# 2005–06 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille just missed out on Champions League qualification, but recorded 60 league points, an improvement on previous seasons. New signing Franck Ribéry got an international breakthrough, being linked to transfers to several European top clubs and being instrumental in France reaching the final of the World Cup. In spite of all rumours, Ribéry would stay at the club for a further season. That did not apply to manager Jean Fernandez, who left for Auxerre at the end of the season.

## 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 | FRA | Cédric Carrasso |
| 2 | DF | BRA | André Luís (on loan from Benfica) |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Demetrius Ferreira |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Déhu |
| 6 | MF | POR | Delfim |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Franck Ribéry |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Wilson Oruma |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Toifilou Maoulida (on loan from Monaco) |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Niang |
| 12 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Méïté |
| 13 | FW | ARG | Christian Giménez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Sabri Lamouchi |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Fabien Barthez |
| 17 | FW | PER | Andrés Mendoza (on loan from Metalurh Donetsk) |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jérôme Bonnissel |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Lorik Cana (captain) |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Laurent Batlles |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Alain Cantareil |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Samir Nasri |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Habib Beye |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Pagis |
| 26 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar |
| 28 | DF | ARG | Renato Civelli |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Yannick Quesnel |
| 33 | DF | MAR | Mehdi Benatia |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Lille | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 31 | +25 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lens | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 6 | Auxerre | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Rennes | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 59 | |

#### 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 | 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 | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Marseille | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Levski Sofia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Heerenveen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Dinamo București | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Sources

LFP.fr 2005-2006