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General Introduction
OM is the largest and most successful club in France and boasts a huge fanbase.
Two of the most well-known players of the current squad of OM are the former Liverpudlian and current French national team player Djibril Cissé, the Dutch national team player Boudewijn Zenden as well as Julien Rodriguez and Cédric Carasso. Although, the club’s motto is “Droit au But” (English: “Straight to the goal”) but on the national level ,however, they haven’t won a major trophy in over a decade.
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Brief Ground Location
The Stade Vélodrome is centrally located, in approx 3.5km distance south of the city centre
Brief Club History
The club was formed in 1892 but the name Olympique de Marseille wasn’t adopted until 1899.
All in all, OM is the largest and most successful club in France and was the only French Club to win the European Champions League Cup in the 1992/93 season. They have also won the Intertoto Cup twice: in 2005 and again in 2006.
Fans & Foes
The Marseillais can rely on their vast numbers of supporters that show their notorious and impressive loyalty at every game, hoping that the team will regain the success of its former heydays soon.
The atmosphere at the ground is unique for French stadia and mainly created by the subtly seething rivalry amongst the biggest supporter groups of OM which are housed opposite to each other in the stands behind the goals with an average number of 14,000 people on each side. more...
The north stand is home to the Ultra groups Yankee Nord Marseille, Marseille Trop Puissant, Fanatics, and Dodgers supporters associations. The south kop style end is dominated by the two biggest Ultra groups of Olympique de Marseille which are also famous for their exceptionally massive display of banners and colours at the beginning of the game, called Commando Ultra in the lower half and the South Winners in the upper half of the central section. In accordance with the club, all these groups manage the sale of season and single tickets amongst their members themselves after buying them up at the beginning of each season.
There are friendly relations with supporters of AEK Athens FC and OM supporters, especially with Commando Ultra. Rivalries between OM and other clubs in France are widely spread with Paris Sain-Germain, Olympique Lyon, OGC Nice (as THE opponent for a south derby) and finally AS Saint-Etienne leading the way.
