2021–22 Olympique de Marseille season explained

Club:	Olympique de Marseille
Season:	2021–22
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Pablo Longoria
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Jorge Sampaoli
Stadium:	Stade Vélodrome
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	2nd
Cup1:	Coupe de France
Cup1 Result:	Quarter-finals
Cup2:	UEFA Europa League
Cup2 Result:	Group stage
Cup3:	UEFA Europa Conference League
Cup3 Result:	Semi-finals
League Topscorer:	Dimitri Payet (12)
Season Topscorer:	Arkadiusz Milik (20)
Highest Attendance:	65,121 (vs Paris Saint-Germain, 24 October 2021, Ligue 1)
Largest Win:	5–2 (vs. Angers (H), 4 February 2022, Ligue 1)
Largest Loss:	4–1 (vs. Nice (A), 9 February 2022, Coupe de France)
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Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23

The 2021–22 season was the 116th season in the existence of Olympique de Marseille and the club's 26th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Marseille participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

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Out on loan

Transfers

In

		scope=col	Player	Transferred from	scope=col; style="width: 65px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
32			Nice	Free		^[2]
20			Barcelona	€3,000,000		^[3]
5			Borussia Dortmund	€11,000,000		^[4]
17			Roma	Loan		^[5]
6			Arsenal	Loan		^[6]
16			Roma	Loan		^[7]
8			Flamengo	€25,000,000		^[8]
14			Santos	€4,500,000		^[9]
2			Arsenal	Loan		^[10]
29			Fiorentina	€13,000,000		^[11]
7			Schalke 04	Loan		^[12]
13			Free transfer			^[13]
23			Arsenal	Free		^[14]
–			Elche	Loan return		^[15]

Out

		scope=col	Player	Transferred to	scope=col; style="width: 65px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
16			Free transfer			^[16]
25						^[17]
28						^[18]
–			Sassuolo	€2,000,000		^[19]
2			Urawa Red Diamonds	€1,500,000		^[20]
–			Cagliari	Loan		^[21]
24			Clermont	Free		^[22]
9			Elche	Loan		^[23]
7			Benfica	Loan		^[24]
23			Nice	Loan		^[25]
–			Boca Juniors	€3,000,000

Competitions

Ligue 1

See main article: 2021–22 Ligue 1.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^{[26] [27]}

Coupe de France

See main article: 2021–22 Coupe de France.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[28]

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Knockout phase

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League knockout phase.

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.^[29]

Round of 16

The round of 16 draw was held on 25 February 2022.^[30]

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.^[31]

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 18 March 2022, after the quarter-final draw.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards|-! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Goalscorers

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=160	Player	width=120	Ligue 1	width=120	Coupe de France	width=120	Europa League	width=120	Total
1	9	FW		Arkadiusz Milik	5	5	4	14
2	10	FW		Dimitri Payet	8	0	1	9
	17	FW		Cengiz Ünder	7	1	1	9
4	12	FW		Bamba Dieng	4	0	0	4
	8	MF		Gerson	4	0	0	4
6	6	MF		Matteo Guendouzi	3	0	0	3
7	13	FW		Cédric Bakambu	2	0	0	2
	13	MF		Amine Harit	1	1	0	2
9	15	DF		Duje Ćaleta-Car	1	0	0	1
	11	FW		Luis Henrique	0	1	0	1
	4	MF		Boubacar Kamara	1	0	0	1
	29	DF		Pol Lirola	1	0	0	1
Totals					37	7	6	50

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympique de Marseille . Equipe professionnelle 2021–2022 . OM.net . 14 September 2019.
2. Web site: Salim Ben Seghir arrive à l'OM. Salim Ben Seghir arrives at OM. Olympique de Marseille. 22 June 2021. fr. 1 July 2021.
3. Web site: Agreement for Konrad de la Fuente to join Olympique de Marseille. fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. 29 June 2021. 29 June 2021.
4. Web site: Leonardo Balerdi joins Olympique Marseille. Borussia Dortmund. 3 July 2021. 4 July 2021.
5. Web site: Roma's Cengiz Under joins Marseille. A.S. Roma. 4 July 2021. 4 July 2021.
6. Web site: Matteo Guendouzi: Marseille complete loan signing of midfielder from Arsenal. 7 July 2021. Sky Sports. en.
7. Web site: Official: Pau Lopez joins Marseille . Football Italia . 8 July 2021 . 8 July 2021.
8. Web site: Gerson est Olympien . OM . 1 July 2021 . 1 July 2021.
9. Web site: Luan Peres is an Olympien . OM . 14 July 2021 . 14 July 2021.
10. Web site: William Saliba joins Marseille on loan. Arsenal F.C. . 15 July 2021.
11. Web site: Pol Lirola Completes Marseille Move. www.lastwordonsports.com. 24 August 2021. 24 August 2021.
12. Web site: Amine Harit est Olympien !. www.om.fr. 2 September 2021. 2 September 2021. fr.
13. Web site: Cédric Bakambu is an Olympien!. www.om.fr. 13 January 2022. 13 January 2022.
14. Web site: Sead Kolašinac est olympien. OM. 18 January 2022. 18 January 2022.
15. Web site: OFICIAL | Darío Benedetto. Elche CF. 22 January 2022.
16. Web site: Valère Germain, Yuto Nagatomo & Yohann Pelé all set to leave Marseille for free. 2 April 2021. Get French Football News.
17. Web site: Soccer-Japan international Nagatomo completes FC Tokyo return. 12 September 2021. www.reuters.com.
18. Web site: Valère Germain confirms Marseille departure. 26 April 2021. www.getfootballnewsfrance.com.
19. Web site: 13 April 2021. Maxime Lopez completes move to Sassuolo. live. 14 April 2021. Football Italia. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413132120/https://www.football-italia.net/169095/maxime-lopez-completes-move-sassuolo . 13 April 2021 .
20. Web site: Sakai joins Urawa Red Diamonds from Marseille | Football | News |. the-AFC.
21. Web site: Calcio. Cagliari. 3 July 2021. Kevin Strootman joins Cagliari on loan for the 2021 season. 3 July 2021. Cagliari Calcio. en.
22. News: Saîf-Eddine Khaoui signe à Clermont . 14 August 2021 . L'Équipe . 14 August 2021 . French.
23. Web site: 19 August 2021. El Elche ficha a Darío Benedetto. 19 August 2021. MARCA. es.
24. Web site: Nemanja Radonjic é do Benfica. www.slbenfica.pt.
25. Web site: Amavi de retour au Gym. www.ogcnice.com/fr. French. 5 January 2022. 5 January 2022.
26. News: 2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June. 23 June 2021. ligue1.com.
27. News: Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!. 25 June 2021. ligue1.com.
28. Web site: UEFA Europa League group stage draw . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 27 August 2021 .
29. Web site: Knockout round play-offs draw . UEFA.com.
30. Web site: UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 draw. UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022 . 25 February 2022.
31. Web site: UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final and semi-final draw: 18 March . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations. 17 March 2022. 17 March 2022.