2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille

2003–04 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Alain Perrin José Anigo
Ligue 1	7th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
UEFA Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (19) All: Didier Drogba (32)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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)

Pos	Team v t e	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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	6	15	51	45	+6	57	12	3	4	34	18	+16	5	3	11	17	27	−10

Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Marseille	6	1	1	4	9	11	−2	4	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Partizan	6	0	3	3	3	8	−5	3

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