# 2011–12 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2011–12 season of Olympique de Marseille (OM) was the club's 62nd season in the Ligue 1. They participated in five competitions Ligue 1, UEFA Champions League, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and the Trophée des Champions, winning the last two.

## Key Events

* 21 May 2011: After months of speculation, Taye Taiwo joined Milan on a free transfer.
* 19 June 2011: Left-back Jérémy Morel joined OM from Lorient for a fee of €2.5 million.
* 29 June 2011: after the loss of Taye Taiwo, OM picked up Nicolas Nkoulou from Monaco for a reported €3.5 million.
* 4 July 2011: Defensive midfielder Alou Diarra joined for an undisclosed fee from Bordeaux. Diarra put pen to paper on a three-year deal.
* 21 July 2011: Argentine International left-back Gabriel Heinze left for Serie A club Roma. Roma picked up Heinze on a free transfer and signed him to a what is believed to be a one-year contract.
* 27 July 2011: In what turned out to be a nine-goal thriller, Marseille beat out competition Lille to win the 2011 Trophée des Champions 5–4. The game ended with two very late penalties converted by André Ayew. This is now the second year in a row that Marseille have won the Trophy.

## Players
### First team squad

Updated 30 January 2012.
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 | Gennaro Bracigliano |
| 2 | DF | ESP | César Azpilicueta |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Nicolas Nkoulou |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Alou Diarra |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Benoît Cheyrou |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Brandão |
| 10 | FW | FRA | André-Pierre Gignac |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Loïc Rémy |
| 12 | MF | BFA | Charles Kaboré |
| 13 | DF | MLI | Djimi Traoré |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Morel |
| 16 | GK | BRA | Elinton Andrade |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | CMR | Stéphane Mbia |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Morgan Amalfitano |
| 20 | FW | GHA | André Ayew |
| 21 | DF | SEN | Souleymane Diawara |
| 23 | FW | GHA | Jordan Ayew |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Rod Fanni |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Billel Omrani |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Jean-Philippe Sabo |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Valbuena |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Chris Gadi |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda (captain) |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Gérard Roland |
| 40 | GK | CMR | Jules Goda |

### Squad statistics

Appearances (subbed on), goals (own Goals) yellow cards (double Yellow cards), red cards Statistics accurate as of 8 August 2011
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Cups | Cups | Europe | Europe | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Gennaro Bracigliano | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | César Azpilicueta | 16(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Nicolas Nkoulou | 17 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Alou Diarra | 16(3) | 1 | 1(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24(4) | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Benoît Cheyrou | 13(3) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4(1) | 0 | 20(4) | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Lucho González | 14(5) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4(2) | 1 | 23(7) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Brandão | 0(2) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | André-Pierre Gignac | 1(8) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0(3) | 0 | 2(11) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Loïc Rémy | 20 | 9 | 4(2) | 4 | 6 | 2 | 29(2) | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Charles Kaboré | 5(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 9(9) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Djimi Traoré | 3(3) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Jérémy Morel | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Elinton Andrade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Stéphane Mbia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 11(1) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Morgan Amalfitano | 15(3) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2(3) | 0 | 21(6) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | André Ayew | 16(1) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 23(1) | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Souleymane Diawara | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Jordan Ayew | 6(13) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2(3) | 0 | 10(17) | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Rod Fanni | 10(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 15(4) | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | Billel Omrani | 0(1) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Jean-Philippe Sabo | 0(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Mathieu Valbuena | 15(4) | 4 | 3(1) | 3 | 4(1) | 1 | 22(6) | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Steve Mandanda | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Date | Fee |
| 18 | MF | Morgan Amalfitano | Lorient | 9 June 2011 | Free |
| 15 | DF | Jérémy Morel | Lorient | 19 June 2011 | €2.5 million |
| 3 | DF | Nicolas Nkoulou | Monaco | 29 June 2011 | €3.5 million |
| 4 | MF | Alou Diarra | Bordeaux | 4 July 2011 | Undisclosed |
| 1 | GK | Gennaro Bracigliano | Nancy | 5 July 2011 | Free |

### Out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Date | Fee |
| 3 | DF | Taye Taiwo | Milan | 21 May 2011 | Free |
| 5 | DF | Hilton | Montpellier | 2 August 2011 | Free |
| 20 | DF | Charley Fomen | Clermont | 4 August 2011 | Free |
| 18 | MF | Fabrice Abriel | Nice | 4 August 2011 | Free |
| 19 | DF | Gabriel Heinze | Roma | 21 July 2011 | Free |

### Loan In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loan From | Date | Source | Notes |

### Loan out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loan To | Date | Notes |
| | MF | Senah Mango | Monaco | 30 June 2011 | Until end of 2011–12 season |
| 14 | DF | Leyti N'Diaye | Ajaccio | 11 July 2011 | Until end of 2011–12 season |
| 9 | FW | Brandão | Cruzeiro | 19 March 2011 | Until March 2012 |
| 23 | MF | Alexander N'Doumbou | Orléans | 10 August 2011 | Until June 2012 |

## Competitions
### Pre-season and friendlies

Last updated: 11 August 2011 Source: soccervista

### Trophée des Champions

Last updated:11 August 2011 Source:Scoresway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Toulouse | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 56 | |
| 9 | Evian | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 50 | |
| 10 | Marseille | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 11 | Nancy | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 45 | |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 43 | |
* ↑ Marseille, as winners of the 2011–12 Coupe de la Ligue, qualified for the third qualifying round of 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: soccerway.com

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

Last updated: 15 August 2011 Source: Olympique de Marseille Note: Ligue 1 fixtures not posted due to copyright

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Marseille | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Olympique de Marseille Reserves
### Reserve 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 |
| — | GK | MAR | Samir Kouakbi |
| — | GK | SVN | Brice Krizman |
| — | DF | FRA | Fabien Barrillon |
| — | DF | ARM | Varanth Bezdikian |
| — | DF | FRA | Sébastien Bregand |
| — | DF | ARG | Sébastien Fischetti |
| — | DF | CPV | Raphaël Lopes |
| — | DF | TOG | Senah Mango |
| — | DF | GLP | Thierry Rodríguez |
| — | MF | FRA | Landing Bodian |
| — | MF | FRA | Olivier Cano |
| — | MF | ARG | Gaëtan D'Acunto |
| — | MF | BIH | Mathias Guedj |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ALG | Cédric Hachani |
| — | MF | SEN | Daouda Haidari |
| — | MF | CRO | Niko Maričić |
| — | MF | FRA | Anthony Marin |
| — | MF | IRN | Ahmad Nouri |
| — | MF | TUN | Driss Sahraoui |
| — | FW | GHA | Jordan Ayew |
| — | FW | FRA | Thierry Batret |
| — | FW | CPV | Nicolas Crus |
| — | FW | CPV | Riad Dob |
| — | FW | FRA | Chris Gadi |
| — | FW | FRA | Noël Sciortino |
| — | FW | GEO | Gurami Enukidze |