2018–19 Olympique de Marseille season
# 2018–19 Olympique de Marseille season

The 2018–19 season was Olympique de Marseille's 69th professional season since its creation in 1899 and 23rd consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players

### 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 | Romain Cagnon |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Boubacar Kamara |
| 5 | FW | ARG | Lucas Ocampos |
| 6 | DF | POR | Rolando |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Radonjić |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Morgan Sanson |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Mario Balotelli |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou |
| 12 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Aymen Abdennour (on loan from Valencia) |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Duje Ćaleta-Car |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yohann Pelé |
| 17 | DF | SEN | Bouna Sarr |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo (Vice-captain) |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Christopher Rocchia |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Grégory Sertic |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami |
| 25 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Hubočan |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Florian Thauvin |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Florian Escales |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | MF | TUN | Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (on loan to Caen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Yusuf Sari (on loan to Clermont) |

### Reserve squad

    As of 23 August 2018.

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 | FRA | Geoffrey Agbolossou |
| — | GK | FRA | Amadou Dia |
| — | DF | FRA | Nassim Ahmed |
| — | DF | COM | Abdallah Ali Mohamed |
| — | DF | FRA | Dembo Gassama |
| — | DF | FRA | Niels Nkounkou |
| — | DF | FRA | Malik Ousfane |
| — | DF | FRA | Lucas Perrin |
| — | MF | FRA | Wassim Aouachira |
| — | MF | FRA | Ayem Assou |
| — | MF | FRA | Vincenzo Callejon |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Cyril Khetir |
| — | MF | FRA | Sacha Marasović |
| — | MF | FRA | Kevan Mezine |
| — | MF | FRA | Alexandre Phliponeau |
| — | FW | FRA | Mehdi Baaloudj |
| — | FW | FRA | Mohamed Ben Fredj |
| — | FW | FRA | Florian Chabrolle |
| — | FW | FRA | Zacharie Iscaye |
| — | FW | FRA | Ayoub Ouhafsa |
| — | FW | FRA | Adel Santana |

## Competitions

### Ligue 1

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 61 | |
| 6 | Montpellier | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 59 | |
| 7 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 56 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 24 May 2019. Source: Results

**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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

### UEFA Europa League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FRA | LAZ | APL | MAR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Lazio | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Apollon Limassol | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Marseille | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — |

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Romain Cagnon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yohann Pelé | 13 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Steve Mandanda | 34 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Florian Escales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai | 32 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Boubacar Kamara | 36 | 1 | 27+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Rolando | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CRO | Duje Ćaleta-Car | 26 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | SEN | Bouna Sarr | 37 | 1 | 25+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Jordan Amavi | 30 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Adil Rami | 21 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SVK | Tomáš Hubočan | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Radonjić | 22 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Morgan Sanson | 37 | 5 | 27+6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Dimitri Payet | 38 | 6 | 23+8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | NED | Kevin Strootman | 34 | 1 | 21+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo | 38 | 4 | 26+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Maxime Lopez | 39 | 1 | 25+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Florian Chabrolle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 5 | FW | ARG | Lucas Ocampos | 40 | 5 | 31+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Mario Balotelli | 15 | 8 | 12+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Clinton N'Jie | 21 | 3 | 3+14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | FRA | Florian Thauvin | 37 | 18 | 30+3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | FRA | Valère Germain | 42 | 8 | 23+13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | GRE | Kostas Mitroglou | 20 | 3 | 7+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | TUN | Aymen Abdennour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Christopher Rocchia | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Grégory Sertic | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

Last updated: 24 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 17 September 2018

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europa League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | 26 | Florian Thauvin | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Dimitri Payet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 28 | Valère Germain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 11 | Kostas Mitroglou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 5 | Lucas Ocampos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 |
