1989–90 Olympique de Marseille season

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.

Olympique de Marseille

1989–90 season
President	Bernard Tapie
Manager	Gérard Gili
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
French Division 1	1st
Coupe de France	Semi-finals
European Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jean-Pierre Papin (30) All: Jean-Pierre Papin (38)

Overview

In the summer of 1989, Marseille lost many big name players including prolific German striker Klaus Allofs who went to rivals Bordeaux and Franch defender Yvon Le Roux who transferred to 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

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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion.

Coupe de France

Semi-final

1990-05-25	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	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
	Papin  55' Manolas  80' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 24,263 Referee: Georges Sandoz (Switzerland)

1 November 1989	AEK	1–1	Marseille	AEK Stadium, Athens
	Savevski  79' (pen.)	Report	Papin  84'	Attendance: 33,260 Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)

Marseille won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

7 March 1990	CSKA Sofia	0–1	Marseille	Narodna Armia, Sofia
		Report	Thys  85'	Attendance: 26,300 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

21 March 1990	Marseille	3–1	CSKA Sofia	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
	Waddle  25' Papin  28' 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

1. "Classic Teams #2: Marseille (1986-93)". Get Football News. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
2. "Chris Waddle: The easy going showstopper with continental class". thefootballfaithful.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
3. "Olympique de Marseille". Britannica. Retrieved 12 July 2020.