PSG and Marseille are the only French clubs to have won European trophies (besides Lyon), PSG having won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996 and Marseille won the UEFA Champions League in 1993 (Lyon having won the UEFA intertoto cup in 1997), and they were the two dominant forces before the emergence of Lyon at the beginning of the 21st century. The club were the owner of the venue, unlike their current stadium. The North Curve is home to the Marseille Trop Puissant, Fanatics, and Dodgers supporters associations who buy up the tickets at the start of each season and sell them on to their members. On note aussi les retours de prêt de l'international tunisien Saîf-Eddine Khaoui et de Grégory Sertic. The most recent form was revealed on 17 February 2004; the "O" and "M" are rendered as a single unit in turquoise without shading or borders, and the logo is capped by the golden star representing the victory in the Champions League and sits above. Steve Mandanda, the club's long-serving captain ended eight years at the club and moved to Crystal Palace, Nicolas N'Koulou moved to Lyon, while striker Michy Batshuayi was sold to Chelsea for a club record €40 million. Known as Sporting Club, US Phocéenne and Football Club de Marseille in the first five years after its foundation, the club adopted the name Olympique de Marseille in 1899 in honour of the anniversary of Marseille's founding by Greeks from Phocaea some 25 centuries earlier, with the name Olympique, coming from ancient Olympic Games. The President was a stubborn man, and he threatened the league to withdraw his professional team from Ligue 1 because the federation refused to accept three foreign players per team (Leclerc wanted to acquire the Hungarian star Zoltán Varga but he had already the maximum number of two foreigners in his team). Marseille participera à la prochaine édition de la Ligue des Champions. Marseille ended 2011 with a good sequence, also qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League for the second season running. Club founder René Dufaure de Montmirail drew inspiration from his personal seal, which featured interlaced letters "D" and "M", to create the club's first badge. The club struggled in the 2011–12 season, going to the bottom of the Ligue 1 table after six matches. In Anigo's brief tenure, OM went out of the two cups, and struggled, leading to continued protests and jeers by fans. [6] The purchase deal was completed for a reported price tag of €45 million on 17 October 2016. The two last victories at the Stade Vélodrome against Roubaix (6–0) and Metz (6–3) were important, as Aznar and Robin's returned in spring. Le club ne dispute que les compétitions nationales cette saison. In 2011, Marseille lost the Ligue 1 championship title but qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the fifth time in a row, a club record. Le mercato d'été se déroule du 11 juin au 2 septembre 2019 en France[2]. Despite an indifferent club form, OM lost to eventual finalists Bayern Munich, and slumped to an overall tenth-place finish in Ligue 1. Olympique de Marseille was founded as an omnisport club in 1892 by René Dufaure de Montmirail, a French sports official. The first period of Olympique de Marseille's domination of the French League started in the early 1970s under Marcel Leclerc's presidency (1965–1972). À l'inverse, les deux derniers de la compétition sont rétrogradés à l'échelon inférieur en Ligue 2 et le 18e joue un barrage contre le vainqueur des barrages de Ligue 2. The arrival of Vasconcellos made the defence stronger, whereas former goalkeeper Laurent Di Lorto shone with Sochaux and France.