1999–2000 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille nearly crashed out of the French league following a chaotic season, in which all things that could go wrong, indeed went that way. Despite having several internationally respected players in the squad, only goal difference saved the team from being relegated. On the other hand, l'OM was only seven points behind Lens in fifth, suggesting that the league was the tightest ever.

Marseille

1999-2000 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Bernard Casoni Abel Braga Emon/Galtier
Division 1	15th
Coupe de France	Last 32
League Cup	Last 32
Champions League	2nd Group Phase
Top goalscorer	Florian Maurice (8) Ibrahima Bakayoko (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Stéphane Porato
• Cédric Carrasso
• Stéphane Trévisan

Defenders

• William Gallas
• Sébastien Pérez
• Jacques Abardonado
• Pierre Issa
• Eduardo Berizzo
• Loris Reina
• Lilian Martin
• Patrick Blondeau
• Lamine Diatta
• Jean-Pierre Cyprien
• Franck Dumas

Midfielders

• Daniel Montenegro
• Robert Pires
• Seydou Keita
• Iván de la Peña
• Frédéric Brando
• Jérôme Leroy
• Peter Luccin
• Djamel Belmadi
• Stéphane Dalmat
• Sébastien Pérez

Attackers

• Florian Maurice
• Kaba Diawara
• Ibrahima Bakayoko
• Cyrille Pouget
• Fabrizio Ravanelli
• Christophe Dugarry

Competitions

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Rennes	34	12	7	15	44	48	−4	43
14	Troyes	34	13	4	17	36	52	−16	43
15	Marseille	34	9	15	10	45	45	0	42
16	Nancy (R)	34	11	9	14	43	45	−2	42	Relegated to French Division 2
17	Le Havre (R)	34	9	7	18	30	52	−22	34

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Matches

1	Marseille	3–0	Sedan
	Bakayoko  26' Dugarry  33' Belmadi  90'

2

Le Havre

0–0

Marseille

3	Marseille	3–3	Saint-Étienne
	Ravanelli  7' Bakayoko  50' (pen.) Maurice  78'		Pédron  38', 62' Sarr  86'

4

Lens

0–0

Marseille

5	Marseille	1–1	Bastia
	Bakayoko  51'		Née  6'

6	Montpellier	3–1	Marseille
	Delaye  54', 62' Ouédec  64'		Dugarry  1'

7	Marseille	1–0	Troyes
	Ravanelli  40'

8	Rennes	1–2	Marseille
	Gava  5'		Ravanelli  35' Brando  55'

9	Marseille	1–1	Metz
	Ravanelli  56'		Padovano  85'

10	Paris SG	0–2	Marseille
			Ravanelli  73' Maurice  81'

11	Marseille	0–1	Lyon
			Anderson  36'

12	Bordeaux	2–1	Marseille
	Laslandes  23', 87'		de la Peña  21'

13	Marseille	4–1	Strasbourg
	Pires  4' Maurice  20' Ravanelli  48' Bakayoko  83'		Garay  90'

14	AS Monaco	1–1	Marseille
	Márquez  30'		Luccin  24'

15	Marseille	1–1	Nantes
	Maurice  17'		Sibierski  37'

16	Marseille	0–1	Auxerre
			Marlet  71'

17	Nancy	2–2	Marseille
	Cascarino  51' Cascarino  75' (pen.)		Maurice  60', 63'

18	Marseille	2–0	Le Havre
	Maurice  55' Dugarry  56'

19	Saint-Étienne	5–1	Marseille
	Alex Dias  5', 21', 26', 62' Potillon  17'		Dalmat  90'

20	Marseille	1–2	Lens
	Montenegro  21'		Sikora  49' Queudrue  90'

21

Bastia

0–0

Marseille

22

Marseille

0–0

Montpellier

23	Troyes	1–2	Marseille
	Monier  43'		Pires  4' Pouget  60'

24	Marseille	1–1	Rennes
	Pouget  23'		Nonda  87'

25	Metz	2–0	Marseille
	Boffin  29' Baticle  86'

26	Marseille	4–1	Paris SG
	Pérez  24' Pouget  59' Abardonado  67' Maurice  78'		Christian  7'

27	Lyon	2–0	Marseille
	Vairelles  28' Anderson  53'

28	Marseille	0–2	Bordeaux
			Dugarry  20' Laslandes  84'

29	Strasbourg	3–1	Marseille
	Erhet  62' Dumas  85' (o.g.) Dorn  90'		Bakayoko  67'

30	Marseille	4–2	AS Monaco
	Pouget  30' Bakayoko  54', 78' Blondeau  90'		Trezeguet  61', 70'

31

Nantes

0–0

Marseille

32	Auxerre	2–2	Marseille
	Marlet  18', 71'		Leroy  7' Abardonado  58'

33	Marseille	2–2	Nancy
	Pouget  31' Pérez  75'		Wiart  52' Méniri  84'

34	Sedan	2–2	Marseille
	Verschuère  34' Di Rocco  90'		Leroy  45' Bakayoko  70'

Topscorers

• Florian Maurice 8
• Ibrahima Bakayoko 8
• Fabrizio Ravanelli 6
• Cyrille Pouget 5
• Christophe Dugarry 3

Sources

• RSSSF - France 1999/2000