Olympique de Marseille is a football team that plays in Ligue 1, the top level of the French Football League, based in Marseille. Founded in 1899, Marseille has won 9 French championships and 10 French Cups. The club also won the Champions League in 1993, defeating AC Milan in the final, only to be relegated and stripped of their domestic title following a match fixing scandal involving then president Bernard Tapie. By 1996, backed by Adidas boss Robert Louis-Dreyfus , the club had worked their way back to the top flight. The team regularly fills their imposing home of the Stade Vélodrome, which seats 60,000.
Honours
French division 1 winners
1936/1937, 1947/1948, 1970/1971, 1971/1972, 1988/1989, 1989/1990, 1990/1991 and 1991/1992
French division 3 winners
1928/1929
French Cup winners
1923/1924, 1925/1926, 1926/1927, 1934/1935, 1937/1938, 1942/1943, 1968/1969, 1971/1972, 1975/1976 and 1988/1989
French Cup runners up
1933/1934, 1939/1940, 1953/1954, 1985/1986, 1986/1987 and 1990/1991
Champions League winners
1992/1993
Champions League runners up
1990/1991
UEFA Cup runners up
1998/1999 and 2003/2004
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Last updated: 10-11-2005 08:02:51
