French clubs Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille have a fierce rivalry; matches between the two teams are known as Le Classique. [1] The two teams first met on Matchday 18 of the 1971–72 French Division 1 on 12 December 1971, when home side OM defeated PSG 4–2 at the Stade Vélodrome. Since then, they have met regularly in various domestic competitions, including Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the Trophée des Champions. [2] The two sides have never met in UEFA competitions. In the 2008–09 UEFA Europa League, they came very close to reaching the semi-finals, but Ukrainian teams Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk avoided that meeting. [2] [3]
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- Overall record
- By competition
- Matches
- Ligue 1
- Coupe de France
- Coupe de la Ligue
- Trophée des Champions
- Notes
- References
- External links
The two clubs have faced each other in a total of 109 competitive matches. PSG leads the head-to-head record with 52 wins to OM's 34, while the remaining 23 matches have ended in draws. The statistics are more balanced in Ligue 1, where Paris have taken all three points 39 times, compared to Marseille's 32. The Parisians, meanwhile, have dominated cup matches: out of 18 matches, they have won 13, drawn three, and lost only two. [2]
Despite regularly meeting in domestic competitions, PSG and OM have rarely met in a final. They have only played four: the Parisians defeated Marseille in the 2006 Coupe de France final, the 2016 Coupe de France final and the 2020 Trophée des Champions, while the Olympians won the 2010 Trophée des Champions against PSG. [2] In the history of the rivalry, only one match has been cancelled: scheduled for March 2020, it was never played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
