2008–09 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille finished 3 points behind league champions Bordeaux. Manager Eric Gerets left after his contract expired at the end of the season.^[1] Replacing him was former Marseille player Didier Deschamps.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Rudy Riou
2	DF	Renato Civelli
3	DF	Taye Taiwo
4	DF	Julien Rodriguez
5	DF	Hilton
6	MF	Karim Ziani^{[notes 1]}
7	MF	Benoît Cheyrou
8	DF	Tyrone Mears^{[notes 2]} (on loan from Derby County)
9	FW	Brandão
10	MF	Boudewijn Zenden
11	FW	Mamadou Niang
12	MF	Charles Kaboré
14	MF	Bakari Koné

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Ronald Zubar
16	GK	Hilaire Muñoz
17	FW	Mamadou Samassa^{[notes 3]}
19	MF	Lorik Cana^{[notes 4]}
20	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa
22	MF	Sylvain Wiltord
23	MF	Modeste M'bami
24	DF	Laurent Bonnart
26	MF	Mohamed Amine Dennoun
28	MF	Mathieu Valbuena
30	GK	Steve Mandanda^{[notes 5]}
31	FW	Guy Gnabouyou
40	GK	Dmytro Nepohodov

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.	Position	Player
8	FW	André Ayew^{[notes 6]} (on loan to Lorient)
9	FW	Djibril Cissé (on loan to Sunderland)
13	DF	Leyti N'Diaye (on loan to AC Ajaccio)
17	MF	Salim Arrache^{[notes 7]} (on loan to Stade de Reims)
18	MF	Elliot Grandin (on loan to GF38)
21	MF	Miloš Krstić (on loan to AC Ajaccio)

No.	Position	Player
22	DF	Amin Erbati (to Al Wahda)
25	DF	Boštjan Cesar (to AC Ajaccio)
27	DF	Pape M'Bow (on loan to Cannes)
29	DF	Fabrice Begeorgi (on loan to SV Werder Bremen II)
32	DF	Gaël Givet (on loan to Blackburn Rovers)

Results

Champions League

Third qualifying round

13 August 2008	Brann	0–1	Marseille	Brann Stadion, Bergen
20:45 CET		Report	Cheyrou 40'	Attendance: 11,197 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

27 August 2008	Marseille	2–1	Brann	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 CET	Niang 65', 90'	Report	Sigurðsson 74'	Attendance: 44,641 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Group stage

16 September 2008	Marseille	1–2	Liverpool	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45	Cana 23'	Report	Gerrard 26', 32' (pen.)	Attendance: 44,841 Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

1 October 2008	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Marseille	Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid
20:45	Agüero 4' R. García 22'	Report	Niang 16'	Attendance: 39,898 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

22 October 2008	PSV Eindhoven	2–0	Marseille	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
20:45	Koevermans 71', 85'	Report		Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

4 November 2008	Marseille	3–0	PSV Eindhoven	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45	Koné 30' Niang 63', 71'	Report		Attendance: 48,777 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

26 November 2008	Liverpool	1–0	Marseille	Anfield, Liverpool
20:45	Gerrard 23'	Report		Attendance: 40,024 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

9 December 2008	Marseille	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45		Report		Attendance: 49,663 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

UEFA Cup

Round of 32

19 February 2009	Marseille	0–1	Twente	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45		Report	Arnautović 22'	Attendance: 22,616 Referee: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)

26 February 2009	Twente	0–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Marseille	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
18:30		Report	Ben Arfa 24'	Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
		Penalties
	N'Kufo Perez Janssen Hersi Arnautović Braafheid Douglas Rajković		Taiwo Niang Ben Arfa Koné Ziani Cheyrou Bonnart M'bami

Marseille 1–1 Twente on aggregate. Marseille won 7–6 on penalties.

Round of 16

12 March 2009	Marseille	2–1	Ajax	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45	Cheyrou 19' Niang 33'	Report	Suárez 36' (pen.)	Attendance: 27,829 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

18 March 2009	Ajax	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
20:45	Enoh 33' Sulejmani 74'	Report	Niang 35' Mears 110'	Attendance: 47,650 Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany)

Marseille won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

9 April 2009	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Marseille	RSK Olimpiyskyi, Donetsk
18:30	Hübschman 39' Jádson 65'	Report		Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

16 April 2009	Marseille	1–2	Shakhtar Donetsk	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45	Ben Arfa 43'	Report	Fernandinho 30' Luiz Adriano 90+3'	Attendance: 48,268 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Shaktar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

↑ "Gerets to stand down at Marseille". Uefa.com. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
↑ "FootballSquads - Marseille - 2008/09". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

Notes

↑ Ziani was born in Sèvres, France, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Algeria in 2003.
↑ Mears was born in Stockport, England, but also believed he was eligible to represent Jamaica internationally through his father and would make his international debut for Jamaica in February 2009. It was later discovered that Mears' father was from Sierra Leone and was thus ineligible to represent Jamaica.
↑ Samassa was born in Montfermeil, France, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Mali internationally through his parents, declared for Mali internationally during the season, and would make his international debut for Mali in 2009.
↑ Cana was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo).
↑ Mandanda was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualifies to represent France internationally and made his international debut for France in May 2008.
↑ Ayew was born in Seclin, France, but also qualifies to represent Ghana internationally through his father and made his international debut for Ghana in August 2007.
↑ Arrache was born in Marseille, France, but also qualifies to represent Algeria internationally through his parents, and made his international debut for Algeria in April 2004.

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2008–09 in French football

Club football

Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 Championnat National CFA (Group A, B, C, D, Playoffs) D1 Féminine

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

European	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

International competition

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification European U-19 Championship (Qual. G4, Elite qual. G5) European U-17 Championship (Qual. Group 11, Elite qual. G5) Toulon Tournament

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