1992–93 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille
1992–93 season
PresidentBernard Tapie
ManagerRaymond Goethals
StadiumStade Vélodrome
French Division 11st (title revoked)[notes 1]
Coupe de FranceQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alen Bokšić
(23 goals)

All:
Alen Bokšić
(29 goals)
Average home league attendance27,010

During the 1992–93 French football season, Olympique de Marseille competed in French Division 1.

Season summary[edit]

Marseille won French Division 1, and also became the first (and, to date, only) French club to win the European Cup defeating A.C. Milan 1–0. However, it was later revealed that midfielder Jean-Jacques Eydelie had (on behalf of the Marseille board) bribed Valenciennes players Jorge Burruchaga, Christophe Robert and Jacques Glassman to lose the last match of the season, which Marseille needed to win the secure the French title, so that Marseille could win the match without much exertion ahead of the Champions League final. The scandal saw Marseille stripped of their title, relegated to Division 2 and banned from defending the Champions League or competing in the European Super and Intercontinental Cups, although they were allowed to remain European champions.

First-team squad[edit]

Squad at end of season[1]

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 France FRA Fabien Barthez
2 DF France FRA Jocelyn Angloma[notes 2]
3 DF France FRA Éric Di Meco
4 DF France FRA Basile Boli[notes 3]
5 MF France FRA Franck Sauzée
6 DF France FRA Marcel Desailly[notes 4]
7 MF France FRA Jean-Jacques Eydelie
8 FW Croatia CRO Alen Bokšić
9 FW Germany GER Rudi Völler
10 FW Ghana GHA Abedi Pele
11 MF France FRA Didier Deschamps (captain)
12 MF France FRA Jean-Christophe Thomas
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF France FRA Bernard Casoni
14 MF France FRA Jean-Philippe Durand
15 FW France FRA Jean-Marc Ferreri
16 GK France FRA Pascal Olmeta
- MF France FRA Alain Boghossian
- DF France FRA Manuel Amoros
- MF France FRA Jean-Christophe Marquet
- MF Spain ESP Rafael Martín Vázquez
- MF Russia RUS Igor Dobrovolski
- MF Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Dragan Stojković
- FW France FRA Marc Libbra
- FW Cameroon CMR François Omam-Biyik

Competitions[edit]

Division 1[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marseille (D) 38 22 10 6 71 36 +35 53[a] Disqualified from the Champions League[b]
2 Paris Saint-Germain (N) 38 20 11 7 61 29 +32 51 Qualification to the Cup Winners' Cup first round[c]
3 Monaco 38 21 9 8 56 29 +27 51 Qualification to the Champions League first round[d]
4 Bordeaux 38 18 12 8 42 25 +17 48 Qualification to the UEFA Cup first round
5 Nantes 38 17 11 10 54 39 +15 45
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(D) Disqualified; (N) Refused title and entry to the UCL
Notes:
  1. ^ Marseille and Valenciennes were deducted one point for their involvement in the French football bribery scandal.
  2. ^ Marseille were stripped of the title and barred from 1993–94 UEFA Champions League due to their involvement in the bribery scandal. Retained league status.
  3. ^ Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1992–93 Coupe de France.
  4. ^ Monaco qualified for the Champions League as league champions Marseille were disqualified and runners-up Paris Saint-Germain declined to participate.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 22 10 6 71 36  +35 76 15 3 1 44 14  +30 7 7 5 27 22  +5

Source: Division 1

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWDWWDDWLLWDDDWLWWWLWWWWWLDWWWDWWWWWL
Position66453334345545555543544221222111111111
Source: Division 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France[edit]

March 1993 First round Marseille 3–1 Martigues
Ferreri 3' 90'
Di Meco 73'
(Report) Castro 17' (pen.)
March 1993 Second round Rouen 0–1 Marseille
(Report) Völler 81' (pen.) Attendance: 16,850
Referee: M. Ramos
May 1993 Third round Caen 1–2 Marseille
Cauet 84' (Report) Völler 17'
Thomas 25'
Attendance: 6,811
Referee: M. Poulain
May 1993 Quarter-finals Saint-Étienne 2–1 (a.e.t.) Marseille
G. Passi 17'
Casoni 105' (o.g.)
(Report) Moreau 61' (o.g.) Attendance: 20,009
Referee: M. Lainé

European Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

16 September 1992 First Leg Glentoran Northern Ireland 0–5 France Marseille The Oval, Belfast
19:30 Report Völler 3'
Martín Vázquez 19', 19'
Sauzée 41'
Ferreri 84'
Referee: Johannes Reijgwart (Netherlands)
30 September 1992 Second Leg Marseille France 3–0 Northern Ireland Glentoran Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
19:00 Omam-Biyik 6'
Pele 12'
Boli 72'
Report

Second round[edit]

21 October 1992 First Leg Dinamo București Romania 0–0 France Marseille Stadionul Național, Bucharest
18:00 Report Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
4 November 1992 Second Leg Marseille France 2–0 Romania Dinamo București Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
19:00 Bokšić 32', 68' Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella (Italy)

Group stage[edit]

Group A standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Marseille 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9
Scotland Rangers 6 2 4 0 7 5 +2 8
Belgium Club Brugge 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5
Russia CSKA Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2
25 November 1992 Round 1 Rangers Scotland 2–2 France Marseille Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:30 McSwegan 76'
Hateley 82'
Report Bokšić 31'
Völler 55'
Attendance: 41,624
Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
9 December 1992 Round 2 Marseille France 3–0 Belgium Club Brugge Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 Sauzée 4' (pen.)
Bokšić 10', 26'
Report Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)
3 March 1993 Round 3 CSKA Moscow Russia 1–1 France Marseille Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:30 Faizulin 55' Report Pele 27' Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
17 March 1993 Round 4 Marseille France 6–0 Russia CSKA Moscow Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 Sauzée 4' (pen.), 34', 48'
Pele 42'
Ferreri 70'
Desailly 78'
Report Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)
7 April 1993 Round 5 Marseille France 1–1 Scotland Rangers Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 Sauzée 18' Report Durrant 52' Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
21 April 1993 Round 6 Club Brugge Belgium 0–1 France Marseille Olympiastadion, Bruges
20:30 Report Bokšić 2' Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Final[edit]

26 May 1993 Marseille France 1–0 Italy Milan Olympiastadion, Munich
20:15 Boli 43' Report Attendance: 64,400
Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 1 June 1993[2]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Ligue 1 Coupe de France Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK France FRA Fabien Barthez 40 0 30 0 0 0 10 0
16 GK France FRA Pascal Olmeta 13 0 8 0 4 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF France FRA Jocelyn Angloma 42 1 28+3 1 1+1 0 9 0
3 DF France FRA Éric Di Meco 43 1 28+3 0 3 1 8+1 0
4 DF France FRA Basile Boli 42 6 32 4 1 0 9 2
6 DF France FRA Marcel Desailly 44 2 30+1 1 3 0 10 1
13 DF France FRA Bernard Casoni 34 0 23+1 0 4 0 6 0
-- DF France FRA Manuel Amoros 18 0 6+6 0 3 0 3 0
Midfielders
5 MF France FRA Franck Sauzée 47 18 33+2 12 1+1 0 9+1 6
7 MF France FRA Jean-Jacques Eydelie 40 0 24+3 0 2 0 6+5 0
11 MF France FRA Didier Deschamps 50 1 36 1 2+1 0 11 0
12 MF France FRA Jean-Christophe Thomas 26 1 9+8 0 4 1 4+1 0
14 MF France FRA Jean-Philippe Durand 42 0 19+10 0 4 0 3+6 0
-- MF Russia RUS Igor Dobrovolski 12 1 5+3 1 2+1 0 1 0
-- MF France FRA Jean-Christophe Marquet 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
Forwards
8 FW Croatia CRO Alen Bokšić 46 29 34+3 23 0+1 0 8 6
9 FW Germany GER Rudi Völler 44 22 32+1 18 3 2 8 2
10 FW Ghana GHA Abedi Pele 49 9 33+2 6 3 0 11 3
15 FW France FRA Jean-Marc Ferreri 27 6 3+16 2 4 2 1+3 2
Players loaned or transferred out during the season
-- MF Spain ESP Rafael Martín Vázquez 9 3 4+3 1 0 0 2 2
-- FW Cameroon CMR François Omam-Biyik 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1

Notes and references[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Marseille were stripped of the Division 1 title following the bribery scandal.
  2. ^ Angloma was born in Abymes, Guadeloupe, but also qualifies to represent France internationally; he made his international debut for France in 1990 and Guadeloupe in 2006.
  3. ^ Boli was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, but was raised in France and made his international debut for France in 1986.
  4. ^ Desailly was born in Accra, Ghana, but also qualified to represent France internationally and made his international debut for France in 1993.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Olympique Marseille - Squad 1992/1993".
  2. ^ "World Football". Retrieved 15 October 2023.