Olympique de Marseille [2007/2008]

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*** OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE ***


Founded: 1899
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome (1937), 60,000 places


Honours:
French Champions: 10 (1929, 1937, 1948, 1971, 1972, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
Frenchcup Winners: 10 (1924, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1938, 1943, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1989)
Champions League Winners: 1 (1993) Marseille 1 - 0 AC Milan 26 May 1993 in Munchen, Olympiastadion. Goal of Basile Boli (44')
Champions League Finalists: 1 (1991) Red Star Belgrad 0 - 0 (5-3) Marseille 29 May 1991 in Bari.
UEFA Cup Finalists: 2. 1999 vs Parma AC, 2004 vs Valencia CF

Legend Players:
- Larbi Ben Barek 1939-1955, 24 goals
- Gunnar Anderson 1950-1958, 170 goals (Best scorer ever)
- Josip Skoblar 1966-1967, 1969-1974, 151 goals
- Roger Magnusson 1968-1974 23 goals
- Marius Trésor 1972-1980 8 goals
- Eric Di Méco 1980-1994 8 goals
- Jean-Pierre Papin 1986-1992 134 goals, Ballon d'Or 1992
- Abédi Pelé 1987-1993 23 goals
- Chris Waddle 1989-1992 22 goals
- Basile Boli 1990-1994 20 goals
- Fabien Barthez 1992-1994, 2004-2007
- Laurent Blanc 1997-1999 11 goals
- Fabrizio Ravanelli 1997-1999 20 goals
- Robert Pires 1998-2000 17 goals
- Didier Drogba 2003-2004 32 goals

Season 2007-2008

Kits:




Transfers:
In:
Boudewijn Zenden (Liverpool) = free
Djibril Cissé (Liverpool) = 10M€
Karim Ziani (Sochaux) = 8M€
Gaël Givet (Monaco) = 7M€
Benoît Cheyrou (Auxerre) = 4M€
Jacques Faty (Rennes) = free
Laurent Bonnart (Le Mans) = 1M€
Vincent Gragnic (Libourne Saint-Seurin)

Out:
Franck Ribéry => Bayern München = 25M€
Toifilou Maoulida => Auxerre = 1,5M€
Mickaël Pagis => Rennes = 1,5M€
Christian Gimenez => Herta Berlin = 1M€
Peguy Luyindula => Paris SG = 3,5M€
Alain Cantareil => Lorient 800K€
Salomon Olembé = free
Garry Bocaly => Libourne Saint-seurin = on loan
Mehdi Benatia => Lorient = on loan
Fabrice Begeorgi = Amiens = on loan
Thomas Deruda = Amiens = on loan
Khalifa Ba = Libourne Saint-Seurin (free)
Mohamed Amine Denoun = Libourne Saint-Seurin (free)

2007/2008 Squad:
Goalkeepers:
1 - Cédric CARRASSO (France)
16 - Sébastien HAMEL (France)
30 - Mehdi SENNAOUI (France)

Defenders:
2 - Renato CIVELLI (Argentina)
3 - Taye Ismaïla TAIWO (Nigeria)
5 - Gaël GIVET (France)
4 - Julien RODRIGUEZ (France)
12 - Jacques FATY (France)
13 - Laurent BONNART (France)
15 - Ronald ZUBAR (France)
21 - Bostjan CESAR(Slovonia)
23 - Habib BEYE (Senegal)

Midfielders:
6 - Karim ZIANI (Algeria)
7 - Benoît CHEYROU (France)
8 - Wilson ORUMA (Nigeria)
10 - Boudewijn ZENDEN (Netherlands)
14 - Salim ARRACHE (Algeria)
17 - Modeste M'BAMI (Cameroun)
18 - Vincent GRAGNIC (France)
19 - Lorik CANA (Albania)
22 - Samir NASRI (France)
28 - Mathieu VALBUENA (France)

Forwards:
9 - Djibril CISSE (France)
11 - Mamadou NIANG (Sengal)
26 - Habib BAMOGO (France)
21 - André AYEW (Ghana)