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

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 Carasso
— MF Portugal POR Delfim
— FW France FRA Nicolas Cicut

Left club during season

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

Ligue 1

League table

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

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

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

Matches

1 Guingamp 0–1 Marseille Guingamp, Brittany
Bakayoko 90+1'

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

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

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

Third round

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)

Fourth round

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

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

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

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

    - RSSSF France 2003/04

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