1998–99 Olympique de Marseille season

Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Florian Maurice (14)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

domestic championship. Laurent Blanc, Christophe Dugarry and Fabrizio Ravanelli

were among the crucial players in the Marseille resurgence. When those players left, l'OM fell into pieces.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

1 GK GER Andreas Köpke

2 DF FRA Patrick Blondeau

3 DF FRA Patrick Colleter

4 DF RSA Pierre Issa

5 DF FRA Laurent Blanc

6 MF FRA
Eric Roy

7 MF FRA Robert Pires

8 MF FRA Frédéric Brando

9 FW FRA Florian Maurice

10 MF FRA Jocelyn Gourvennec

11 FW ITA Fabrizio Ravanelli

12 MF CIV Tchiressoua Guel

13 FW GUI Titi Camara

15 FW GHA Arthur Moses

No. Pos. Nation Player

16 GK FRA Stéphane Porato

17 DF CIV Cyril Domoraud

19 FW FRA Cédric Mouret

21 FW FRA Christophe Dugarry

22 DF FRA Martial Robin

23 DF FRA William Gallas

25 MF COM Hamada Jambay

26 MF FRA Peter Luccin

27 MF FRA Daniel Bravo

28 DF BRA
Edson (on loan from Sport Recife
)

29 DF FRA Jacques Abardonado

30 GK FRA François Lemasson

— DF FRA Serge Blanc

— MF TOG Chérif Touré Mamam

Competitions

Division 1

Main article: 1998–99 French Division 1

League table

Pos Team
v
t
e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 Bordeaux (C) 34 22 6 6 66 29 +37 72 Qualification to Champions League first group stage

2 Marseille 34 21 8 5 56 28 +28 71

3 Lyon 34 18 9 7 51 31 +20 63 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round

4 Monaco 34 18 8 8 52 32 +20 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

5
Rennes
34 17 8 9 45 38 +7 59 Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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

34 21 8 5 56 28 +28 71 13 4 0 36 9 +27 8 4 5 20 19 +1

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Ground H A H A H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A
Result W W W D D D W W W W W W W W L D D W W W D L W L W D W W W L D L W W
Position 2 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Marseille v Nantes
8 August 1998 1 Marseille 2–0 Nantes Marseille
20:00 Ravanelli 49'
Maurice 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,232
Referee: Bernard Saules

Metz v Marseille
15 August 1998 2 Metz 0–1 Marseille Metz
20:00 Gourvennec 45' Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 21,544
Referee: Pascal Garibian

Marseille v Montpellier
22 August 1998 3 Marseille 5–4 Montpellier Marseille
20:00
Roy 84'
Blanc 90' (pen.
) Bakayoko 15', 34'
Robert 19'
Sauzée 23' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,070
Referee: Alain Sars

Le Havre v Marseille
29 August 1998 4 Le Havre 0–0 Marseille Le Havre
20:00 Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux
Attendance: 14,964
Referee: Éric Poulat

Marseille v
Rennes

11 September 1998 5 Marseille 1–1
Rennes
Marseille
20:00 Maurice 78' Dogon 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,618
Referee: Serge Leon

Marseille v Bordeaux
20 September 1998 6 Marseille 2–2 Bordeaux Marseille
18:00
Roy
56' Diawara 43', 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,293
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Bastia v Marseille
24 September 1998 7 Bastia 0–2 Marseille Furiani
20:30 Pires 36'
Camara 67' Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari
Attendance: 8,459
Referee: Pascal Garibian

Marseille v Toulouse
3 October 1998 8 Marseille 2–0 Toulouse Marseille
20:00 Maurice 43'
Ravanelli 86' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,653
Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt

Strasbourg v Marseille
16 October 1998 9 Strasbourg 0–2 Marseille Strasbourg
20:00 Maurice 41', 53' Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
Attendance: 34,462
Referee: Bruno Ruffray

Marseille v Sochaux
24 October 1998 10 Marseille 4–0 Sochaux Marseille
20:00 Ravanelli 43', 90'
Camara 55', 90+1' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 49,364
Referee: Gilles Cheron

Lorient v Marseille
29 October 1998 11 Lorient 1–3 Marseille Lorient
20:00 Bouafia 25' Ravanelli 55', 66'
Pires 87' Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 13,720
Referee: Patrick Lhermite

Marseille v Monaco
6 November 1998 12 Marseille 1–0 Monaco Marseille
20:30 Maurice 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,300
Referee: Alain Sars

Nancy v Marseille
10 November 1998 13 Nancy 2–3 Marseille Tomblaine
20:30 Cascarino 52'
Soufiane-Koné 89' Maurice 11', 78'
Gourvennec 22' Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 18,516
Referee: Patrick Anton

Marseille v Lens
14 November 1998 14 Marseille 1–0 Lens Marseille
20:00 Dugarry 31' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,600
Referee: Pascal Garibian

Lyon v Marseille
19 November 1998 15 Lyon 2–1 Marseille Lyon
20:30 Linarès 17'
Violeau 55' Maurice 76' Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 39,871
Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt

Marseille v
Paris Saint-Germain

29 November 1998 16 Marseille 0–0
Paris Saint-Germain
Marseille
20:30 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 56,346
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Auxerre v Marseille
4 December 1998 17 Auxerre 1–1 Marseille Auxerre
20:00 Carnot 85' Blanc 60' Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 19,566
Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Marseille v Metz
12 December 1998 18 Marseille 3–0 Metz Marseille
20:00 Camara 29'
Maurice 44'
Gourvennec 90' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,317
Referee: Philippe Kalt

Montpellier v Marseille
16 December 1998 19 Montpellier 0–1 Marseille Montpellier
20:00 Maurice 41' Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Attendance: 23,341
Referee: Bernard Saules

Marseille v Le Havre
19 December 1998 20 Marseille 2–0 Le Havre Marseille
20:00 Pires 32', 70' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,842
Referee: Stéphane Moulin

Rennes
v Marseille
16 January 1999 21
Rennes
1–1 Marseille Rennes
20:00 Arribagé 12' Camara 78' Stadium:
Stade de la Route de Lorient

Attendance: 19,261
Referee: Gilles Cheron

Bordeaux v Marseille
29 January 1999 22 Bordeaux 4–1 Marseille Bordeaux
20:30 Wiltord 14', 32'
Micoud 17'
Laslandes 20' Dugarry 59' Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Attendance: 33,208
Referee: Bernard Saules

Marseille v Bastia
6 February 1999 23 Marseille 3–1 Bastia Marseille
20:00 Bravo 33'
Ravanelli 40, 81' Laurent 76' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 48,269
Referee: Jean-Claude Puyalt

Toulouse v Marseille
14 February 1999 24 Toulouse 1–0 Marseille Toulouse
20:30
Oceano 75' (pen.
) Stadium:
Stade de Toulouse

Attendance: 35,830
Referee: Damien Ledentu

Marseille v Strasbourg
25 February 1999 25 Marseille 1–0 Strasbourg Marseille
20:00 Pires 47' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 46,170
Referee: Bruno Ruffray

Sochaux v Marseille
9 March 1999 26 Sochaux 0–0 Marseille Montbéliard
18:30 Stadium:
Stade Auguste Bonal
Attendance: 8,882
Referee: Éric Poulat

Marseille v Lorient
20 March 1999 27 Marseille 4–1 Lorient Marseille
20:00 Ravanelli 17', 72'
Maurice 49'
Gourvennec 77' (pen.) Camadini 87' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 47,305
Referee: Franck Glochon

Monaco v Marseille
2 April 1999 28 Monaco 1–2 Marseille Monaco
20:30 Ikpeba 28' Camara 15'
Ravanelli 48' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 14,464
Referee: Rémi Harrel

Marseille v Nancy
15 April 1999 29 Marseille 4–0 Nancy Marseille
20:00
Edson 30'
Gourvennec 58'
Ravanelli 63'
Maurice
80' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 23,306
Referee: Patrick Lhermite

Lens v Marseille
24 April 1999 30 Lens 4–0 Marseille Lens
20:00 Vairelles 43', 70'
Moreira 67', 76' Stadium:
Stade Félix-Bollaert

Attendance: 40,323
Referee: Gilles Cheron

Marseille v Lyon
30 April 1999 31 Marseille 0–0 Lyon Marseille
20:00 Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 57,414
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Paris Saint-Germain
v Marseille
4 May 1999 32
Paris Saint-Germain
2–1 Marseille Paris
20:30 Simone 84'
Rodriguez 88' Maurice 21' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 44,939
Referee: Alain Sars

Marseille v Auxerre
22 May 1999 33 Marseille 1–0 Auxerre Marseille
20:00 Luccin 13' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 55,243
Referee: Pascal Garibian

Nantes v Marseille
29 May 1999 34 Nantes 0–1 Marseille Nantes
20:00 Pires 38' Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 35,437
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Coupe de France

Main article: 1998–99 Coupe de France

Marseille v Auxerre
23 January 1999 Round of 64 Marseille 2–0 Auxerre Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Maurice 25' (pen.)
Ravanelli 38' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 17,130
Referee: Pascal Garibian

Lens v Marseille
20 February 1999 Round of 32 Lens 3–1 Marseille Lens
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Brunel 38'
Vairelles 45'
Nouma 52' Moses 65' Stadium:
Stade Félix Bollaert
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Stéphane Bré

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue

Marseille v Lens
10 January 1999 Second round Marseille 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p) Lens Caen
20:35 CET (UTC+1) Dugarry 64'
Lachor 78'
Nouma 84'
Méride
101' Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Bruno Derrien

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1998–99 UEFA Cup

First round

Sigma Olomouc v Marseille
15 September 1988 First leg Sigma Olomouc 2–2 Marseille Olomouc, Czech Republic
19:00 Heinz 35', 41' Report
Roy
83' Stadium: Andrův stadion
Attendance: 6,558
Referee: Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy)

Marseille v Sigma Olomouc
29 September 1998 Second leg Marseille 4–0
(6–2 agg.) Sigma Olomouc Marseille, France
19:00 Dugarry 19', 76'
Pires 23', 86' Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 17,868
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Second round

Werder Bremen v Marseille
20 October 1998 First leg Werder Bremen 1–1 Marseille Bremen, Germany
20:45
Herzog
69' Report Maurice 67' Stadium:
Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia
)

Marseille v Werder Bremen
3 November 1998 Second leg Marseille 3–2
(4–3 agg.) Werder Bremen Marseille, France
21:00 Maurice 36'
Issa 52'
Dugarry 77' Report
Herzog
82' Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paul Durkin (England)

Third round

Monaco v Marseille
24 November 1998 First leg Monaco 2–2 Marseille Monaco
20:30 Trezeguet 17' (pen.)
Giuly 56' Report Pires 10'
Camara 39' Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

Marseille v Monaco
8 December 1998 Second leg Marseille 1–0
(3–2 agg.) Monaco Marseille, France
21:00 Camara 71' Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy)

Quarter-finals

Celta Vigo v
Marseille
16 March 1999
Celta Vigo
0–0
(1–2 agg.) Marseille Vigo, Spain
21:45 Report Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Semi-finals

Bologna v
Marseille
20 April 1999
Bologna
1–1
(1–1a agg.) Marseille Bologna, Italy
19:30 Paramatti 18' Report Blanc 86' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Final

Main article: 1999 UEFA Cup final

Parma v
Marseille
12 May 1999
Parma
3–0 Marseille Moscow, Russia
20:00 Crespo 26'
Vanoli 36'
Chiesa 55' Report Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Top scorers

Division 1

Florian Maurice 14

Fabrizio Ravanelli 13

Robert Pires 6

Titi Camara 6

Christophe Dugarry 4

References

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2 March 1999 Celta Vigo	Marseille, France
21:15	Maurice 33', 68'	Report	Mostovoi 64'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,137 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)