# 2020–21 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2020–21 season was the 115th season in the existence of Olympique de Marseille and the club's 25th 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, the Trophée des Champions, and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team 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 | CMR | Simon Ngapandouetnbu |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álvaro |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Boubacar Kamara |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Balerdi (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Olivier Ntcham (on loan from Celtic) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Darío Benedetto |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Dimitri Payet (third-captain) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Luis Henrique |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Duje Ćaleta-Car |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yohann Pelé |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Michaël Cuisance (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi |
| 19 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik (on loan from Napoli) |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Christopher Rocchia |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Valentin Rongier |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Pape Gueye |
| 24 | MF | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Yuto Nagatomo |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Florian Thauvin (vice-captain) |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda (captain) |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Franco Tongya |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Lucas Perrin |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Alexandre Phliponeau |
| 37 | DF | FRA | Aaron Kamardin |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Ugo Bertelli |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Jores Rahou |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Cheick Souaré |
| 42 | DF | FRA | Richecard Richard |
| 43 | MF | FRA | Nassim Ahmed |

### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Ahmadou Dia (on loan to Dordrecht) |
| — | DF | COM | Abdallah Ali Mohamed (on loan to Zulte Waregem) |
| — | MF | SRB | Nemanja Radonjić (on loan to Hertha BSC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez (on loan to Sassuolo) |
| — | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman (on loan to Genoa) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 3 | DF | Álvaro | Villarreal | €5,000,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| 22 | MF | Pape Gueye | Watford | €3,000,000 | 1 July 2020 |
| – | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | PSV Eindhoven | Loan return | 1 July 2020 |
| 5 | DF | Leonardo Balerdi | Borussia Dortmund | Loan | 21 July 2020 |
| 25 | MF | Yuto Nagatomo | Galatasaray | Free transfer | 31 August 2020 |
| 11 | FW | Luis Henrique | Botafogo | €12,000,000 | 25 September 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Michaël Cuisance | Bayern Munich | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Arkadiusz Milik | Napoli | Loan | 21 January 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Olivier Ntcham | Celtic | Loan | 1 February 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 22 | MF | Grégory Sertic | End of contract (retired) | N/A | 1 July 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Isaac Lihadji | Lille | Free transfer | 1 July 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Abdallah Ali Mohamed | Zulte Waregem | Loan | 28 September 2020 |
| 17 | DF | Bouna Sarr | Bayern Munich | €10,000,000 | 5 October 2020 |
| 27 | MF | Maxime Lopez | Sassuolo | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Kevin Strootman | Genoa | Loan | 12 January 2021 |
| 8 | MF | Morgan Sanson | Aston Villa | €18,000,000 | 26 January 2021 |
| 38 | FW | Kostas Mitroglou | Aris | Free transfer | 26 January 2021 |
| 36 | FW | Marley Aké | Juventus | €8,000,000 | 28 January 2021 |
| 7 | MF | Nemanja Radonjić | Hertha BSC | Loan | 1 February 2021 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| Ligue 1 | 30 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 042.11 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 7 March 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 13 January 2021 | 13 January 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 21 October 2020 | 9 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 038.30 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 57 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | 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 |
| Result | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | D |
| Position | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

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

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | POR | OLY | MAR |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Marseille | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Olympiacos 1, Marseille 0.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CMR | Simon Ngapandouetnbu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yohann Pelé | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda | 44 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai | 37 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Álvaro | 39 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Balerdi | 26 | 2 | 19+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Duje Ćaleta-Car | 38 | 2 | 32+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi | 18 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Christopher Rocchia | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Yuto Nagatomo | 28 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola | 21 | 2 | 17+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Lucas Perrin | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | FRA | Richecard Richard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Aaron Kamardin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | FRA | Boubacar Kamara | 41 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Olivier Ntcham | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Michaël Cuisance | 30 | 2 | 11+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Valentin Rongier | 34 | 1 | 21+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Pape Gueye | 38 | 2 | 22+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | 18 | 2 | 5+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ITA | Franco Tongya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Alexandre Philiponeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Ugo Bertelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | FRA | Cheick Souaré | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | FRA | Nassim Ahmed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARG | Darío Benedetto | 40 | 6 | 19+13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Dimitri Payet | 40 | 10 | 28+5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Luis Henrique | 23 | 0 | 6+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SEN | Bamba Dieng | 6 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik | 15 | 9 | 14+1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Florian Thauvin | 44 | 8 | 33+3 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain | 31 | 3 | 6+18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Jores Rahou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 17 | DF | FRA | Bouna Sarr | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman | 14 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Radonjić | 15 | 2 | 4+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Morgan Sanson | 19 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Marley Aké | 13 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Florian Chabrolle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Trophée des Champions | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Arkadiusz Milik | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Dimitri Payet | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 26 | FW | | Florian Thauvin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Darío Benedetto | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 28 | FW | | Valère Germain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Álvaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Leonardo Balerdi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Nemanja Radonjić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Morgan Sanson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | DF | | Duje Ćaleta-Car | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | MF | | Michaël Cuisance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 24 | MF | | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 29 | DF | | Pol Lirola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 18 | DF | | Jordan Amavi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 21 | MF | | Valentin Rongier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 22 | MF | | Pape Gueye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 32 | DF | | Lucas Perrin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 40 | FW | | Bamba Dieng | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 60 |