# 2022–23 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2022–23 season was the 117th season in the history of Olympique de Marseille and their 27th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2023
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 |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Eric Bailly (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Samuel Gigot |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Balerdi |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Matteo Guendouzi (3rd captain) |
| 7 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Clauss |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Azzedine Ounahi |
| 9 | FW | POR | Vitinha |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet (captain) |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Pau López |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Cengiz Ünder |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Valentin Rongier (vice-captain) |
| 23 | DF | BIH | Sead Kolašinac |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Jordan Veretout |
| 29 | DF | BFA | Issa Kaboré (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 30 | DF | POR | Nuno Tavares (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 36 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco (on loan from Celta Vigo) |
| 70 | FW | CHI | Alexis Sánchez |
| 77 | MF | MAR | Amine Harit |
| 99 | DF | COD | Chancel Mbemba |

### 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 |
| — | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi (on loan to Getafe until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola (on loan to Elche until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | FRA | Isaak Touré (on loan to Auxerre until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | SEN | Pape Gueye (on loan to Sevilla until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | USA | Konrad de la Fuente (on loan to Olympiacos until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman (on loan to Genoa until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRA | Salim Ben Seghir (on loan to Valenciennes until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | BRA | Luis Henrique (on loan to Botafogo until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik (on loan to Juventus until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | SRB | Nemanja Radonjić (on loan to Torino until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | COL | Luis Suárez (on loan to Almería until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 19 | DF | Jordan Amavi | Nice | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 32 | DF | Lucas Perrin | Strasbourg | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| | MF | Nemanja Radonjić | Benfica | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| | MF | Kevin Strootman | Cagliari | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 16 | GK | Pau López | Roma | €12M | 1 July 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Matteo Guendouzi | Arsenal | €10.5M | 1 July 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Cengiz Ünder | Roma | €10.5M | 1 July 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Arkadiusz Milik | Napoli | €9M | 1 July 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Samuel Gigot | Spartak Moscow | €0.5M | 1 July 2022 |
| 18 | DF | Isaak Touré | Le Havre | €5.5M | 1 July 2022 |
| 99 | DF | Chancel Mbemba | Porto | Free | 15 July 2022 |
| 7 | DF | Jonathan Clauss | Lens | €7.5M | 20 July 2022 |
| 36 | GK | Rubén Blanco | Celta Vigo | Loan | 20 July 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Luis Suárez | Granada | €10M | 20 July 2022 |
| 30 | DF | Nuno Tavares | Arsenal | Loan | 23 July 2022 |
| 27 | MF | Jordan Veretout | Roma | €11M | 5 August 2022 |
| 70 | FW | Alexis Sánchez | Inter Milan | Free | 10 August 2022 |
| 29 | DF | Issa Kaboré | Manchester City | Loan | 17 August 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Eric Bailly | Manchester United | Loan | 24 August 2022 |
| 77 | MF | Amine Harit | Schalke 04 | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 77 | MF | Amine Harit | Schalke 04 | €5M | 7 November 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Atalanta | Loan | 9 January 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Azzedine Ounahi | Angers | €10M | 29 January 2023 |
| 9 | FW | Vitinha | Braga | €32M | 31 January 2023 |
Total expenditure: €123.5 million (excluding any other fees)

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 7 | MF | Amine Harit | Schalke 04 | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 6 | MF | Matteo Guendouzi | Arsenal | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 17 | FW | Cengiz Ünder | Roma | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Arkadiusz Milik | Napoli | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 2 | DF | William Saliba | Arsenal | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 16 | GK | Pau López | Roma | Loan return | 30 June 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Boubacar Kamara | Aston Villa | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| 32 | DF | Lucas Perrin | Strasbourg | €1.5M | 1 July 2022 |
| 30 | GK | Steve Mandanda | Rennes | Free | 6 July 2022 |
| | MF | Nemanja Radonjić | Torino | Loan | 7 July 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Luis Henrique | Botafogo | Loan | 22 July 2022 |
| 14 | MF | Luan Peres | Fenerbahçe | €5.23M | 29 July 2022 |
| 26 | MF | Oussama Targhalline | Alanyaspor | Loan | 1 August 2022 |
| 3 | DF | Álvaro | Released | Free | 1 August 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Konrad de la Fuente | Olympiacos | Loan | 13 August 2022 |
| 29 | DF | Pol Lirola | Elche | Loan | 12 August 2022 |
| | MF | Kevin Strootman | Genoa | Loan | 24 August 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Arkadiusz Milik | Juventus | €0.9M | 26 August 2022 |
| 19 | DF | Jordan Amavi | Getafe | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| 15 | DF | Duje Ćaleta-Car | Southampton | €10M | 1 September 2022 |
| 13 | FW | Cédric Bakambu | Olympiacos | Undisclosed | 16 September 2022 |
| 11 | FW | Luis Suárez | Almería | Loan | 5 December 2022 |
| 12 | FW | Bamba Dieng | Lorient | €7M | 28 January 2023 |
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently for €20 million.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ Obligation-to-buy clause was triggered.
* ↑ Includes an obligation to sign permanently for €10–13 million.
* ↑ Fee includes €2 million in bonuses.
* ↑ Includes a conditional obligation to buy.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ On 29 August 2022, Álvaro joined Al Nassr.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ On loan until June 2023 with option to buy for €7 million + €2.8 million variables.
* ↑ On loan until June 2023 with obligation to buy for €8 million.
Total income: €24.63 million (excluding potential add-ons, bonuses and undisclosed figures)

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 7 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 057.89 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2023 | 1 March 2023 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 7 September 2022 | 1 November 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 82 | 51 | +31 | 056.25 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lens | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |

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

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 25 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | FRA | SPO | MAR |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 |
| 4 | Marseille | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CMR | Simon Ngapandouetnbu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Pau López | 42 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CIV | Eric Bailly | 23 | 0 | 5+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Samuel Gigot | 33 | 2 | 24+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Leonardo Balerdi | 44 | 1 | 30+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | FRA | Jonathan Clauss | 42 | 2 | 32+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BIH | Sead Kolašinac | 41 | 4 | 26+7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | BFA | Issa Kaboré | 29 | 1 | 9+13 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | POR | Nuno Tavares | 39 | 6 | 23+8 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | COM | Yakine Said M'Madi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | COD | Chancel Mbemba | 45 | 7 | 32+4 | 5 | 2+2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA | Matteo Guendouzi | 43 | 5 | 25+8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Azzedine Ounahi | 10 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet | 27 | 4 | 9+15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 23 | 2 | 13+7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Valentin Rongier | 46 | 1 | 34+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Jordan Veretout | 48 | 5 | 31+7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | TUR | Bartuğ Elmaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | MAR | Amine Harit | 16 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | POR | Vitinha | 16 | 2 | 5+9 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Cengiz Ünder | 46 | 5 | 28+9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | CMR | François-Régis Mughe | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | CHI | Alexis Sánchez | 44 | 18 | 32+3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BRA | Gerson | 13 | 2 | 6+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | POL | Arkadiusz Milik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | COL | Luis Suárez | 11 | 3 | 2+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SEN | Bamba Dieng | 12 | 2 | 1+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | COD | Cédric Bakambu | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Duje Ćaleta-Car | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Isaak Touré | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SEN | Pape Gueye | 19 | 1 | 4+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Pol Lirola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | FRA | Salim Ben Seghir | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 3 June 2023 Source: Competitions