# 2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season was the 65th professional season of the club since its creation in 1899 and 19th consecutive season in the top flight.
This was the first season in ten years that Marseille did not participate in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League, having finished sixth in the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season. The club was coached by legendary Argentine tactician Marcelo Bielsa, who signed a two-year contract in May 2014.
This was also the first season in which the side played at the renovated Stade Vélodrome, with the stadium having completed renovations which took place over the last three years. Capacity went up to 67,000 – from 48,000 last season, and 42,000 the season before. The stadium is rated five-star by UEFA, and was used ahead for the UEFA Euro 2016.

## 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 15 July 2014.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Baptiste Aloé |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas N'Koulou |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Dória |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Sparagna |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Momar Bangoura |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cheyrou |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Mario Lemina |
| 9 | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac |
| 10 | MF | GHA | André Ayew |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Romain Alessandrini |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Florian Thauvin |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel |
| 16 | GK | CGO | Brice Samba |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet |
| 20 | MF | TOG | Alaixys Romao |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Michy Batshuayi |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Mendy |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Rod Fanni |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Gianelli Imbula |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Brice Dja Djédjé |
| 27 | MF | MAR | Abdelaziz Barrada |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Jérémie Porsan-Clemente |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda (captain) |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Julien Fabri |
| -- | DF | BRA | Alef |
| -- | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez |

### Coaching Staff

| Manager | Marcelo Bielsa |
| Assistant Coaches | Diego Reyes, Pablo Quiroga, Javier Torrente, Diego Torrente, Ever Demalde |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Stephane Cassard |
| Physical coaches | Jan Van Winckel (head of strength and conditioning), Frederic Faure |
| Head Doctor | Christophe Baudot, Sylvain Blanchard |
| Physiotherapists | Alain Soultanian, Jérôme Palestri, Jean-Georges Cellier |
Source: LFP.fr

### Transfers

The club made their first transfer of the season in June when they signed Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi for a rumoured €8 million from Standard Liège. The club then signed Romain Alessandrini, the Marseille-born Rennes winger for €5 million a few days later.
So far, Larry Azouni has been transferred to Nîmes and Florian Raspentino has departed to Caen.

### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 23 June 2014 | FW | Michy Batshuayi | 20 | Standard Liège | €8,000,000 | |
| 25 June 2014 | MF | Romain Alessandrini | 25 | Rennes | €5,000,000 | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 10 July 2014 | MF | Larry Azouni | 20 | Nîmes | Free | |
| 11 July 2014 | MF | Florian Raspentino | 25 | Caen | Undisclosed | |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Since winners of the 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the fifth-placed team).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 June 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | 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 | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | CGO | Brice Samba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Baptiste Aloé | 14 | 1 | 4+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas N'Koulou | 24 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Sparagna | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Gaël Andonian | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel | 31 | 1 | 30+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | NZL | Bill Tuiloma | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Mendy | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Rod Fanni | 27 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Brice Dja Djédjé | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | SEN | Momar Bangoura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Lucas Ocampos | 14 | 2 | 3+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Mario Lemina | 23 | 2 | 13+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GHA | André Ayew | 28 | 10 | 27+1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Romain Alessandrini | 26 | 3 | 13+13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Florian Thauvin | 36 | 5 | 32+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet | 36 | 7 | 35+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TOG | Alaixys Romao | 32 | 2 | 27+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Giannelli Imbula | 37 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MAR | Abdelaziz Barrada | 9 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Bilal Boutobba | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac | 38 | 21 | 36+2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Billel Omrani | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Michy Batshuayi | 26 | 9 | 6+20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Jérémie Porsan-Clémenté | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Dória | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cheyrou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: BDFutbol