The 2012–13 season of Marseille will be the club's 63rd season in the Ligue 1 and this year they will be challenging for four titles: Ligue 1, UEFA Europa League, Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

Transfers

In DatesPlayerFromFee1 July 2012 Najib AmmariYouth systemFree6 July 2012 Florian Raspentino NantesUndisclosed29 August 2012 Lucas Mendes Coritiba€2,200,00031 August 2012 Kassim Abdallah Sedan€500,00031 August 2012 Joey Barton Queens Park RangersLoan2 January 2013 Foued Kadir Valenciennes€500,000 Total spending: €3,200,000

Out DatePlayerToFee10 August 2012 Alou Diarra West Ham United€2,500,00024 August 2012 César Azpilicueta Chelsea€8,000,00031 August 2012 Stéphane Mbia Queens Park Rangers€6,000,00016 January 2013 Loïc Rémy Queens Park Rangers€8,000,000 Total income: €24,500,000

Kits Marseille's home kit features the traditional white / turquoise blend with orange trims. The away kit features a retro style, with one of the club's older badges and French tricolor on collar and sleeves. The third kit is an inversion of the club's home colours, providing an intimidating black-orange look.

Squad statistics As of June 2012 No.Nat.PlayerLigue 1Coupe de FranceCoupe de la LigueEuropa LeagueTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 1 Gennaro Bracigliano | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 1 || 0 | 0 || 0 2 Abdallah was born in Marseille, France. Kassim Abdallah | 11+2 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 3+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 3 Nicolas Nkoulou | 38 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 7 || 0 | 0 || 0 4 Mendes | 22+3 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 5 || 1 | 0 || 0 5 Leyti N'Diaye | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 6 Alexander N'Doumbou | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 7 Benoît Cheyrou | 25 || 2 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 4+3 || 0 | 0 || 0 8 Jordan Ayew was born in Marseille, France. Jordan Ayew | 19+16 || 7 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 6+2 || 2 | 0 || 0 9 André-Pierre Gignac | 28+3 || 13 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 10 André Ayew was born in Seclin, France. André Ayew | 35 || 9 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 3+3 || 4 | 4 || 3 11 Loïc Rémy | 2+12 || 1 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 6+1 || 2 | 1 || 0 12 Osei was born in Marseille, France. Kevin Osei | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 13 Rafidine Abdullah | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 5+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 14 Pape M'Bow | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 1+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 15 Jérémy Morel | 36 || 1 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 7 || 0 | 0 || 0 17 Joey Barton | 20+5 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 5 || 1 | 0 || 0 18 Morgan Amalfitano | 20+6 || 1 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 8 || 0 | 0 || 0 19 Charles Kaboré | 16+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 7+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 20 Ammari was born in Marseille, France. Najib Ammari | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 21 Souleymane Diawara | 8+3 || 1 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 1 || 0 | 0 || 0 22 Sénah Mango | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 1 || 0 | 0 || 0 23 Wesley Jobello | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 1+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 26 Larry Azouni | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 24 Rod Fanni | 33 || 2 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 9 || 1 | 0 || 0 25 Billel Omrani | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 1+1 || 0 | 0 || 0 27 Florian Raspentino | 0+7 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 3+3 || 0 | 0 || 0 28 Mathieu Valbuena | 37 || 3 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 5+3 || 1 | 0 || 0 29 Gadi | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 30 Steve Mandanda | 38 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 9 || 0 | 0 || 0 31 Bangoura | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 32 Gael Andonian | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 34 Baptiste Aloé | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 1 || 0 | 0 || 0 40 Julien Fabri | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 || 0

Competitions

Legend

Pre-season

Ligue 1

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group C

Statistics

Overall CompetitionStarted roundFinal positionFirst matchLast matchNumberof matchLigue 1 – – 12 August 2012 26 May 2013 38Europa LeagueThird qualifying round Group stage 2 August 2012 6 December 2012 10Coupe de FranceRound of 64 – 6 January 2013 – Coupe de la LigueRound of 16 Round of 16 31 October 2012 31 October 2012 1

Goals PositionPlayerLigue 1Coupe de FranceCoupe de la LigueUEFA Europa LeagueTOTAL 1 André-Pierre Gignac 3 – – 2 5 2 André Ayew – – – 2 2 Jordan Ayew – – – 2 2 3 Benoît Cheyrou 1 – – – 1 Rod Fanni 1 – – – 1 Details Other 3 – - 6 12

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