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2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season

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Chairman
  
Robert Louis-Dreyfus

Ligue 1
  
3rd

League Cup
  
Semi Finals

Manager
  
Alain Perrin

Coupe de France
  
Last 32

Top goalscorer
  
Ibrahima Bakayoko (9)

Olympique de Marseille almost won the French League for the first time in 11 years, having a remarkable run to third place, having only scored five goals more than it conceded. The most praised player was central defender Daniel Van Buyten, who was able to tighten up the defence, and also helping out with scoring several important goals. Without Marseille's goalscoring woes, it could have sustained a more serious title assault. Therefore it signed late-blooming starlet Didier Drogba from En Avant Guingamp, a move that was set to be among the best financial deals in the clubs' history.

Contents

Goalkeepers

  • Vedran Runje
  • Cédric Carrasso
  • Defenders

  • Jérôme Perez
  • Manuel dos Santos
  • Daniel Van Buyten
  • Eduardo Tuzzio
  • Sébastien Pérez
  • Abdoulaye Méïté
  • Franck Leboeuf
  • Johnny Ecker
  • Fabien Laurenti
  • Loris Reina
  • Midfielders

  • Fabien Camus
  • Brahim Hemdani
  • Piotr Świerczewski
  • Pascal Johansen
  • Delfim
  • Djamel Belmadi
  • Salomon Olembé
  • Mickaël Marsiglia
  • Benjamin Gavanon
  • Michel Gafour
  • Fabio Celestini
  • Karim Dahou
  • Attackers

  • Fernandão
  • Ibrahima Bakayoko
  • Cyril Chapuis
  • Lamine Sakho
  • Dmitri Sychev
  • Laurent Merlin
  • Top Scorers

  • Ibrahima Bakayoko 9 (1)
  • Daniel Van Buyten 8
  • Cyril Chapuis 4
  • Lamine Sakho 4 (1)
  • Fernandão 4
  • Dmitri Sychev 3
  • References

    2002–03 Olympique de Marseille season Wikipedia