Marseille History, Ownership, Support Staff, Squad members and Honors

Marseille also known as The Olympians is an Italian Football Club. They participate in Ligue 1, Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.

HISTORY

The club was officially founded in 1892 but Football was introduced in 1899. In 1923 the club won its first title as Coupe de France trophies which they again conquered in 1924, 1926 and 1927.

In 1928 the club won its first La Liga title and following it three Coupe de France between 1935-48. The club’s first era of dominance arrived towards the end of the 60s after the president Marcel Leclerc resign. The club claimed two La Liga titles and two Coupe de France.

The appointment of Bernard Tapie as the new president of the club brought fortunes for the club. The club assembled a team of great players like Jean-Pierre Papin, Didier Deschamps and Eric Cantona which won the first Champions League for the club.

After winning the Champions League the Club in the meantime, dominated the domestic competitions winning four Ligue 1 titles and one Coupe de France.

But following a match-fixing scandal in 1994 the club as stripped from Ligue 1 to Ligue 2 that lead Tapie leaving the club with turbulence behind. After he left the club won their Ligue 1 title after 18 years in 2010.

Club Ownership

The ownership of the club is in the hands of American businessman Frank McCourt. On 17^th October in 2016, he completed the deal of purchasing the club for a price tag of 45 million euros.

The Stade Velodrome serves the club as their home ground. Located in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France the stadium has a net capacity to hold 67,394 spectators.

The current net worth of the club is 226.65 Million Euros.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Andre Villas Boas	Manager	42
Claude	Assistant Coach	50
Ricardo	Assistant Coach	41
Wil Coort	Goalkeeping Coach	50

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey
D. Payet	Forward	10
N. Radonjic	Forward	7
M. Ake	Forward	36
F. Thauvin	Forward	26
I. Lihadji	Forward	38
D. Benedetto	Forward	9
V. Germain	Forward	28
K. Strootman	Midfielder	12
G. Sertic	Midfielder	22
A. Phliponeau	Midfielder	34
M. sanson	Midfielder	8
V. rongier	Midfielder	21
M. Lopez	Midfielder	27
S. Khaoul	Midfielder	24
F. Chabrolle	Midfielder	29
B. Kamara	Defender	4
D. Caleta-Car	Defender	15
A. Gonzalez	Defender	3
L. Perrin	Defender	32
J. Amavi	Defender	18
H. Sakai	Defender	2
B. Sarr	Defender	17
A. Mohamed	Defender	31
S. mandanda	Goalkeeper	30
Y. Pele	Goalkeeper	16
A. Dia	Goalkeeper	40
S. ngapandouetnbu	Goalkeeper	1