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Olympique de Marseille or simply Marseille, is once again expected to challenge for another Ligue 1 title this year. We have tickets to all of Marseille's big games this season and if you have never been to the Stade Vélodrome, check out the seating chart and our directions below:

Marseille Schedule 2013-14
AUGUST 2013
10/08/2013: EA Guingamp v Olympique de Marseille Buy Marseille Tickets
17/08/2013: Olympique de Marseille v Evian TG FC-Buy Marseille Tickets
24/08/2013: Valenciennes FC v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
31/08/2013: Olympique de Marseille v AS Monaco FC-Buy Marseille Tickets

SEPTEMBER 2013
14/09/2013: Toulouse FC v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
21/09/2013: SC Bastia v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
25/09/2013: Olympique de Marseille v AS Saint-Etienne- Buy Marseille Tickets
28/09/2013: FC Lorient v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets

OCTOBER 2013
05/10/2013: Olympique de Marseille Paris Saint-Germain-Buy Marseille Tickets
19/10/2013: OGC Nice Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
26/10/2013: Olympique de Marseille Stade de Reims-Buy Marseille Tickets

NOVEMBER 2013
02/11/2013: Stade Rennais FC v Olympique de Marseille- Buy Marseille Tickets
09/11/2013: Olympique de Marseille v FC Sochaux-Montbéliard-Buy Marseille Tickets
23/11/2013: AC Ajaccio v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
30/11/2013: Olympique de Marseille v Montpellier Hérault SC-Buy Marseille Tickets

DECEMBER 2013
04/12/2013: LOSC Lille c Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
07/12/2013: Olympique de Marseille v FC Nantes-Buy Marseille Tickets
14/12/2013: Olympique Lyonnais v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
21/12/2013: Olympique de Marseille v Girondins de Bordeaux-Buy Marseille Tickets

JANUARY 2014
11/01/2014: Evian TG FC v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
18/01/2014: Olympique de Marseille v Valenciennes FC-Buy Marseille Tickets
25/01/2014: AS Monaco FC v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets

FEBRUARY 2014
01/02/2014: Olympique de Marseille v Toulouse FC-Buy Marseille Tickets
08/02/2014: Olympique de Marseille v SC Bastia-Buy Marseille Tickets
15/02/2014: AS Saint-Etienne v Olympique de Marseille- Buy Marseille Tickets
22/02/2014: Olympique de Marseille v FC Lorient-Buy Marseille Tickets

MARCH 2014
01/03/2014: Paris Saint-Germain v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
08/03/2014: Olympique de Marseille v OGC Nice-Buy Marseille Tickets
15/03/2014: Stade de Reims v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
22/03/2014: Olympique de Marseille v Stade Rennais FC- Buy Marseille Tickets
29/03/2014: FC Sochaux-Montbéliard v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets

APRIL 2014
05/04/2014: Olympique de Marseille v AC Ajaccio-Buy Marseille Tickets
12/04/2014: Montpellier Hérault SC v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
20/04/2014: Olympique de Marseille v LOSC Lille-Buy Marseille Tickets
26/04/2014: FC Nantes v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets

MAY 2014
04/05/2014: Olympique de Marseille v Olympique Lyonnais-Buy Marseille Tickets
10/05/2014: Girondins de Bordeaux v Olympique de Marseille-Buy Marseille Tickets
17/05/2014: Olympique de Marseille v EA Guingamp-Buy Marseille Tickets

Directions To Stade Vélodrome
Address: Stade Vélodrome, 3, Boulevard Michelet, 13008 Marseille

From the airport:
Take the A55 towards Marseille the follow signs to stadium.

Group F, with Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow and Žilina, has the chance to provide some interesting soccer matches. While Chelsea are the clear favorites, especially when considering their form in the early part of the EPL season (4 wins, 17 goals), the rest of the group should prove competitive.

Bayern Munich wrapped up the Bundesliga title on a weekend in which Juventus, FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain all took another step closer to winning their respective titles,

Germany
Bayern set the seal on their 23rd German title with an unprecedented six games to go courtesy of a 1-0 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum Marseille 0-1 Arsenal (19:10:11) Dave Macnamara travels over land and sea to watch his beloved Arsenal in the Champions League... France has been a happy hunting ground for Arsenal in recent times; with the exception of two European finals, the Gunners have never lost in France, so there was a degree of confidence amongst my lot as we boarded the train from Kings

With their last minute winner against Marseille in the Champions League, the Arsenal manager said that his team had "taken a little step forward". Wenger also commented that "we're a team that has to continue to grow and have lost only once in six matches. We are slowly getting there." Come on Wenger; enough of the excuses.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has picked an 18-player squad for tomorrow's important Champions League games against Olympique de Marseille. Wales captain Aaron Ramsey recovered from the hamstring injury that ruled out him out Sunday's Sunderland game ...

Olympique de Marseille presents their new adidas Third shirt for the 2011-2012 season. OM will wear this orange shirt during their Champions League campaign.

After a weekend to forget, both the London-based clubs that were on the end of surprise defeats bounced back with comfortable wins in the Second Matchday of the Champions League Group Stage. After losing at midweek to Newcastle United and being outplayed on Saturday by Manchester City, Chelsea surely cited the Champions League tie with Olympique de Marseille of France as the match to get their form back on track.

Hello again. It's been a long time since I've posted here. Life had taken me in some different directions and I had settled into retirement from football punditry. As the cliche goes, old habits are hard to break so here I am again for another Champions League season.

I plan to review each group in more detail before the group stages kick off on September 14.

Tweet GK:Fabian Assmann
 This Argentinegoalkeeper, who currently plays forIndependiente, has been given the nicknameBilly Gun. (by me) LB: Jullian Dicks "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field." Sometimes football can be a sausage factory. RB:Rod Fanni Unflappable Frenchright backforOlympique de Marseille has impressed in recent years.

I am far from the best person to write a scouting report on Olympique de Marseille, but no one else is volunteering. (Add comments if you have any thoughts.)

Match: Champions League Group Phase Away to the Arsenal

Result: 0-0

Standings after this 4th match
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2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage
Group A
FC Bayern München (GER)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
Manchester City FC (ENG)
SSC Napoli (ITA)
Group B
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)
Trabzonspor AÅž (TUR)
Group C
Manchester United FC (ENG)
SL Benfica (POR)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU)
Group D
Real Madrid CF (ESP)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
AFC Ajax (NED)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Group E
Chelsea FC (ENG)
Valencia CF (ESP)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
KRC Genk (BEL)
Group F
Arsenal FC (ENG)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Olympiacos FC (GRE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Group G
FC Porto (POR)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
APOEL FC (CYP)
Group H
FC Barcelona (ESP)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

An exciting new concept in youth football begins on Wednesday as the NextGen Series, billed as an Under-19 equivalent of the UEFA Champions League, begins its maiden season. Sixteen clubs from Europe have entered a team into the inaugural competition with England having the highest representation with four teams followed by the Netherlands and Norway who have two each.

Ligue 1 runners-up Olympique de Marseille have received a boost ahead of next season's UEFA Champions League group stage by extending coach Didier Deschamps's contract until 2014.

List of football clubs around the world according to revenue, prepared by Deloitte.

Top 20 clubs in 2010-11 Deloitte Football Money League.
1. Real Madrid (£433m)
2. FC Barcelona (£407m)
3. Manchester United (£331.4m)
4. Bayern Munich (£290.3m)
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Olympique de Marseille in the Deloitte Football Money League

In the interest of spreading holiday cheer, a mix of the amusing, the interesting & the sublime:

New Order, The World In Motion. Produced for England's 1990 World Cup campaign, it features John Barnes singing along and rapping at about 2:30. (He's not bad!) Is it my imagination, or were footballers goofier circa 1990?