1991–92 Olympique de Marseille season

During the 1991–92 season, Olympique de Marseille competed in the French Division 1 as three-time reigning champions, the 1991–92 Coupe de France and the 1991–92 European Cup.

Olympique de Marseille

1991–92 season
President	Bernard Tapie
Manager	Tomislav Ivić (until 23 October 1991) Raymond Goethals (from 23 October)
Stadium	Stade Vélodrome
French Division 1	1st
Coupe de France	Semi-finals (abandoned)
European Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Jean-Pierre Papin (27) All: Jean-Pierre Papin (38)
Home colours Away colours
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Squad

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Goalkeeper Pascal Olmeta Defence Manuel Amoros Jocelyn Angloma Pascal Baills Basile Boli Bernard Casoni Marcel Desailly Eric Di Meco Carlos Mozer

Midfield Alain Boghossian Didier Deschamps Jean-Philippe Durand Patrice Eyraud Jean-Christophe Marquet Franck Sauzée Trevor Steven Dragan Stojkovic (on loan) Attack Marc Libbra Jean-Pierre Papin Abedi Pele Chris Waddle Daniel Xuereb Management Tomislav Ivic, later Raymond Goethals(Coach)

Competitions

Division 1

Main article: 1991–92 French Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	23	12	3	67	21	+46	58	Qualification to Champions League first round
2	Monaco	38	22	8	8	55	33	+22	52	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
3	Paris Saint-Germain	38	15	17	6	43	27	+16	47	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Auxerre	38	16	12	10	55	32	+23	44
5	Caen	38	17	10	11	45	44	+1	44

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:

1. Monaco qualified for the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup as finalists of the 1991–92 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Ligue 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1992/1993

• Bordeaux:Champion of Division 2, winner of Division 2 group B
• Valenciennes FC:Runner-up, winner of Division 2 group A
• RC Strasbourg:Third place, winner of barrages against Stade Rennais

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	23	12	3	67	21	+46	81	12	6	1	39	8	+31	11	6	2	28	13	+15

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	6	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	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

Main article: 1991–92 Coupe de France

Semi-finals

Main article: Armand Césari Stadium disaster

SC Bastia v Olympique de Marseille

5 May 1992	SC Bastia	Not played	Olympique de Marseille	Stade Furiani, Bastia
		(Report)

European Cup

Main article: 1991–92 European Cup

First round

Union Luxembourg v Marseille

18 September 1991	Union Luxembourg	0–5	Marseille	Luxembourg
		Report	Papin 11', 31', 85' (pen.) Xuereb 14' Sauzée 44'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Michael Caulfield (Ireland)

Marseille v Union Luxembourg

2 October 1991	Marseille	5–0	Union Luxembourg	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
	Papin 15', 46' Angloma 56' Eyraud 60' Xuereb 75'	Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Marseille won 10–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Marseille v Sparta Prague

23 October 1991	Marseille	3–2	Sparta Prague	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
	Waddle 34' Papin 55', 60'	Report	Vrabec 63' (pen.) Kukleta 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,016 Referee: Gerhard Kapl (Austria)

Sparta Prague v Marseille

6 November 1991	Sparta Prague	2–1	Marseille	Stadion Letná, Prague
	Frýdek 36' Siegl 70'	Report	Pelé 86'	Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Allan Gunn (England)

Marseille 4–4 Sparta Prague on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.