Coaching staff

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Position	Staff
Coach	Didier Deschamps
Assistant coach	Guy Stéphan
Goalkeeping coach	Laurent Spinosi
Fitness coach	Christophe Manouvrier
Club doctor	Christophe Baudot
Chief scout	Jean-Philippe Durand

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Kit

This new season Adidas introduced Marseille's new kits, and these new ones are very different from last season, except the home kit, the colours of Marseille still stay white and sky blue. The away kit is an impressive kit with it being sky blue and has shades of black. The third kit was so far used in European competitions only. This kit is a full black kit but still has a little sky blue. In all of Marseille's kits there is one their main colour sky blue one.

Home

Away

Third

RLD

Supplier : Adidas

Sponsor : Direct Energie

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Chairman	Jean-Claude Dassier
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Stade Vélodrome (60,013 / {{{d}}})

Updated to match played 8 February 2009
Source:^{[citation needed]}

First-team squad

Updated 15 May 2010.^[1]

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Rudy Riou 3 DF  NGA Taye Taiwo 4 DF  FRA Julien Rodriguez 5 DF  BRA Hilton 6 MF  FRA Édouard Cissé 7 MF  FRA Benoît Cheyrou 8 MF  ARG Lucho González 9 FW  BRA Brandão 10 MF  FRA Hatem Ben Arfa 11 FW  SEN Mamadou Niang (captain) 12 MF  BFA Charles Kaboré 14 FW  CIV Bakari Koné 15 MF  GHA Jordan Ayew 17 MF  CMR Stéphane Mbia

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  FRA Fabrice Abriel 19 DF  ARG Gabriel Heinze 20 DF  CMR Charley Roussel Fomen 21 DF  SEN Souleymane Diawara 22 DF  FRA Cyril Rool 23 FW  ESP Fernando Morientes 24 DF  FRA Laurent Bonnart 27 DF  SEN Pape M'Bow 28 MF  FRA Mathieu Valbuena 30 GK  FRA Steve Mandanda 31 FW  FRA Guy Gnabouyou 32 FW  GAB Alexander N'Doumbou 34 MF  FRA Kevin Osei 40 GK  BRA Elinton Andrade

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Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  SEN Leyti N'Diaye (at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season) 26 DF  FRA Jean-Philippe Sabo (at Ajaccio until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW  MLI Mamadou Samassa (at Valenciennes until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW  GHA André Ayew (at Arles-Avignon until end of the 2009–10 season) – FW  FRA Mohamed Amine Dennoun (at Amiens until end of the 2009–10 season) – DF  FRA Cédric D'Ulivo (at Cassis Carnoux until end of the 2009–10 season) 2 DF  FRA Garry Bocaly (at Montpellier until end of the 2009–10 season)

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Reserve squad

Updated 8 February 2010.^[2]

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Johan Crespin — GK  FRA Samir Kouakbi — DF  FRA Sébastien Bregand — DF  FRA Bradley Diallo — DF  FRA Sébastien Fischetti — DF  FRA Raphaël Lopes — DF  TOG Sénah Mango — MF  FRA Samir Abbes — MF  FRA Landing Bodian

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Olivier Cano — MF  FRA Alexander N'Doumbou — MF  FRA Ahmed Nouri — MF  FRA Thomas Pechart — MF  FRA Emmanuel Schianchi — FW  FRA Jordan Ayew — FW  FRA Nicolas Crus — FW  FRA Cédric Hachani — FW  CRO Niko Maričić

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Overall

Last updated on 15 May 2010

Games played	54 (38 Ligue 1, 6 UEFA Champions League, 4 UEFA Europa League, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, 2 Coupe de France)
Games won	32 (23 Ligue 1, 2 UEFA Champions League, 2 UEFA Europa League, 4 Coupe de la Ligue, 1 Coupe de France)
Games drawn	11 (9 Ligue 1, 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League)
Games lost	11 (6 Ligue 1, 3 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League, 1 Coupe de France)
Goals scored	100 (69 Ligue 1, 10 UEFA Champions League, 8 UEFA Europa League, 10 Coupe de la Ligue, 3 Coupe de France)
Goals conceded	59 (36 Ligue 1, 10 UEFA Champions League, 5 UEFA Europa League, 5 Coupe de la Ligue, 3 Coupe de France)
Yellow cards	92 (64 Ligue 1, 12 UEFA Champions League, 8 UEFA Europa League, 7 Coupe de la Ligue, 1 Coupe de France)
Red cards	5 (2 Ligue 1, 2 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Europa League)
Best result	6–1 (H) v FC Zürich - UEFA Champions League - 3 November 2009
Worst result	0–3 (A) v Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League - 30 September 2009
Most appearances	Diawara and Mandanda (50 matches)
Top scorer	Niang (22 goals)

Squad stats

The list is sorted by position and total appearances.

Last updated on 15 May 2010.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Champions League & Europa League		Coupe de la Ligue		Coupe de France
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda	50	0	36	0	10	0	2	0	2	0
40	GK	BRA	Elinton Andrade	6	0	2+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
Defenders
21	DF	SEN	Souleymane Diawara	50	5	36	4	9	0	4	1	1	0
24	DF	FRA	Laurent Bonnart	44	0	30+1	0	8	0	4	0	1	0
3	DF	NGA	Taye Taiwo	38	3	25+3	3	8	0	1	0	1	0
21	DF	CMR	Stéphane Mbia	37	2	26+1	2	7	0	2	0	1	0
19	DF	ARG	Gabriel Heinze	36	6	26+1	4	6+1	2	1+1	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Hilton	20	2	9+3	1	3	1	2+1	0	2	0
27	DF	SEN	Pape M'Bow	8	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
4	DF	FRA	Julien Rodriguez	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
18	MF	FRA	Fabrice Abriel	47	2	18+14	1	7+2	1	2+2	0	2	0
7	MF	FRA	Benoît Cheyrou	46	8	27+5	5	10	1	2	0	2	2
6	MF	FRA	Édouard Cissé	45	1	27+5	1	7+1	0	4	0	1	0
8	MF	ARG	Lucho González	44	8	28+4	5	8	2	4	1	0	0
28	MF	FRA	Mathieu Valbuena	43	7	19+12	5	2+4	0	2+2	2	1+1	0
12	MF	BFA	Charles Kaboré	35	2	17+8	1	2+4	1	3	0	1	0
22	MF	BRA	Cyril Rool	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	GAB	Alexander N'Doumbou	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Forwards
11	FW	SEN	Mamadou Niang	46	22	29+3	18	9	3	3+1	1	1	0
9	FW	BRA	Brandão	43	13	27+3	8	7+1	1	3	4	1+1	0
10	FW	FRA	Hatem Ben Arfa	41	7	17+12	3	1+6	3	3+1	0	1	1
14	FW	CIV	Bakari Koné	36	6	11+16	4	3+4	2	0+1	0	1	0
23	FW	ESP	Fernando Morientes	19	1	4+8	1	2+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	FW	GHA	Jordan Ayew	4	1	0+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Player(s) who left the club after the start of the season:
2	DF	FRA	Garry Bocaly	6	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0

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Pre-season friendlies

Marseille started their season with six pre-season friendlies; they won four, drew one, and lost one. During these friendlies, they scored eight goals and only conceded four. Mamadou Niang, Brandão, Hatem Ben Arfa, and Stéphane Mbia each scored a goal while Bakari Koné and Taye Taiwo scored two goals each.

Dinamo București v Marseille

10 July 2009	Dinamo București	1–2	Marseille	Thonon-les-Bains
	Dănciulescu 44'		14' Ben Arfa 22' Niang	Stadium: Stade Joseph-Moynat Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Olivier Dumoulin

Ajaccio v Marseille

17 July 2009	Ajaccio	0–1	Marseille	Le Pontet
			20' Taiwo	Stadium: Stade de Fargues Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Didier Falcone

Bordeaux v Marseille

21 July 2009	Bordeaux	2–1	Marseille	Dax
	González 37' (o.g.) Gourcuff 48'		18' Taiwo	Stadium: Stade Maurice Boyau Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Ajaccio v Marseille

25 July 2009	Ajaccio	1–1	Marseille	Albi
	Gignac 73'		7' Koné	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Vincent Teulet

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

29 July 2009	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Marseille	Valence
			60' Koné	Stadium: Stade Georges Pompidou Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Sébastien Dessiage

Lens v Marseille

1 August 2009	Lens	0–2	Marseille	Lens
			46' Brandão 74' Mbia	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Other friendlies

Monaco v Marseille

4 September 2009	Monaco	2–0	Marseille	Cannes
	Coutadeur 1' Muratori 60'			Stadium: Stade Pierre de Coubertin Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Didier Falcone

Nîmes v Marseille

9 October 2009	Nîmes	1-2	Marseille	Nîmes
	Poulain 31'		11' Morientes 87' Ben Arfa	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Philippe Malige

Arles-Avignon v Marseille

13 November 2009	Arles-Avignon	2-2	Marseille	Avignon
	Psaume 21' Guise 54'		61' Abriel 79' Morientes	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Didier Falcone

Languedoc-Roussillon XI v Marseille

9 October 2009	Languedoc-Roussillon XI	1-4	Marseille	Perpignan
	Aabiza 48'		49', 62' Gnabouyou 78' N'Doumbou 90' Abriel	Stadium: Stade Gilbert Brutus Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Abdelali Chaoui

Overall

Updated to match played 5 Apr
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

Marseille started their Ligue 1 campaign with an impressive 2–0 victory and continued through a very fine form usually never being below 6th so they did have some very hard times, dropping points and losing or drawing important games but soon after they were flying high and now after 30 games, l'OM tops the Ligue 1 with a game in hand. Now that it has reached the firing line in the league, Marseille are in the lead but there are many challengers for the Ligue 1 with only 3 points splitting the top five teams.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Grenoble v Marseille

8 August 2009 1	Grenoble	0–2	Marseille	Grenoble
		(Report)	2' Niang 80' Cheyrou	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 19,622 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Marseille v Lille

16 August 2009 2	Marseille	1–0	Lille	Montpellier
	Brandão 11'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 26,965 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Rennes v Marseille

22 August 2009 3	Rennes	1–1	Marseille	Rennes
	Leroy 37' (pen.)	(Report)	52' Niang	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 28,631 Referee: Philippe Malige

Marseille v Bordeaux

30 August 2009 4	Marseille	0–0	Bordeaux	Marseille
		(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,920 Referee: Antony Gautier

Le Mans v Marseille

12 September 2009 5	Le Mans	1–2	Marseille	Le Mans
	Maïga 61'	(Report)	14' Niang 70' Brandão	Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 16,301 Referee: Tony Chapron

Marseille v Montpellier

19 September 2009 6	Marseille	4–2	Montpellier	Marseille
	González 31' Niang 34' Cissé 39' Diawara 50'	(Report)	75' Belhanda 88' (pen.) Camara	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,351 Referee: Olivier Thual

Valenciennes v Marseille

26 September 2009 7	Valenciennes	3–2	Marseille	Valenciennes
	Biševac 21' Ducourtioux 28' Rafael 84'	(Report)	13' Morientes 22' Niang	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 16,208 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Marseille v Monaco

4 October 2009 8	Marseille	1–2	Monaco	Marseille
21:00	Niang 85'	(Report)	20' Nenê 42' Park	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,566 Referee: Stéphane Bre

Nancy v Marseille

17 October 2009 9	Nancy	0–3	Marseille	Nancy
19:00		(Report)	5' Valbuena 79' Brandão 81' Abriel	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 20,057 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Marseille v Toulouse

31 October 2009 10	Marseille	1–1	Toulouse	Marseille
19:00	Brandão 75'	(Report)	27' Sissoko	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,340 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Lyon v Marseille

8 November 2009 11	Lyon	5–5	Marseille	Lyon
21:00	Pjanić 5' Govou 14' López 80', 83' (pen.) Bastos 90+1'	(Report)	11' Diawara 44' Cheyrou 47' Koné 79' Brandão 90+2' (o.g.) Toulalan	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,018 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

20 November 2009 12	Marseille	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
21:00	Heinze 25'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,623 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Lens v Marseille

28 November 2009 13	Lens	1–0	Marseille	Lens
21:00	Eduardo 90+4'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 41,052 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Nice v Marseille

5 December 2009 14	Nice	1–3	Marseille	Nice
19:00	Couibaly 33'	(Report)	19' Niang 77' González 86' Koné	Stadium: Stade Municipal du Ray Attendance: 15,047 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Marseille v Boulogne

12 December 2009 15	Marseille	2–0	Boulogne	Marseille
19:00	Heinze 48' Taiwo 54' (pen.)	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,575 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Lorient v Marseille

16 December 2009 16	Lorient	1–2	Marseille	Lorient
19:00	Vihirau 53' (pen.)	(Report)	68' J. Ayew 90+2' Diawara	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 11,634 Referee: Clément Turpin

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

19 December 2009 17	Saint-Étienne	0–0	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
19:00		(Report)		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 27,614 Referee: Antony Gautier

Marseille v Auxerre

16 December 2009 18	Marseille	0–2	Auxerre	Marseille
19:00		(Report)	40', 79' Oliech	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,966 Referee: Philippe Malige

Bordeaux v Marseille

18 January 2010 19	Bordeaux	1–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00	Mandanda 45+1' (o.g.)	(Report)	81' Cheyrou	Stadium: Stade Chaban Delmas Attendance: 32,771 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Marseille v Le Mans

20 January 2010 20	Marseille	2–1	Le Mans	Marseille
19:00	Niang 30', 56' (pen.)	(Report)	16' Le Tallec	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,907 Referee: Damien Ledentu

Montpellier HSC v Marseille

30 January 2010 21	Montpellier HSC	2–0	Marseille	Montpellier
21:00	Aït-Fana 49' Cheyrou 76' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 29,051 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Marseille v Valenciennes

7 February 2010 22	Marseille	5–1	Valenciennes	Marseille
21:00	González 33' Brandão 43' Cheyrou 53' Valbuena 77' Niang 90+1'	(Report)	66' Sánchez	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,306 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Monaco v Marseille

13 February 2010 23	Monaco	1–2	Marseille	Monaco
19:00	Maazou 40'	(Report)	37' (pen.) Niang 89' (o.g.) N'Koulou	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 13,063 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Marseille v Nancy

21 February 2010 24	Marseille	3–1	Nancy	Marseille
17:00	Niang 10', 34', 67'	(Report)	13' André Luiz	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,975 Referee: Clément Turpin

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

28 February 2010 25	Paris Saint-Germain	0–3	Marseille	Paris
21:00		(Report)	15' Ben Arfa 54' González 71' Cheyrou	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,813 Referee: Antony Gautier

Marseille v Lorient

7 March 2010 26	Marseille	1–1	Lorient	Marseille
17:00	Niang 42'	(Report)	64' Koscielny	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,290 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Toulouse v Marseille

13 March 2010 27	Toulouse	1–1	Marseille	Toulouse
21:00	Machado 39'	(Report)	30' Brandão	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 27,249 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Marseille v Lyon

21 March 2010 28	Marseille	2–1	Lyon	Marseille
21:00	Kaboré 68' Taiwo 81'	(Report)	80' Gomis	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,557 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Marseille v Lens

4 April 2010 29	Marseille	1–0	Lens	Marseille
17:00	Brandão 22'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,839 Referee: Philippe Malige

Marseille v Sochaux

7 April 2010 30	Marseille	3–0	Sochaux	Marseille
19:00	Heinze 9' Ben Arfa 27' (pen.) Koné 90+1'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,198 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Marseille v Nice

11 April 2010 31	Marseille	4–1	Nice	Marseille
21:00	Koné 42' Mbia 52' Valbuena 70' Diawara 74'	(Report)	Faé 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,229 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Sochaux v Marseille

14 April 2010 32	Sochaux	0–1	Marseille	Montbéliard
		(Report)	Mbia 88'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,992 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Boulogne v Marseille

17 April 2010 33	Boulogne	1–2	Marseille	Boulogne-sur-Mer
19:00	Blayac 82'	(Report)	Valbuena 44' Taiwo 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Libération Attendance: 15,249 Referee: Pascal Vileo

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

25 April 2010 34	Marseille	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
	Valbuena 6'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,056 Referee: Clemente Turpin

Auxerre v Marseille

2 May 2010 35	Auxerre	0–0	Marseille	Auxerre
		(Report)		Stadium: Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps Attendance: 20,005 Referee: Herve Piccirillo

Marseille v Rennais

5 May 2010 36	Marseille	3–1	Rennais	Marseille
	Heinze 5' Niang 76' González 77'	(Report)	38' Briand	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,377 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Lille v Marseille

8 May 2010 37	Lille	3–2	Marseille	Lille
	Cabaye 28' (pen.) De Melo 81'	(Report)	6' Niang 44' Hilton	Stadium: Stadium Lille-Metropole Attendance: 17,688 Referee: Fred Frautel

Marseille v Grenoble

15 May 2010 38	Marseille	2–0	Grenoble	Marseille
	Niang 41' (pen.) Ben Arfa 90'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,808 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Coupe de France

Marseille entered the Coupe de France in the round of 64 some other Ligue 1 sides. They won their first game against Trélissac thanks to Ben Arfa and Cheyrou. Marseille's next game in the Coupe de France is against Lens a team that they lost to in 2009–10 Ligue 1. l'OM lost the round of 32 clash being knockout at the same round last season when they lost to Lyon but this time it was against Lens.

Trélissac v Marseille

10 January 2010 Round of 64	Trélissac	0–2	Marseille	Périgueux
			16' Ben Arfa 74' Cheyrou	Stadium: Stade Francis Rongerias

Lens v Marseille

23 January 2010 Round of 32	Lens	3–1	Marseille	Lens
	Jemâa 20', 45' Maoulida 57'		62' Cheyrou	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 27,044 Referee: Pascal Viléo

Coupe de la Ligue

Marseille started their Coupe de la Ligue campaign in the round of 16 where they came up against a team that they drew with in Ligue 1 but instead they were focused this time and determined to stay in this competition so they beat Saint-Étienne at the very last moment with a Niang goal in the 90+4-minute. In the quarter-finals Marseille beat Lille then Toulouse FC after extra time in the semi-finals. For the final, l'OM will play against the winner of the match FC Lorient–Girondins de Bordeaux.

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

13 January 2010 Round of 16	Saint-Étienne	2–3	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CET	Sako 18' Bergessio 30'		28', 50' Brandão 90' Niang	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 15,774 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Marseille v Lille

27 January 2010 Quarter-finals	Marseille	2–1	Lille	Marseille
20:45 CET	González 9' Valbuena 81'	Report	4' Melo	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 19,217 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

Toulouse v Marseille

3 February 2010 Semi-finals	Toulouse	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	Toulouse
20:45 CET	Gignac 59'	Report	86', 105' Brandão	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 26,548 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Marseille v Bordeaux

27 March 2010 Final	Marseille	3–1	Bordeaux	Saint-Denis
20:50 CET	Diawara 60' Valbuena 67' Chalmé 77' (o.g.)	Report	84' Sané	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 79,000 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

UEFA Champions League

Marseille were put into pot three in group C with two big football giants Real Madrid and Milan. Marseille started off poorly, losing their opening game at home to Milan. In their next game, Marseille also lost by a large margin, 3–0 to Real Madrid. Marseille had to win games if they are to stay in the Champions league and they did just that, winning against Swiss champions Zürich in both of their away and home matches. Marseille still continued their fine form but failed to get three points away at Italy. They could only earn one point, meaning that they must win their next clash against Real Madrid or else they are in the Europa League and also hope that Milan lose to Zürich, but it was not to be; Marseille lost 3–1 to Madrid, meaning that they will go into the Europa League as a seeded team.

Group C

Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group C

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Milan	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9
3	Marseille	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7	Transfer to Europa League
4	Zürich	6	1	1	4	5	14	−9	4

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Source: RSSSF

Marseille v Milan

15 September 2009 1	Marseille	1–2	Milan	Marseille, France
20:45	Heinze 49'	Report	28', 74' Inzaghi	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,434 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Real Madrid v Marseille

30 September 2009 2	Real Madrid	3–0	Marseille	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Ronaldo 58', 64' Kaká 61' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 67,244 Referee: Martin Hansson (Sweden)

Zürich v Marseille

21 October 2009 3	Zürich	0–1	Marseille	Zürich, Switzerland
20:45		Report	69' Heinze	Stadium: Letzigrund Attendance: 22,300 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Marseille v Zürich

3 November 2009 4	Marseille	6–1	Zürich	Marseille, France
20:45	Aegerter 3' (o.g.) Abriel 11' Niang 51' Hilton 80' Cheyrou 87' Brandão 90'	Report	31' Alphonse	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,282 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Milan v Marseille

25 November 2009 5	Milan	1–1	Marseille	Milan, Italy
20:45	Borriello 10'	Report	16' González	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49,063 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Marseille v Real Madrid

8 December 2009 6	Marseille	1–3	Real Madrid	Marseille, France
20:45	González 11'	Report	5', 80' Ronaldo 60' Albiol	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,722 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

UEFA Europa League

Because of Marseille's third-place finish at the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, they were relegated to the Europa League along with other third-place finishers. The draw for the Europa League was made on 18 December 2009, and Marseille went up against Danish champions Copenhagen. Marseille easily went past the Danish champions in the Europa league, but then they had a very hard task ahead of them coming up against the 2008–09 Primeira Liga third-place finishers Benfica. After their double 3–1 wins, Marseille were favourites to progress to the quarter-finals.

Round of 32

Copenhagen v Marseille

18 February 2010 First leg	Copenhagen	1–3	Marseille	Copenhagen, Denmark
21:05	Grønkjær 79' (pen.)	Report	72' Niang 84' Ben Arfa 90' Kaboré	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Marseille v Copenhagen

25 February 2010 Second leg	Marseille	3–1 (6–2 agg.)	Copenhagen	Marseille, France
19:00	Ben Arfa 43' Koné 62', 78'	Report	87' Aílton	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 27,195 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Round of 16

Benfica v Marseille

11 March 2010 First leg	Benfica	1–1	Marseille	Lisbon, Portugal
21:05	M. Pereira 76'	Report	90' Ben Arfa	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 46,635 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Marseille v Benfica

18 March 2010 Second leg	Marseille	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	Benfica	Marseille, France
19:00	Niang 70'	Report	75' M. Pereira 90+1' Alan Kardec	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 38,386 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Team

Ligue 1

• Winners

Coupe de la Ligue

• Winners

Individuals

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Name	Number	Country	Award
Benoît Cheyrou	7	France	2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year
Lucho González	8	Argentina	2009–10 Ligue 1 top passer
			UNFP Player of the Month (February 2010)
Mamadou Niang	9	Senegal	2009–10 Ligue 1 top goalscorer
			2009 Senegalese Player of the Year
			2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year
			2009–10 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year
Hatem Ben Arfa	10	France	UNFP Player of the Month (February 2010)
Fabrice Abriel	18	France	UNFP Player of the Month (November 2009)
Souleymane Diawara	21	Senegal	2009–10 Ligue 1 Team of the Year

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