Olympique de Marseille was once again forced to fight for its top-flight survival following a dire season, in which the club almost went bankrupt, despite the expensive sale of Robert Pires to Arsenal. Former Spain national team coach Javier Clemente was sacked following the poor run of results, and his replacement Tomislav Ivić just saved Marseille from relegation.
Squad
Goalkeepers Cédric Carrasso Stéphane Trévisan Damien Grégorini
Defenders Patrick Blondeau Jérôme Pérez Jacques Abardonado Pierre Issa Zoumana Camara Manuel dos Santos Lilian Martin Abdoulaye Méïté Bruno Ngotty William Gallas Jean-Christophe Marquet
Midfielders Jérôme Leroy Sébastien Pérez Frédéric Brando Djamel Belmadi Brahim Hemdani Lucas Bernardi Jovan Stanković Mickaël Marsiglia Karim Dahou Klas Ingesson Daniel Montenegro Adriano Pablo Calandria
Attackers Ibrahima Bakayoko George Weah Florian Maurice Marcelinho Paraíba Fernandão Dramane Coulibaly Cyrille Pouget Cédric Mouret Alen Škoro
Competitions Division 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Topscorers Djamel Belmadi 8 George Weah 5 Jérôme Leroy 4 Ibrahima Bakayoko 3 Adriano 3
Coupe de France
Coupe de la Ligue
Sources RSSSF - France 2000/01
References