# 2015–16 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2015–16 Olympique de Marseille season is the 66th professional season of the club since its creation in 1899 and 20th consecutive season in the top flight.

## 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 1 February 2016
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 | Brice Samba |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Javier Manquillo (on loan from Atlético Madrid) |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou |
| 4 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Abou Diaby |
| 6 | DF | POR | Rolando |
| 7 | FW | ARG | Lucas Ocampos |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Lucas Silva (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Lassana Diarra |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Romain Alessandrini |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Sparagna |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yohann Pelé |
| 17 | DF | SEN | Bouna Sarr |
| 18 | MF | CHI | Mauricio Isla (on loan from Juventus) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Abdelaziz Barrada |
| 20 | MF | TOG | Alaixys Romao |
| 21 | FW | SCO | Steven Fletcher (on loan from Sunderland) |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Michy Batshuayi |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Benjamin Mendy |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Florian Thauvin (on loan from Newcastle United) |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Paolo De Ceglie (on loan from Juventus) |
| 26 | DF | CIV | Brice Dja Djédjé |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Antoine Rabillard |
| 29 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda (captain) |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Dória |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Billel Omrani |
| 38 | FW | FRA | Jérémie Porsan-Clemente |

### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Julien Fabri (to Bourg-en-Bresse) |
| — | DF | FRA | Baptiste Aloé (to Valenciennes) |
| — | DF | ARM | Gaël Andonian (to Dijon) |
| — | MF | NZL | Bill Tuiloma (to Strasbourg) |
| — | FW | TUN | Saber Khalifa (to Club Africain) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
| 18 June 2015 | MF | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 20 | Nantes | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2015 | GK | Yohann Pelé | 32 | Free | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2015 | FW | Lucas Ocampos | 20 | Monaco | £4,900,000 |
| 30 June 2015 | DF | Karim Rekik | 20 | Manchester City | £3,500,000 |
| 3 July 2015 | MF | Bouna Sarr | 23 | Metz | £1,000,000 |
| 24 July 2015 | MF | Lassana Diarra | 30 | Free | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2015 | MF | Abou Diaby | 29 | Free | Free transfer |
| 31 July 2015 | MF | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | 19 | Free | Free transfer |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | Eirik Haugan | 18 | Molde | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | Rolando | 30 | Porto | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Return date |
| 24 July 2015 | DF | Javier Manquillo | 21 | Atlético Madrid | 30 June 2016 |
| 19 August 2015 | MF | Rémy Cabella | 25 | Newcastle United | 30 June 2016 |
| 27 August 2015 | MF | Lucas Silva | 22 | Real Madrid | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Mauricio Isla | 27 | Juventus | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | Paolo De Ceglie | 28 | Juventus | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 January 2016 | MF | Florian Thauvin | 23 | Newcastle United | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Steven Fletcher | 28 | Sunderland | 30 June 2016 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
| 1 June 2015 | DF | Jérémy Morel | 31 | Lyon | Free transfer |
| 9 June 2015 | MF | Foued Kadir | 31 | Real Betis | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2015 | FW | André Ayew | 25 | Swansea City | Free transfer |
| 20 June 2015 | FW | André-Pierre Gignac | 29 | Tigres UANL | Free transfer |
| 26 June 2015 | MF | Dimitri Payet | 28 | West Ham United | £10,500,000 |
| 30 June 2015 | MF | Momar Bangoura | 21 | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2015 | MF | Alexander N'Doumbou | 23 | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Giannelli Imbula | 22 | Porto | £14,200,000 |
| 11 July 2015 | DF | Rod Fanni | 33 | Al-Arabi | Free transfer |
| 31 July 2015 | DF | Laurent Abergel | 22 | AC Ajaccio | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2015 | FW | Modou Sougou | 30 | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2015 | MF | Florian Thauvin | 22 | Newcastle United | £12,000,000 |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
| 8 July 2015 | FW | Saber Khalifa | 28 | Club Africain | 30 June 2016 |
| 9 July 2015 | GK | Brice Samba | 21 | Nancy | 30 June 2016 |
| 10 July 2015 | GK | Julien Fabri | 21 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 30 June 2016 |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | Baptiste Aloé | 21 | Valenciennes | 30 June 2016 |
| 30 August 2015 | DF | Bill Tuiloma | 20 | Strasbourg | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | MF | Mario Lemina | 21 | Juventus | 30 June 2016 |
| 31 August 2015 | DF | Dória | 20 | Granada | 30 June 2016 |
| 21 October 2015 | DF | Gaël Andonian | 20 | Dijon | 30 June 2016 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 50 |
| 12 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 49 |
| 13 | Marseille | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 48 |
| 14 | Nantes | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 48 |
| 15 | Lorient | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 46 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 August 2016. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 17 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRA | MAR | LIB | GRO |
| 1 | Braga | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Marseille | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Slovan Liberec | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 0–1 | 2–4 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Groningen | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of match played 6 June 2016
| Ran | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 22 | MF | | Michy Batshuayi | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Romain Alessandrini | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 13 | MF | | Rémy Cabella | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Lucas Ocampos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 24 | FW | | Florian Thauvin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 17 | MF | | Bouna Sarr | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Steven Fletcher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 19 | MF | | Abdelaziz Barrada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 18 | MF | | Mauricio Isla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | | Benjamin Mendy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Karim Rekik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | MF | | Alaixys Romao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Lassana Diarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | FW | | Antoine Rabillard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | | Rolando | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | DF | | Brice Dja Djédjé | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 73 |