2005–06 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille just missed out on Champions League qualification, but recorded 60 league points, an improvement on previous seasons. New signing Franck Ribéry got an international breakthrough, being linked to transfers to several European top clubs and being instrumental in France reaching the final of the World Cup. In spite of all rumours, Ribéry would stay at the club for a further season. That did not apply to manager Jean Fernandez, who left for Auxerre at the end of the season.

Marseille

2005–06 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Jean Fernandez
Ligue 1	5th
Coupe de France	Final
League Cup	2nd Round
UEFA Cup	Last 16
Intertoto Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mamadou Niang (10 goals) All: Mamadou Niang (13 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Fabien Barthez
• Cédric Carrasso
• Yannick Quesnel

Defenders

• André Luís
• Taye Taiwo
• Demetrius Ferreira
• Frédéric Déhu
• Abdoulaye Méïté
• Jérôme Bonnissel
• Alain Cantareil
• Boštjan Cesar
• Renato Civelli
• Mehdi Benatia

Midfielders

• Franck Ribéry
• Samir Nasri
• Delfim
• Wilson Oruma
• Sabri Lamouchi
• Lorik Cana
• Laurent Batlles

Attackers

• Toifilou Maoulida
• Mamadou Niang
• Christian Giménez
• Mickaël Pagis

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Lille	38	16	14	8	56	31	+25	62	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lens	38	14	18	6	48	34	+14	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Marseille	38	16	12	10	44	35	+9	60	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
6	Auxerre	38	17	8	13	50	39	+11	59
7	Rennes	38	18	5	15	48	49	−1	59

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

Matches

30 July 2005 1	Marseille	0–2	Bordeaux
			Faubert  16' Ducasse  87'

6 August 2005 2	Lens	2–0	Marseille
	Keita  37' Hilton  61'

14 August 2005 3	Marseille	1–1	Lyon
	Taiwo  6'		Carew  35'

20 August 2005 4	Rennes	3–2	Marseille
	Utaka  8' Frei  38' Källström  54'		Niang  1' Lamouchi  30'

27 August 2005 5	Marseille	1–1	Ajaccio
	Giménez  60'		Saïfi  86' (pen.)

11 September 2005 6	Sochaux	0–1	Marseille
			Oruma  66'

18 September 2005 7	Marseille	2–1	Troyes
	Ribéry  22' Lamouchi  35'		Grax  54' (pen.)

21 September 2005 8	Toulouse	1–0	Marseille
	Bergougnoux  12'

24 September 2005 9	Marseille	3–1	Metz
	Déhu  25' Ribéry  47' Niang  68'		Renouard  11'

2 October 2005 10	Nice	0–1	Marseille
			Ribéry  76'

16 October 2005 11	Marseille	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain
	Cana  78'

23 October 2005 12	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Marseille
	Feindouno  23' Hellebuyck  84'		Ribéry  35'

29 October 2005 13	Marseille	1–1	Lille
	Koke  29'		Ačimovič  50'

5 November 2005 14	Le Mans	3–0	Marseille
	Chiumiento  6' Fanchone  61' Bangoura  77'

19 November 2005 15	Marseille	2–1	Nantes
	Oruma  28' Ribéry  72'		Bamogo  50'

27 November 2005 16	Marseille	2–1	Monaco
	Oruma  64' Lamouchi  76'		Meriem  19'

4 December 2005 17	Nancy	1–1	Marseille
	Zerka  48'		Niang  63'

10 December 2005 18	Marseille	1–0	Auxerre
	Niang  2'

17 December 2005 19	Strasbourg	0–1	Marseille
			Niang  60'

4 January 2006 20	Marseille	1–1	Lens
	Beye  3'		Hilton  76'

11 January 2006 21	Lyon	2–1	Marseille
	Tiago  54' Malouda  82'		Lamouchi  18'

15 January 2006 22	Marseille	1–0	Rennes
	Pagis  64'

21 January 2006 23	Ajaccio	3–1	Marseille
	Lucas  12', 55' N'Diaye  87'		Pagis  46'

28 January 2006 24

Marseille

0–0

Sochaux

5 February 2006 25	Troyes	0–1	Marseille
			Lamouchi  6'

12 February 2006 26

Marseille

0–0

Toulouse

19 February 2006 27	Metz	1–0	Marseille
	Gueye  88'

26 February 2006 28	Marseille	1–0	Nice
	Maoulida  66'

5 March 2006 29

Paris Saint-Germain

0–0

Marseille

12 March 2006 30	Marseille	2–0	Saint-Étienne
	Pagis  16', 19'

19 March 2006 31

Lille

0–0

Marseille

25 March 2006 32	Marseille	1–1	Le Mans
	Maoulida  23'		Fanchone  35'

1 April 2006 33	Nantes	1–3	Marseille
	Oliech  57'		Niang  25', 75' Maoulida  55'

8 April 2006 34	Monaco	1–0	Marseille
	Chevantón  27'

15 April 2006 35	Marseille	6–0	Nancy
	Niang  12', 33' Maoulida  53', 64' Pagis  88', 90'

3 May 2006 36	Auxerre	1–2	Marseille
	Mignot  76'		Niang  15' Civelli  63'

6 May 2006 37	Marseille	2–2	Strasbourg
	Nasri  47' Ribéry  72'		Abdessadki  51' Carlier  67'

13 May 2006 38	Bordeaux	1–1	Marseille
	Fernando  88'		Maoulida  76'

Intertoto Cup

Third round

16 July 2005 First leg	Young Boys	2–3	Marseille	Bern, Switzerland
	Raimondi  61' Yakin  74'		Oruma  15' Niang  35' Taiwo  82'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

23 July 2005 Second leg	Marseille	2–1 (5–3 agg.)	Young Boys	Marseille, France
	Luyindula  70' (pen.) Nasri  83'		Raimondi  43'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Semi–finals

27 July 2005 First leg	Lazio	1–1	Marseille	Rome, Italy
21:00	Di Canio  42'	Report	Méïté  70'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Carlos Megía Dávila (Spain)

3 August 2005 Second leg	Marseille	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Lazio	Marseille, France
21:00	Niang  60' Mendoza  61' Ribéry  65'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,000 Referee: António Costa (Portugal)

Final

9 August 2005 First leg	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Marseille	A Coruña, Spain
21:00	Rubén  68' Iván Carril  87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jaroslav Jara (Czech Republic)

23 August 2005 Second leg	Marseille	5–1 (5–3 agg.)	Deportivo La Coruña	Marseille, France
21:00	Ribéry  5' Méïté  65' Niang  74', 88' Oruma  90+3'	Report	Andrade  9'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 2005 First leg	Germinal Beerschot	0–0	Marseille	Antwerp, Belgium
20:30		Report		Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 12,150 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

29 September 2005 Second leg	Marseille	0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–0 agg.) (4–1 p)	Germinal Beerschot	Marseille, France
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)
	Penalties
	Giménez André Luís Taiwo Nasri		Öztürk Chimedza Agyeman

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Marseille	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
Levski Sofia	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
Heerenveen	4	1	2	1	2	2	0	5
CSKA Moscow	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
Dinamo București	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4

Source:

20 October 2005 1	CSKA Moscow	1–2	Marseille	Moscow, Russia
17:30	Vágner Love  80'	Report	Lamouchi  23' Niang  38'	Stadium: Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)

24 November 2005 2	Marseille	1–0	Heerenveen	Marseille, France
20:45	Taiwo  88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,000 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)

1 December 2005 3	Levski Sofia	1–0	Marseille	Sofia, Bulgaria
18:30	Yovov  54'	Report		Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)

14 December 2005 4	Marseille	2–1	Dinamo București	Marseille, France
20:45	Cesar  38' Delfim  45'	Report	Niculescu  51'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2006 First leg	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	Marseille	Bolton, England
20:45		Report		Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 19,288 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

23 February 2006 Second leg	Marseille	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Bolton Wanderers	Marseille, France
20:45	Ribéry  45+2' Ben Haim  68' (o.g.)	Report	Giannakopoulos  25'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 38,351 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Round of 16

9 March 2006 First leg	Marseille	0–1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Marseille, France
20:45		Report	Arshavin  51'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

16 March 2006 Second leg	Zenit Saint Petersburg	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Marseille	Saint Petersburg, Russia
17:00	Kerzhakov  69'	Report	Déhu  74'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 21,838 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Sources

LFP.fr 2005-2006