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===1986–1996: Tapie era, Champions League win, bribery scandal, and decline===

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This triumph, however, was followed by a decade of decline. In 1994, due to financial irregularities and a match-fixing scandal involving then-president [[Bernard Tapie]], they suffered enforced relegation to [[Ligue 2|the second division]], where Marseille stayed for two years before returning to the [[Ligue 1|First division]]. Moreover, they lost their 1992–93 Division 1 title and the right to play in the [[UEFA Champions League 1993-94|1993–94 UEFA Champions League]], the [[1993 European Super Cup]] and the [[1993 Intercontinental Cup]]. This scandal, called ''l'affaire VA-OM'' (VA for [[Valenciennes FC|Union Sportive Valenciennes-Anzin]] and OM for Olympique de Marseille), was exposed by [[Valenciennes FC|Valenciennes]], whose players [[Jacques Glassmann]],<ref name="iht2">{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1995/03/14/tapie.php|title=Tapie Directly Implicated As Marseille Trial Opens|work=International Herald Tribute|date=14 March 1995|access-date=12 March 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061128001024/http://www.iht.com/articles/1995/03/14/tapie.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 28 November 2006}}</ref> [[Jorge Burruchaga]]<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D61F3DF931A35754C0A965958260|work=The New York Times|date=2 July 1993|access-date=12 March 2007|title=Argentine Charged in Marseille case|archive-date=12 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012213815/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D61F3DF931A35754C0A965958260|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Christophe Robert]]<ref name="nyt" /> were contacted by Marseille player [[Jean-Jacques Eydelie]]<ref name="eurosport">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.com/football/sport_sto817893.shtml|title=Wenger slams former Marseille Chairman|date=23 January 2006|access-date=12 March 2007|work=Eurosport|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219101947/https://www.eurosport.com/geoblocking.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> to let OM win and, more importantly, not to injure any OM player ahead of the [[UEFA Champions League]] final.

 

===Virage Sud Chevalier Roze===

The virage is named after [[Nicolas Roze (chevalier)|Nicolas Roze]], a noble who distinguished himself in particular by creating a hospital in Marseille during the [[Great Plague of Marseille]] in 1720.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madeinmarseille.net/34239-histoire-chevalier-roze-peste/|title=L'histoire du Chevalier Roze, grand héros lors de l'épidémie de peste à Marseille|work=Made in Marseille|date=9 March 2018|access-date=1 June 2022|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323014115/https://madeinmarseille.net/34239-histoire-chevalier-roze-peste/|url-status=live}}</ref> As with the Virage Nord, the South Curve is controlled by supporter's associations with the Commando [[Ultras|Ultra]] '84, the first group of ultra supporters in France created in August 1984, and the South Winners dominating the central section and Club Central des Supporters filling the remaining sections of the stand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madeinmarseille.net/34239-histoire-chevalier-roze-peste/|title=Commando Ultra, à jamais le premier|work=So Foot|date=21 December 2020|access-date=1 June 2022|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323014115/https://madeinmarseille.net/34239-histoire-chevalier-roze-peste/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2007/08 third shirt of OM was a tribute to South Winners fans whose colours are orange, as they are traditionally left wing fans.

 

===AEK Athens, Livorno and St. Pauli===

There is a strong relationship between [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]], [[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]], [[FC St. Pauli]] and Marseille.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/s/leftist-clubs-around-world|title=Leftist clubs around the world|work=[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]]|date=26 July 2020 |access-date=1 June 2022|archive-date=1 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201130533/https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/s/leftist-clubs-around-world|url-status=live}}</ref> Marseille fans often lift banners and create choreography in support of the fellow teams.

 

===First-team squad===

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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=ARG|pos=GK|name=[[Gerónimo Rulli]]}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Quentin Merlin]]}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=[[Leonardo Balerdi]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=[[Ulisses Garcia]]}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Valentín Carboni]]|other=on loan from [[Inter Milan]]}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Elye Wahi]]}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Mason Greenwood]]}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=CAN|pos=DF|name=[[Derek Cornelius]]}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=CMR|pos=FW|name=[[Faris Moumbagna]]}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=CIV|pos=DF|name=[[Bamo Meïté]]}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=CAF|pos=MF|name=[[Geoffrey Kondogbia]]}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Lilian Brassier]]|other=on loan from [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]]}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Valentin Rongier]]}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=CMR|pos=MF|name=[[François Mughe]]}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ESP|pos=DF|name=[[Pol Lirola]]}}

{{Fs player|no=34|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=[[Bilal Nadir]]}}

{{Fs player|no=36|nat=ESP|pos=GK|name=[[Rubén Blanco]]}}

{{Fs player|no=37|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Emran Soglo]]}}

{{Fs player|no=44|nat=BRA|pos=FW|name=[[Luis Henrique (footballer, born 2001)|Luis Henrique]]}}

{{Fs player|no=51|nat=CAN|pos=MF|name=[[Ismaël Koné]]}}

{{Fs player|no=62|nat=PAN|pos=DF|name=[[Michael Amir Murillo|Michael Murillo]]}}

===Marseille B and Youth Sector===

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{{Fs player|no=32|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=[[Roggerio Nyakossi]]}}

{{Fs player|no=33|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Stéphane Sparagna]]}}

{{Fs player|no=39|nat=COM|pos=MF|name=[[Raimane Daou]]}}

{{Fs player|no=41|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Sofiane Sidi Ali]]}}

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{{Fs player|no=|nat=ESP|pos=GK|name=[[Pau López]]|other=at [[Girona FC|Girona]] until 30 June 2025}}

{{Fs player|no=|nat=CMR|pos=GK|name=[[Simon Ngapandouetnbu]]|other=at [[Nîmes Olympique|Nîmes]] until 30 June 2025}}

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