| Olympique de
Marseille is a football team that plays in Ligue 1, the top
level of the French Football League. Founded in 1899,
Marseille has won 9 French championships and 10 French Cups.
The club also won the Champions League in 1993, defeating AC
Milan in the final, only to be relegated and stripped of
their domestic title following a match fixing scandal
involving then president Bernard Tapie. By 1996, backed by
Adidas boss Robert Louis-Dreyfus, the club had worked their
way back to the top flight. The team regularly fills their
imposing home of the Stade Vélodrome, which seats 60,000. |
