Olympique Marseille, also called OM or just Marseille, is a professional football club from Marseille, France. It was founded in 1899 and is the most successful (as well as the biggest) team in France, being the only club in the country to have won the Champions League. They play their home matches at the Stade Velodrome. The Bulgarian Yordan Lechkov played in the club. And other famous players are Jean Tigana, Jean-Pierre Papin, Didier Deschamps, Rudy Föhler, Alain Boksic, Frank Ribery, Samir Nasri, Eric Cantona, Dragan Stojkovic, Didier Drogba, etc.

The football derby "Le Classic" is held between OM and PSG. The so-called French "classic" has historical, cultural and social significance. It is sometimes called "North vs. South" because PSG is located north of Paris, while Marseille is on the Mediterranean coast. These are the only two teams from France that have won European trophies. In addition, they were the two dominant forces before Lyon appeared in the early 21st century.

Like most other teams, they had periods of success and periods of failure. An interesting period (albeit unfortunate for OM) was the forced relegation to the second division in 1994 due to financial irregularities and a match-fixing scandal involving the president of Olympique Marseille (back then). They also lost their first division title for the 1992/93 season and the right to play in the Champions League the following season. But fortunately the team managed to return to the first division two years later.

Then new ups and downs and new financial problems for the club, but after 2016 the club was bought by an American businessman who stabilized the team financially and this contributed to its better performance.

Coach: Villas-Boas Andre (Portugal) Age: 42

Bookmakers offering those games Ligue 1 live:

* Terms and conditions apply. More information on the website