Olympique de Marseille, also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM, is a French professional football club based in Marseille that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Founded in 1899, the club has won nine league titles, ten Coupe de France titles, three Coupe de la Ligue titles, three Trophée des Champions titles, a national record of one UEFA Champions League and a joint national record of one UEFA Intertoto Cup. Additionally, Marseille has played in three UEFA Europa League finals. In 1993, coach Raymond Goethals led the team to become the first and only French club to win the UEFA Champions League, defeating Milan 1–0 in the final, the first under the UEFA Champions League branding of the tournament. In 2010, Marseille won its first Ligue 1 title in 18 years under the management of former club captain Didier Deschamps.
Laurent Robert Blanc is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back, and was most recently the manager of Ligue 1 club Lyon. He has the nickname Le Président, which was given to him following his stint at Marseille in tribute to his leadership skills.
Vikash Rao Dhorasoo is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Mamadou Hamidou Niang is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations. He is the older brother of Papa Niang, who is also a professional footballer.
Édouard Léopold Cissé is a French former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Steve Mandanda Mpidi is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Rennes.
Souleymane Diawara is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career in France, playing for Le Havre, Sochaux, Bordeaux, Marseille and OGC Nice, apart from a brief stint at Charlton Athletic. At the international level, he represented Senegal.
Benoît Benjamin Cheyrou is a French former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, and often acted as a deep-lying playmaker for the attack. He is the assistant manager of French amateur club La Salesienne de Paris.
Jérémy Morel is a former professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Born in France, he played for the Madagascar national team.
Rod Dodji Fanni is a former French footballer who last played as a centre-back for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer. He made five appearances for the France national team between 2008 and 2010.
Gennaro Bracigliano is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Fabrice Abriel is a French professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Division 1 Féminine club Fleury. During his playing career as a midfielder, he played for Paris Saint-Germain, Servette, Amiens, Guingamp, Lorient, Marseille, Nice, and Valenciennes.
Elinton Sanchotene Andrade is a Brazilian-born Portuguese goalkeeper who plays for Flamengo Beach Soccer and the Portuguese beach soccer national team.
Charles Kaboré is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Burkina Faso national team. A Burkina Faso international since 2006, he has become the country's most capped player.
Grégory Sertic is a French retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Morgan Henri René Amalfitano is a retired French professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has played for Cannes, Sedan, Lorient, Marseille, West Bromwich Albion and West Ham United. Amalfitano has earned one cap for the France national team, representing his country in a friendly in February 2012.
The 2010 Trophée des champions was the 15th edition of the French super cup. The match was contested by the winners of Ligue 1 the previous season, Marseille, and the winners of the Coupe de France the previous season, Paris Saint-Germain. The match was played, for the second consecutive season, on international soil at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Rades, Tunis, Tunisia. Like last year, the idea was to promote French football abroad, but this time more specifically in Africa and the Arab world. The match was televised live on M6 and throughout 53 countries in the world.
Benjamin Fernand Lucien François Stambouli is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Süper Lig club Adana Demirspor.
Chris Gadi N'Kiasala is a French professional footballer. He plays as a winger, is equally comfortable playing on both right and the left winger positions.
The 2020 Trophée des Champions was the 25th edition of the French super cup. The match was contested by the 2019–20 Ligue 1 champions and 2019–20 Coupe de France winners Paris Saint-Germain, and the Ligue 1 runners-up Marseille.
