2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
2002–03 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Ibrahima Bakayoko (9)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Last updated July 18, 2024

Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Vedran Runje
2	DF	FRA	Jérôme Perez
3	DF	FRA	Manuel dos Santos
4	DF	BEL	Daniel Van Buyten
5	DF	ALG	Eduardo Tuzzio
6	MF	ALG	Brahim Hemdani
8	DF	FRA	Sébastien Pérez
9	FW	BRA	Fernandão
10	FW	CIV	Ibrahima Bakayoko
11	FW	FRA	Cyril Chapuis
12	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Méïté
13	FW	SEN	Lamine Sakho
14	FW	FRA	Karim Dahou


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	FRA	Pascal Johansen
16	GK	FRA	Cédric Carrasso
17	MF	POR	Delfim
18	DF	FRA	Franck Leboeuf (captain)
20	MF	CMR	Salomon Olembé
21	DF	FRA	Johnny Ecker
22	FW	RUS	Dmitri Sytchev
25	DF	FRA	Fabien Laurenti
27	MF	FRA	Michel Gafour
28	DF	FRA	Loris Reina
29	MF	SUI	Fabio Celestini
33	FW	FRA	Laurent Merlin
—	MF	TUN	Fabien Camus

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	POL	Piotr Świerczewski (on loan to Birmingham City)
19	MF	ALG	Djamel Belmadi (on loan to Manchester City)
23	MF	FRA	Sébastien Grégori (on loan to Créteil)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	FRA	Mickaël Marsiglia (on loan to Racing Ferrol)
26	MF	FRA	Benjamin Gavanon (on loan to Nottingham Forest)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lyon (C)	38	19	11	8	63	41	+22	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Monaco	38	19	10	9	66	33	+33	67	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Marseille	38	19	8	11	41	36	+5	65	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Bordeaux	38	18	10	10	57	36	+21	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Sochaux	38	17	13	8	46	31	+15	64	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round

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

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	19	8	11	41	36	+5	65	12	4	3	26	14	+12	7	4	8	15	22	−7

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	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L
Position	18	10	12	8	9	10	8	4	3	5	3	5	3	4	3	3	4	4	1	1	3	2	3	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3

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

Matches

3 August 20021	Marseille	0–2	Nantes	Lyon
17:15			Yepes 62' Berson 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 7,742 Referee: Bruno Derrien

10 August 20022	Monaco	0–1	Marseille	Monaco
20:00			Fernandão 54'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 17,172 Referee: Pascal Garibian

16 August 20023	Marseille	1–1	Lyon	Marseille
20:45	Bakayoko 29'		Govou 14'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,529 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

24 August 20024	Rennes	1–3	Marseille	Rennes
20:00	Piquionne 10'		Chapuis 35', 70' Sakho 90+1'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 23,205 Referee: Damien Ledentu

1 September 20025	Marseille	0–0	Auxerre	Marseille
20:45				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,160 Referee: Philippe Kalt

11 September 20026	Nice	2–0	Marseille	Nice
18:00	Everson 52' Olufade 82'			Stadium: Stade du Ray Attendance: 13,614 Referee: Bertrand Layec

14 September 20027	Marseille	2–1	Bordeaux	Marseille
17:15	Leboeuf 16' (pen.) Bakayoko 75'		Pauleta 52'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,358 Referee: Alain Sars

21 September 20028	Le Havre	1–3	Marseille	Le Havre
20:00	Fauconnier 66'		Sakho 45+2' Johansen 58' Celestini 90'	Stadium: Stade Jules Deschaseaux Attendance: 16,149 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

27 September 20029	Marseille	3–1	Ajaccio	Marseille
20:45	Van Buyten 41' Chapuis 45' Bakayoko 77' (pen.)		Destruhaut 15'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 48,035 Referee: Damien Ledentu

5 October 200210	Lille	3–0	Marseille	Lille
20:00	Tapia 15' Brunel 55' Cheyrou 65'			Stadium: Stade Grimonprez-Jooris Attendance: 20,211 Referee: Patrick Lhermite

20 October 200211	Marseille	1–0	Strasbourg	Marseille
20:45	Fernandão 24'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,131 Referee: Pascal Viléo

26 October 200212	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Marseille	Paris
17:15	Ronaldinho 15', 37' (pen.) Cardetti 82'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 41,949 Referee: Éric Poulat

2 November 200213	Marseille	2–0	Montpellier	Marseille
20:00	Bakayoko 32' F. Silvestre 61' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,487 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

9 November 200214	Guingamp	0–0	Marseille	Guingamp
20:00				Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 17,330 Referee: Alain Sars

16 November 200215	Marseille	0–0	Troyes	Marseille
20:00				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 46,017 Referee: Bruno Ruffray

23 November 200216	Marseille	1–0	Lens	Marseille
17:15	Olembé 12'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,320 Referee: Pascal Garibian

30 November 200217	Bastia	2–0	Marseille	Furiani
20:00	Ben Saada 74', 87'			Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 9,008 Referee: Damien Ledentu

4 December 200218	Marseille	1–0	Sochaux	Marseille
20:30	Fernandão 40'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,293 Referee: Patrick Lhermite

14 December 200219	Sedan	1–2	Marseille	Sedan
20:45	H. Camara 70'		dos Santos 39' Bakayoko 49'	Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez Attendance: 22,754 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

20 December 200220	Marseille	1–1	Monaco	Marseille
20:30	Van Buyten 60'		Pršo 40'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,426 Referee: Stéphane Bré

10 January 200321	Lyon	1–0	Marseille	Lyon
20:45	Luyindula 41'			Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 38,775 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

14 January 200322	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille
20:45	Bakayoko 7' Van Buyten 19'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,366 Referee: Jean-Marc Bonnin

21 January 200323	Auxerre	0–0	Marseille	Auxerre
20:45				Stadium: Stade Abbe-Deschamps Attendance: 16,104 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

28 January 200324	Marseille	2–0	Nice	Marseille
20:45	Van Buyten 45+3' Sychev 87'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,058 Referee: Pascal Garibian

2 February 200325	Bordeaux	3–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
20:45	Feindouno 56' Darcheville 63' (pen.) Sávio 90+6'		Van Buyten 88'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 32,793 Referee: Éric Poulat

5 February 200326	Marseille	2–0	Le Havre	Marseille
20:30	Sychev 16' Van Buyten 52'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,170 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

8 February 200327	Ajaccio	0–2	Marseille	Ajaccio
17:15			Bakayoko 35' Sakho 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade François Coty Attendance: 8,305 Referee: Pascal Viléo

22 February 200328	Marseille	2–0	Lille	Marseille
20:00	Bakayoko 13' Johansen 75'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 52,770 Referee: Philippe Kalt

1 March 200329	Strasbourg	0–0	Marseille	Strasbourg
20:00				Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 26,857 Referee: Alain Sars

9 March 200330	Marseille	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
20:45			Leroy 28', 83' Ronaldinho 55'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,982 Referee: Bertrand Layec

22 March 200331	Montpellier	1–2	Marseille	Montpellier
17:15	Rouvière 71'		Sakho 22' Van Buyten 83'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 26,096 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

5 April 200332	Marseille	0–2	Guingamp	Marseille
20:00			Bah 12' Drogba 16'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,643 Referee: Patrick Lhermite

12 April 200333	Troyes	0–0	Marseille	Troyes
17:15				Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 14,211 Referee: Stéphane Moulin

20 April 200334	Lens	0–1	Marseille	Lens
20:45			Leboeuf 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 40,825 Referee: Pascal Garibian

3 May 200335	Marseille	2–1	Bastia	Marseille
17:15	Sychev 45' Van Buyten 87'		Batlles 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,356 Referee: Hervé Piccirillo

10 May 200336	Sochaux	3–0	Marseille	Montbéliard
20:00	Santos 28' Frau 65' Isabey 86'			Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 19,910 Referee: Alain Hamer

20 May 200337	Marseille	4–2	Sedan	Marseille
20:00	Pérez 10' Chapuis 43' Hemdani 83' Sakho 89'		N'Diefi 57' Pérez 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,593 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

24 May 200338	Nantes	1–0	Marseille	Nantes
20:30	Quint 84'			Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 36,411 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Top Scorers

Coupe de France

4 January 2003 Round of 64	Marseille	2–0	Bastia	Marseille
17:00	Fernandão 77' Olembe 90'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Alain Sars

25 January 2003 Round of 32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Marseille	Paris
20:45	Pochettino 14' Fiorèse 102'		Buyten 62'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 38,150 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Coupe de la Ligue

7 December 2002 Second round	Marseille	5–1	Troyes	Marseille
20:00	Bakayoko 22' (pen.), 29', 60' Belmadi 30' Pérez 72'		Thomas 45+1'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 19,081 Referee: Bruno Derrien

18 January 2003 Round of 16	Marseille	4–0	Créteil	Marseille
21:00	Chapuis 1', 41' Sychev 83' Swierczewski 90+3'			Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Thierry Auriac

4 March 2003 Quarter-finals	Saint-Étienne	0–2	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
21:00			Fernandão 31' Sakho 50'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy Guichard Attendance: 32,767 Referee: Pascal Garibian

16 April 2003 Quarter-finals	Marseille	0–1	Monaco	Marseille
21:00			Pršo 49'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 44,201 Referee: Alain Sars

Sources

RSSSF - France 2002/03

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