2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season

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.

Olympique de Marseille
2014–15 season
PresidentVincent Labrune
ManagerMarcelo Bielsa
StadiumStade Vélodrome
Ligue 14th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: André-Pierre Gignac (21)
All: André-Pierre Gignac (23)
Highest home attendance65,148 v Paris Saint-Germain - 05 April 2015
Lowest home attendance39,497 v Nice - 29 August 2014
Average home league attendance52,917

This will be the first season in ten 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.

Players
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.

Current squad
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. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  FRA Baptiste Aloé
3 DF  CMR Nicolas N'Koulou
4 DF  BRA Dória
5 DF  FRA Stéphane Sparagna
6 MF  FRA Momar Bangoura
7 MF  FRA Benoît Cheyrou
8 MF  FRA Mario Lemina
11 MF  FRA Romain Alessandrini
14 MF  FRA Florian Thauvin
15 DF  FRA Jérémy Morel
16 GK  CGO Brice Samba
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  FRA Dimitri Payet
20 MF  TOG Alaixys Romao
22 FW  BEL Michy Batshuayi
23 DF  FRA Benjamin Mendy
24 DF  FRA Rod Fanni
25 MF  FRA Gianelli Imbula
26 DF  CIV Brice Dja Djédjé
27 MF  MAR Abdelaziz Barrada
29 FW  FRA Jérémie Porsan-Clemente
30 GK  FRA Steve Mandanda (captain)
40 GK  FRA Julien Fabri
-- DF  BRA Alef
-- MF  FRA Maxime Lopez

Coaching Staff
Manager Marcelo Bielsa
Assistant Coaches Diego Reyes, Pablo Quiroga, Javier Torrente, Diego Torrente, Ever Demalde
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

Transfers

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

So far, Larry Azouni has been transferred to Nîmes and Florian Raspentino has departed to Caen.

In
Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes
23 June 2014 FW Michy Batshuayi 20 Standard Liège €8,000,000
25 June 2014 MF Romain Alessandrini 25 Rennes €5,000,000

Out
Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes
10 July 2014 MF Larry Azouni 20 Nîmes Free
11 July 2014 MF Florian Raspentino 25 Caen Undisclosed

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies
19 July 2014 Bayer Leverkusen 1–4 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 Marseille 2–1 Benfica Clermont-Ferrand, France
19:00 CEST Gignac  21'
Batshuayi  56'		 Report Gaitán  13' Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
27 July 2014 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 Bari 1–1 Marseille Bari, Italy
19:00 CEST Sabelli  62' Report Batshuayi  82' Stadium: Stadio San Nicola
2 August 2014 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 Marseille Barcelona, Spain
15:00 CEST Caicedo  17' (pen.)
Sánchez  83'		 Report Aloé  85' Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat

Ligue 1
Main article: 2014–15 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Lyon 38 22 9 7 72 33 +39 75 Qualification to Champions League group stage
3 Monaco 38 20 11 7 51 26 +25 71 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4 Marseille 38 21 6 11 76 42 +34 69 Qualification to Europa League group stage
5 Saint-Étienne 38 19 12 7 51 30 +21 69 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Bordeaux 38 17 12 9 47 44 +3 63
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. 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).

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 21 6 11 76 42  +34 69 13 2 4 40 22  +18 8 4 7 36 20  +16

Last updated: 5 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match
Match1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDLWWWWWWWWLWLWWDWLWLWLWDDDLWDWLLLLWWWW
Position8151042111111111111112222223333334454444
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2015. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 August 2014 1 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
17 August 2014 2 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
23 August 2014 3 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
29 August 2014 4 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
14 September 2014 5 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
20 September 2014 6 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
23 September 2014 7 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
28 September 2014 8 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
4 October 2014 9 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
20 October 2014 10 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
26 October 2014 11 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
2 November 2014 12 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
9 November 2014 13 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
23 November 2014 14 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
28 November 2014 15 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
2 December 2014 16 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
7 December 2014 17 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
14 December 2014 18 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
21 December 2014 19 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
9 January 2015 20 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
18 January 2015 21 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
24 January 2015 22 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
31 January 2015 23 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
7 February 2015 24 Rennes 1–1 Marseille Rennes
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Toivonen  27',  83'
Pedro 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
13 February 2015 25 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
22 February 2015 26 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
28 February 2015 27 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
6 March 2015 28 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
15 March 2015 29 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
22 March 2015 30 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
5 April 2015 31 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
12 April 2015 32 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
18 April 2015 33 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
25 April 2015 34 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
1 May 2015 35 Metz 0–2 Marseille Metz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) Malouda  40' Report Gignac  38', 62',  56'
Lemina  52'
Ayew  57'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 23,190
Referee: Benoît Millot
10 May 2015 36 Marseille 2–1 Monaco Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) N'Koulou  28'
Romao  74'
Ayew  79'
Mendy  74'
Alessandrini  87'		 Report Moutinho  1'
Carvalho  70'
Raggi  72'		 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 62,471
Referee: Clément Turpin
16 May 2015 37 Lille 0–4 Marseille Villeneuve d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Balmont  28'
Corchia  39'		 Report Gignac  2'
Fanni  26'
Imbula  37'
Alessandrini  68'  70'
Ayew  76'
Mendy  81'		 Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 44,286
Referee: Tony Chapron
23 May 2015 38 Marseille 3–0 Bastia Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Payet  14'
Djiku  39' (o.g.)
N'Koulou  76'
Ocampos  89'		 Report Diakité  34' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 59,533
Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de France
Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de France
4 January 2015 Round of 64 Grenoble 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(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

Coupe de la Ligue
Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue
28 October 2014 Round of 32 Rennes 2–1 Marseille Rennes
20:55 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

References
  1. "Effectif et staff – saison 2014/2015". OM.net. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
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