2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille
2014–15 season
President Vincent Labrune
Manager Marcelo Bielsa
Stadium Stade Vélodrome
Ligue 1 4th
Coupe de France Round of 64
Lost vs Grenoble
Coupe de la Ligue Round of 32
Lost vs Rennes
Top goalscorer League: André-Pierre Gignac (21)
All: André-Pierre Gignac (23)
Highest home attendance 65,148 v Paris Saint-Germain - 05 April 2015
Lowest home attendance 39,497 v Nice - 29 August 2014
Average home league attendance 52,917
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

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

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. Position Player
2 France DF Baptiste Aloé
3 Cameroon DF Nicolas N'Koulou
4 Brazil DF Dória
5 France DF Stéphane Sparagna
6 France MF Momar Bangoura
7 France MF Benoît Cheyrou
8 France MF Mario Lemina
11 France MF Romain Alessandrini
14 France MF Florian Thauvin
15 France DF Jérémy Morel
16 Republic of the Congo GK Brice Samba
No. Position Player
17 France MF Dimitri Payet
20 Togo MF Alaixys Romao
22 Belgium FW Michy Batshuayi
23 France DF Benjamin Mendy
24 France DF Rod Fanni
25 France MF Gianelli Imbula
26 Ivory Coast DF Brice Dja Djédjé
27 Morocco MF Abdelaziz Barrada
29 France FW Jérémie Porsan-Clemente
30 France GK Steve Mandanda (captain)
40 France GK Julien Fabri
-- Brazil DF Alef
-- France MF Maxime Lopez

Coaching Staff

Manager Marcelo Bielsa
Assistant Coaches Diego Reyes, Pablo Quiroga, Javier Torrente, Diego Torrente
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 c FW Belgium Batshuayi, MichyMichy Batshuayi 20 Belgium Standard Liège €8,000,000
25 June 2014 c MF France Alessandrini, RomainRomain Alessandrini 25 France Rennes €5,000,000

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes
10 July 2014 c MF France Azouni, LarryLarry Azouni 20 France Nîmes Free
11 July 2014 c MF France Raspentino, FlorianFlorian Raspentino 25 France Caen Undisclosed

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

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 de Football Professionel
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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
Result D L W W W W W W W W L W L W W D W L W L W L W D D D L W D W L L L L W W W W
Position 8 15 10 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4

Last updated: 18 April 2015.
Source: Ligue 1
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Coupe de la Ligue

Coupe de France

References

  1. "Effectif et staff – saison 2014/2015". OM.net. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
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