The 2011–12 season of Olympique de Marseille (OM) was the club's 62nd season in the Ligue 1. They participated in five competitions Ligue 1, UEFA Champions League, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and the Trophée des Champions, winning the last two.
Key Events
21 May 2011: After months of speculation, Taye Taiwo joined Milan on a free transfer. 19 June 2011: Left-back Jérémy Morel joined OM from Lorient for a fee of €2.5 million. 29 June 2011: after the loss of Taye Taiwo, OM picked up Nicolas Nkoulou from Monaco for a reported €3.5 million. 4 July 2011: Defensive midfielder Alou Diarra joined for an undisclosed fee from Bordeaux. Diarra put pen to paper on a three-year deal. 21 July 2011: Argentine International left-back Gabriel Heinze left for Serie A club Roma. Roma picked up Heinze on a free transfer and signed him to a what is believed to be a one-year contract. 27 July 2011: In what turned out to be a nine-goal thriller, Marseille beat out competition Lille to win the 2011 Trophée des Champions 5–4. The game ended with two very late penalties converted by André Ayew. This is now the second year in a row that Marseille have won the Trophy.
Players
First team squad Updated 30 January 2012.
Squad statistics Appearances (subbed on), goals (own Goals) yellow cards (double Yellow cards), red cards Statistics accurate as of 8 August 2011 No.Pos.NameLeagueCupsEuropeTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Gennaro Bracigliano00200020002DF César Azpilicueta16(1)0304023(1)0403DF Nicolas Nkoulou1702(1)06025(1)0404MF Alou Diarra16(3)11(1)06024(4)1807MF Benoît Cheyrou13(3)3214(1)020(4)4308MF Lucho González14(5)2404(2)123(7)3109FW Brandão0(2)011001(2)10010FW André-Pierre Gignac1(8)0110(3)02(11)13011FW Loïc Rémy2094(2)46229(2)162012MF Charles Kaboré5(6)0202(2)09(9)01113DF Djimi Traoré3(3)03(1)0309(4)00015MF Jérémy Morel19030402716016GK Elinton Andrade000000000017MF Stéphane Mbia71201(1)011(1)16018MF Morgan Amalfitano15(3)1312(3)021(6)27020FW André Ayew16(1)6115323(1)136021DF Souleymane Diawara17110602513023FW Jordan Ayew6(13)2232(3)010(17)56124DF Rod Fanni10(3)0301(1)015(4)01225FW Billel Omrani0(1)00(2)0000(3)00026DF Jean-Philippe Sabo0(1)01(2)00(1)01(4)00028MF Mathieu Valbuena15(4)43(1)34(1)122(6)86030GK Steve Mandanda210206030010
Transfers
In Squad #Position Player Transferred FromDateFeeSourceNotes18 LorientFree15 Lorient€2.5 million3 Monaco€3.5 million4 BordeauxUndisclosed1 NancyFree
Out Squad #Position Player Transferred ToDateFeeSourceNotes3 MilanFree5 MontpellierFree20 ClermontFree18 NiceFree19 RomaFree
Loan In Squad #Position Player Loan FromDateSourceNotes
Loan out Squad #Position Player Loan ToDateSourceNotes MonacoUntil end of 2011–12 season14 AjaccioUntil end of 2011–12 season9 CruzeiroUntil March 201223 OrléansUntil June 2012
Competitions
Pre-season and friendlies Last updated: 11 August 2011 Source: soccervista
Trophée des Champions
Last updated:11 August 2011 Source:Scoresway
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches Last updated: 15 August 2011Source: Olympique de MarseilleNote: Ligue 1 fixtures not posted due to copyright
Coupe de France
Coupe de la Ligue
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Olympique de Marseille Reserves
Reserve squad
See also OM.net
References
External links