# 1997–98 Olympique de Marseille season

The 1997–98 season was the 92nd season in the history of Olympique de Marseille and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Marseille participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

## 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 |
| — | GK | GER | Andreas Köpke |
| — | DF | FRA | Patrick Colleter |
| — | DF | RSA | Pierre Issa |
| — | DF | FRA | Laurent Blanc |
| — | MF | FRA | Eric Roy |
| — | MF | FRA | Frédéric Brando |
| — | FW | ITA | Fabrizio Ravanelli |
| — | FW | GUI | Titi Camara |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GHA | Arthur Moses |
| — | DF | CIV | Cyril Domoraud |
| — | DF | FRA | William Gallas |
| — | DF | FRA | Hamada Jambay |
| — | DF | FRA | Jacques Abardonado |
| — | GK | FRA | François Lemasson |
| — | DF | FRA | Serge Blanc |

### Left club during 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 |
| — | DF | FRA | Martial Robin (on loan to Martigues) |

## Competitions

| 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 % |
| Division 1 | 2 August 1997 | 24 May 1998 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 047.06 |
| Coupe de France | 17 January 1998 | 28 February 1998 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 6 January 1998 | 17 February 1998 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 050.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Metz | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Monaco | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Marseille | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Lyon | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 53 | 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: Division 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | D |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |