1990–91 Olympique de Marseille season

Olympique de Marseille
1990–91 season
President	Bernard Tapie
Manager	Gérard Gili; (until 1 September 1990); Franz Beckenbauer; (1 September 1990–31 December 1990); Raymond Goethals; (from January 1991)
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
French Division 1	1st
Coupe de France	Runners-up
European Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jean-Pierre Papin (23); All: ; Jean-Pierre Papin (36)
Average home league attendance	31,025
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season saw Olympique de Marseille compete in the French Division 1 as reigning champions as well as the 1990–91 Coupe de France and the 1990–91 European Cup.

Season summary

Two-time league winning manager Gérard Gili began the season in charge but was sacked in September and replaced by Bayern Munich legend and World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer himself would be replaced mid-way through the season after a run of mixed results by Belgian manager Raymond Goethals, joining from Division 1 rivals Bordeaux.^[1] Marseille would win their third straight league title and reached the final of both the Coupe de France and European Cup, making their first ever appearance in the final of the latter competition.^[3] Marseille lost both finals, to AS Monaco in the domestic cup, and in penalties to Red Star Belgrade in the European Cup.^[4]

Overall record

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 %
Division 1	21 July 1990	22 May 1991	Matchday 1	Winners	38	22	11	5	67	28	+39	057.89
Coupe de France	9 March 1991	8 June 1991	Round of 64	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	083.33
European Cup	19 September 1990	29 May 1991	First round	Runners-up	9	5	3	1	22	8	+14	055.56
Total					53	32	14	7	104	40	+64	060.38

Source: FBREF

Competitions

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	22	11	5	67	28	+39	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Monaco	38	20	11	7	51	30	+21	51	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Auxerre	38	19	10	9	63	36	+27	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Cannes	38	12	17	9	32	28	+4	41
5	Lyon	38	15	11	12	39	44	−5	41

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
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ Monaco qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1990–91 Coupe de France.

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	11	5	67	28	+39	77	16	2	1	49	11	+38	6	9	4	18	17	+1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	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	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W
Position	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Coupe de France

May 1991 Quarter-final	FC Nantes	1–2	Marseille	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
	Le Guen File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	(Report)	Papin File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Boli File:Soccerball shade.svg 104'	Referee: Claude Bouillet

2 June 1991 Semi-final	Marseille	4–1	Rodez AF	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
	Papin File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Vercruysse File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	(Report)	Pradier File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Referee: Marcel Lainé

8 June 1991 Final	AS Monaco	1–0	Marseille	Parc des Princes, Paris
	Passi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report		Attendance: 44,123 Referee: Joël Quiniou

European Cup

First round

19 September 1990 First leg	Marseille France	5–1	Albania Dinamo Tirana	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 CEST	Papin File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (pen.), 63', 75' Cantona File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Vercruysse File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Tahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (pen.)	Attendance: 22,328 Referee: Frans Houben (Netherlands)

3 October 1990 Second leg	Dinamo Tirana Albania	0–0 (1–5 agg.)	France Marseille	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
15:30 CEST		Report		Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Second round

25 October 1990 First leg	Lech Poznań Poland	3–2	France Marseille	Stadion Miejski w Poznaniu, Poznań
20:45 CEST	Łukasik File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Pachelski File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Juskowiak File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Report	Fournier File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Waddle File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Attendance: 12,661^[5] Referee: Thorbjørn Aas (Norway)

7 November 1990 Second leg	Marseille France	6–1 (8–4 agg.)	Poland Lech Poznań	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
21:00 CET	Papin File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Vercruysse File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 45', 84' Tigana File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Boli File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Jakołcewicz File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' (pen.)	Attendance: 29,588^[6] Referee: Joseph Worrall (England)

Quarter-final

6 March 1991 First leg	Milan Italy	1–1	France Marseille	San Siro, Milan
20:30 CET	Gullit File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Report	Papin File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'	Attendance: 81,051^[7] Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

20 March 1991 Second leg	Marseille France	3–0 (4–1^{[lower-alpha 1]} agg.)	Italy Milan	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 CET	Waddle File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report		Attendance: 37,603 Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Semi-final

10 April 1991 First leg	Spartak Moscow Soviet Union	1–3	France Marseille	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
17:00 CEST	Shalimov File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'	Report	Pelé File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Papin File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Vercruysse File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Attendance: 85,500 Referee: Peter Mikkelen (Denmark)

24 April 1991 Second leg	Marseille France	2–1 (5–2 agg.)	Soviet Union Spartak Moscow	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 CEST	Pelé File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Boli File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report	Mostovoi File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' (pen.)	Attendance: 37,466^[9] Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Final

Notes

↑ The match was interrupted in injury time due to poor visibility after two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. Marseille led 1–0 on the night and 1-2 on aggregate at the moment. When power was restored after 15 minutes, Milan director Adriano Galliani decided not to let his team go back on the pitch at which point the contest was abandoned permanently. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Marseille and banned Milan for a year from European competition including suspending Galliani from all official club functions for two years.^[8]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Raymond Goethals: Marseille's messiah who toppled mighty Milan". The Guardian. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
↑ Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1990-91
↑ "Season 1990-91". European Cup History. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
↑ "1990/91: Crvena zvezda spot on". UEFA. 29 May 1991. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
↑ "Lech Poznań v Olympique de Marseille, 23 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
↑ "Olympique de Marseille v Lech Poznań, 6 November 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
↑ "A.C. Milan v Olympique de Marseille, 6 March 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
↑ "Milan Soccer Club Banned for a Year". NY Times. 28 March 1991. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
↑ "Olympique de Marseille v Spartak Moscow, 24 April 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
↑ "Red Star Belgrade v Olympique de Marseille, 29 May 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[table_note_res_CWC0.88812160952395-5] Monaco qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1990–91 Coupe de France.

[10] The match was interrupted in injury time due to poor visibility after two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. Marseille led 1–0 on the night and 1-2 on aggregate at the moment. When power was restored after 15 minutes, Milan director Adriano Galliani decided not to let his team go back on the pitch at which point the contest was abandoned permanently. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Marseille and banned Milan for a year from European competition including suspending Galliani from all official club functions for two years.^[8]

[Goethals-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Raymond Goethals: Marseille's messiah who toppled mighty Milan". The Guardian. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[2] Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1990-91

[3] "Season 1990-91". European Cup History. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[4] "1990/91: Crvena zvezda spot on". UEFA. 29 May 1991. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[6] "Lech Poznań v Olympique de Marseille, 23 October 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[7] "Olympique de Marseille v Lech Poznań, 6 November 1990" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[8] "A.C. Milan v Olympique de Marseille, 6 March 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[9] "Milan Soccer Club Banned for a Year". NY Times. 28 March 1991. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[11] "Olympique de Marseille v Spartak Moscow, 24 April 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[12] "Red Star Belgrade v Olympique de Marseille, 29 May 1991" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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29 May 1991 Final	Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	France Marseille	Stadio San Nicola, Bari
20:15 CEST		Report		Attendance: 51,587^[10] Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
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1990–91 Olympique de Marseille season

Contents

Season summary

Overall record

Competitions

Division 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Coupe de France

European Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Notes

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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	11	5	67	28	+39	77	16	2	1	49	11	+38	6	9	4	18	17	+1

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	11	5	67	28	+39	77	16	2	1	49	11	+38	6	9	4	18	17	+1

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	11	5	67	28	+39	77	16	2	1	49	11	+38	6	9	4	18	17	+1