1989–90 Olympique de Marseille season
| 1st | |
| Coupe de France | Semi-finals |
|---|---|
| European Cup | Semi-finals |
| Top goalscorer | League: Jean-Pierre Papin (30) All: Jean-Pierre Papin (38) |
| Average home league attendance | 31,727 |
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The 1989–90 season saw Olympique de Marseille compete in the French Division 1 as reigning champions as well as the 1989–90 Coupe de France and the 1989–90 European Cup.
Overview
In the summer of 1989, Marseille lost many big name players including prolific
PSG.[1] Owner, Bernard Tapie, brought in reinforcements for the double winners though, signing Enzo Francescoli, Carlos Mozer, Jean Tigana, Alain Roche, Manuel Amoros, and Chris Waddle. Of the transfers, Waddle was the most high-profile and the £4.5m Marseille paid Tottenham for Waddle equalled a British record fee and the sixth highest ever paid at that point.[1][2]
Marseille went into the season as defending French Division 1 champions and successfully defend their crown, winning their seventh French league title overall.[3] Marseille would go deep in both the Coupe de France and the European Cup but lost in the semi-finals in both competitions.[3]
Competitions
Division 1
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille (C) | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 34 | +41 | 53 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 46 | |
| 4 | Sochaux | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 43 | |
| 5 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 42 |
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions
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 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 34 | +41 | 75 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 22 | +7 |
Source: [citation needed]
Results by round
Coupe de France
Semi-final
| 25 May 1990 | Marseille | 2–3 | RC Paris | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
Germain  3' Sauzée 61' |
(Report) | Bouderbala 37' Milojevic 83' Aïd 88' |
European Cup
First round
| 13 September 1989 | Marseille | 3–0 |  Brøndby | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
| Sauzée 62' Papin 67'Vercruysse 81' |
Report | Attendance: 18,686 Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy) |
| 27 September 1989 | Brøndby | 1–1 | Marseille | Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester |
| Olsen 54' |
Report | Papin 64' |
Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Rodger Gifford (Wales) |
Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.
Second round
| 18 October 1989 | Marseille | 2–0 |  AEK Athens | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
| 22:00 | Papin 55' Manolas 80' (o.g.) |
Report | Attendance: 24,263 Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland) |
| 1 November 1989 | AEK Athens | 1–1 | Marseille | AEK Stadium, Athens |
| 21:00 | Savevski 79' (pen.) |
Report | Papin 84' |
Attendance: 33,260 Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria) |
Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-final
| 7 March 1990 | Narodna Armia, Sofia | |||
| Report | Thys 85' |
Attendance: 26,300 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) |
| 21 March 1990 | Marseille | 3–1 |  CSKA Sofia | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
Sauzée 72' |
Report | Urukov 84' |
Attendance: 34,665 Referee: Lajos Nemeth (Hungary) |
Marseille won 4–1 on aggregate.
Semi-final
| 4 April 1990 | Marseille | 2–1 |  Benfica | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille |
| Sauzée 13' Papin 44' |
Report | Lima 10' |
Attendance: 36,859 Referee: George Courtney (England) |
| 18 April 1990 | Benfica | 1–0 | Marseille | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon |
| Vata 82' |
Report | Attendance: 120,000 Referee: Marcel Van Langenhove (Belgium) |
Marseille 2–2 Benfica on aggregate. Benfica won on away goals.
References
- ^ a b "Classic Teams #2: Marseille (1986-93)". Get Football News. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "Chris Waddle: The easy going showstopper with continental class". thefootballfaithful.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Olympique de Marseille". Britannica. Retrieved 12 July 2020.