Olympique de Marseille (French pronunciation"olepik d@ maRsej"locally, locally [ole'pik@d@makh'sej@[ole'pik@ d@ makh'sej@ Occitan: Olimpic de Marselha, which is pronounced as [ulim'pi de MaR'se[ulim'pi de maR'sejo) is also referred to as Marseille or as an abbreviation OM (IPA: [o.em] localized as [o'em] @]), is an French professional football club for males located in Marseille, Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur. Established in 1899, the club is a part of Ligue 1 and have spent much of their existence in the top league in French football. The club has won 10 Ligue 1 titles, ten Coupes de France and three Coupes de la Ligue. In 1993, head coach Raymond Goethals led the team to become the first and only French club to take home the UEFA Champions League, defeating Milan 1-1 in the final. This was the first time under the UEFA Champions League branding of the competition. In 2010 Marseille was awarded their debut Ligue 1 title in 18 years under the direction of former manager Didier Deschamps.
Marseille's home stadium is the 67,394 capacity Stade Velodrome in the southern region of the city which has been their home since 1937. Marseille has a significant base of fans, and has consistently had the largest number of fans for French football. Marseille's average home attendance for the season of 2018-19 was 50,361, making it the biggest number in Ligue 1. The stadium was renovated between 2011 and 2014, which increased capacity to 67,000 prior to France's participation in UEFA Euro 2016. As of 2015, France placed 23rd in the world in terms of revenue per year which was EUR130.5 million.
Marseille typically dress in an all-white outfit with sky blue details.
The year 1997 was when Marseille became the property of French-speaking billionaire Robert Louis-Dreyfus. After the death of his father in 2009 his widow Margarita became the club's largest shareholder in the year 2010. In the year 2016, American businessman Frank McCourt purchased the company from Margarita as well as was appointed by the businessman Jacques-Henri Eyraud as the club president, but he got replaced by Pablo Longoria in 2021.
