2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season explained

Club:Olympique de Marseille
Season:2014–15
Stadium:Stade Vélodrome
Capacity:67,000
Mgrtitle:Manager
Manager:Marcelo Bielsa
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Vincent Labrune
League:Ligue 1
League Result:4th
Cup1:Coupe de France
Cup1 Result:Round of 64
Cup2:Coupe de la Ligue
Cup2 Result:Round of 32
League Topscorer:André-Pierre Gignac (21)
Season Topscorer:André-Pierre Gignac (23)
Highest Attendance:65,148 v Paris Saint-Germain - 05 April 2015
Lowest Attendance:39,497 v Nice - 29 August 2014
Average Attendance:52,917
Prevseason:2013–14
Nextseason:2015–16
Website:http://www.om.net/
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The 2014–15 Olympique de Marseille season was the 65th professional season of the club since its creation in 1899 and 19th consecutive season in the top flight.

This was the first season in ten years that Marseille did not participate in the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League, having finished sixth in the 2013–14 Ligue 1 season. The club was coached by legendary Argentine tactician Marcelo Bielsa, who signed a two-year contract in May 2014.

This was also the first season in which the side played at the renovated Stade Vélodrome, with the stadium having completed renovations which took place over the last three years. Capacity went up to 67,000 - from 48,000 last season, and 42,000 the season before. The stadium is rated five-star by UEFA, and was used ahead for the UEFA Euro 2016.

Players

See main article: List of Olympique de Marseille players.

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Current squad

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Transfers

The club made their first transfer of the season in June when they signed Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi for a rumoured €8 million from Standard Liège. The club then signed Romain Alessandrini, the Marseille-born Rennes winger for €5 million a few days later.

So far, Larry Azouni has been transferred to Nîmes and Florian Raspentino has departed to Caen.

In

DatePlayerMoving fromFeeNotes
Standard Liège€8,000,000
Rennes€5,000,000

Out

DatePlayerMoving toFeeNotes
Free
Undisclosed

Competitions

Ligue 1

See main article: 2014–15 Ligue 1.

Matches

Coupe de France

See main article: 2014–15 Coupe de France.

Coupe de la Ligue

See main article: 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Notes and References

  1. News: Effectif et staff – saison 2014/2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060821202226/http://www.om.net/fr/Equipes/201001/Effectif_pro . dead . 21 August 2006 . OM.net . 19 July 2014 . 19 July 2014 .