2012–13 Olympique de Marseille season explained

Club:	Marseille
Season:	2012–13
Manager:	Élie Baup
Chairman:	Vincent Labrune
Stadium:	Stade Vélodrome
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	2nd
Cup1:	Coupe de France
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	Coupe de la Ligue
Cup2 Result:	Round of 16
Cup4:	Europa League
Cup4 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	André-Pierre Gignac (13)
Season Topscorer:	André-Pierre Gignac (15)
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Prevseason:	2011–12
Nextseason:	2013–14

The 2012–13 season of Marseille will be the club's 63rd season in the Ligue 1 and this year they will be challenging for four titles: Ligue 1, UEFA Europa League, Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

Transfers

In

Dates	Player	From	Fee
1 July 2012	Najib Ammari	Youth system	Free
6 July 2012	Florian Raspentino	Nantes	Undisclosed^[1]
29 August 2012	Lucas Mendes	Coritiba	€2,200,000^[2]
31 August 2012	Kassim Abdallah	Sedan	€500,000
31 August 2012	Joey Barton	Queens Park Rangers	Loan^[3]
2 January 2013	Foued Kadir	Valenciennes	€500,000^[4] ^[5]

Total spending: €3,200,000

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
10 August 2012	Alou Diarra	West Ham United	€2,500,000^[6]
24 August 2012	César Azpilicueta	Chelsea	€8,000,000^[7]
31 August 2012	Stéphane Mbia	Queens Park Rangers	€6,000,000^[8]
16 January 2013	Loïc Rémy	Queens Park Rangers	€8,000,000^[9]

Total income: €24,500,000

Kits

Marseille's home kit features the traditional white / turquoise blend with orange trims. The away kit features a retro style, with one of the club's older badges and French tricolor on collar and sleeves. The third kit is an inversion of the club's home colours, providing an intimidating black-orange look.

Squad statistics

As of June 2012

No.	Nat.	Player	Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la ligue		Europa League		Total
No.	Nat.	Player	width=30	Apps	width=30	Goals	width=30	Apps	width=30	Goals	width=30	Apps	width=30	Goals	width=30	Apps	width=30	Goals	width=30	Apps	width=30	Goals
1			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2	^[10]		11+2	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
3			38	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
4			22+3	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0
5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7			25	2	0	0	0	0	4+3	0	0	0
8	^[11]		19+16	7	0	0	0	0	6+2	2	0	0
9			28+3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	^[12]		35	9	0	0	0	0	3+3	4	4	3
11			2+12	1	0	0	0	0	6+1	2	1	0
12	^[13]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
13			0	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	0	0
14			0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
15			36	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
17			20+5	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0
18			20+6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
19			16+1	0	0	0	0	0	7+1	0	0	0
20	^[14]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21			8+3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23			0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
26			0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
24			33	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0
25			0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
27			0+7	0	0	0	0	0	3+3	0	0	0
28			37	3	0	0	0	0	5+3	1	0	0
29		Gadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30			38	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
31		Bangoura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34			0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
40			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Ligue 1

See main article: 2012–13 Ligue 1.

Matches

Qualifying phase

Play-off round

Group stage

See main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Group C

Statistics

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match	Number of match
Ligue 1	–	–	12 August 2012	26 May 2013	38
Europa League	Third qualifying round	Group stage	2 August 2012	6 December 2012	10
Coupe de France	Round of 64	–	6 January 2013	–
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16	Round of 16	31 October 2012	31 October 2012	1

Goals

Position	Player	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	UEFA Europa League	TOTAL
	1		3	–	–	2		5
2		–	–	–	2		2
2		–	–	–	2		2
3		1	–	–	–		1
3		1	–	–	–		1
Details	Other	3	–	-	6		12

Sponsorship

Intersport
Adidas
Groupama
Citroën
PMU
Crédit Agricole

Notes

Web site: OM agree terms with Raspentino. www.om.net. 6 July 2012. 14 August 2012. https://archive.today/20130112010440/http://www.om.net/en/Season/101002/Actualites/61396/OM_agree_terms_with_Raspentino. 12 January 2013. dead.
Web site: Lucas Mendes to OM. www.om.net. 29 August 2012. 2 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120902072513/http://www.om.net/en/Saison/101002/Actualites/62198/Lucas_Mendes_to_OM. 2 September 2012. dead.
Web site: Barton signs for OM!. www.om.net. 31 August 2012. 2 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905112350/http://www.om.net/en/Saison/101002/Actualites/62285/Barton_signs_for_OM. 5 September 2012. dead.
Web site: Foued Kadir est Marseillais ! . www.om.net . 2 January 2013 . French . 7 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140531214233/http://www.om.net/fr/Saison/101002/Actualites/64583/Foued_Kadir_est_Marseillais . 31 May 2014 . dead .
Web site: Officiel : Foued Kadir signe à l'OM !. 2 January 2012. 2 January 2013. Le Phocéen. French.
Web site: Hammers swoop for Diarra. www.whufc.com. 10 August 2012. 25 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120812141803/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20120810/hammers-swoop-for-diarra_2236884_2876423. 12 August 2012. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Azpilicueta signs . . 24 August 2012 . 24 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120830171700/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/2898781 . 30 August 2012 .
Web site: Mbia joins QPR. www.om.net. 31 August 2012. 2 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905112557/http://www.om.net/en/Saison/101002/Actualites/62284/Mbia_joins_QPR. 5 September 2012. dead.
Web site: Loic Remy: QPR sign Marseille striker for a club record fee . 16 January 2013 . 17 January 2013.
Abdallah was born in Marseille, France.
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Ammari was born in Marseille, France.