Olympique de Marseille

Marseille
Full nameOlympique de Marseille
Nickname(s)Les Phocéens, L'OM, Les Olympiens
Foondit1899; 125 years ago (1899)
GroundStade Vélodrome
Ground Capacity67,186
AwnerFrank McCourt (95%)
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (5%)[1]
ChairmanPablo Longoria
ManagerMarcelino
LeagueLigue 1
2022–23Ligue 1, 3rd o 20
WabsteidClub wabsteid

Olympique de Marseille (French pronunciation: ​[ɔlɛ̃pik də maʁsɛj], locally [ɔlɛ̃ˈpikə də mɑχˈsɛjə]; also known as l'OM IPA: [lo.ɛm], locally [loˈɛmə]) or simply Marseille, is a French association fitbaw club based in Marseille.

Foondit in 1899, the club play in Ligue 1 an hae spent maist o their history in the top tier o French fitbaw. Marseille hae been French champions nine times an hae wan the Coupe de France a record ten times. In 1993, the club became the first an anerly French club tae win the UEFA Champions League. In 1994, Marseille wur relegatit acause o a bribery scandal, luisin their domestic trophy, but no the UEFA Champions League title. In 2010, Marseille became French champions again, unner the stewardship o umwhile club captain Didier Deschamps.

Honours

Internaitional competeetions

  • UEFA Champions League
    • Winners (1) : 1992–93
    • Runners-up (1) : 1990–91
  • UEFA Cup / Europa League
    • Runners-up (2) : 1998–99, 2003–04
  • UEFA Intertoto Cup
    • Winners (1) : 2005

Domestic competeetions

Marseille players winnin Coupe de la Ligue 2009–10
Marseille players winnin 2011 Trophée des Champions
  • Division 1 / Ligue 1[2]
    • Winners (9) : 1936–37, 1947–48, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 2009–10
  • Division 2
    • Winners (2) : 1983–84, 1994–95
  • Coupe de France (record)
    • Winners (10): 1923–24, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1942–43, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1988–89
  • Coupe de la Ligue (shared record)
    • Winners (3) : 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
  • Trophée des champions[3]
    • Winners (3) : 1971, 2010, 2011
  • Coupe Charles Drago
    • Winners (1) : 1957
  • Championnat de France Amateurs
    • Winners (1) : 1929
  • Championnat de France USFSA
    • Runners-up (1) : 1919

Defunct Domestic competitions

  • Championnat de France Amateurs
    • Winners (1) : 2002
  • South-East DH Championship
    • Winners (2) : 1958, 1966
    • Runners-up (1) : 1962
  • Coastline USFSA Championship 3
    • Winners (1) : 1910
  • Coastline USFSA Championship 4
    • Winners (1) : 1910
  • Coupe Gambardella
    • Winners (1) : 1979
  • French Under 16 championship
    • Winners (3) : 1979, 2008, 2009

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "L'OM vendu 45 millions d'euros par Margarita Louis-Dreyfus à Frank McCourt" (in French). L'Équipe. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Until 2002, when the Ligue 1 was formed, the top tier of French football was known as Division 1.
  3. ↑ The trophy was known as Challenge des champions until 1995, and as Trophée des Champions ever since.

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