2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season

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References

Current squad

Coaching Staff

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Ligue 1

Coupe de la Ligue

Coupe de France

League table

Results summary

Results by match

Matches

Olympique de Marseille

2014–15 season

President

Vincent Labrune

Stadium

1st

Round of 64 - Lost vs Grenoble Foot 38

Coupe de la Ligue

Round of 32 - Lost vs Stade Rennais F.C.

Trophée des Champions

Not Qualified

Top goalscorer

League: Andre-Pierre Gignac (12)
All: Andre-Pierre Gignac (12)

Highest home attendance

65,148 v Paris Saint-Germain - 05 April 2015

Lowest home attendance

39,497 v Nice - 29 August 2014

Average home league attendance

52,281 (Last Updated 29 December 2014)

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The 2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season is the 65th professional season of the club since its creation in 1899 and 19th consecutive season in the top flight.

This will be the first season in 10 years that Marseille will not be participating in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League having finished sixth in the 2013-14 Ligue 1 season. The club will be coached by legendary Argentine tactician Marcelo Bielsa, who signed a two-year contract in May 2014.

This will also be the first season in which the side will play at the renovated Stade Vélodrome, with the stadium having completed renovations which took place over the last three years. Capacity will be up to 67,000 - from 48,000 last season, and 42,000 the season before. The stadium is rated five-star by UEFA, and will be used ahead of UEFA Euro 2016.

Main article: List of Olympique de Marseille players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

As of 15 July 2014.^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Baptiste Aloé
3	DF	Nicolas N'Koulou
4	DF	Dória
5	DF	Stéphane Sparagna
6	MF	Momar Bangoura
7	MF	Benoît Cheyrou
8	MF	Mario Lemina
9	FW	André-Pierre Gignac
10	MF	André Ayew
11	MF	Romain Alessandrini
14	MF	Florian Thauvin
15	DF	Jérémy Morel
16	GK	Brice Samba

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Dimitri Payet
20	MF	Alaixys Romao
22	FW	Michy Batshuayi
23	DF	Benjamin Mendy
24	DF	Rod Fanni
25	MF	Gianelli Imbula
26	DF	Brice Dja Djédjé
27	MF	Abdelaziz Barrada
29	FW	Jérémie Porsan-Clemente
30	GK	Steve Mandanda (captain)
40	GK	Julien Fabri
--	DF	Alef
--	MF	Maxime Lopez

Manager	Marcelo Bielsa
Assistant Coaches	Diego Reyes, Pablo Quiroga, Javier Torrente, Diego Torrente
Goalkeeping Coach	Stephane Cassard
Physical coaches	Jan Van Winckel (head of strength and conditioning), Frederic Faure
Head Doctor	Christophe Baudot, Sylvain Blanchard
Physiotherapists	Alain Soultanian, Jérôme Palestri, Jean-Georges Cellier

Source: LFP.fr

The club made their first transfer of the season in June when they signed Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi for a rumoured €8million from Standard Liege. The club then signed Romain Alessandrini, the Marseille-born Stade Rennais winger for €5million a few days later.

So far, Larry Azouni has been transferred to Nimes Olympique and Florian Raspentino has departed to Stade Malherbe de Caen,

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes
02014-06-23-000023 June 2014	c FW	Batshuayi, MichyMichy Batshuayi	20	Standard Liege	€8,000,000
02014-06-25-000025 June 2014	c MF	Alessandrini, RomainRomain Alessandrini	25	Stade Rennais F.C.	€5,000,000

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes
02014-07-10-000010 July 2014	c MF	Azouni, LarryLarry Azouni	20	Nimes	Free
02014-07-11-000011 July 2014	c MF	Raspentino, FlorianFlorian Raspentino	25	Caen	Undisclosed

19 July 2014	Bayer Leverkusen	1–4	Olympique de Marseille	Seekirchen am Wallersee, Austria
19:00 CEST	Yurchenko 79'	Report	Thauvin 34' Batshuayi 57' Amalfitano 78' Payet 80'	Stadium: Stadion Seekirchen

23 July 2014	Olympique de Marseille	2–1	S.L. Benfica	Clermont-Ferrand, France
19:00 CEST	Gignac 21' Batshuayi 56'	Report	Gaitán 13'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied

27 July 2014	Olympique de Marseille	5–0	Willem II	Albertville, France
19:00 CEST	Thauvin 21' Imbula 25' Batshuayi 54' 90' Cheyrou 81'	Report		Stadium: L'anneau de vitesse Attendance: 3,000

30 July 2014	AS Bari	1–1	Olympique de Marseille	Bari, Italy
19:00 CEST	Sabelli 62'	Report	Batshuayi 82'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

2 August 2014	Olympique de Marseille	3–1	Chievo	Le Pontet, France
20:00 CEST	Thauvin 17' N'Koulou 49' Gignac 73'	Report	Bentivoglio 46'	Stadium: Stade de Fargues

14 November 2014	Espanyol	2–1	Olympique de Marseille	Barcelona, Spain
15:00 CEST	Caicedo 17' (pen.) Sánchez 83'	Report	Aloé 85'	Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat

Main article: 2014–15 Ligue 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Paris Saint-Germain (X)	34	20	11	3	70	33	+37	71	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	34	17	11	6	43	23	+20	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Marseille	35	18	6	11	67	41	+26	60	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Saint-Étienne	34	16	12	6	42	27	+15	60
6	Bordeaux	34	15	10	9	42	41	+1	55

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Ligue de Football Professionel
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(X) Team is assured of at least Europa League, but can still qualify for Champions League.
Notes:

↑ Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-placed team).

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	6	11	65	41	+24	57	11	2	4	35	21	+14	6	4	7	30	20	+10

Last updated: 29 April 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	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	H
Result	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L
Position	8	15	10	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5

Last updated: 18 April 2015.
Source: Ligue 1
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Win Draw Loss

1 9 August 2014	Bastia	3–3	Marseille	Bastia
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maboulou 9', 73' Palmieri 19' Tallo 66' (pen.) Brandão 82' Ayité 87'	Report	Gignac 11', 62' Romaric 17' (o.g.) Mendy 64'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 15,537 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

2 17 August 2014	Marseille	0–2	Montpellier	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dja Djédjé 58'	Report	Mounier 18' Sanson 68'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,774 Referee: Clément Turpin

3 23 August 2014	Guingamp	0–1	Marseille	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sorbon 90+2'	Report	Payet 29' Gignac 46', 70' Batshuayi 71'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 16,901 Referee: Benoît Millot

4 29 August 2014	Marseille	4–0	Nice	Marseille
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Payet 19', 48' Thauvin 45' Ayew 78' Barrada 88'	Report	Amavi 31' Diawara 45'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 39,497 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

5 14 September 2014	Evian	1–3	Marseille	Annecy
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mensah 23' N'Sikulu 90+1'	Report	Gignac 1' Mensah 44' (o.g.) Thauvin 63'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 12,967 Referee: Amaury Delerue

6 20 September 2014	Marseille	3–0	Rennes	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gignac 50', 63' N'Koulou 65' Alessandrini 90+4'	Report	Armand 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,153 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

7 23 September 2014	Reims	0–5	Marseille	Reims
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mavinga 7'	Report	Gignac 8', 20' Morel 11' Ayew 52', 59' Imbula 74'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 17,705 Referee: Antony Gautier

8 28 September 2014	Marseille	2–1	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Imbula 7' Payet 28' N'Koulou 85'	Report	Mollo 51' Brison 53' Diomande 79'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,367 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

9 4 October 2014	Caen	1–2	Marseille	Caen
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Musavu-King 84'	Report	Morel 37' Romao 74' Gignac 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 20,501 Referee: Benoît Millot

10 20 October 2014	Marseille	2–0	Toulouse	Marseille
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N'Koulou 20' Gignac 35' Romao 41' Ayew 89'	Report	Aguilar 40' Yago 41' Akpa-Akpro 73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 61,846 Referee: Amaury Delerue

11 26 October 2014	Lyon	1–0	Marseille	Lyon
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Biševac 48' Gourcuff 65'	Report	Morel 8' Romao 21' Ayew 74'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,712 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

12 2 November 2014	Marseille	2–1	Lens	Marseille
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	N'Koulou 11' Romao 23', 76' Thauvin 60' Mendy 72' Imbula 81'	Report	Guillaume 31' Valdivia 79'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,803 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

13 9 November 2014	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Marseille	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucas 38' Cavani 85' Cabaye 90'	Report	Imbula 78'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,961 Referee: Clément Turpin

14 23 November 2014	Marseille	3–1	Bordeaux	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemina 60' Gignac 85' Batshuayi 90'	Report	Touré 55' Yamberé 58'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,323 Referee: Antony Gautier

15 28 November 2014	Marseille	2–0	Nantes	Marseille
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thauvin 24', 31' Fanni 39'	Report	Djilobodji 38' Gomis 45'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,103 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

16 2 December 2014	Lorient	1–1	Marseille	Lorient
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ayew 37' (pen.)	Report	Payet 32' Mandanda 36'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,011 Referee: Benoît Millot

17 7 December 2014	Marseille	3–1	Metz	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gignac 43' Ayew 59' Payet 90+2'	Report	Malouda 46' N'Daw 87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,537 Referee: Wilfried Bien

18 14 December 2014	Monaco	1–0	Marseille	Fontvieille, Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Moutinho 44' Silva 67' Raggi 86' Ocampos 90+4'	Report	Lemina 45+1' Mendy 74'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 12,648 Referee: Tony Chapron

19 21 December 2014	Marseille	2–1	Lille	Marseille
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Roux 32' (o.g.) Batshuayi 69' Romao 76'	Report	Gueye 61' Frey 63'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,408 Referee: Alexandre Castro

20 9 January 2015	Montpellier	2–1	Marseille	Montpellier
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bérigaud 36' Lasne 62'	Report	Mendy 18' Omrani 68' 71' Thauvin 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 20,840 Referee: Benoît Bastien

21 18 January 2015	Marseille	2–1	Guingamp	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dja Djédjé 22' Morel 72' Lemina 85' Gignac 89' Fanni 90'	Report	Angoua 17' Beauvue 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 42,601 Referee: Wilfried Bien

22 24 January 2015	Nice	2–1	Marseille	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Genevois 47' Gomis 51', 53' Pléa 53' Hult 73' Mendy 87' Bauthéac 89'	Report	Aloé 36' Imbula 59' Dja Djédjé 64' Thauvin 77'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 25,407 Referee: Antony Gautier

23 31 January 2015	Marseille	1–0	Evian	Marseille
16:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gignac 49'	Report	Koné 28' Fall 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,579 Referee: Frank Schneider

24 7 February 2015	Rennes	1–1	Marseille	Rennes
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Toivonen 27', 83' Henrique 39'	Report	Imbula 35' Ocampos 60' Morel 75' Payet 83' Lemina 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 25,322 Referee: Amaury Delerue

25 13 February 2015	Marseille	2–2	Reims	Marseille
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Thauvin 31' Payet 58' Ayew 69'	Report	De Préville 6' Devaux 43' Mandi 69' N'Gog 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 43,653 Referee: Philippe Kalt

26 22 February 2015	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gradel 54' (pen.) Erdinç 90+1' Mollo 90+2'	Report	Dja Djédjé 51' Ocampos 59' Batshuayi 64', 67' Aloé 65' Fanni 81'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 35,651 Referee: Clément Turpin

27 28 February 2015	Marseille	2–3	Caen	Marseille
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dja Djédjé 22' Ayew 45+3' Gignac 63'	Report	Yahia 2' Seube 67' Sala 70' Benezet 87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,614 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

28 6 March 2015	Toulouse	1–6	Marseille	Toulouse
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Yedder 77' Akpa-Akpro 90+1'	Report	Batshuayi 2', 44' Aloé 6' Moubandje 20' (o.g.) Mandanda 35' Ayew 62', 78' Gignac 89'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Tony Chapron

29 15 March 2015	Marseille	0–0	Lyon	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gignac 37' Mendy 64' Payet 84' Morel 86' Imbula 88'	Report	Ferri 25' Rose 88' Malbranque 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,832 Referee: Benoît Bastien

30 22 March 2015	Lens	0–4	Marseille	Saint-Denis
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Valdivia 11' Gbamin 35' Lemoigne 66'	Report	Dja Djédjé 22' Batshuayi 46', 67', 90+3' Ayew 72' Imbula 90'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 70,122 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

31 4 April 2015	Marseille	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Romao 9' Fanni 23' Gignac 30', 43' Ayew 54', 90+6'	Report	Matuidi 35' Pastore 45' Marquinhos 49' Morel 51' (o.g.) Verratti 65'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 65,148 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

32 12 April 2015	Bordeaux	1–0	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Khazri 55' Plašil 56' Yamberé 61'	Report	Mendy 36'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,408 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

33 18 April 2015	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gakpé 20' Gomis 41'	Report	Morel 71' N'Koulou 73' Ayew 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 36,022 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

34 25 April 2015	Marseille	3–5	Lorient	Marseille
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Romao 41' A. Ayew 59' Morel 67' Batshuayi 76'	Report	J. Ayew 9', 84', 87' Bellugou 14' N'Dong 51' Mostefa 62' Philippoteaux 68' Abdullah 75' Gassama 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,180 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

* en cours

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue

Round of 16 28 October 2014	Rennes	2–1	Marseille	Rennes
19:55 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Konradsen 60' N'Koulou 43' Barrada 48' Ntep 63' Habibou 72' Hosiner 90+3'	Report	Batshuayi 19' Dja Djédjé 63'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 26,660 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de France

Round of 64 4 January 2015	Grenoble	3–3 (aet) (5–4 p)	Marseille	Grenoble
20:45 CET ((+01:00))	Nasrallah 10' Hachi 48' Bengriba 120'	Report	Gignac 6', 33' Ayew 98'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes
		Penalties
	Giraudon Joufreau Akrour Tchenkoua Nasrallah		Ayew Batshuayi Payet Imbula Thauvin	\|

35 2 May 2015

Marseille

--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)

Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

↑ "Effectif et staff – saison 2014/2015". OM.net. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National CFA (Group A, B, C, D) CFA 2 (Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

Women's domestic leagues	D1 Féminine

Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions

Women's domestic cups	Coupe de France Féminine (Final)

European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Europa League

Ligue 1	Bastia Bordeaux Caen Evian Guingamp Lens Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Reims Rennes St. Etienne Toulouse

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	6	11	65	41	+24	57	11	2	4	35	21	+14	6	4	7	30	20	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	6	11	65	41	+24	57	11	2	4	35	21	+14	6	4	7	30	20	+10

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	17	6	11	65	41	+24	57	11	2	4	35	21	+14	6	4	7	30	20	+10