2000–01 Olympique de Marseille season

Marseille
2000–01 season
Chairman	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Manager	Javier Clemente ; Tomislav Ivić
Division 1	15th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	Djamel Belmadi (8)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

Competitions

Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Auxerre	34	11	8	15	31	41	−10	41
14	Lens	34	9	13	12	37	39	−2	40
15	Marseille	34	11	7	16	31	40	−9	40
16	Toulouse (R)	34	9	10	15	34	49	−15	37	Administratively relegated to Championnat National^[a]
17	Saint-Étienne (R)	34	8	10	16	42	56	−14	34	Relegation to French Division 2

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Toulouse was administratively relegated to Championnat National by the DNCG due to financial difficulties.

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
34	11	7	16	31	40	−9	40	9	4	4	23	13	+10	2	3	12	8	27	−19

Source: LFP.fr

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D
Position	1	9	10	13	9	5	10	12	9	8	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15

Source: LFP.fr
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1	Marseille	3–1	Troyes
	Maurice 9' (pen.) Gallas 45' Adriano 90'		Boutal 20'

2	Saint-Étienne	3–0	Marseille
	Sarr 28' Dias 70', 72'

3

Marseille

0–0

Lens

4	Nantes	3–2	Marseille
	Olembé 30' Fabbri 78' Moldovan 90'		Leroy 23' Paraíba 63'

5	Marseille	3–1	Guingamp
	Gallas 23' Paraíba 60' Belmadi 85'		Rodriguez 90' (pen.)

6	AS Monaco	0–2	Marseille
			Abardonado 76' Belmadi 88'

7	Toulouse	2–0	Marseille
	Petrović 31' (pen.), 35'

8	Marseille	0–1	Bordeaux
			Batlles 62'

9	Auxerre	0–1	Marseille
			Belmadi 63'

10	Marseille	1–1	Lyon
	Belmadi 7'		Anderson 52' (pen.)

11	Paris SG	2–0	Marseille
	Robert 62' Christian 90'

12	Marseille	0–1	Lille
			Beck 70'

13	Strasbourg	1–1	Marseille
	Luyindula 9'		Weah 54'

14	Marseille	0–1	Rennes
			Delaye 35'

15	Sedan	2–0	Marseille
	Quint 57' (pen.) Mionnet 70'

16	Marseille	4–1	Metz
	Belmadi 15' Leroy 45', 63' Adriano 73'		Meyrieu 20'

17	Bastia	3–0	Marseille
	Trévisan 43' (o.g.) Née 53' André 77'

18	Marseille	2–1	Saint-Étienne
	Weah 81' Adriano 88'		Huard 87'

19	Lens	1–0	Marseille
	Sibierski 86'

20	Marseille	2–0	Nantes
	Belmadi 1' Paraíba 19'

21	Guingamp	1–0	Marseille
	Carnot 37'

22	Marseille	2–1	AS Monaco
	Weah 32', 58'		Simone 15'

23	Marseille	1–1	Toulouse
	Belmadi 76'		Dieuze 61'

24	Bordeaux	3–0	Marseille
	Dugarry 24' Batlles 45', 61'

25	Marseille	0–1	Auxerre
			Deblock 24'

26	Lyon	1–1	Marseille
	Anderson 52' (pen.)		Leroy 76'

27	Marseille	1–0	Paris SG
	Bakayoko 74'

28	Lille	1–0	Marseille
	Cheyrou 23'

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