1990–91 Olympique de Marseille season

The 1990–91 season saw Olympique de Marseille compete in the French Division 1 as reigning champions as well as the 1990–91 Coupe de France and the 1990–91 European Cup.

Olympique de Marseille
1990–91 season
PresidentBernard Tapie
ManagerGérard Gili
(until 1 September 1990)
Franz Beckenbauer
(1 September 1990–31 December 1990)[1]
Raymond Goethals
(from January 1991)[1]
StadiumStade Vélodrome
French Division 11st
Coupe de FranceRunners-up
European CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jean-Pierre Papin (23)[2]
All:
Jean-Pierre Papin (36)
Average home league attendance31,025

Season summary

Two-time league winning manager Gérard Gili began the season in charge but was sacked in September and replaced by Bayern Munich legend and World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer himself would be replaced mid-way through the season after a run of mixed results by Belgian manager Raymond Goethals, joining from Division 1 rivals Bordeaux.[1]

Marseille would win their third straight league title and reached the final of both the Coupe de France and European Cup, making their first ever appearance in the final of the latter competition.[3] Marseille lost both finals, to AS Monaco in the domestic cup, and in penalties to Red Star Belgrade in the European Cup.[4]

Overall record
Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Division 1 21 July 1990 22 May 1991 Matchday 1 Winners 38 22 11 5 67 28 +39 057.89
Coupe de France 9 March 1991 8 June 1991 Round of 64 Runners-up 6 5 0 1 15 4 +11 083.33
European Cup 19 September 1990 29 May 1991 First round Runners-up 9 5 3 1 22 8 +14 055.56
Total 53 32 14 7 104 40 +64 060.38

Source: FBREF

Competitions

Division 1
Main article: 1990–91 French Division 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marseille (C) 38 22 11 5 67 28 +39 55 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Monaco 38 20 11 7 51 30 +21 51 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Auxerre 38 19 10 9 63 36 +27 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Cannes 38 12 17 9 32 28 +4 41
5 Lyon 38 15 11 12 39 44 −5 41
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. Monaco qualified for the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1990–91 Coupe de France.

Coupe de France
Main article: 1990–91 Coupe de France
May 1991 Quarter-final FC Nantes 1–2 Marseille Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes
Le Guen  77' (Report) Papin  81'
Boli  104'		 Referee: Claude Bouillet
2 June 1991 Semi-final Marseille 4–1 Rodez AF Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Papin  19'  22'  32'
Vercruysse  58'		 (Report) Pradier  79' Referee: Marcel Lainé
8 June 1991 Final AS Monaco 1–0 Marseille Parc des Princes, Paris
Passi  90' Report Attendance: 44,123
Referee: Joël Quiniou

European Cup
Main article: 1990–91 European Cup

First round
19 September 1990 First leg Marseille 5–1 Dinamo Tirana Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 CEST Papin  44' (pen.), 63', 75'
Cantona  70'
Vercruysse  90'		 Report Tahiri  89' (pen.) Attendance: 22,328
Referee: Frans Houben (Netherlands)
3 October 1990 Second leg Dinamo Tirana 0–0
(1–5 agg.)		 Marseille Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
15:30 CEST Report Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Second round
25 October 1990 First leg Lech Poznań 3–2 Marseille Stadion Miejski w Poznaniu, Poznań
20:45 CEST Łukasik  31'
Pachelski  41'
Juskowiak  58'		 Report Fournier  8'
Waddle  64'		 Attendance: 12,661[5]
Referee: Thorbjørn Aas (Norway)
7 November 1990 Second leg Marseille 6–1
(8–4 agg.)		 Lech Poznań Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
21:00 CET Papin  19'
Vercruysse  34', 45', 84'
Tigana  89'
Boli  90'		 Report Jakołcewicz  59' (pen.) Attendance: 29,588[6]
Referee: Joseph Worrall (England)

Quarter-final
6 March 1991 First leg Milan 1–1 Marseille San Siro, Milan
20:30 CET Gullit  14' Report Papin  27' Attendance: 81,051[7]
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
20 March 1991 Second leg Marseille 3–0
(4–1[lower-alpha 1] agg.)		 Milan Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:30 CET Waddle  75' Report Attendance: 37,603
Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Semi-final
10 April 1991 First leg Spartak Moscow 1–3 Marseille Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
17:00 CEST Shalimov  58' Report Pelé  27'
Papin  31'
Vercruysse  88'		 Attendance: 85,500
Referee: Peter Mikkelen (Denmark)
24 April 1991 Second leg Marseille 2–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Spartak Moscow Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
20:45 CEST Pelé  34'
Boli  48'		 Report Mostovoi  58' (pen.) Attendance: 37,466[9]
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Final
29 May 1991 Final Red Star Belgrade 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Marseille Stadio San Nicola, Bari
20:15 CEST Report Attendance: 51,587[10]
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
Penalties
Prosinečki
Binić
Belodedici
Mihajlović
Pančev 		Amoros
Casoni
Papin
Mozer

Notes
  1. The match was interrupted in injury time due to poor visibility after two of the four floodlights in the stadium failed. Marseille led 1–0 on the night and 1-2 on aggregate at the moment. When power was restored after 15 minutes, Milan director Adriano Galliani decided not to let his team go back on the pitch at which point the contest was abandoned permanently. UEFA awarded a 3–0 win to Marseille and banned Milan for a year from European competition including suspending Galliani from all official club functions for two years.[8]

References
  1. "Raymond Goethals: Marseille's messiah who toppled mighty Milan". The Guardian. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1990-91
  3. "Season 1990-91". European Cup History. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. "1990/91: Crvena zvezda spot on". UEFA. 29 May 1991. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. "Lech Poznań v Olympique de Marseille, 23 October 1990". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. "Olympique de Marseille v Lech Poznań, 6 November 1990". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. "A.C. Milan v Olympique de Marseille, 6 March 1991". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  8. "Milan Soccer Club Banned for a Year". NY Times. 28 March 1991. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  9. "Olympique de Marseille v Spartak Moscow, 24 April 1991". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  10. "Red Star Belgrade v Olympique de Marseille, 29 May 1991". UEFA.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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