# 2013–14 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2013–14 season was Olympique de Marseille's 108th season in existence and the club's 18th consecutive season in the top flight of French football, Ligue 1, where they finished 6th. Marseille also participated in the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, where they were eliminated in the round of 32 and quarter-finals respectively. They also participated in the UEFA Champions League, where they were eliminated in the group stage.

## Players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

### Current squad

    As of 6 January 2014
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 | Gennaro Bracigliano |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas N'Koulou |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Lucas Mendes |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cheyrou |
| 8 | MF | GAB | Alexander N'Doumbou |
| 9 | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac |
| 10 | MF | GHA | André Ayew |
| 12 | MF | GHA | Kevin Osei |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Mario Lemina |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Florian Thauvin |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Brice Samba |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Laurent Abergel |
| 20 | MF | TOG | Alaixys Romao |
| 21 | DF | SEN | Souleymane Diawara |
| 22 | MF | NZL | Bill Tuiloma |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Mendy |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Rod Fanni |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Gianelli Imbula |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Brice Dja Djédjé |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Valbuena |
| 29 | FW | TUN | Saber Khalifa |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda (captain) |

#### Out on loan

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 | TOG | Sénah Mango (at US Luzenac) |
| -- | MF | FRA | Larry Azouni (at FC Lorient) |
| -- | MF | ALG | Foued Kadir (at Stade Rennais) |
| -- | MF | FRA | Morgan Amalfitano (at West Bromwich Albion) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | FW | GHA | Jordan Ayew (at Sochaux) |
| -- | FW | SEN | Modou Sougou (at Evian TG) |
| -- | FW | FRA | Florian Raspentino (at SC Bastia) |
| -- | FW | FRA | Billel Omrani (at AC Arles-Avignon) |

#### Reserve 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 |
| -- | GK | FRA | Julien Fabri |
| -- | GK | FRA | Ali Yirango |
| -- | GK | FRA | Tommy Rey |
| -- | DF | FRA | Jacques Abardonado |
| -- | DF | FRA | Gaël Andonian |
| -- | DF | FRA | Baptiste Aloè |
| -- | DF | COM | Foued M'Roudjaé |
| -- | DF | FRA | Ricardo Charles |
| -- | DF | FRA | Robin Taillan |
| -- | DF | FRA | Jules Mendy |
| -- | DF | FRA | Kévin Pommier |
| -- | MF | FRA | Momar Bangoura |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | FRA | Thomas Ephestion |
| -- | MF | FRA | Ahmed Nouri |
| -- | MF | FRA | Michel Araai |
| -- | MF | FRA | Jérémy Roland |
| -- | MF | FRA | Jonathan Santiago |
| -- | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez |
| -- | MF | FRA | Emmanuel Loiacono |
| -- | FW | ALG | Abderrahmane Yousfi |
| -- | FW | CMR | Oumar Diop |
| -- | FW | FRA | Fabrice Apruzesse |
| -- | FW | CIV | Achille Anani |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Lyon | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 60 | |
| 7 | Bordeaux | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 53 | |
| 8 | Lorient | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 49 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Match | 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 | 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 | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DOR | ARS | NAP | MAR |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Napoli | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Marseille | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head points (6). Head-to-head goal difference: Borussia Dortmund +1, Arsenal 0, Napoli −1.