# 2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille returned to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in four years, and in spite of going out in the group stage, the side made headlines in the UEFA Cup, knocking Liverpool, Internazionale and Newcastle United out on the way to the final, where the sending off of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez and the converted penalty kick from Valencia's Vicente saw Valencia eventually edge the game.
In the domestic campaign, Marseille endured a disappointing campaign, where manager Alain Perrin was replaced by José Anigo early on, following the inability to hang onto the top teams. The end result was seventh, missing out even on UEFA Cup qualification, in spite of having the French player of the season in Didier Drogba in the team. The Ivorian striker netted 19 league goals and was instrumental to OM's fortunes in Europe, and following the season he was sold to Chelsea.

## 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 | CRO | Vedran Runje |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Manuel dos Santos |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Flamini |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Philippe Christanval |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Brahim Hemdani |
| 7 | MF | SEN | Sylvain N'Diaye |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Sébastien Pérez |
| 9 | FW | EGY | Mido |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Koke |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Didier Drogba |
| 12 | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Méïté |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Štěpán Vachoušek |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Pascal Johansen |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Fabien Barthez (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem (on loan from Bordeaux) |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Rudi Skácel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Steve Marlet (on loan from Fulham) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Johnny Ecker |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Habib Beye |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Karim Dahou |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Demetrius Ferreira (on loan from Bastia) |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Laurent Batlles |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Camille Borios |
| 28 | DF | FRA | David Sommeil (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 29 | DF | SUI | Fabio Celestini |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Jérémy Gavanon |
| 32 | MF | FRA | Laurent Merlin |
| 36 | FW | SEN | Rahmane Barry |
| — | GK | FRA | Cédric Carrasso |
| — | MF | POR | Delfim |
| — | FW | FRA | Nicolas Cicut |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Daniel Van Buyten (on loan to Manchester City) |
| 7 | MF | POL | Piotr Świerczewski (to Lech Poznań) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Fernandão (on loan to Toulouse) |
| 13 | FW | SEN | Lamine Sakho (on loan to Leeds United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Ibrahima Bakayoko (to Osasuna) |
| 20 | MF | CMR | Salomon Olembe (on loan to Leeds United) |
| 22 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Sytchev (to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Fabien Laurenti (on loan to Ajaccio) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Sochaux | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Nantes | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 60 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 7 | Marseille | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 57 | |
| 8 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 53 | |
| 9 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 52 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LFP.fr

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Marseille | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Partizan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |