# 2017–18 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2017–18 season was Olympique de Marseille's 68th professional season since its creation in 1899 and 22nd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Europa League.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Romain Cagnon |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Dória |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Boubacar Kamara |
| 5 | FW | ARG | Lucas Ocampos |
| 6 | DF | POR | Rolando |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Morgan Sanson |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet (captain) |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou |
| 12 | DF | CMR | Henri Bedimo |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Aymen Abdennour (on loan from Valencia) |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie |
| 15 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Hubočan |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yohann Pelé |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Bouna Sarr |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Patrice Evra |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Grégory Sertic |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Rod Fanni |
| 25 | MF | NZL | Bill Tuiloma |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Florian Thauvin |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain |
| 29 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda |
| 33 | FW | TUR | Yusuf Sari |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Florian Escales |

### Reserves

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 | Christian Madede |
| — | GK | FRA | Suan Besic |
| — | GK | FRA | Amadou Dia |
| — | DF | FRA | Lucas Perrin |
| — | DF | FRA | Jérémy Mizrahi |
| — | DF | FRA | Christopher Rocchia |
| — | DF | CMR | Brice Nlaté |
| — | DF | FRA | Malik Ousfane |
| — | DF | COM | Abdallah Ali Mohamed |
| — | MF | FRA | Brahima Doukansy |
| — | MF | FRA | Kevan Mezine |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CMR | Chryst Gnapele |
| — | MF | FRA | Raouf Mroivili |
| — | MF | FRA | Sacha Marasović |
| — | MF | FRA | Housseine Zakouani |
| — | MF | FRA | Florian Chabrolle |
| — | FW | FRA | Yusuf Sari |
| — | FW | FRA | Dylan Bolnet |
| — | FW | FRA | Yoann Araujo |
| — | FW | FRA | Killian Taghri |
| — | FW | ALB | Gent Dinaj |

### Out on loan
## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Lucas Ocampos (loan return from Milan) |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou (from Benfica) |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Aymen Abdennour (on loan from Valencia) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo (from VfL Wolfsburg) |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami (from Sevilla) |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi (on loan from Aston Villa) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Florian Thauvin (from Newcastle United, previously on loan) |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain (from Monaco) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda (from Crystal Palace) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NED | Karim Rekik (to Hertha BSC) |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Abou Diaby (released) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella (on loan to Saint-Étienne) |
| 16 | GK | CGO | Brice Samba (to Caen) |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bafétimbi Gomis (loan return to Swansea City) |
| 19 | MF | FRA | William Vainqueur (loan return to Roma) |
| 20 | MF | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (on loan to Troyes) |
| 22 | FW | BEL | Aaron Leya Iseka (loan return to Anderlecht) |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Zinedine Machach (loan return to Toulouse) |
| 25 | MF | NZL | Bill Tuiloma (to Portland Timbers) |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Antoine Rabillard (to Béziers) |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Jérémie Porsan-Clemente (to Montpellier) |
| — | GK | FRA | Julien Fabri (to Brest, previously on loan at Bourg-Péronnas) |
| — | DF | FRA | Baptiste Aloé (to Valenciennes, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | FRA | Stéphane Sparagna (to Boavista, previously on loan at Auxerre) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 45 | +40 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-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: 19 May 2018. Source: Results

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Results
### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAL | MAR | KON | VSC |
| 1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Marseille | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Konyaspor | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Vitória de Guimarães | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Final
## 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 | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Romain Cagnon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yohann Pelé | 20 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda | 45 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Florian Escales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai | 50 | 1 | 30+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Dória | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Boubacar Kamara | 14 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Rolando | 46 | 2 | 28+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | CMR | Henri Bedimo | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Aymen Abdennour | 14 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi | 43 | 1 | 24+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami | 54 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17+1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | FRA | Morgan Sanson | 53 | 12 | 25+8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet | 47 | 10 | 28+3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11+3 | 3 |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Bouna Sarr | 48 | 1 | 18+11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11+4 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo | 57 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Grégory Sertic | 11 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez | 45 | 1 | 14+10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15+2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | CMR | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | 56 | 0 | 26+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+12 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 5 | FW | ARG | Lucas Ocampos | 53 | 16 | 23+8 | 9 | 3+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14+3 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou | 30 | 13 | 9+10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie | 26 | 8 | 9+13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Florian Thauvin | 54 | 26 | 35 | 22 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+3 | 4 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain | 55 | 18 | 24+11 | 9 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 14+3 | 7 |
| 33 | FW | TUR | Yusuf Sari | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Hubočan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Patrice Evra | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Rod Fanni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Rémy Cabella | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 26 April 2018
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 26 | Florian Thauvin | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| 2 | FW | | 28 | Valère Germain | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | FW | | 5 | Lucas Ocampos | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | FW | | 11 | Kostas Mitroglou | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | MF | | 8 | Morgan Sanson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | MF | | 10 | Dimitri Payet | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | FW | | 14 | Clinton N'Jie | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | MF | | 19 | Luiz Gustavo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | | 23 | Adil Rami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 6 | Rolando | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | — | Rémy Cabella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | 18 | Jordan Amavi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 27 | Maxime Lopez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | 17 | Bouna Sarr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | 2 | Hiroki Sakai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 80 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 122 |