1992–93 Olympique de Marseille season

During the 1992–93 French football season, Olympique de Marseille competed in French Division 1.

Olympique de Marseille

1992–93 season
President	Bernard Tapie
Manager	Raymond Goethals
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
French Division 1	1st (title revoked)^[notes 1]
Coupe de France	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Alen Bokšić (23 goals) All: Alen Bokšić (29 goals)
Average home league attendance	27,010
Home colours Away colours
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Season summary

Marseille won French Division 1, and also became the first (and, to date, only) French club to win the European Cup defeating A.C. Milan 1–0. However, it was later revealed that midfielder Jean-Jacques Eydelie had (on behalf of the Marseille board) bribed Valenciennes players Jorge Burruchaga, Christophe Robert and Jacques Glassman to lose the last match of the season, which Marseille needed to win the secure the French title, so that Marseille could win the match without much exertion ahead of the Champions League final. The scandal saw Marseille stripped of their title, relegated to Division 2 and banned from defending the Champions League or competing in the European Super and Intercontinental Cups, although they were allowed to remain European champions.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[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 Fabien Barthez 2 DF   FRA Jocelyn Angloma^[notes 2] 3 DF   FRA Éric Di Meco 4 DF   FRA Basile Boli^[notes 3] 5 MF   FRA Franck Sauzée 6 DF   FRA Marcel Desailly^[notes 4] 7 MF   FRA Jean-Jacques Eydelie 8 FW   CRO Alen Bokšić 9 FW   GER Rudi Völler 10 FW   GHA Abedi Pele 11 MF   FRA Didier Deschamps (captain) 12 MF   FRA Jean-Christophe Thomas

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF   FRA Bernard Casoni 14 MF   FRA Jean-Philippe Durand 15 FW   FRA Jean-Marc Ferreri 16 GK   FRA Pascal Olmeta - MF   FRA Alain Boghossian - DF   FRA Manuel Amoros - MF   FRA Jean-Christophe Marquet - MF   ESP Rafael Martín Vázquez - MF   RUS Igor Dobrovolski - MF   YUG Dragan Stojković - FW   FRA Marc Libbra - FW   CMR François Omam-Biyik

Competitions

Division 1

Main article: 1992–93 French Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (D)	38	22	10	6	71	36	+35	53^[a]	Disqualified from the Champions League^[b]
2	Paris Saint-Germain (N)	38	20	11	7	61	29	+32	51	Qualification to the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[c]
3	Monaco	38	21	9	8	56	29	+27	51	Qualification to the Champions League first round^[d]
4	Bordeaux	38	18	12	8	42	25	+17	48	Qualification to the UEFA Cup first round
5	Nantes	38	17	11	10	54	39	+15	45

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(D) Disqualified; (N) Refused title and entry to the UCL
Notes:

1. Marseille and Valenciennes were deducted one point for their involvement in the French football bribery scandal.
2. Marseille were stripped of the title and barred from 1993–94 UEFA Champions League due to their involvement in the bribery scandal. Retained league status.
3. Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1992–93 Coupe de France.
4. Monaco qualified for the Champions League as league champions Marseille were disqualified and runners-up Paris Saint-Germain declined to participate.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	22	10	6	71	36	+35	76	15	3	1	44	14	+30	7	7	5	27	22	+5

Source: Division 1

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	6	6	4	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	4	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Coupe de France

Marseille v Martigues

March 1993 First round	Marseille	3–1	Martigues
	Ferreri   3'   90' Di Meco   73'	(Report)	Castro   17' (pen.)

Rouen v Marseille

March 1993 Second round	Rouen	0–1	Marseille
		(Report)	Völler   81' (pen.)	Attendance: 16,850 Referee: M. Ramos

Caen v Marseille

May 1993 Third round	Caen	1–2	Marseille
	Cauet   84'	(Report)	Völler   17' Thomas   25'	Attendance: 6,811 Referee: M. Poulain

Saint-Étienne v Marseille

May 1993 Quarter-finals	Saint-Étienne	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Marseille
	G. Passi   17' Casoni   105' (o.g.)	(Report)	Moreau   61' (o.g.)	Attendance: 20,009 Referee: M. Lainé

European Cup

Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League

First round

Glentoran   v   Marseille

16 September 1992 First Leg	Glentoran	0–5	Marseille	The Oval, Belfast
19:30		Report	Völler   3' Martín Vázquez   19', 19' Sauzée   41' Ferreri   84'	Referee: Johannes Reijgwart (Netherlands)

Marseille   v   Glentoran

30 September 1992 Second Leg	Marseille	3–0	Glentoran	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
19:00	Omam-Biyik   6' Pele   12' Boli   72'	Report

Second round

Dinamo București   v   Marseille

21 October 1992 First Leg	Dinamo București	0–0	Marseille	Stadionul Național, Bucharest
18:00		Report		Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Marseille   v   Dinamo București

4 November 1992 Second Leg	Marseille	2–0	Dinamo București	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
19:00	Bokšić   32', 68'	Report		Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Arcangelo Pezzella (Italy)

Group stage

Main article: 1992–93 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

Group A standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Marseille	6	3	3	0	14	4	+10	9
Rangers	6	2	4	0	7	5	+2	8
Club Brugge	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	5
CSKA Moscow	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2

Rangers   v   Marseille

25 November 1992 Round 1	Rangers	2–2	Marseille	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:30	McSwegan   76' Hateley   82'	Report	Bokšić   31' Völler   55'	Attendance: 41,624 Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

Marseille   v   Club Brugge

9 December 1992 Round 2	Marseille	3–0	Club Brugge	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30	Sauzée   4' (pen.) Bokšić   10', 26'	Report		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany)

CSKA Moscow   v   Marseille

3 March 1993 Round 3	CSKA Moscow	1–1	Marseille	Olympiastadion, Berlin
20:30	Faizulin   55'	Report	Pele   27'	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

Marseille   v   CSKA Moscow

17 March 1993 Round 4	Marseille	6–0	CSKA Moscow	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30	Sauzée   4' (pen.), 34', 48' Pele   42' Ferreri   70' Desailly   78'	Report		Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler (Switzerland)

Marseille   v   Rangers

7 April 1993 Round 5	Marseille	1–1	Rangers	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30	Sauzée   18'	Report	Durrant   52'	Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Club Brugge   v   Marseille

21 April 1993 Round 6	Club Brugge	0–1	Marseille	Olympiastadion, Bruges
20:30		Report	Bokšić   2'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Final

Main article: 1993 European Cup Final

Marseille   v   Milan

26 May 1993	Marseille	1–0	Milan	Olympiastadion, Munich
20:15	Boli   43'	Report		Attendance: 64,400 Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 1 June 1993^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	FRA	Fabien Barthez	40	0	30	0	0	0	10	0
16	GK	FRA	Pascal Olmeta	13	0	8	0	4	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Jocelyn Angloma	42	1	28+3	1	1+1	0	9	0
3	DF	FRA	Éric Di Meco	43	1	28+3	0	3	1	8+1	0
4	DF	FRA	Basile Boli	42	6	32	4	1	0	9	2
6	DF	FRA	Marcel Desailly	44	2	30+1	1	3	0	10	1
13	DF	FRA	Bernard Casoni	34	0	23+1	0	4	0	6	0
--	DF	FRA	Manuel Amoros	18	0	6+6	0	3	0	3	0
Midfielders
5	MF	FRA	Franck Sauzée	47	18	33+2	12	1+1	0	9+1	6
7	MF	FRA	Jean-Jacques Eydelie	40	0	24+3	0	2	0	6+5	0
11	MF	FRA	Didier Deschamps	50	1	36	1	2+1	0	11	0
12	MF	FRA	Jean-Christophe Thomas	26	1	9+8	0	4	1	4+1	0
14	MF	FRA	Jean-Philippe Durand	42	0	19+10	0	4	0	3+6	0
--	MF	RUS	Igor Dobrovolski	12	1	5+3	1	2+1	0	1	0
--	MF	FRA	Jean-Christophe Marquet	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Forwards
8	FW	CRO	Alen Bokšić	46	29	34+3	23	0+1	0	8	6
9	FW	GER	Rudi Völler	44	22	32+1	18	3	2	8	2
10	FW	GHA	Abedi Pele	49	9	33+2	6	3	0	11	3
15	FW	FRA	Jean-Marc Ferreri	27	6	3+16	2	4	2	1+3	2
Players loaned or transferred out during the season
--	MF	ESP	Rafael Martín Vázquez	9	3	4+3	1	0	0	2	2
--	FW	CMR	François Omam-Biyik	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1

Notes and references

Notes

1. Marseille were stripped of the Division 1 title following the bribery scandal.
2. Angloma was born in Abymes, Guadeloupe, but also qualifies to represent France internationally; he made his international debut for France in 1990 and Guadeloupe in 2006.
3. Boli was born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, but was raised in France and made his international debut for France in 1986.
4. Desailly was born in Accra, Ghana, but also qualified to represent France internationally and made his international debut for France in 1993.

References

1. "Olympique Marseille - Squad 1992/1993".
2. "World Football". Retrieved 15 October 2023.