (13); All: ; Florian Thauvin (14)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017-18 season is Olympique de Marseille's 68th professional season since its creation in 1899 and 22nd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participates in Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Europa League.

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
2	DF	JPN	Hiroki Sakai
3	DF	BRA	Dória
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
16	GK	FRA	Yohann Pelé
17	MF	GUI	Bouna Sarr


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	FRA	Jordan Amavi (on loan from Aston Villa)
19	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo
21	DF	FRA	Patrice Evra
22	MF	FRA	Grégory Sertić
23	DF	FRA	Adil Rami
24	DF	FRA	Rod Fanni
26	FW	FRA	Florian Thauvin
27	MF	FRA	Maxime Lopez
28	FW	FRA	Valère Germain
29	MF	CMR	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda
33	FW	FRA	Yusuf Sari
40	GK	FRA	Florian Escales

Reserves

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	Christian Madede
—	GK	FRA	Suan Besic
—	GK	FRA	Amadou Dia
—	DF	FRA	Lucas Perrin
—	DF	FRA	Jérémy Mizrahi
—	DF	FRA	Christopher Rocchia
—	DF	CMR	Brice Nlaté
—	DF	FRA	Malik Ousfane
—	DF	COM	Abdallah Ali Mohamed
—	MF	FRA	Brahima Doukansy
—	MF	FRA	Kevan Mezine


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CMR	Chryst Gnapele
—	MF	FRA	Raouf Mroivili
—	MF	FRA	Sacha Marasovic
—	MF	FRA	Housseine Zakouani
—	MF	FRA	Florian Chabrolle
—	FW	FRA	Yusuf Sari
—	FW	FRA	Dylan Bolnet
—	FW	FRA	Yoann Araujo
—	FW	FRA	Killian Taghri
—	FW	ALB	Gent Dinaj

Out on loan

Transfers

Summer

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	ARG	Lucas Ocampos (loan return from Milan AC)
9	FW	GRE	Kostas Mitroglou (from SL Benfica)
13	DF	TUN	Aymen Abdennour (on loan from Valencia)
19	MF	BRA	Luiz Gustavo (from VfL Wolfsburg)
23	DF	FRA	Adil Rami (from Sevilla)
25	DF	FRA	Jordan Amavi (on loan from Aston Villa)
26	MF	FRA	Florian Thauvin (from Newcastle United, previously on loan)
28	FW	FRA	Valère Germain (from AS Monaco)
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda (from Crystal Palace)

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	NED	Karim Rekik (to Hertha BSC)^[1]
5	MF	FRA	Abou Diaby (released)
7	MF	FRA	Rémy Cabella (on loan to AS Saint-Etienne)
16	GK	CGO	Brice Samba (to SM Caen)
18	FW	FRA	Bafetimbi Gomis (loan return to Swansea City)
19	MF	FRA	William Vainqueur (loan return to AS Roma)
20	MF	TUN	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (on loan to ES Troyes AC)
22	FW	BEL	Aaron Leya Iseka (loan return to RSC Anderlecht)
23	MF	FRA	Zinedine Machach (loan return to Toulouse FC)
25	MF	NZL	Bill Tuiloma (to Portland Timbers)
28	FW	FRA	Antoine Rabillard (to AS Béziers)
29	FW	FRA	Jérémie Porsan-Clemente (to Montpellier HSC)
—	GK	FRA	Julien Fabri (to Stade Brestois, previously on loan at FC Bourg-Péronnas)
—	DF	FRA	Baptiste Aloé (to Valenciennes FC, previously on loan)
—	DF	FRA	Stéphane Sparagna (to Boavista FC, previously on loan at AJ Auxerre)

Friendlies

1 July 2017 Friendly	Valais Selection	0–2	Marseille	Saillon, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Dória 38' Tamayo 47' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Laurent

5 July 2017 Friendly	Sion	2–3	Marseille	Saillon, Switzerland
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schneuwly 47' Karlen 62'		Ocampos 9' Germain 10' Sarr 52'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Laurent

9 July 2017 Friendly	Marseille	2–0	Étoile du Sahel	Martigues, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rolando 6' Germain 62'			Stadium: Stade Francis-Turcan

12 July 2017 Friendly	Marseille	4–2	Viitorul Constanța	Lausanne, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Țîru 24' (o.g.) Njie 63', 66' Khaoui 84'		Chițu 51' Benzar 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympique Stadium of la Pontaise

15 July 2017 Friendly	Marseille	1–0	Fenerbahçe	Lausanne, Switzerland
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Germain 77'			Stadium: Olympique Stadium of la Pontaise

18 July 2017 Friendly	Marseille	2–1	Sporting CP	Annecy, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Njie 2', 52'		Doumbia 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Sports

22 July 2017 Friendly	Rangers	1–1	Marseille	Glasgow, Scotland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kranjčar 75'		Germain 63'	Stadium: Ibrox

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Monaco	38	24	8	6	85	45	+40	80	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Lyon	38	23	9	6	87	43	+44	78	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Marseille	38	22	11	5	80	47	+33	77	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Rennes	38	16	10	12	50	44	+6	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Bordeaux	38	16	7	15	53	48	+5	55	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

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; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

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
24	15	6	3	53	27	+26	51	8	3	1	31	12	+19	7	3	2	22	15	+7

Last updated: 2 February 2018.
Source: Results

Results by match

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Results

6 August 2017 1	Marseille	3–0	Dijon	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Luiz Gustavo 4' N'Jie 51', 72' Thauvin 54'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,922 Referee: Benoît Bastien

12 August 2017 2	Nantes	0–1	Marseille	Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lima 15'	Report	Thauvin 14' Ocampos 87' Rolando 90+3' Luiz Gustavo 90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 33,654 Referee: Frank Schneider

20 August 2017 3	Marseille	1–1	Angers	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Thauvin 14' N'Jie 17' Amavi 62' Germain 90+2' Ocampos 90+4'	Report	Santamaria 27' Pavlović 68' Toko Ekambi 70'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,966 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

27 August 2017 4	Monaco	6–1	Marseille	Monaco
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Glik 2', 28' Falcao 20' (pen.), 34' Diakhaby 45' Fabinho 56', 79' (pen.) Sidibé 68'	Report	Sanson 4' Luiz Gustavo 34' Hubočan 43' Cabella 75'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,353 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

10 September 2017 5	Marseille	1–3	Rennes	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sanson 4', 87' Evra 27' Rami 29' Abdennour 61' Sertic 88' Rolando 90'	Report	Khazri 2' Bourigeaud 10' Gnagnon 70' André 75'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 40,343 Referee: Antony Gautier

17 September 2017 6	Amiens	0–2	Marseille	Amiens
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	El Hajjam 4' Gouano 14'	Report	Luiz Gustavo 34' N'Jie 40', 53', 55' Zambo Anguissa 81'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 11,698 Referee: Mikael Lesage

24 September 2017 7	Marseille	2–0	Toulouse	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Luiz Gustavo 24' Thauvin 33' Ocampos 61' Zambo Anguissa 85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 39,501 Referee: Benoît Millot

1 October 2017 8	Nice	2–4	Marseille	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balotelli 4' Seri 16' Lees-Melou 32' Pléa 85'	Report	Ocampos 26', 44', 88' Payet 36' Lees-Melou 40' (o.g.) Luiz Gustavo 48', 66' Amavi 61'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 32,702 Referee: Benoît Bastien

15 October 2017 9	Strasbourg	3–3	Marseille	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Liénard 30', 75' Aholou 31', 67' Koné 61' Kamara 89'	Report	Payet 5' Sanson 48', 89' Amavi 62' Thauvin 67' Mitroglou 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 26,015 Referee: Antony Gautier

22 October 2017 10	Marseille	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Luiz Gustavo 15' Mitroglou 44' Sakai 51' Thauvin 77' Ocampos 86' Sanson 90'	Report	Neymar 32', 84' 86' Mbappé 53' Cavani 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 60,410 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

29 October 2017 11	Lille	0–1	Marseille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CST (UTC+01:00)	Ié 70' Mendes 84'	Report	Sanson 5' Evra 10' Luiz Gustavo 45' Rami 51'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 43,948 Referee: François Letexier

5 November 2017 12	Marseille	5–0	Caen	Marseille
21:00 CST (UTC+01:00)	Luiz Gustavo 43' Thauvin 47', 81' Sanson 52' Mitroglou 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,687 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

19 November 2017 13	Bordeaux	1–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00 CST (UTC+01:00)	De Préville 3', 22' Lewczuk 65' Kamano 67' Lerager 73'	Report	Thauvin 45' Lopez 54' Sanson 90+4'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 37,356 Referee: Benoît Millot

26 November 2017 14	Marseille	1–0	Guingamp	Marseille
17:00 CST (UTC+01:00)	Thauvin 13' Payet 71' Abdennour 75'	Report	Tabanou 30' Eboa Eboa 82'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 43,563 Referee: Amaury Delerue

29 November 2017 15	Metz	0–3	Marseille	Metz
19:00 CST (UTC+01:00)	Basin 15'	Report	Thauvin 13' Luiz Gustavo 36' Ocampos 71'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,046 Referee: Tony Chapron

3 December 2017 16	Montpellier	1–1	Marseille	Montpellier
21:00 CST (UTC+01:00)	Lasne 2' Sio 29' Mukiele 32' Sessègnon 42' Mendes 45'	Report	Payet 20' Thauvin 45' (pen.) Amavi 52'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 19,230 Referee: Frank Schneider

10 December 2017 17	Marseille	3–0	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
21:00 CST (UTC+01:00)	Germain 11', 71' Abdennour 21' Ocampos 80'	Report	Dabo 30' Pierre-Gabriel 51' Lacroix 60'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 41,963 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

17 December 2017 18	Lyon	2–0	Marseille	Décines-Charpieu
21:00	Fekir 6' Mariano 51'	Report	Rolando 26' Lopez 66'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 57,206 Referee: Benoît Bastien

20 December 2017 19	Marseille	3–1	Troyes	Marseille
20:50	Payet 31' Thauvin 54' Luiz Gustavo 66' Germain 84'	Report	Pelé 14'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 37,494 Referee: Olivier Thual

13 January 2017 20	Rennes	0–3	Marseille	Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	André 36'	Report	Germain 35' Sanson 45', 65' Luiz Gustavo 63' Thauvin 82'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Clément Turpin

16 January 2017 21	Marseille	2–0	Strasbourg	Marseille
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rami 38' Zambo Anguissa 77' N'Jie 79' Payet 87'	Report	Gonçalves 30' Aholou 61' Martin 83'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 38,099 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

19 January 2017 22	Caen	0–2	Marseille	Caen
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Guilbert 38' Da Silva 58'	Report	Sarr 29' Rolando 42' Thauvin 53' 74' Payet 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,249 Referee: François Letexier

26 January 2017 23	Marseille	2–2	Monaco	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rami 7' Payet 36' Germain 47' Sanson 70' Sarr 85'	Report	Keita 4' Glik 33' Ghezzal 45+2' Fabinho 51'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,279 Referee: Antony Gautier

2 February 2018 24	Marseille	6–3	Metz	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sanson 6' Thauvin 9', 44', 56' Sarr 43' Germain 49' Mitroglou 75'	Report	Mollet 73', 84' Diagne 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 32,745 Referee: Olivier Thual

9 February 2018 25	Saint-Étienne	v	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Frank Schneider

18 February 2018 26	Marseille	v	Bordeaux	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

25 February 2018 27	Paris Saint-Germain	v	Marseille	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Parc des Princes

Coupe de France

6 January 2018 Round of 64	Marseille	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Valenciennes	Marseille
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Lopez 54' Rolando 72' Amavi 103'	Report	Karaboué 75'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,128 Referee: Mikael Lesage

23 January 2018 Round of 32	SAS Épinal	0–2	Marseille	Épinal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bai 10'	Report	Abdennour 44' Germain 73' Sanson 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Colombière Attendance: 6,912 Referee: Johan Hamel

6 February 2018 Round of 16	Bourg-en-Bresse	0–9	Marseille	Bourg-en-Bresse
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Marcel-Verchère Referee: François Letexier

Coupe de la Ligue

13 December 2017 Round of 16	Rennes	2–2 (4–3 p)	Marseille	Rennes
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	André 23' Traoré 44' Khazri 57'	Report	Mitroglou 13' Amavi 42' Germain 80' Rolando 83' Ocampos 85'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 22,906 Referee: Johan Hamel
	Penalties
	Khazri André Gnagnon Gelin Bourigeaud		Germain Mitroglou Ocampos Sarr Sanson

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

27 July 2017 First leg	Marseille	4–2	Oostende	Marseille, France
20:45	Germain 2', 57', 82' Evra 15' Thauvin 25' Sanson 32'	Report	Siani 26' (pen.), 60' Musona 69' Banda 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,519 Referee: Mete Kalkavan (Turkey)

3 August 2017 Second leg	Oostende	0–0 (2–4 agg.)	Marseille	Ostend, Belgium
21:00	Siani 68'	Report	Luiz Gustavo 4' Sertic 90+3'	Stadium: Versluys Arena Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Play-off round

17 August 2017 First leg	Domžale	1–1	Marseille	Ljubljana, Slovenia
20:45	Vetrih 12' Balkovec 77'	Report	Sanson 63' Cabella 90+1' Evra 90+3'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Attendance: 10,243 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

24 August 2017 Second leg	Marseille	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Domžale	Marseille, France
21:00	Rami 25' Germain 28', 56' Lopez 30' Thauvin 67', 85'	Report	Balkovec 37' Vetrih 57' Žužek 80'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,352 Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)

Group stage

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14 September 2017 1	Marseille	1–0	Konyaspor	Marseille, France
21:05	Luiz Gustavo 4' Rami 48'	Report	Turan 5' Öztorun 35' Araz 42' Moke 51'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 8,649 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuanian)

28 September 2017 2	Red Bull Salzburg	1–0	Marseille	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:00	Dabour 73' Ćaleta-Car 84'	Report	Zambo Anguissa 78' Kamara 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 11,832 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

19 October 2017 3	Marseille	2–1	Vitória de Guimarães	Marseille, France
19:00	Ocampos 28', 82' Abdennour 63' Lopez 76'	Report	Martins 17' Jubal 59' Miranda 62' Raphinha 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 13,359 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

2 November 2017 4	Vitória de Guimarães	1–0	Marseille	Guimarães, Portugal
21:05	Hurtado 15', 80' Ferreira 90+1' Ramos 90+2'	Report	Evra Amavi 8' Kamara 56' 86'	Stadium: Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Attendance: 14,181 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

23 November 2017 5	Konyaspor	1–1	Marseille	Konya, Turkey
19:00	Skubic 35', 82' (pen.) Fındıklı 49' Moke 72'	Report	Thauvin 62' Amavi 80' Moke 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Büyükşehir Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

7 December 2017 6	Marseille	0–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Marseille, France
21:05	Ocampos 28'	Report	Ćaleta-Car 57' Hwang Hee-chan 81'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First leg	Marseille	v	Braga	Marseille, France
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

22 February 2018 Second leg	Braga	v	Marseille	Braga, Portugal
20:05 WET (UTC)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played 10 December 2017

Place	Position	Number	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Europa League	Total
1	FW	26	Florian Thauvin	13	0	0	1	14
2	FW	28	Valère Germain	6	1	1	5	13
3	MF	8	Morgan Sanson	7	1	0	2	10
4	FW	11	Lucas Ocampos	6	0	0	1	7
5	FW	19	Clinton N'Jie	6	0	0	0	6
6	MF	19	Luiz Gustavo	5	0	0	0	5
7	MF	10	Dimitri Payet	4	0	0	0	4
7	FW	11	Kostas Mitroglou	3	0	1	0	4
9	DF	11	Adil Rami	1	0	0	1	2
9			Own goal	1	0	0	1	2
11	MF	—	Rémy Cabella	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	18	Jordan Amavi	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	27	Maxime Lopez	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				53	3	2	10	68

References

^ "Hertha BSC nimmt Rekik unter Vertrag" [Hertha BSC takes Rekik under Contract]. Hertha BSC. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

External links

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.88095442293256-2] Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

[1] "Hertha BSC nimmt Rekik unter Vertrag" [Hertha BSC takes Rekik under Contract]. Hertha BSC. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[3] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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