# 2023–24 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2023–24 season was the 118th season in the history of Olympique de Marseille and their 28th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. Olympique de Marseille drew an average home attendance of 60,799 in 19 home games in the 2023–24 league season.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | CMR | Simon Ngapandouetnbu |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Quentin Merlin |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Samuel Gigot (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Balerdi |
| 6 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia |
| 7 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Clauss |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Azzedine Ounahi |
| 10 | FW | GAB | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Amine Harit |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Faris Moumbagna |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Pau López |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Jean Onana (on loan from Beşiktaş) |
| 18 | DF | CIV | Bamo Meïté (on loan from Lorient) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | CTA | Geoffrey Kondogbia (3rd captain) |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Joaquín Correa (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Valentin Rongier (captain) |
| 22 | MF | SEN | Pape Gueye |
| 23 | FW | SEN | Ismaïla Sarr |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Jordan Veretout |
| 29 | FW | SEN | Iliman Ndiaye |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Bilal Nadir |
| 36 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Emran Soglo |
| 44 | FW | BRA | Luis Henrique |
| 62 | DF | PAN | Michael Amir Murillo |
| 99 | DF | COD | Chancel Mbemba |

### Out on loan
## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 19 | MF | Geoffrey Kondogbia | Atlético Madrid | €8M | 30 June 2023 |
| 12 | DF | Renan Lodi | Atlético Madrid | €13M | 14 July 2023 |
| 10 | FW | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Chelsea | Free | 21 July 2023 |
| 23 | FW | Ismaïla Sarr | Watford | €17M | 24 July 2023 |
| 36 | GK | Rubén Blanco | Celta Vigo | €2M | 30 July 2023 |
| 29 | FW | Iliman Ndiaye | Sheffield Utd | €22M | 1 August 2023 |
| 20 | FW | Joaquín Correa | Inter Milan | Loan | 25 August 2023 |
| 62 | DF | Michael Amir Murillo | Anderlecht | €2.5M | 30 August 2023 |
| 18 | DF | Bamo Meïté | Lorient | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| 17 | MF | Jean Onana | Beşiktaş | Loan | 8 January 2024 |
| 6 | DF | Ulisses Garcia | Young Boys | €3M | 16 January 2024 |
| 14 | FW | Faris Moumbagna | Bodø/Glimt | €8M | 20 January 2024 |
| 3 | DF | Quentin Merlin | Nantes | €12M | 26 January 2024 |
Total expenditure: €87.5 million (excluding any other fees)

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Eric Bailly | Manchester United | Loan return | 1 July 2023 |
| 29 | DF | Issa Kaboré | Manchester City | Loan return | 1 July 2023 |
| 30 | DF | Nuno Tavares | Arsenal | Loan return | 1 July 2023 |
| | FW | Arkadiusz Milik | Juventus | €6.3M | 1 July 2023 |
| | FW | Luis Suárez | Almería | €8M | 1 July 2023 |
| 10 | MF | Dimitri Payet | Vasco da Gama | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| 7 | MF | Nemanja Radonjić | Torino | €1.7M | 1 July 2023 |
| 6 | MF | Kevin Strootman | Genoa | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 23 | DF | Sead Kolašinac | Atalanta | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| 47 | MF | Bartuğ Elmaz | Fenerbahçe | €1.2M | 20 July 2023 |
| 20 | FW | Konrad de la Fuente | Eibar | Loan | 9 August 2023 |
| 17 | FW | Cengiz Ünder | Fenerbahçe | €15M | 13 August 2023 |
| 18 | MF | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Genoa | Loan | 18 August 2023 |
| 70 | FW | Alexis Sánchez | Inter Milan | Free | 26 August 2023 |
| | DF | Pol Lirola | Frosinone | Loan | 28 August 2023 |
| 6 | MF | Matteo Guendouzi | Lazio | Loan | 31 August 2023 |
| 18 | DF | Jordan Amavi | Brest | Loan | 31 August 2023 |
| 95 | DF | Isaak Touré | Lorient | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |
| 32 | FW | Salim Ben Seghir | Xamax | Loan | 8 September 2023 |
| 12 | DF | Renan Lodi | Al-Hilal | €23M | 17 January 2024 |
| | MF | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Genoa | €10M | 31 January 2024 |
| 9 | FW | Vitinha | Genoa | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| 24 | FW | François Mughe | Dunkerque | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
Total income: €65.2 million (excluding add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 12 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 038.24 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2024 | 21 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 9 August 2023 | 15 August 2023 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 21 September 2023 | 9 May 2024 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 83 | 66 | +17 | 040.38 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Lyon | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 7 | Lens | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Marseille | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 50 | |
| 9 | Reims | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 47 | |
| 10 | Rennes | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 46 | |
* ↑ Since the 2023–24 Coupe de France winners, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the cup winners was passed to the sixth-placed team and the Conference League berth was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 29 June 2023.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BHA | MAR | AJA | AEK |
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| 2 | Marseille | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 5 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 February 2024.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 15 March 2024.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 15 March 2024, after the draw for the quarter-finals.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CMR | Simon Ngapandouetnbu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Pau López | 49 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FRA | Quentin Merlin | 17 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Samuel Gigot | 33 | 3 | 20+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Balerdi | 42 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SUI | Ulisses Garcia | 14 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Clauss | 41 | 5 | 25+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | CIV | Bamo Meïté | 25 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | PAN | Michael Amir Murillo | 25 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | COD | Chancel Mbemba | 40 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | MAR | Azzedine Ounahi | 35 | 2 | 15+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Amine Harit | 44 | 2 | 21+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 13+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Jean Onana | 14 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CTA | Geoffrey Kondogbia | 41 | 1 | 15+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Valentin Rongier | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SEN | Pape Gueye | 15 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SEN | Ismaïla Sarr | 35 | 5 | 15+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+6 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Jordan Veretout | 46 | 5 | 24+5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11+2 | 3 |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Bilal Nadir | 9 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Emran Soglo | 9 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | FRA | Gaël Lafont | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | COM | Raimane Daou | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | BEL | Noam Mayoka-Tika | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | GAB | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 51 | 30 | 30+4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11+2 | 10 |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Faris Moumbagna | 20 | 3 | 5+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Joaquín Correa | 19 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SEN | Iliman Ndiaye | 47 | 6 | 20+11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+6 | 2 |
| 41 | FW | FRA | Sofiane Sidi-Ali | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | FRA | Keyliane Abdallah | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | BRA | Luis Henrique | 24 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | POR | Vitinha | 27 | 4 | 10+8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Matteo Guendouzi | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Renan Lodi | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | CMR | François-Régis Mughe | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | FRA | Isaak Touré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions