2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
2002-03 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Round of 32
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Ibrahima Bakayoko (9)

Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	19	11	8	63	41	+22	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Monaco	38	19	10	9	66	33	+33	67	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Marseille	38	19	8	11	41	36	+5	65	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Bordeaux	38	18	10	10	57	36	+21	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Sochaux	38	17	13	8	46	31	+15	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Matches

3 August 2002 1	Marseille	0–2	Nantes	Lyon
			Yepes 62' Berson 90 + 3'	Stadium: Stade Gerland

10 August 2002 2	AS Monaco	0–1	Marseille	Monaco
			Fernandão 54'	Stadium: Stade Louis II

16 August 2002 3	Marseille	1–1	Lyon	Marseille
	Bakayoko 29'		Govou 14'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

24 August 2002 4	Rennes	1–3	Marseille	Rennes
	Piquionne 10'		Chapuis 35, 70' Sakho 90 + 1'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient

1 September 2002 5	Marseille	0–0	Auxerre	Marseille
				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

11 September 2002 6	Nice	2–0	Marseille	Nice
	Everson 52' Olufade 82'			Stadium: Stade du Ray

14 September 2002 7	Marseille	2–1	Bordeaux	Marseille
	Leboeuf 16' (pen.) Bakayoko 75'		Pauleta 52'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

21 September 2002 8	Le Havre	1–3	Marseille	Le Havre
	Fauconnier 66'		Sakho 45 + 2' Johansen 58' Celestini 90'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux

27 September 2002 9	Marseille	3–1	Ajaccio	Marseille
	Van Buyten 41' Chapuis 45' Bakayoko 77' (pen.)		Destruhaut 15'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

5 October 2002 10	Lille	3–0	Marseille	Lille
	Tapia 15' Brunel 55' Cheyrou 65'			Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris

20 October 2002 11	Marseille	1–0	Strasbourg	Marseille
20:45	Fernandão 24'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

26 October 2002 12	Paris SG	3–0	Marseille	Paris
17:15	Ronaldinho 15', 37' (pen.) Cardetti 82'			Stadium: Stade Parc des Princes

2 November 2002 13	Marseille	2–0	Montpellier	Marseille
20:00	Bakayoko 32' F. Silvestre 61' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

9 November 2002 14	Guingamp	0–0	Marseille	Guingamp
20:00				Stadium: Stade du Roudourou

16 November 2002 15	Marseille	0–0	Troyes	Marseille
20:00				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

23 November 2002 16	Marseille	1–0	Lens	Marseille
17:15	Olembé 12'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

30 November 2002 17	Bastia	2–0	Marseille	Bastia
	Ben Saada 74, 87'			Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari

4 December 2002 18	Marseille	1–0	Sochaux	Marseille
	Fernandão 40'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

14 December 2002 19	Sedan	1–2	Marseille	Sedan
	H. Camara 70'		dos Santos 39' Bakayoko 49'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez

20 December 2002 20	Marseille	1–1	AS Monaco	Marseille
	Van Buyten 60'		Pršo 40'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

10 January 2003 21	Lyon	1–0	Marseille	Lyon
	Luyindula 41'			Stadium: Stade Gerland Referee: Pierluigi Collina

14 January 2003 22	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille
	Bakayoko 7' Van Buyten 19'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

21 January 2003 23	Auxerre	0–0	Marseille	Auxerre
				Stadium: Stade Abbe-Deschamps

28 January 2003 24	Marseille	2–0	Nice	Marseille
	Van Buyten 45 + 3' Sychev 87'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

2 February 2003 25	Bordeaux	3–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
	Feindouno 56' Darcheville 63' (pen.) Sávio 90 + 6'		Van Buyten 88'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas

5 February 2003 26	Marseille	2–0	Le Havre	Marseille
	Sychev 16' Van Buyten 52'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

8 February 2003 27	Ajaccio	0–2	Marseille	Ajaccio
			Bakayoko 35' Sakho 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade François Coty

28	Marseille	2–0	Lille
	Bakayoko 13' Johansen 75'

29

Strasbourg

0–0

Marseille

30	Marseille	0–3	Paris SG
			Leroy 28, 83' Ronaldinho 55'

31	Montpellier	1–2	Marseille
	Rouvière 71'		Sakho 22' Van Buyten 83'

32	Marseille	0–2	Guingamp
			Bah 12' Drogba 16'

33

Troyes

0–0

Marseille

34	Lens	0–1	Marseille
			Leboeuf 33' (pen.)

35	Marseille	2–1	Bastia
	Sychev 45' Van Buyten 87'		Batlles 90 + 3'

36	Sochaux	3–0	Marseille
	Santos 28' Frau 65' Isabey 86'

37	Marseille	4–2	Sedan
	Pérez 10' Chapuis 43' Hemdani 83' Sakho 89'		N'Diefi 57' Pérez 61' (o.g.)

38	Nantes	1–0	Marseille
	Quint 84'

Top Scorers

Sources

RSSSF - France 2002/03

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