2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season

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.

Marseille

2003–04 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin José Anigo
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (19) All: Didier Drogba (32)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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	CRO	Vedran Runje
3	DF	FRA	Manuel dos Santos
4	MF	FRA	Mathieu Flamini
5	DF	FRA	Philippe Christanval
6	MF	ALG	Brahim Hemdani
7	MF	SEN	Sylvain N'Diaye
8	MF	FRA	Sébastien Pérez
9	FW	EGY	Mido
10	FW	ESP	Koke
11	FW	CIV	Didier Drogba
12	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Méïté
14	MF	CZE	Štěpán Vachoušek
15	MF	FRA	Pascal Johansen
16	GK	FRA	Fabien Barthez (on loan from Manchester United)
18	MF	FRA	Camel Meriem (on loan from Bordeaux)
19	MF	CZE	Rudi Skácel

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	FRA	Steve Marlet (on loan from Fulham)
21	DF	FRA	Johnny Ecker
23	DF	SEN	Habib Beye
24	FW	FRA	Karim Dahou
25	DF	BRA	Demetrius Ferreira (on loan from Bastia)
26	MF	FRA	Laurent Batlles
27	DF	FRA	Camille Borios
28	DF	FRA	David Sommeil (on loan from Manchester City)
29	DF	SUI	Fabio Celestini
30	GK	FRA	Jérémy Gavanon
32	MF	FRA	Laurent Merlin
36	FW	SEN	Rahmane Barry
—	GK	FRA	Cédric Carrasso
—	MF	POR	Delfim
—	FW	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	BEL	Daniel Van Buyten (on loan to Manchester City)
7	MF	POL	Piotr Świerczewski (to Lech Poznań)
10	FW	BRA	Fernandão (on loan to Toulouse)
13	FW	SEN	Lamine Sakho (on loan to Leeds United)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	CIV	Ibrahima Bakayoko (to Osasuna)
20	MF	CMR	Salomon Olembe (on loan to Leeds United)
22	FW	RUS	Dmitri Sytchev (to Lokomotiv Moscow)
25	DF	FRA	Fabien Laurenti (on loan to Ajaccio)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2003–04 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

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

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W
Position	4	2	6	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	5	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

Matches

Guingamp v Marseille

2 August 2003 1	Guingamp	0–1	Marseille	Guingamp
20:00			Bakayoko 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 18,002 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Marseille v Auxerre

8 August 2003 2	Marseille	1–0	Auxerre	Marseille
20:45	Mido 58'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,840 Referee: Alain Sars

Lens v Marseille

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

Marseille v Sochaux

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

Ajaccio v Marseille

31 August 2003 5	Ajaccio	0–1	Marseille	Ajaccio
20:45			Meriem 65'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 8,204 Referee: Pascal Garibian

Marseille v Le Mans

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

Nantes v Marseille

21 September 2003 7	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
20:45	Vahirua 3'			Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 35,862 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Marseille v Nice

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

Marseille v Bastia

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

Strasbourg v Marseille

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

Marseille v Rennes

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

Bordeaux v Marseille

1 November 2003 12	Bordeaux	1–0	Marseille	Bordeaux
20:00	Darcheville 45'			Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,507 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Marseille v Lyon

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

Lille v Marseille

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

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

30 November 2003 15	Marseille	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
20:45			Fiorèse 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,493 Referee: Alain Sars

Marseille v Monaco

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

Marseille v Toulouse

20 December 2003 19	Marseille	1–0	Toulouse	Marseille
17:15	Drogba 62'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,838 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Auxerre v Marseille

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

Marseille v Lens

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

Metz v Marseille

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

Sochaux v Marseille

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

Montpellier v Marseille

4 February 2004 18	Montpellier	0–1	Marseille	Montpellier
19:00			Drogba 64'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 21,085 Referee: Claude Colombo

Marseille v Ajaccio

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

Le Mans v Marseille

14 February 2004 24	Le Mans	0–0	Marseille	Le Mans
20:00				Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 16,312 Referee: Gilles Veissière

Marseille v Nantes

22 February 2004 25	Marseille	1–1	Nantes	Marseille
20:45	Drogba 29'		Moldovan 41'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,637 Referee: Pascal Viléo

Nice v Marseille

29 February 2004 26	Nice	0–0	Marseille	Nice
18:00				Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 15,686 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Bastia v Marseille

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

Marseille v Strasbourg

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

Rennes v Marseille

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

Marseille v Bordeaux

28 March 2004 30	Marseille	1–1	Bordeaux	Marseille
18:30	Meriem 52'		Francia 9'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,573 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Lyon v Marseille

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

Marseille v Lille

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

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

Marseille v Metz

1 May 2004 34	Marseille	0–1	Metz	Marseille
17:15			Meniri 26'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,128 Referee: Olivier Thual

Monaco v Marseille

9 May 2004 35	Monaco	1–0	Marseille	Monaco
20:45	Giuly 90+3'			Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,560 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Marseille v Montpellier

12 May 2004 36	Marseille	1–1	Montpellier	Marseille
20:30	Marlet 30'		Mansaré 66'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,709 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Toulouse v Marseille

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

Marseille v Guingamp

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

Main article: 2003–04 Coupe de France

Marseille v Strasbourg

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 Hemdani Skacel Barthez		Kobylík Deroff Arrache

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

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

Main article: 2003–04 Coupe de la Ligue

Marseille v Monaco

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

Sochaux v Marseille

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

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Austria Wien v Marseille

13 August 2003 First leg	Austria Wien	0–1	Marseille	Vienna, Austria
20:30		Report	Sychev 4'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 28,300 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Marseille v Austria Wien

27 August 2003 Second leg	Marseille	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Austria Wien	Marseille, France
20:50		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 41,253 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Group stage

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	4	2	0	11	5	+6	14	Advance to knockout stage
2	Porto	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11
3	Marseille	6	1	1	4	9	11	−2	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

Source: RSSSF

Real Madrid v Marseille

16 September 2003 1	Real Madrid	4–2	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)

Marseille v Partizan

1 October 2003 2	Marseille	3–0	Partizan	Marseille, France
20:45	Drogba 62', 68', 85'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,362 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Marseille v Porto

22 October 2003 3	Marseille	2–3	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)

Porto v Marseille

4 November 2003 4	Porto	1–0	Marseille	Porto, Portugal
20:45	Alenichev 80'			Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 33,215 Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Marseille v Real Madrid

26 November 2003 5	Marseille	1–2	Real Madrid	Marseille, France
20:45	Mido 64'		Beckham 35' Ronaldo 73'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,745 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Partizan v Marseille

9 December 2003 6	Partizan	1–1	Marseille	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
20:45	Delibašić 79'		Mido 61'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2003–04 UEFA Cup

Third round

Marseille v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

26 February 2004 First leg	Marseille	1–0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Marseille, France
19:00	Drogba 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 15,285 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Marseille

3 March 2004 Second leg	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Marseille	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
17:00		Report		Stadium: Meteor Stadium Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Fourth round

Liverpool v Marseille

11 March 2004 First leg	Liverpool	1–1	Marseille	Liverpool, England
21:00	Baroš 55'	Report	Drogba 78'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,270 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Marseille v Liverpool

25 March 2004 Second leg	Marseille	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	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

Marseille v Internazionale

8 April 2004 First leg	Marseille	1–0	Internazionale	Marseille, France
21:00	Drogba 46'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 58,000 Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Internazionale v Marseille

15 April 2004 Second leg	Internazionale	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Marseille	Milan, Italy
20:45		Report	Meriem 74'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 36,044 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Semi-finals

Newcastle United v Marseille

22 April 2004 First leg	Newcastle United	0–0	Marseille	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
20:45		Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,004 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Marseille v Newcastle United

6 May 2004 Second leg	Marseille	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Newcastle United	Marseille, France
21:00	Drogba 18', 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 58,897 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Final

Main article: 2004 UEFA Cup final

Valencia v Marseille

19 May 2004 Final	Valencia	2–0	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