2021–22 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille
2021–22 season
President	Pablo Longoria
Head coach	Jorge Sampaoli
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
Ligue 1	2nd
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
UEFA Europa Conference League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dimitri Payet (12); All: ; Arkadiusz Milik (20)
Highest home attendance	65,121 (vs Paris Saint-Germain, 24 October 2021, Ligue 1)
Biggest win	5–2 (vs. Angers (H), 4 February 2022, Ligue 1)
Biggest defeat	4–1 (vs. Nice (A), 9 February 2022, Coupe de France)
	← 2020–21 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[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 18 January 2022^[1]

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	Simon Ngapandouetnbu
2	DF	FRA	William Saliba (on loan from Arsenal)
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro González (3rd captain)
4	MF	FRA	Boubacar Kamara (4th captain)
5	DF	ARG	Leonardo Balerdi
6	MF	FRA	Matteo Guendouzi (on loan from Arsenal)
7	MF	MAR	Amine Harit (on loan from Schalke 04)
8	MF	BRA	Gerson
9	FW	POL	Arkadiusz Milik (on loan from Napoli)
10	FW	FRA	Dimitri Payet (vice-captain)
11	FW	BRA	Luis Henrique
12	FW	SEN	Bamba Dieng
13	FW	COD	Cédric Bakambu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	BRA	Luan Peres
15	DF	CRO	Duje Ćaleta-Car
16	GK	ESP	Pau López (on loan from Roma)
17	FW	TUR	Cengiz Ünder (on loan from Roma)
20	FW	USA	Konrad de la Fuente
21	MF	FRA	Valentin Rongier
22	MF	SEN	Pape Gueye
23	DF	BIH	Sead Kolašinac
26	MF	MAR	Oussama Targhalline
29	DF	ESP	Pol Lirola
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda (captain)
32	FW	FRA	Salim Ben Seghir

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	FRA	Jordan Amavi (on loan to Nice)
—	DF	FRA	Lucas Perrin (on loan to Strasbourg)
—	DF	FRA	Richecard Richard (on loan to Créteil)
—	MF	FRA	Nassim Ahmed (on loan to Sète)
—	MF	FRA	Alexandre Phliponeau (on loan to Sète)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SRB	Nemanja Radonjić (on loan to Benfica)
—	MF	NED	Kevin Strootman (on loan to Cagliari)
—	FW	ARG	Darío Benedetto (on loan to Elche)
—	FW	ESP	Pedro Ruiz (on loan to NEC)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
32	FW	Salim Ben Seghir	Nice	Free	1 July 2021	^[2]
20	FW	Konrad de la Fuente	Barcelona	€3,000,000	1 July 2021	^[3]
5	DF	Leonardo Balerdi	Borussia Dortmund	€11,000,000	3 July 2021	^[4]
17	FW	Cengiz Ünder	Roma	Loan	4 July 2021	^[5]
6	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	Arsenal	Loan	6 July 2021	^[6]
16	GK	Pau López	Roma	Loan	8 July 2021	^[7]
8	MF	Gerson	Flamengo	€25,000,000	9 July 2021	^[8]
14	DF	Luan Peres	Santos	€4,500,000	14 July 2021	^[9]
2	DF	William Saliba	Arsenal	Loan	15 July 2021	^[10]
29	DF	Pol Lirola	Fiorentina	€13,000,000	24 August 2021	^[11]
7	MF	Amine Harit	Schalke 04	Loan	2 September 2021	^[12]
13	FW	Cédric Bakambu	Free transfer		13 January 2022	^[13]
23	DF	Sead Kolašinac	Arsenal	Free	18 January 2022	^[14]
–	FW	Darío Benedetto	Elche	Loan return	22 January 2022	^[15]

Out[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
16	GK	Yohann Pelé	Free transfer		1 July 2021	^[16]
25	DF	Yuto Nagatomo				^[17]
28	FW	Valère Germain				^[18]
–	MF	Maxime Lopez	Sassuolo	€2,000,000	1 July 2021	^[19]
2	DF	Hiroki Sakai	Urawa Red Diamonds	€1,500,000	1 July 2021	^[20]
–	MF	Kevin Strootman	Cagliari	Loan	3 July 2021	^[21]
24	MF	Saîf-Eddine Khaoui	Clermont	Free	14 August 2021	^[22]
9	FW	Darío Benedetto	Elche	Loan	19 August 2021	^[23]
7	MF	Nemanja Radonjić	Benfica	Loan	22 August 2021	^[24]
23	DF	Jordan Amavi	Nice	Loan	5 January 2022	^[25]
–	FW	Darío Benedetto	Boca Juniors	€3,000,000	22 January 2022

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

4 July 2021 Friendly	Marseille	3–0	Martigues	Marseille, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamara 37' Benedetto 51' Gebreyesus 74'	Report		Stadium: Robert Louis-Dreyfus Center
Note: Three halves of 30 minutes played.

11 July 2021 Friendly	Marseille	2–1	Sète	Marseille, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dieng 15' Payet 41' (pen.)	Report	N'Gom 23'	Stadium: Robert Louis-Dreyfus Center
Note: Three halves of 30 minutes played.

15 July 2021 Friendly	Marseille	3–1	Servette	Fos-sur-Mer, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerson 54' Benedetto 80', 90+2'	Report	Rodelin 77'	Stadium: Stade Parsemain Attendance: 3,671

21 July 2021 Friendly	Braga	1–1	Marseille	Braga, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Ruiz 19'	Report	Payet 52'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Braga Attendance: 0

25 July 2021 Friendly	Benfica	1–1	Marseille	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Pizzi 14' (pen.) Taarabt 42' Weigl 85' João Mário 86'	Report	Peres 13' Payet 38' Gueye 43'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 0 Referee: Luís Godinho

28 July 2021 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Marseille	Gueugnon, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Khazri 20', 24' Gabard 72'	Report	De la Fuente 2' Payet 37' Guendouzi 62' Álvaro 87'	Stadium: Stade Jean Laville Attendance: 7,000

31 July 2021 Friendly	Marseille	2–1	Villarreal	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niño 9' (o.g.) Balerdi 52' Payet 58' Gueye 68'	Report	Foyth 45' 49' Moreno 88'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	8 August 2021	21 May 2022	Matchday 1	2nd	38	21	8	9	63	38	+25	055.26
Coupe de France	19 December 2021	9 February 2022	Round of 64	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	050.00
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2021	9 December 2021	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	016.67
UEFA Europa Conference League	17 February 2022	5 May 2022	Knockout round play-offs	Semi-finals	8	6	1	1	15	7	+8	075.00
Total					56	30	14	12	93	58	+35	053.57

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	26	8	4	90	36	+54	86	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Marseille	38	21	8	9	63	38	+25	71	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	20	9	9	65	40	+25	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Rennes	38	20	6	12	82	40	+42	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5	Nice	38	20	7	11	52	36	+16	66^[a]	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[27]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[26]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	21	8	9	63	38	+25	71	9	5	5	33	22	+11	12	3	4	30	16	+14

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round[edit]

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	3	6	7	4	3	2	2	3	5	3	4	3	4	5	4	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[28]^[29]

8 August 2021 1	Montpellier	2–3	Marseille	Montpellier
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Peres 30' (o.g.) Laborde 34'	Report	Peres 43' Ünder 68' Payet 75', 80'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,459 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

15 August 2021 2	Marseille	2–2	Bordeaux	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ünder 34' Payet 41' Balerdi 73', 88' Saliba 90+3'	Report	Kwateng 30' Pembélé 51' Oudin 57' Otávio 84'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

28 August 2021 4	Marseille	3–1	Saint-Étienne	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guendouzi 23' Gerson 51' Ünder 68' Gueye 87'	Report	Kolodziejczak 32' Khazri 42' Maçon 49' Camara 61'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,039 Referee: Benoît Millot

11 September 2021 5	Monaco	0–2	Marseille	Monaco
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diop 23' Tchouaméni 49' Aguilar 57' Fofana 82'	Report	Kamara 16' Dieng 37', 60'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,615 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

19 September 2021 6	Marseille	2–0	Rennes	Marseille
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dieng 48' Harit 71'	Report	Badé 44' Santamaria 64'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,188 Referee: Willy Delajod

22 September 2021 7	Angers	0–0	Marseille	Angers
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ounahi 44'	Report	Ćaleta-Car 52' Balerdi 59' Harit 65'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,458 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

26 September 2021 8	Marseille	2–3	Lens	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gueye 6' Guendouzi 7' Payet 33', 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Sotoca 9' (pen.) Frankowski 27' Saïd 71', 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 50,001 Referee: Mikael Lesage

3 October 2021 9	Lille	2–0	Marseille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mandava 11' David 28', 90+5' Yılmaz 66'	Report	Ünder 24' 77' Balerdi 37'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 44,839 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

17 October 2021 10	Marseille	4–1	Lorient	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Kamara 27' Guendouzi 56' Milik 85' Mendes 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Laurienté 13' (pen.), 81'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 57,349 Referee: Antony Gautier

24 October 2021 11	Marseille	0–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Rongier 18'	Report	Hakimi 57' Pereira 85' Marquinhos 85'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 65,121 Referee: Benoît Bastien

27 October 2021 3	Nice	1–1	Marseille	Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gouiri 6' Guessand 31' Todibo 90+2'	Report	Payet 42' López 90+1' Kamara 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin
Note: The match was originally played on 22 August 2021 at the Allianz Riviera, but was abandoned after 74 minutes, with Nice leading 1–0, due to crowd disturbances caused by Nice fans. Nice were thus deducted one point and a replay was rescheduled for 27 October, to be played at a neutral venue behind closed doors.^[30]^[31]

31 October 2021 12	Clermont	0–1	Marseille	Clermont-Ferrand
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Khaoui 53'	Report	Guendouzi 24' Ünder 25' Saliba 40' Balerdi 40' De la Fuente 56'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 12,240 Referee: Benoît Millot

7 November 2021 13	Marseille	0–0	Metz	Marseille
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ćaleta-Car 70'	Report	N'Doram 12' Kouyaté 35' Jemerson 55' Oukidja 90+8'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 61,539 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

28 November 2021 15	Marseille	1–0	Troyes	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Gueye 16' Lirola 74'	Report	Salmier 10' Tardieu 17' Koné 43' Rodrigues 59'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

1 December 2021 16	Nantes	0–1	Marseille	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pallois 14' 32' Lafont 78'	Report	Gerson 30', 71' Álvaro 78'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 34,018 Referee: Eric Wattellier

4 December 2021 17	Marseille	1–2	Brest	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gerson 28' Kamara 61'	Report	Faivre 53' (pen.) Honorat 70' Pierre-Gabriel 90+2' Cardona 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 54,413 Referee: Antony Gautier

12 December 2021 18	Strasbourg	0–2	Marseille	Strasbourg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ajorque 49' Nyamsi 71'	Report	Dieng 62' Guendouzi 68' Ćaleta-Car 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 26,028 Referee: Mikael Lesage

22 December 2021 19	Marseille	1–1	Reims	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rongier 28' Gerson 44' Dieng 85' Payet 85', 90+7' (pen.) Kamara 90+8'	Report	Ekitike 75' Cassamá 81' Abdelhamid 90+3' Gravillon 90+6' 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,908 Referee: François Letexier

7 January 2022 20	Bordeaux	0–1	Marseille	Bordeaux
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sissokho 13'	Report	Ünder 37' López 90'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Eric Wattellier

16 January 2022 21	Marseille	1–1	Lille	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Guendouzi 4' Ünder 75'	Report	Botman 15' André 30' 32' Grbić 55' Çelik 55' Lihadji 86'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 5,034 Referee: Amaury Delerue

22 January 2022 22	Lens	0–2	Marseille	Lens
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Danso 20' Medina 32' Sotoca 49'	Report	Payet 34' (pen.) Peres 71' Bakambu 77' Lirola 86'	Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

1 February 2022 14	Lyon	2–1	Marseille	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Shaqiri 76' Dembélé 89'	Report	Guendouzi 10'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien
Note: The match was originally played on 21 November 2021 at the Groupama Stadium, but was abandoned after five minutes, with the score at 0–0, due to Dimitri Payet being hit by a bottle.^[32]

4 February 2022 23	Marseille	5–2	Angers	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 18', 70', 78' Gerson 21' Ünder 84'	Report	Fulgini 8' Bentaleb 11', 90' Cabot 53' Mendy 76'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

13 February 2022 24	Metz	1–2	Marseille	Metz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pajot 19' Traoré 45+1' Maïga 52'	Report	Bakambu 26', 71' Milik 82' Payet 88'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 25,482 Referee: Eric Wattellier

20 February 2022 25	Marseille	0–2	Clermont	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Guendouzi 68' Ćaleta-Car 75'	Report	Bayo 13' Seidu 68' Allevinah 84' Kyei 88'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 53,840 Referee: Willy Delajod

27 February 2022 26	Troyes	1–1	Marseille	Troyes
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Baldé 27' Tardieu 36' Rami 36' Conté 49' Touzghar 90' Biancone 90+6'	Report	Rongier 11' Payet 28' (pen.), 55' López 86'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 16,871 Referee: François Letexier

6 March 2022 27	Marseille	0–1	Monaco	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Peres 53' Kamara 90+1'	Report	Disasi 56' Martins 59'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 56,510 Referee: Antony Gautier

13 March 2022 28	Brest	1–4	Marseille	Brest
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Satriano 35' Cardona 90+1'	Report	Gerson 3' Guendouzi 33' Milik 63' Harit 71' Saliba 77' Gueye 89' Peres 90' Ünder 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,611 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

20 March 2022 29	Marseille	2–1	Nice	Marseille
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 45+3' (pen.) Ćaleta-Car 60' Bakambu 89' Saliba 90+1'	Report	Bard 45' Lemina 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 64,722 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

3 April 2022 30	Saint-Étienne	2–4	Marseille	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bouanga 9' Mangala 45+1' Thioub 77' Gourna-Douath 86'	Report	Payet 45+1' (pen.) Kolodziejczak 60' (o.g.) Dieng 68' (pen.) Harit 73' Targhalline 88'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 41,278 Referee: Clément Turpin
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 2 April 2022, but was postponed due to adverse weather conditions.^[33]

10 April 2022 31	Marseille	2–0	Montpellier	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dieng 9' Ünder 19' (pen.)	Report	Ferri 18' Leroy 66' Omlin 90'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 51,131 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

17 April 2022 32	Paris Saint-Germain	2–1	Marseille	Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Neymar 12', 55' Verratti 17' Mendes 37' Mbappé 45+4' (pen.), 90+1' Gueye 46' Donnarumma 90+2'	Report	Gerson 21' Ćaleta-Car 31'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,000 Referee: François Letexier

20 April 2022 33	Marseille	3–2	Nantes	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Peres 35' Payet 39' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Harit 75' Milik 87'	Report	Girotto 26' Blas 32' Coco 41', 45+1' 90+3' Fábio 81' Appiah 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,890 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

24 April 2022 34	Reims	0–1	Marseille	Reims
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Locko 28'	Report	Peres 5' Gerson 83'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 20,335 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

1 May 2022 35	Marseille	0–3	Lyon	Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	López 57' Gueye 71'	Report	Lukeba 55' Dembélé 60', 76' Toko Ekambi 89'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 64,784 Referee: Antony Gautier

8 May 2022 36	Lorient	0–3	Marseille	Lorient
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Lemoine 56'	Report	Dieng 39' Guendouzi 48' Saliba 65' Gerson 67'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 16,210 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

14 May 2022 37	Rennes	2–0	Marseille	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bourigeaud 12' Tait 27' Majer 35'	Report	Ćaleta-Car 64' Gueye 70'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 28,811 Referee: Benoît Bastien

21 May 2022 38	Marseille	4–0	Strasbourg	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerson 32', 89' Ćaleta-Car 34' Ünder 73' Gueye 86' Bakambu 90+2'	Report	Sissoko 75'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 63,873 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Coupe de France[edit]

19 December 2021 Round of 64	Marseille	4–1	Cannet-Rocheville	Marseille^[a]
13:45 CET (UTC+1)	Álvaro 23' Milik 41' (pen.), 58', 90' Henrique 77'	Report	Core 16' Lahouel 22' 39' Tahtouh 29'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 21,538 Referee: Johan Hamel

2 January 2022 Round of 32	Chauvigny	0–3	Marseille	Limoges^[35]
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Milik 29' Ünder 41' Harit 80'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Beaublanc Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

29 January 2022 Round of 16	Marseille	1–1 (5–4 p)	Montpellier	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 74' Kamara 90+1'	Report	Makouana 80'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Benoît Millot
	Penalties
	Rongier Milik Ünder Guendouzi Payet		Sakho Ristić Leroy Delaye Chotard

9 February 2022 Quarter-finals	Nice	4–1	Marseille	Nice
21:15 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri 10' Kluivert 29', 49', 32' Delort 61' Daniliuc 90'	Report	Bard 3' (o.g.) Balerdi 40'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 33,346 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021.^[36]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GAL	LAZ	MAR	LOK
1	Galatasaray	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	12	Advance to round of 16	—	1–0	4–2	1–1
2	Lazio	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	Marseille	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League	0–0	2–2	—	1–0
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	0	2	4	2	9	−7	2		0–1	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

16 September 2021 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	Marseille	Moscow, Russia
20:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Beka Beka 22' Tiknizyan 33' 59' Anjorin 89'	Report	Kamara 37' Ünder 59' (pen.) Rongier 62'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

30 September 2021 2	Marseille	0–0	Galatasaray	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saliba 90+5' Álvaro 90+6' Payet 90+10'	Report	Boey 53' Muslera 90+4' Diagne 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,870 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

21 October 2021 3	Lazio	0–0	Marseille	Rome, Italy
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Payet 52' Kamara 73' Rongier 81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 8,329 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

4 November 2021 4	Marseille	2–2	Lazio	Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 33' (pen.) Rongier 79' Payet 82', 90+4' Harit 86'	Report	Acerbi 32' Pedro 36' Immobile 44', 49' Felipe Anderson 45+7', 70'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 59,163 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

25 November 2021 5	Galatasaray	4–2	Marseille	Istanbul, Turkey
20:45 TRT (UTC+3)	Cicâldău 12', 36' Ćaleta-Car 30' (o.g.) Feghouli 64' Babel 83' Moruțan 90+4'	Report	Gueye 37' Dieng 45+1' Peres 53' Guendouzi 61' Milik 68', 69', 85', 89' Gerson 90+6'	Stadium: Nef Stadium Attendance: 39,758 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

9 December 2021 6	Marseille	1–0	Lokomotiv Moscow	Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gueye 18' Milik 35' Rongier 63' 80'	Report	Kamano 24' Maradishvili 26' Smolov 56' Tiknizyan 87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 42,614 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

UEFA Europa Conference League[edit]

Knockout phase[edit]

Knockout round play-offs[edit]

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 13 December 2021.^[37]

17 February 2022 First leg	Marseille	3–1	Qarabağ	Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ünder 36' Milik 41', 44' Peres 66' Dieng 77' Payet 90+2'	Report	Kady 85'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,713 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

24 February 2022 Second leg	Qarabağ	0–3 (1–6 agg.)	Marseille	Baku, Azerbaijan
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ozobić 36' Medina 48' Kady 57'	Report	Gueye 12' Álvaro 36' Gueye 36' Ćaleta-Car 43' Bakambu 53' Payet 73' Guendouzi 77' De la Fuente 90+2'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium^[38] Attendance: 27,783 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Round of 16[edit]

The round of 16 draw was held on 25 February 2022.^[39]

10 March 2022 First leg	Marseille	2–1	Basel	Marseille, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milik 19' (pen.), 68' Payet 43'	Report	Esposito 80' Burger 81' Males 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 22,992 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

17 March 2022 Second leg	Basel	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Marseille	Basel, Switzerland
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Chalov 26' Burger 34' Ndoye 63', 76' Tavares 90+4' Millar 90+5'	Report	Harit 35' Saliba 70' Peres 70' Ünder 74' Mandanda 86' Rongier 90+3' Guendouzi 90+4' Gerson 90+5'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 22,081 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Quarter-finals[edit]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.^[40]

7 April 2022 First leg	Marseille	2–1	PAOK	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gerson 13', 76' 90+4' Payet 45' Kamara 90' Dieng 90+4'	Report	El Kaddouri 48' Biseswar 73' Kurtić 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,182 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

14 April 2022 Second leg	PAOK	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Marseille	Thessaloniki, Greece
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Douglas 65' Schwab 90+3'	Report	Payet 34'	Stadium: Toumba Stadium Attendance: 27,648 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Semi-finals[edit]

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

28 April 2022 First leg	Feyenoord	3–2	Marseille	Rotterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dessers 18', 46' Sinisterra 20' Malacia 37' Geertruida 79' Hendrix 90+2'	Report	Dieng 28' Gerson 40' Harit 84'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

5 May 2022 Second leg	Marseille	0–0 (2–3 agg.)	Feyenoord	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Harit 45' Kamara 71' Ünder 84' Guendouzi 90+6'	Report	Til 34' Senesi 45+2' Malacia 74' Dessers 90+5'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 49,315 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		UEFA Europa League		UEFA Conference League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FRA	Simon Ngapandouetnbu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	ESP	Pau López	36	0	29	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
30	GK	FRA	Steve Mandanda	20	0	9	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	William Saliba	52	0	36	0	3	0	6	0	7	0
3	DF	ESP	Álvaro	11	0	5+1	0	1+1	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	ARG	Leonardo Balerdi	24	0	10+7	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
14	DF	BRA	Luan Peres	50	0	29+5	0	3	0	6	0	6+1	0
15	DF	CRO	Duje Ćaleta-Car	38	2	24+2	2	3	0	3	0	6	0
23	DF	BIH	Sead Kolašinac	17	0	6+8	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
29	DF	ESP	Pol Lirola	51	1	19+15	1	2+2	0	4+2	0	4+3	0
Midfielders
4	MF	FRA	Boubacar Kamara	48	1	31+3	1	2	0	4+1	0	5+2	0
6	MF	FRA	Matteo Guendouzi	56	5	35+3	4	4	0	6	0	7+1	1
7	MF	MAR	Amine Harit	34	5	12+11	4	1+1	1	2+1	0	3+3	0
8	MF	BRA	Gerson	48	11	29+6	9	2+1	0	3+1	0	5+1	2
17	MF	TUR	Cengiz Ünder	47	13	25+7	10	3	1	5	1	4+3	1
21	MF	FRA	Valentin Rongier	46	1	25+7	0	2+1	0	4	0	6+1	1
22	MF	SEN	Pape Gueye	42	1	17+11	0	1	0	3+3	0	6+1	1
34	MF	FRA	Paolo Sciortino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	MAR	Oussama Targhalline	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	POL	Arkadiusz Milik	37	20	15+8	7	3+1	5	4+1	4	2+3	4
10	FW	FRA	Dimitri Payet	46	16	28+3	12	4	0	3+1	1	6+1	3
11	FW	BRA	Luis Henrique	25	1	7+13	0	2+1	1	0+2	0	0	0
12	FW	SEN	Bamba Dieng	36	8	11+14	7	0+1	0	3+2	0	2+3	1
13	FW	COD	Cédric Bakambu	21	4	5+7	4	0+2	0	0	0	5+2	0
20	FW	USA	Konrad de la Fuente	23	1	9+7	0	1	0	1+3	0	1+1	1
32	FW	FRA	Salim Ben Seghir	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	FW	SRB	Nemanja Radonjić	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
9	FW	ARG	Darío Benedetto	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	FRA	Jordan Amavi	4	0	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 21 May 2022
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 14 February 2022

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW	Arkadiusz Milik	5	5	4	14
2	10	FW	Dimitri Payet	8	0	1	9
2	17	FW	Cengiz Ünder	7	1	1	9
4	12	FW	Bamba Dieng	4	0	0	4
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
7	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[edit]

^ Tie reversed after ES Cannet Rocheville were unable to provide a stadium. Requests to play in Cannes were rejected due to security concerns.^[34]

References[edit]

^ Olympique de Marseille. "Equipe professionnelle 2021–2022". OM.net. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
^ "Salim Ben Seghir arrive à l'OM" [Salim Ben Seghir arrives at OM] (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Agreement for Konrad de la Fuente to join Olympique de Marseille". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ "Leonardo Balerdi joins Olympique Marseille". Borussia Dortmund. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Roma's Cengiz Under joins Marseille". A.S. Roma. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Matteo Guendouzi: Marseille complete loan signing of midfielder from Arsenal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ "Official: Pau Lopez joins Marseille". Football Italia. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Gerson est Olympien". OM. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
^ "Luan Peres is an Olympien". OM. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ "William Saliba joins Marseille on loan". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "Pol Lirola Completes Marseille Move". www.lastwordonsports.com. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^ "Amine Harit est Olympien !". www.om.fr (in French). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Cédric Bakambu is an Olympien!". www.om.fr. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Sead Kolašinac est olympien". OM. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "OFICIAL | Darío Benedetto". Elche CF. 22 January 2022.
^ "Valère Germain, Yuto Nagatomo & Yohann Pelé all set to leave Marseille for free". Get French Football News. 2 April 2021.
^ "Soccer-Japan international Nagatomo completes FC Tokyo return". 12 September 2021 – via www.reuters.com.
^ "Valère Germain confirms Marseille departure". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. 26 April 2021.
^ "Maxime Lopez completes move to Sassuolo". Football Italia. 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ "Sakai joins Urawa Red Diamonds from Marseille | Football | News |". the-AFC.
^ Calcio, Cagliari (3 July 2021). "Kevin Strootman joins Cagliari on loan for the 2021 season". Cagliari Calcio. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^ "Saîf-Eddine Khaoui signe à Clermont". L'Équipe (in French). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "El Elche ficha a Darío Benedetto". MARCA (in Spanish). 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ "Nemanja Radonjic é do Benfica". www.slbenfica.pt.
^ "Amavi de retour au Gym". www.ogcnice.com/fr (in French). 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
^ "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". Ligue1.com. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.
^ "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". ligue1.com. 9 September 2021.
^ "Nice-OM rescheduled". ligue1.com. 15 September 2021.
^ "Lyon v Marseille abandoned as Dimitri Payet hit by bottle". BBC Sport. 21 November 2021.
^ "Heavy snow sees Saint-Etienne v Marseille postponed". NEWS9LIVE. 2 April 2022.
^ "Coupe de France : Finalement, le Cannet-Rocheville jouera contre l'OM au Vélodrome" (in French). 20minutes.fr. 7 December 2021.
^ "Coupe de France : le 16e de finale US Chauvigny-Olympique de Marseille se jouera à Limoges" (in French). francebleu.fr. 20 December 2021.
^ "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.
^ "Knockout round play-offs draw". UEFA.com.
^ Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku, which did not meet UEFA requirements.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final and semi-final draw: 18 March". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[table_hth_NIC0.40009775497024-27] Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.^[26]

[36] Tie reversed after ES Cannet Rocheville were unable to provide a stadium. Requests to play in Cannes were rejected due to security concerns.^[34]

[1] Olympique de Marseille. "Equipe professionnelle 2021–2022". OM.net. Retrieved 14 September 2019.

[2] "Salim Ben Seghir arrive à l'OM" [Salim Ben Seghir arrives at OM] (in French). Olympique de Marseille. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[3] "Agreement for Konrad de la Fuente to join Olympique de Marseille". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[4] "Leonardo Balerdi joins Olympique Marseille". Borussia Dortmund. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[5] "Roma's Cengiz Under joins Marseille". A.S. Roma. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

[6] "Matteo Guendouzi: Marseille complete loan signing of midfielder from Arsenal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[7] "Official: Pau Lopez joins Marseille". Football Italia. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[8] "Gerson est Olympien". OM. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

[9] "Luan Peres is an Olympien". OM. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[10] "William Saliba joins Marseille on loan". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[11] "Pol Lirola Completes Marseille Move". www.lastwordonsports.com. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

[12] "Amine Harit est Olympien !". www.om.fr (in French). 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[13] "Cédric Bakambu is an Olympien!". www.om.fr. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[14] "Sead Kolašinac est olympien". OM. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[15] "OFICIAL | Darío Benedetto". Elche CF. 22 January 2022.

[16] "Valère Germain, Yuto Nagatomo & Yohann Pelé all set to leave Marseille for free". Get French Football News. 2 April 2021.

[17] "Soccer-Japan international Nagatomo completes FC Tokyo return". 12 September 2021 – via www.reuters.com.

[18] "Valère Germain confirms Marseille departure". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. 26 April 2021.

[19] "Maxime Lopez completes move to Sassuolo". Football Italia. 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[20] "Sakai joins Urawa Red Diamonds from Marseille | Football | News |". the-AFC.

[21] Calcio, Cagliari (3 July 2021). "Kevin Strootman joins Cagliari on loan for the 2021 season". Cagliari Calcio. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

[22] "Saîf-Eddine Khaoui signe à Clermont". L'Équipe (in French). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[23] "El Elche ficha a Darío Benedetto". MARCA (in Spanish). 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

[24] "Nemanja Radonjic é do Benfica". www.slbenfica.pt.

[25] "Amavi de retour au Gym". www.ogcnice.com/fr (in French). 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[26] "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". Ligue1.com. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[28] "League Rules" (PDF). www.lfp.fr. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

[29] "2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats calendar unveiled on 25 June". ligue1.com. 23 June 2021.

[30] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT: 2021-22 calendars!". ligue1.com. 25 June 2021.

[31] "Discipline: Nice-OM to be replayed". ligue1.com. 9 September 2021.

[32] "Nice-OM rescheduled". ligue1.com. 15 September 2021.

[33] "Lyon v Marseille abandoned as Dimitri Payet hit by bottle". BBC Sport. 21 November 2021.

[34] "Heavy snow sees Saint-Etienne v Marseille postponed". NEWS9LIVE. 2 April 2022.

[35] "Coupe de France : Finalement, le Cannet-Rocheville jouera contre l'OM au Vélodrome" (in French). 20minutes.fr. 7 December 2021.

[37] "Coupe de France : le 16e de finale US Chauvigny-Olympique de Marseille se jouera à Limoges" (in French). francebleu.fr. 20 December 2021.

[38] "UEFA Europa League group stage draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 August 2021.

[39] "Knockout round play-offs draw". UEFA.com.

[40] Qarabağ played their home match at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, instead of their regular stadium Azersun Arena, Baku, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

[41] "UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

[42] "UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final and semi-final draw: 18 March". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

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