# 2006–07 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille had a solid season, but did not manage to win the elusive trophy they had chased for 14 years, with the biggest disappointment being losing on penalty shootout against Sochaux in the Coupe de France final. The 2nd-place finish of Ligue 1 was the best for eight years, but the side were never in title contention, being 18 points adrift of Lyon.

## 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 | Cédric Carrasso |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Renato Civelli |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Taye Taiwo |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Julien Rodríguez |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Alain Cantareil |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Garry Bocaly |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Franck Ribéry |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Wilson Oruma |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Djibril Cissé (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Pagis |
| 11 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Niang |
| 13 | FW | FRA | Toifilou Maoulida |
| 14 | FW | ALG | Salim Arrache |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Ronald Zubar |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Hamel |
| 17 | MF | CMR | Modeste M'bami |
| 19 | MF | ALB | Lorik Cana (captain) |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Hassoun Camara |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Samir Nasri |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Habib Beye |
| 25 | DF | SEN | Mame N'Diaye |
| 26 | DF | SVN | Boštjan Cesar |
| 27 | DF | CMR | Salomon Olembe |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Valbuena |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Mehdi Sennaoui |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lyon (C) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 81 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Toulouse | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 57 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Second qualifying round
#### First round
## Sources

* FootballSquads - Marseille 2006/2007
* LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionel