# 1998–99 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille had their best season since the bribery affair burst in 1993, reaching the UEFA Cup final and only just being defeated by Bordeaux in the domestic championship. Laurent Blanc, Christophe Dugarry and Fabrizio Ravanelli were among the crucial players in the Marseille resurgence. When those players left, l'OM fell into pieces.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | GER | Andreas Köpke |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Patrick Blondeau |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Patrick Colleter |
| 4 | DF | RSA | Pierre Issa |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Laurent Blanc |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Eric Roy |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Robert Pires |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Frédéric Brando |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Florian Maurice |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jocelyn Gourvennec |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Fabrizio Ravanelli |
| 12 | MF | CIV | Tchiressoua Guel |
| 13 | FW | GUI | Titi Camara |
| 15 | FW | GHA | Arthur Moses |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Stéphane Porato |
| 17 | DF | CIV | Cyril Domoraud |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Cédric Mouret |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Christophe Dugarry |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Martial Robin |
| 23 | DF | FRA | William Gallas |
| 25 | MF | COM | Hamada Jambay |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Peter Luccin |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Daniel Bravo |
| 28 | DF | BRA | Edson (on loan from Sport Recife) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Jacques Abardonado |
| 30 | GK | FRA | François Lemasson |
| — | DF | FRA | Serge Blanc |
| — | MF | TOG | Chérif Touré Mamam |

## Competitions
### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bordeaux (C) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League first group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Monaco | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 62 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Rennes | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 59 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Final
## Top scorers
### Division 1

* Florian Maurice 14
* Fabrizio Ravanelli 13
* Robert Pires 6
* Titi Camara 6
* Christophe Dugarry 4