2006–07 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille had a solid season, but did not manage to win the elusive trophy they had chased for 14 years, with the biggest disappointment being losing on penalty shootout against Sochaux in the Coupe de France final. The 2nd-place finish of Ligue 1 was the best for eight years, but the side were never in title contention, being 18 points adrift of Lyon.

Marseille
2006-07 season
ChairmanRobert Louis-Dreyfus
ManagerAlbert Emon
Ligue 12nd
Coupe de FranceRunners-up
League CupRound of 16
UEFA CupFirst round
Intertoto CupProgress
Top goalscorerLeague: Mamadou Niang
(12 goals)
All: Mamadou Niang
(17 goals)

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Ligue 1
Main article: 2006–07 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lyon (C) 38 24 9 5 64 27 +37 81 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Marseille 38 19 7 12 53 38 +15 64
3 Toulouse 38 17 7 14 44 43 +1 58 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rennes 38 14 15 9 38 30 +8 57 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Lens 38 15 12 11 47 41 +6 57 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Bordeaux, the winner of the Coupe de la Ligue, is awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. The winners of the Coupe de France, Sochaux also have been awarded entry to the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.

Matches
6 August 2006 1 Sedan 0–0 Marseille
13 August 2006 2 Marseille 2–0 Rennes
Pagis  38'
Maoulida  85'
19 August 2006 3 Auxerre 0–3 Marseille
Ribéry  45'
Maoulida  49'
Pagis  70'
27 August 2006 4 Marseille 2–0 Le Mans
Bamogo  69'
Niang  79' (pen.)
10 September 2006 5 Paris Saint-Germain 1–3 Marseille
Pauleta  22' (pen.) Niang  7' (pen.)
Nasri  67'
Pagis  88'
17 September 2006 6 Marseille 2–1 Bordeaux
Pagis  49'
Taiwo  53'		 Chamakh  63' (pen.)
24 September 2006 7 Nantes 2–1 Marseille
Payet  38'
Norbert  49'		 Niang  78'
1 October 2006 8 Marseille 3–0 Toulouse
Taiwo  44'
Bamogo  45+2'
Cana  47'
15 October 2006 9 Lens 1–1 Marseille
Dindane  79' (pen.) Niang  62' (pen.)
22 October 2006 10 Marseille 1–4 Lyon
Bamogo  70' Juninho  20', 78'
Benzema  48'
Källström  87'
29 October 2006 11 Nice 2–1 Marseille
Rool  25'
Ederson  90' (pen.)		 Pagis  62'
4 November 2006 12 Marseille 0–1 Lorient
Gignac  48'
12 November 2006 13 Lille 1–0 Marseille
Bodmer  45+2'
19 November 2006 14 Marseille 1–0 Valenciennes
Pagis  60'
25 November 2006 15 Troyes 1–1 Marseille
Lachuer  18' Maoulida  60'
3 December 2006 16 Sochaux 1–0 Marseille
Afolabi  76'
9 December 2006 17 Marseille 2–1 Monaco
Pagis  37'
Niang  77'		 Di Vaio  58'
16 December 2006 18 Nancy 2–0 Marseille
Gavanon  43'
Kim  71'
23 December 2006 19 Marseille 2–1 Saint-Étienne
Cissé  9'
Pagis  63'		 Heinz  45+1'
14 January 2007 20 Rennes 0–2 Marseille
Cissé  58'
Maoulida  90+2'
24 January 2007 21 Marseille 3–1 Auxerre
Ribéry  7, 38'
Taiwo  87'		 Jeleń  16'
28 January 2007 22 Le Mans 2–0 Marseille
Fanchone  38'
Grafite  83' (pen.)
4 February 2007 23 Marseille 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain
Cissé  68' Pauleta  74'
11 February 2007 24 Bordeaux 1–0 Marseille
Faubert  74'
18 February 2007 25 Marseille 0–0 Nantes
25 February 2007 26 Toulouse 3–0 Marseille
Elmander  39', 48'
Emana  63'
4 March 2007 27 Marseille 0–1 Lens
Dindane  58' (pen.)
11 March 2007 28 Lyon 1–1 Marseille
Baroš  19' Niang  86'
17 March 2007 29 Marseille 3–0 Nice
Niang  6', 40'
Civelli  13'
31 March 2007 30 Lorient 2–1 Marseille
Saïfi  60'
Le Pen  74'		 Cissé  81' (pen.)
7 April 2007 31 Marseille 4–1 Lille
Niang  9' (pen.), 90+1'
Civelli  38', 63'		 Bastos  11' (pen.)
14 April 2007 32 Valenciennes 0–0 Marseille
21 April 2007 33 Marseille 2–1 Troyes
Cissé  55'
M'Bami  86'		 Jaziri  80'
29 April 2007 34 Marseille 4–2 Sochaux
Cana  13'
Cissé  68'
Nasri  73'
Ribéry  85'		 Leroy  5'
Rodriguez  90+2' (o.g.)
6 May 2007 35 Monaco 1–2 Marseille
Ménez  12' Ribéry  45'
Niang  84' (pen.)
9 May 2007 36 Marseille 2–1 Nancy
Niang  78' (pen.)
Cissé  81'		 Puygrenier  80'
19 May 2007 37 Saint-Étienne 1–2 Marseille
Feindouno  69' Cissé  54'
Valbuena  86'
26 May 2007 38 Marseille 1–0 Sedan
Nasri  61'

Intertoto Cup
Main article: 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round
15 July 2006 First leg Marseille 0–0 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Fos-sur-Mer, France
Stadium: Stade Parsemain
Attendance: 6,884
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez (Spain)
22 July 2006 Second leg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–2
(2–2a agg.)		 Marseille Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Nazarenko  78'
Rusol  87'		 Niang  71'
Oruma  75'		 Stadium: Meteor Stadium
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Howard Webb (England)

UEFA Cup
Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round
10 August 2006 First leg Young Boys 3–3 Marseille Bern, Switzerland
Yakin  20'
João Paulo  49'
Marcos  73'		 Zubar  18'
Niang  44', 57'		 Stadium: Wankdorf Stadium
Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
24 August 2006 Second leg Marseille 0–0
(3a–3 agg.)		 Young Boys Marseille, France
20:45 Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

First round
14 September 2006 First leg Marseille 1–0 Mladá Boleslav Marseille, France
20:45 Bamogo  31' Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)
28 September 2006 Second leg Mladá Boleslav 4–2
(4–3 agg.)		 Marseille Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
17:30 Pecka  34'
Holub  62' (pen.), 82'
Sedláček  90+2'		 Report Maoulida  19'
Taiwo  56'		 Stadium: Městský stadion
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

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