PRESS KIT. Olympique de Marseille - AC Ajaccio. Week 32. Date & Time Friday, April 04, :30

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1 PRESS KIT Date & Time Friday, April 04, :30 Stadium Stade Vélodrome 04/04/ Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com

2 PREVIEW : OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE - AC AJACCIO Feature Preview Olympique de Marseille open hoping to bring a smile to their fans' faces after a difficult few weeks, though bottom side AC Ajaccio will not present the easy fodder they appear to do on paper. Winless in five, OM have seen their ambitions of reappearing in the Champions League next season all but disappear, and even snatching a top-four finish, and with it earning Europa League football, has also faded to a distant speck on the horizon. Things would have been worse had Nicolas Nkoulou not headed home in the dying seconds to secure a barely deserved point against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard last weekend. However, coupled with other results going for teams above them, OM now find themselves nine points adrift of AS Saint-Etienne in fourth, and a further three behind third-placed LOSC Lille, which - with just seven games left - appears an insurmountable obstacle. "Even if we finish fifth, it will have been a mediocre season," admitted Albert Emon, brought into the backroom set-up by sporting director-cum-first-team-coach José Anigo in a bid to buck up results. "We have up-and-down results. The quality of play is mediocre. I'm disappointed about that. Now, we mustn't ask ourselves too many more questions. In terms of the squad, we have to take risks. We don't score enough goals. Our content has to improve. The staff have to give more. Personally, I haven't managed to give what I owed José Anigo." With results going awry and the club's demanding fans increasingly restless, Anigo's position in the dug-out has been the focus of intense scrutiny. After stepping in to take over from Elie Baup in December, Anigo has been able to blend a seemingly disparate squad into something resembling the effectively functioning unit that finished runners-up under his predecessor last season. Media speculation suggested Anigo even wished to end his association with the club he has become so strongly identified with, an issue he swept aside following the game at Sochaux. "My future isn't the most important thing," said Anigo, who first joined OM as a teenage defender in "The aim is to go out and get points, to do better and show a different face. I'm going to finish these matches and I'll be here next season." After succeeding Fabrizio Ravanelli in similar circumstances to his counterpart Anigo, Christian Bracconi will also likely be at the helm of the Corsican club next season. A recent upturn in fortunes may not be enough for Bracconi to save the side from relegation with a yawning 15-point gap between themselves and safety. However, though they have only won once in their last four league outings, they have also only suffered one defeat, leaving them in their best form of the campaign; a fact confirmed by last weekend's 2-2 draw with Toulouse. "I knew it could not be 0-0," said Bracconi, who would have been celebrating a fourth league victory of the campaign had his team held on to their 2-0 lead. "We took a 2-0 lead somewhat against the run of play, but there was too much space between the lines. In the second half we tried to squeeze and reduce the gaps. Unfortunately we gifted them the second goal after a succession of individual errors." 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 2

3 - HISTORY: Olympique de Marseille have won eight of the 12 L1 games between the pair at the Stade Vélodrome. - AC Ajaccio have won just once on the south coast, a 2-1 victory in April Yohan Demont (24') and Edson Marcelo de Faria (52') scored for the visitors with Habib Beye replying (58'). Current Ajaccio midfielder Benoît Pedretti started the game for OM. - OM are unbeaten in their last three home games against Ajaccio, but have won just one of those, a 2-0 triumph in October 2011 that came courtesy of an André Ayew brace (30', 49'). - LAST SEASON: The pair played out a goalless draw in Marseille in Week 29. Both Ayew brothers, André (55') and Jordan (87'), struck as OM won 2-0 win Week THIS SEASON: Dimitri Payet (27'), André-Pierre Gignac (39') and Florian Thauvin (58') scored for OM as they won 3-1 in Corsica on 22 November; Grenddy Perozo had equalised for the hosts (31'). - OLD BOYS: Pedretti spent a single season at the Stade Vélodrome, making 31 L1 appearances (3 goals) during the campaign before joining Olympique Lyonnais. - Ronald Zubar made 72 top-flight appearances (2 goals) for OM between 2006 and 2009 when he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in England. - Laurent Bonnart made 31 appearances in OM's L1 title-winning campaign of , his final season at the club having played 66 times in the previous two seasons after his move from Le Mans FC. He joined AS Monaco FC in summer Current OM assistant coach Albert Emon steered Ajaccio to safety last season after taking over from Alex Dupont before leaving the club in the summer. - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE - GENERAL: Marseille come into Week 31 in sixth place in Ligue 1 with 45 points from 31 games. They have won 12, drawn nine and lost ten of their games to date and trail Saint-Etienne in fourth by nine points and Lille in third by 12 points. They also sit just one point above Reims in seventh. - Coming into the weekend, Marseille had not been lower than sixth all season, or indeed since the start of last season. They were top of the table after winning at Valenciennes FC in Week 3 and had been fifth throughout 2014 until dropping to sixth after Week In their last outing, José Anigo's side drew 1-1 at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard last time out. Nicolas Nkoulou (90') salvaged a point for OM after Stoppila Sunzu's 25th-minute opener. - OM have won just once in seven, and are winless in their last five, picking up just two points in that time. They have won four, drawn six and lost four of 14 Ligue 1 matches since Élie Baup was sacked and replaced by José Anigo. - They are 10th in the form table over that period, collecting 18 points. They had previously gathered 27 points in 17 matches under Baup. - Marseille have the fifth-best attack in Ligue 1, with 40 goals scored. Only Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco, Lyon and Saint-Etienne have scored more. They have scored three goals in wins at Guingamp and Ajaccio as well as at home to SC Bastia. They have failed to score at all in eight games, including in back-to-back losses in Week 27 to PSG (2-0 A) and Week 28 to Nice (1-0 H) and three of their last four. - André-Pierre Gignac is OM's leading scorer with 13 league goals, followed by Dimitri Payet with seven and Florian Thauvin with six. Nobody else has scored more than twice. - Gignac has 19 goals in all competitions and has netted 13 times in his last 15 games in all competitions. He has 78 in total in his career in Ligue 1. Thauvin has eight in all competitions. Of Marseille's last 26 goals, 19 have been scored by Gignac, Thauvin and Payet. - Payet's total of seven league goals this season is already the third-highest tally of his career. Six of his seven goals have been scored in the opening half-hour of games. Four of his goals have opened the scoring. He has scored 48 Ligue 1 goals altogether in his career. 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 3

4 - Mathieu Valbuena has provided five assists, while Thauvin has laid on three goals. - Marseille have conceded 33 goals, giving them the joint-sixth-best defensive record (with FC Nantes) coming into the weekend. They have kept seven clean sheets. The 3-2 home defeat to Reims (Wk 11) is the only Ligue 1 game in which they have conceded more than twice. - Indeed, that is the only time Marseille have conceded more than twice in any of their last 48 Ligue 1 games since a 3-1 defeat at Sochaux on January 13 last year. - Steve Mandanda is the only Marseille player to have started every league game. Nkoulou has started 30 of the 31 matches and Alaixys Romao has started 29 times. Payet (26 starts/3 substitute appearances) has also appeared in 29 matches. - Saber Khalifa has made 22 of his 24 Ligue 1 appearances this season from the bench. Giannelli Imbula has come off the bench 13 times. - Coming into the weekend, Marseille and Monaco are the only clubs in Ligue 1 yet to have a player sent off. - Gennaro Bracigliano has made 150 Ligue 1 appearances although he has never played a league game for OM since signing from Nancy in Steve Mandanda made his 250th Ligue 1 appearance against Nice in Week 28. He has played in 145 consecutive Ligue 1 games since missing the final day of the season due to suspension. - HOME FORM: OM are 10th in the home form table with 23 points from 15 games (7W 2D 6L). - OM have beaten Evian-Thonon-Gaillard (2-0, Wk 2), AS Saint-Etienne (2-1, Wk 7), Sochaux (2-1, Wk 13), Montpellier (2-0, Wk 15), Valenciennes (2-1, Wk 21), SC Bastia (3-0, Wk 24) and Lorient (1-0, Wk 26). - They have lost to AS Monaco (1-2, Wk 4), Paris Saint-Germain (1-2, Wk 9), Reims (2-3, Wk 11), Nantes (0-1, Wk 17), Nice (0-1, Wk28) and Rennes (0-1, Wk30). - The Nice loss was Anigo's first since taking over from Baup after five home games unbeaten under the new man in charge. However, they have now lost their last two home games. - After scoring the opening goal at home, their record reads: 7W 1D 2L. When they concede the opening goal, their record is: 0W 1D 4L. - OM had the second-best home record in Ligue 1 last season behind champions PSG, winning 12, drawing four and losing three of their 19 games at the Vélodrome. They did not lose any of their last eight home games last season. - Their average attendance at home so far this season is 38,277. Their highest gate so far is 44,995 against Monaco while a low of 34,626 watched them draw with Toulouse. Their average gate for the whole of last season was 33,473 although stadium capacity has increased since then. - COUPE DE FRANCE: Marseille beat Reims 2-0 after extra-time at home in the Round of 64 but were eliminated at the next hurdle, losing 5-4 at home to OGC Nice. - COUPE DE LA LIGUE: OM beat Toulouse in the Round of 16 before losing 2-1 away to Lyon in the quarter-finals in January. - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Marseille became the first French club since the current format was introduced in 2003 to fail to register a single point in the group stage of the Champions League as they finished bottom of Group F behind Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal and Napoli. - JANUARY TRANSFERS IN: Brice Dja Djédjé from Evian-Thonon-Gaillard. - OUT: Kassim Abdallah to Evian-Thonon-Gaillard, Jordan Ayew on loan to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. - TEAM NEWS: Anigo has a full-strength squad available. - AC AJACCIO - GENERAL: Ajaccio came into bottom of the table with just 19 points from 31 games. They have won three, drawn ten and lost 18 of their matches to date and lie 15 points adrift of safety. 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 4

5 - Ajaccio have not been higher than 13th this season and have spent 17 weeks in the relegation zone. They have been in the bottom three since a 2-1 defeat at Guingamp in late October and have propped up the table since a 4-1 loss at Reims in their last game before Christmas. - In their last outing, Christian Bracconi's side threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to Toulouse FC. Ricardo Faty (4') and Gadji Tallo (34') gave the hosts a comfortable lead before Issiaga Sylla (37') and Wissam ben Yedder (60') struck to earn the south-westerners a point. - It was Ajaccio's second game unbeaten, however, (1W 1D). - Ajaccio are currently in their best form of the season with five points from a possible 12 (1W 2D 1L). - They have won two, drawn six and lost 11 of their league games since Bracconi, replaced Fabrizio Ravanelli as coach, taking just 12 points from 19 games. Under Ravanelli, they took seven points from 12 games. - The ACA have managed just four wins in 41 Ligue 1 games since the middle of March last year, and just five wins in The Corsicans have scored just 30 goals this season, the 15th-best tally (with Evian-Thonon-Gaillard FC). They have failed to score at all in ten games, while the 3-1 home win against Stade Rennais on February 8 and the 3-2 win at Valenciennes FC on 22 March are the only matches in which they have netted more than twice. - Tallo has a team-high five league goals while Benjamin André has struck four times. - Ajaccio have conceded 57 goals, the most of any L1 team. - They have kept two clean sheets - in consecutive goalless draws in August - and have conceded three or more goals on eight occasions, including the 4-0 hammering at Bordeaux on December 1. - No Ajaccio player has appeared in every game this season. Guillermo Ochoa and André have both featured 30 times. - Ajaccio have picked up four red cards this season: Benjamin André (v Saint-Etienne, Wk 1), Claude Gonçalves (v Montpellier, Wk 8), Joshua Nadeau (v SC Bastia, Wk 16), Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi (v Monaco, Wk 17). - Guillermo Ochoa made his 100th Ligue 1 appearance in the defeat at Montpellier on 22 February. - AWAY FORM: Only FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (3 points) have picked up fewer points on their travels than Ajaccio this season (8 points, 1W 5D 9L). - Only OGC Nice (7) and Evian-Thonon-Gaillard FC (10) have scored fewer away goals than Ajaccio this season (11). - Ajaccio are unbeaten in their last two outings (1W 1D); they had gone 27 away games without a victory (13D 14L) between their 4-2 win at Toulouse on 10 November 2012 and their 3-2 win at Valenciennes FC in Week 30 this season. - Last season, they picked up 16 points away from home, the 14th-best tally. - André has scored a team-high two goals away from home. - After going 1-0 up away, Ajaccio's record is: 0W 3D 1L. When they have conceded the opening goal, their record reads: 1W 1D 8L. - COUPE DE FRANCE: The Corsicans won 2-1 away to amateur side Quimperlé in Brittany in the round of 64 before being beaten 2-0 at home by SM Caen of Ligue 2 in the round of COUPE DE LA LIGUE: Ajaccio were eliminated at the first hurdle, losing 1-0 to island rivals SC Bastia in the Round of 32 in October in a game played on neutral territory in Martigues. - JANUARY TRANSFERS IN: None. - OUT: Adrian Mutu to Petrolul Ploiesti (ROM) - free transfer, Chahir Belghazouani to Royal White Star (BEL) - free transfer, Eduardo to FC Metz - free transfer, Salim Arrache to Chengdu Tiancheng (CHN) - free transfer, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi to San José Earthquakes (USA), Stefan Popescu - released, Brandon Deville on loan to Westerlo (BEL), Alessandro Crescenzi - returned to AS Roma after loan. - TEAM NEWS: Pedretti has recovered from a calf injury and is line to make his first top-flight appearance since early November. - Coach Bracconi will not be in the dug-out as he serves a one-game ban following his dismissal during his team's home defeat to 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 5

6 LOSC Lille in early March. Olympique de Marseille - Founded in 1899, Marseille have been crowned Ligue 1 champions nine times (1937, '48, '71, '72, '89, '90, '91, '92, 2010) - second only to Saint-Etienne, who have ten L1 titles. OM also have a record ten Coupes de France (1924, '26, '27, '35, '38, '43, '69, '72, '76 and '89) and a record-equalling (with PSG and Bordeaux) three Coupes de la Ligue (2010, '11, '12). - Marseille are the only French club to have won the Champions League (1993), Basile Boli scoring the only goal of a 1-0 win over AC Milan. OM were runners-up in 1991, losing 5-3 on penalties (0-0 a.e.t.) to Red Star Belgrade, as well as reaching the final of the UEFA CUP in 1999 and OM's home stadium is the Stade Vélodrome. Renovations currently under way in preparation for hosting matches in Euro 2016 will see capacity rise from 48,000 to 67, Sporting director José Anigo was asked to take over as coach on an interim basis following the sacking of Élie Baup on December 7, Former Saint-Etienne, Nantes, Toulouse and Bordeaux coach Baup had been in charge since July Anigo was born in Marseille and played for OM. He has taken charge of the team on several occasions in the past, including in 2004 when he oversaw the side's run to the final of the UEFA Cup, where they lost to Valencia. - OM finished second last season, nine points behind champions PSG, clinching a place in the Champions League group stage. They failed to progress from the group stage of the Europa League last season. 2-0 losses to arch-rivals PSG saw OM crash out in the round of 16 of both the Coupe de la Ligue and the Coupe de France. - OM were stripped of the Ligue 1 title in 1993, after being found guilty of match-fixing. - Notable former OM players include Franck Ribéry, Chris Waddle, Jean-Pierre Papin, Didier Drogba, Fabien Barthez, Laurent Blanc, Alen Boksic, Jean Tigana, Eric Cantona, Didier Deschamps, Robert Pirès, Samir Nasri and Enzo Francescoli. AC Ajaccio - The Athletic Club Ajaccio was founded in 1910, but will play only its 13th Ligue 1 season during the campaign. - The club's sixth-place finish at the end of the season is its best top-flight performance to date. - After picking up just two points from their final four matches of the season, Ajaccio finished the season 17th, two points above the drop zone. The club had sustained a three-point penalty (with one point suspended) at the start of the campaign following crowd violence late in the previous season. - The Stade François-Coty (capacity 12,000) has been the club's home since A number of improvements have been made since 1992 and most notably since 2007 to bring the stadium up to L1 standards. However, the original pitch was only changed in Christian Bracconi was put in temporary charge of the first team until the 2013/14 winter break at least after Fabrizio Ravanelli was sacked in early November Bracconi was promoted from his position as director of the club's youth academy. A former striker, he notably played for FC Metz, with whom he won the Coupe de France in Ravanelli was relieved of his duties as first team coach after the Week 12 loss at home to Valenciennes FC in early November He had been given his first senior coaching role only the previous summer when he stepped in after Albert Emon, who had succeeded Alex Dupont midway through the season, stepped down. A Champions League, UEFA Cup and Serie A winner in a glittering playing career as a striker with Juventus, Olympique de Marseille and Lazio among others, Ravanelli was capped 21 times 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 6

7 by Italy. After hanging up his boots in 2005, he had been coaching youth teams at Juventus since /04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 7

8 KEY STATISTICS : OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE - AC AJACCIO Olympique de Marseille AC Ajaccio HOME STATISTICS AWAY STATISTICS Form Guide W-W-L-L L-L-D-W Standings 10th 19th Points tally / Total possible 23 / 45 8 / 45 Points per game Win(s) 7 1 Draw(s) 2 5 Loss(es) 6 9 GF GA Goals per game Yellow card(s) Red card(s) 0 1 FIRST GOAL SCORED When... Olympique de Marseille score first AC Ajaccio score first Win(s) 7 0 Draw(s) 1 3 Loss(es) 2 1 When... Olympique de Marseille concede first AC Ajaccio concede first Win(s) 0 1 Draw(s) 1 1 Loss(es) /04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 8

9 OFFICIALS : OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE - AC AJACCIO Referee Referee's assitants Fourth official Delegate Delegate's assistants Stéphane LANNOY Djemel ZITOUNI - Cédric SCHURRA Jérémy STINAT Rémy KREMER Patrick GUAGLIARDI Stéphane LANNOY Nationality French Date of birth 09/18/1969 Age 44 Height Weight Ligue Rank 1,85 m 78 kg Nord Pas de Calais Federal 1 Referee Season 2013/2014 Number of games officiated YC RC Ligue Ligue Season 2012/2013 Number of games officiated YC RC Ligue Ligue Coupe de la Ligue /04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 9

10 PLAYERS USED - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE - LIGUE 1 No Name Nat DOB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien 1 Gennaro BRACIGLIANO FRA 03/01/ Brice SAMBA FRA 04/25/ Steve MANDANDA FRA 03/28/ Défenseur 3 Nicolas NKOULOU CAM 03/27/ Lucas MENDES BRE 07/03/ Jérémy MOREL FRA 04/02/ Laurent ABERGEL FRA 02/01/ Souleymane DIAWARA FRA 12/24/ Benjamin MENDY FRA 07/17/ Rod FANNI FRA 12/06/ Brice DJADJEDJE FRA 12/23/ Milieu 7 Benoît CHEYROU FRA 05/03/ Kevin OSEI FRA 03/26/ Mario LEMINA FRA 09/01/ Alaixys ROMAO FRA 01/18/ Giannelli IMBULA FRA 09/12/ Bill TUILOMA NZL 03/27/ Mathieu VALBUENA FRA 09/28/ Alexander N'DOUMBOU GAB 01/04/ Attaquant 9 André-Pierre GIGNAC FRA 12/05/ André AYEW FRA 12/17/ Florian THAUVIN FRA 01/26/ Dimitri PAYET FRA 03/29/ Saber KHALIFA TUN 10/14/ For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for Olympique de Marseille 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 10

11 PLAYERS USED - AC AJACCIO - LIGUE 1 No Name Nat DOB Pld St Sub Gls Ass YC RC Min Gardien 1 Guillermo OCHOA MXQ 13/07/ Oumar SISSOKO FRA 13/09/ Anthony SCRIBE FRA 01/01/ Défenseur 2 Cédric HENGBART FRA 13/07/ Grenddy PEROZO VEN 28/02/ Denis TONUCCI ITA 06/09/ Ronald ZUBAR FRA 20/09/ Claude DIELNA FRA 14/12/ Laurent BONNART FRA 25/12/ Joshua NADEAU FRA 12/09/ Milieu 4 Ricardo FATY FRA 04/08/ Benjamin ANDRE FRA 03/08/ Sigamary DIARRA FRA 10/01/ Mehdi MOSTEFA-SBAA FRA 30/08/ Johan CAVALLI FRA 12/09/ Paul LASNE FRA 16/01/ Joaquim GONCALVES DE ARAUJO FRA 09/04/ Brandon DEVILLE BEL 17/02/ Benoit PEDRETTI FRA 12/11/ Attaquant 13 Aboubacar CAMARA GUI 07/11/ Chahir BELGHAZOUANI FRA 06/10/ M'Hamed Salim ARRACHE FRA 14/07/ Gadji TALLO IVO 21/12/ Iurii IAKOVENKO UKR 03/09/ Dennis OLIECH KEN 02/02/ Issa BARADJI FRA 15/06/ For players that arrived during the season, the statistics only take into account matches played for AC Ajaccio 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 11

12 RESULTS/FIXTURES - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE Week 1 08/11/2013 EA Guingamp - Olympique de Marseille 1-3 W 3rd Week 2 08/17/2013 Olympique de Marseille - Evian TG FC 2-0 W 3rd Week 3 08/24/2013 Valenciennes FC - Olympique de Marseille 0-1 W 1st Week 4 09/01/2013 Olympique de Marseille - AS Monaco FC 1-2 L 2nd Week 5 09/14/2013 Toulouse FC - Olympique de Marseille 1-1 D 4th Week 6 09/21/2013 SC Bastia - Olympique de Marseille 0-0 D 4th Week 7 09/24/2013 Olympique de Marseille - AS Saint-Etienne 2-1 W 3rd Week 8 09/28/2013 FC Lorient - Olympique de Marseille 0-2 W 3rd Week 9 10/06/2013 Olympique de Marseille - Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 L 4th Week 10 10/18/2013 OGC Nice - Olympique de Marseille 1-0 L 4th Week 11 10/26/2013 Olympique de Marseille - Stade de Reims 2-3 L 6th Week 12 11/02/2013 Stade Rennais FC - Olympique de Marseille 1-1 D 4th Week 13 11/10/2013 Olympique de Marseille - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 2-1 W 4th Week 14 11/22/2013 AC Ajaccio - Olympique de Marseille 1-3 W 4th Week 15 11/29/2013 Olympique de Marseille - Montpellier Hérault SC 2-0 W 4th Week 16 12/03/2013 LOSC Lille - Olympique de Marseille 1-0 L 4th Week 17 12/06/2013 Olympique de Marseille - FC Nantes 0-1 L 4th Week 18 12/15/2013 Olympique Lyonnais - Olympique de Marseille 2-2 D 6th Week 19 12/22/2013 Olympique de Marseille - Girondins de Bordeaux 2-2 D 6th Week 20 01/12/2014 Evian TG FC - Olympique de Marseille 1-2 W 5th Week 22 01/26/2014 AS Monaco FC - Olympique de Marseille 2-0 L 5th Week 21 01/29/2014 Olympique de Marseille - Valenciennes FC 2-1 W 5th Week 23 02/02/2014 Olympique de Marseille - Toulouse FC 2-2 D 5th Week 24 02/08/2014 Olympique de Marseille - SC Bastia 3-0 W 5th Week 25 02/16/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - Olympique de Marseille 1-1 D 5th Week 26 02/22/2014 Olympique de Marseille - FC Lorient 1-0 W 5th Week 27 03/02/2014 Paris Saint-Germain - Olympique de Marseille 2-0 L 5th Week 28 03/07/2014 Olympique de Marseille - OGC Nice 0-1 L 6th Week 29 03/14/2014 Stade de Reims - Olympique de Marseille 1-1 D 6th Week 30 03/22/2014 Olympique de Marseille - Stade Rennais FC 0-1 L 6th Week 31 03/29/2014 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Olympique de Marseille 1-1 D 6th 04/04/ Week 33 04/11/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique de Marseille Week 34 04/20/2014 Olympique de Marseille - LOSC Lille Week 35 04/26/2014 FC Nantes - Olympique de Marseille Week 36 05/04/2014 Olympique de Marseille - Olympique Lyonnais Week 37 05/10/2014 Girondins de Bordeaux - Olympique de Marseille Week 38 05/17/2014 Olympique de Marseille - EA Guingamp /04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 12

13 RESULTS/FIXTURES - AC AJACCIO Week 1 11/08/2013 AC Ajaccio - AS Saint-Etienne 0-1 L 15th Week 2 18/08/2013 Paris Saint-Germain - AC Ajaccio 1-1 D 13th Week 3 25/08/2013 AC Ajaccio - OGC Nice 0-0 D 16th Week 4 31/08/2013 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - AC Ajaccio 0-0 D 16th Week 5 14/09/2013 AC Ajaccio - Evian TG FC 2-3 L 17th Week 6 21/09/2013 Stade Rennais FC - AC Ajaccio 2-0 L 18th Week 7 25/09/2013 AC Ajaccio - Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 W 17th Week 8 29/09/2013 AC Ajaccio - Montpellier Hérault SC 1-1 D 16th Week 9 05/10/2013 LOSC Lille - AC Ajaccio 3-0 L 17th Week 10 19/10/2013 AC Ajaccio - FC Nantes 0-1 L 17th Week 11 26/10/2013 EA Guingamp - AC Ajaccio 2-1 L 18th Week 12 02/11/2013 AC Ajaccio - Valenciennes FC 1-3 L 19th Week 13 09/11/2013 Toulouse FC - AC Ajaccio 1-1 D 19th Week 14 22/11/2013 AC Ajaccio - Olympique de Marseille 1-3 L 19th Week 15 01/12/2013 Girondins de Bordeaux - AC Ajaccio 4-0 L 19th Week 16 04/12/2013 AC Ajaccio - SC Bastia 1-1 D 19th Week 17 08/12/2013 AS Monaco FC - AC Ajaccio 1-0 L 19th Week 18 14/12/2013 AC Ajaccio - FC Lorient 1-2 L 19th Week 19 21/12/2013 Stade de Reims - AC Ajaccio 4-1 L 20th Week 20 11/01/2014 AC Ajaccio - Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 L 20th Week 21 18/01/2014 OGC Nice - AC Ajaccio 2-0 L 20th Week 22 25/01/2014 AC Ajaccio - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1-1 D 20th Week 23 01/02/2014 Evian TG FC - AC Ajaccio 1-1 D 20th Week 24 08/02/2014 AC Ajaccio - Stade Rennais FC 3-1 W 20th Week 25 16/02/2014 Olympique Lyonnais - AC Ajaccio 3-1 L 20th Week 26 22/02/2014 Montpellier Hérault SC - AC Ajaccio 2-0 L 20th Week 27 02/03/2014 AC Ajaccio - LOSC Lille 2-3 L 20th Week 28 08/03/2014 FC Nantes - AC Ajaccio 2-2 D 20th Week 29 15/03/2014 AC Ajaccio - EA Guingamp 1-2 L 20th Week 30 22/03/2014 Valenciennes FC - AC Ajaccio 2-3 W 20th Week 31 29/03/2014 AC Ajaccio - Toulouse FC 2-2 D 20th 04/04/ Week 33 12/04/2014 AC Ajaccio - Girondins de Bordeaux Week 34 20/04/2014 SC Bastia - AC Ajaccio Week 35 26/04/2014 AC Ajaccio - AS Monaco FC Week 36 04/05/2014 FC Lorient - AC Ajaccio Week 37 10/05/2014 AC Ajaccio - Stade de Reims Week 38 17/05/2014 AS Saint-Etienne - AC Ajaccio /04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 13

14 TOP SCORERS : OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins 1 André-Pierre GIGNAC Dimitri PAYET Florian THAUVIN Mathieu VALBUENA Lucas MENDES Nicolas NKOULOU André AYEW Benjamin MENDY Saber KHALIFA Jordan AYEW Giannelli IMBULA Benoît CHEYROU Alaixys ROMAO GOALS SCORED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 7 Stoppage Time 1 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 8 Stoppage Time 2 GOALS CONCEDED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 10 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 3 Stoppage Time 3 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 14

15 TOP SCORERS : AC AJACCIO Rk Name Gls Pen Pld Mins 1 Gadji TALLO Benjamin ANDRE Paul LASNE EDUARDO Ricardo FATY M'Hamed Salim ARRACHE Issa BARADJI Johan CAVALLI Sigamary DIARRA Mehdi MOSTEFA-SBAA Benoit PEDRETTI Dennis OLIECH Aboubacar CAMARA Ronald ZUBAR Grenddy PEROZO GOALS SCORED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 8 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 8 Stoppage Time 1 GOALS CONCEDED PER 15 MINUTES First Half 0-15' ' ' 11 Stoppage Time 0 Second Half 45-60' ' ' 7 Stoppage Time 5 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 15

16 HEAD TO HEAD - OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE / AC AJACCIO Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 / Coupe de la Ligue 2012/2013 Ligue 1 03/15/2013 Week /2012 Ligue 1 10/22/2011 Week /2006 Ligue 1 08/27/2005 Week /2005 Ligue 1 04/16/2005 Week /2004 Ligue 1 02/07/2004 Week /2003 Ligue 1 09/27/2002 Week /1973 Ligue 1 04/07/1973 Week /1972 Ligue 1 01/09/1972 Week /1971 Ligue 1 08/19/1970 Week /1970 Ligue 1 09/20/1969 Week /1969 Ligue 1 02/23/1969 Week /1968 Ligue 1 02/25/1968 Week /1966 Ligue 2 10/10/1965 Week L1 L2 CDL TOTAL Number of meetings Total wins OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE Total wins AC AJACCIO Total draws /04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 16

17 SCHEDULE - LIGUE 1 - WEEK 32 Friday, April 04, :30 Saturday, April 05, :00 Saturday, April 05, :00 Saturday, April 05, :00 Saturday, April 05, :00 Saturday, April 05, :00 Saturday, April 05, :00 Sunday, April 06, :00 Sunday, April 06, :00 Sunday, April 06, :00 Paris Saint-Germain - Stade de Reims SC Bastia - FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Girondins de Bordeaux - Stade Rennais FC EA Guingamp - Montpellier Hérault SC FC Lorient - Evian TG FC Toulouse FC - LOSC Lille AS Saint-Etienne - OGC Nice Valenciennes FC - Olympique Lyonnais AS Monaco FC - FC Nantes UPCOMING MATCHES - LIGUE 1 - WEEK 33 Friday, April 11, :30 Saturday, April 12, :00 Saturday, April 12, :00 Saturday, April 12, :00 Saturday, April 12, :00 Saturday, April 12, :00 Saturday, April 12, :00 Sunday, April 13, :00 Sunday, April 13, :00 Sunday, April 13, :00 Montpellier Hérault SC - Olympique de Marseille LOSC Lille - Valenciennes FC AC Ajaccio - Girondins de Bordeaux Evian TG FC - SC Bastia OGC Nice - FC Lorient Stade Rennais FC - AS Monaco FC FC Sochaux-Montbéliard - Toulouse FC FC Nantes - EA Guingamp Stade de Reims - AS Saint-Etienne Olympique Lyonnais - Paris Saint-Germain 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 17

18 STANDINGS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 31 Rk Club Pts P W D L GF GA +/- 1 Paris Saint-Germain AS Monaco FC LOSC Lille AS Saint-Etienne Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille Stade de Reims Toulouse FC Girondins de Bordeaux SC Bastia OGC Nice Stade Rennais FC FC Lorient FC Nantes Montpellier Hérault SC EA Guingamp Evian TG FC Valenciennes FC FC Sochaux-Montbéliard AC Ajaccio /04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 18

19 OFFICIAL GOAL SCORERS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 31 Rk Name Club Gls Pen A Pld Mins PTS 1 Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC Paris Saint-Germain Alexandre LACAZETTE Olympique Lyonnais Edinson CAVANI Paris Saint-Germain André-Pierre GIGNAC Olympique de Marseille Vincent ABOUBAKAR FC Lorient Wissam BEN YEDDER Toulouse FC Bafetimbi GOMIS Olympique Lyonnais Salomon KALOU LOSC Lille Rémy CABELLA Montpellier Hérault SC Filip DJORDJEVIC FC Nantes Kévin BERIGAUD Evian TG FC Emmanuel RIVIERE AS Monaco FC Mustapha YATABARE EA Guingamp Radamel FALCAO AS Monaco FC Romain HAMOUMA AS Saint-Etienne Prince ONIANGUE Stade de Reims Mevlut ERDING AS Saint-Etienne Nelson CASTRO OLIVEIRA Stade Rennais FC Cheick DIABATE Girondins de Bordeaux Majeed WARIS Valenciennes FC /04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 19

20 OFFICIAL ASSISTS - LIGUE 1 - AT THE END OF WEEK 31 Rk Name Club ASS ASP PLD MIN 1 Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC Paris Saint-Germain James RODRIGUEZ AS Monaco FC LUCAS Paris Saint-Germain Yann JOUFFRE FC Lorient Serge AURIER Toulouse FC Henri BEDIMO Olympique Lyonnais Johan CAVALLI AC Ajaccio Grégory SERTIC Girondins de Bordeaux Cédric BARBOSA Evian TG FC Yoann GOURCUFF Olympique Lyonnais Wissam BEN YEDDER Toulouse FC Martin BRAITHWAITE Toulouse FC Christian BRÜLS OGC Nice Rémy CABELLA Montpellier Hérault SC Mathieu VALBUENA Olympique de Marseille Benjamin ANDRE AC Ajaccio Jimmy BRIAND Olympique Lyonnais Marco VERRATTI Paris Saint-Germain Vincent ABOUBAKAR FC Lorient Romain ALESSANDRINI Stade Rennais FC ASS = Assists ASP = Assists from set piece PLD = Number of matches in which the player delivered one or more assists MIN = Number of minutes played in matches in which the player delivered one or more assists 04/04/2014 Ligue de Football Professionnel / Ligue1.com 20

21 Press Kit Legend No Shirt Number Nat Nationality Pld Number of games played St Number of games started Sub Number of substitute appearances Gls Number of goals scored YC Number of Yellow Cards RC Number of red cards MIN Number of minutes played For any questions concerning the PRESS KIT, please contact the Director of Communications at the LFP. The Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Coupe de la Ligue Press Kits are available in the week leading up to matches in the Media Centre of ligue1.com ( )