# 2007–08 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille extended their titleless run to 15 years – but had a decent season, where they qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the second year running, and won away from home in the 2007–08 tournament at Anfield against 2007 finalists Liverpool, but a 4–0 defeat at Stade Vélodrome in the last round knocked OM out of the tournament. Having sold Franck Ribéry to Bayern Munich for around 30 million euros, the stage was set for Marseille to push the boundaries financially in the coming seasons, with investments in the playing squad long overdue for a club that had been known as a club selling players expensively rather than buying.

## Squad

    As of February 1, 2008.
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 | FRA | Cédric Carrasso |
| 2 | MF | CIV | Kanga Akalé (on loan from Lens) |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Julien Rodríguez |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jacques Faty |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Karim Ziani |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cheyrou |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Djibril Cissé |
| 10 | MF | NED | Boudewijn Zenden |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Niang |
| 12 | MF | BFA | Charles Kaboré |
| 14 | DF | SEN | Leyti N'Diaye |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Ronald Zubar |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Hamel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Modeste M'bami |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Elliot Grandin |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Lorik Cana (captain) |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Miloš Krstić |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Samir Nasri |
| 23 | DF | ARG | Juan Ángel Krupoviesa (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Laurent Bonnart |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jean-Philippe Sabo |
| 27 | DF | SEN | Pape M'Bow |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Valbuena |
| 29 | FW | GHA | André Ayew |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Gaël Givet |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Maté |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ARG | Juan Krupoviesa (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cheyrou (from Auxerre) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Boudewijn Zenden (from Liverpool) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Djibril Cisse (from Liverpool) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Jacques Faty (from Rennes) |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Gaël Givet (from Monaco) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Mickaël Pagis (to Rennes) |
| — | FW | SEN | Rahmane Barry (to Sedan) |
| 20 | DF | CMR | Salomon Olembe (to Wigan Athletic) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Franck Ribéry (to Bayern Munich) |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Habib Beye (to Newcastle United) |
| — | FW | FRA | Fabrice Fiorèse (to Amiens) |

## Competitions
### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Nancy | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | 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 |
| Result | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Marseille | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 6 | |