Marseille

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

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.

Squad

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2005–06 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.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	12	10	44	35	+9	60	10	8	1	28	13	+15	6	4	9	16	22	−6

Source: LFP.fr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D
Position	18	19	17	19	20	16	13	16	12	9	7	9	11	12	11	9	10	7	7	7	9	6	6	6	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	5	4	4	5

Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Marseille v Bordeaux

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

Lens v Marseille

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

Marseille v Lyon

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

Rennes v Marseille

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

Marseille v Ajaccio

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

Sochaux v Marseille

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

Marseille v Troyes

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

Toulouse v Marseille

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

Marseille v Metz

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

Nice v Marseille

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

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

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

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

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

Marseille v Lille

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

Le Mans v Marseille

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

Marseille v Nantes

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

Marseille v Monaco

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

Nancy v Marseille

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

Marseille v Auxerre

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

Strasbourg v Marseille

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

Marseille v Lens

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

Lyon v Marseille

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

Marseille v Rennes

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

Ajaccio v Marseille

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

Marseille v Sochaux

28 January 2006 24

Marseille

0–0

Sochaux

Troyes v Marseille

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

Marseille v Toulouse

12 February 2006 26

Marseille

0–0

Toulouse

Metz v Marseille

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

Marseille v Nice

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Marseille

5 March 2006 29

Paris Saint-Germain

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Saint-Étienne

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

Lille v Marseille

19 March 2006 31

Lille

0–0

Marseille

Marseille v Le Mans

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

Nantes v Marseille

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

Monaco v Marseille

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

Marseille v Nancy

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

Auxerre v Marseille

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

Marseille v Strasbourg

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

Bordeaux v Marseille

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

Coupe de France

Main article: 2005–06 Coupe de France

Marseille v Paris Saint-Germain

29 April 2006 Final	Marseille	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
	Maoulida 67'		Kalou 5' Dhorasoo 49'	Attendance: 79,061 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Intertoto Cup

Main article: 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Third round

Young Boys v Marseille

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)

Marseille v Young Boys

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

Lazio v Marseille

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)

Marseille v Lazio

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

Deportivo La Coruña v Marseille

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)

Marseille v Deportivo La Coruña

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

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

First round

Germinal Beerschot v Marseille

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)

Marseille v Germinal Beerschot

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

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage § Group A

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

Source:

CSKA Moscow v Marseille

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)

Marseille v Heerenveen

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)

Levski Sofia v Marseille

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)

Marseille v Dinamo București

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

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup final phase

Round of 32

Bolton Wanderers v Marseille

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)

Marseille v Bolton Wanderers

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

Marseille v Zenit Saint Petersburg

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)

Zenit Saint Petersburg v Marseille

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