The Olympique de Marseille (OM in short) is one of France’s oldest professional clubs founded by René Dufaure de Montmirail in 1899.
The club motto’s is “Droit au but” meaning straight to the goal.
The club’s rugby team was more successful than the soccer one but eventually that changed the Olympique de Marseille won 3 Coupe de France between 1924 and 1927.
It’s one of the only current top clubs that featured in the first professional season in France in 1932.
Bernard Tapie became president in 1986 and has had a great impact on the club.
The businessman brought in Eric Cantona and Enzo Francescoli, a Uruguayan talent.
The result was a huge success with a semi-final place in the European Cup in 1989-90.
After finishing Ligue 1 runners-up in 1993-94 season, revelations of attempted fixing of a league game against Valenciennes emerged.
As a punishment, the club is relegated to Ligue 2 and Bernard Tapie steps down.
Since then, things never have been the same for the Olympique de Marseille.
The club reached the UEFA Cup final in 1999 and 2004 thanks to Didier Drogba who played greatly for a unique season within the club.
The club finally picked up the Ligue 1 title again in 2009 with Didier Deschamps as coach, and in 2017 they reached the UEFA Europa League final.
However, the club’s fans are still waiting for the Olympique to beat their rivals Paris Saint-Germain.
The club’s stadium is the Stade Orange Vélodrome with a capacity of 67,000 seats.
The capacity was extended for UEFA EURO 2016 and becomes the second largest stadium in France.