Marseille
The first French winners of the Champions League, in 1993.
Olympique de Marseille is a French club that won the UEFA Champions League in 1993, the first French side to lift the trophy.
Quick Facts
- Club
- Olympique de Marseille
- Short name
- OM, Marseille
- Founded
- 31 August 1899
- Stadium
- Stade Vélodrome
- Capacity
- 67,394
- Owner
- Frank McCourt (95%); Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (5%)
- Chairman
- Stéphane Richard
- Manager
- Bruno Génésio
Lore & Background
Marseille's early European Cup campaigns in 1971-72 and 1972-73 ended against Johan Cruyff's Ajax and against Juventus. After Bernard Tapie became president in 1986 he built a side in pursuit of the European Cup, signing players such as Jean-Pierre Papin, Chris Waddle, Abedi Pele and Eric Cantona. Marseille were runners-up in the European Cup in 1991 before winning the competition in 1993.
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