Olympique de Marseille will break a record on Saturday by playing their 2,500th Ligue 1 match against FC Nantes. No French club can say the same. So far the authors of a great season, comfortably installed in second place, the Olympian players hope that the party will be complete for this event.
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On the Canebière, the weather is mild, the school holidays stretch and OM shines. Saturday afternoon, the Vélodrome stadium will fill its 60,000 seats. Since the victory against Lillois on the 25th day, the morale of the supporters has been high. As a symbol, it is this same Lille club, not yet called LOSC, that OM had played the very first professional football match in France ... on September 11, 1932.
Second most successful club
88 years later, OM is still there. Since 1932, the club has played in the first division against 77 opponents from 58 different cities. He has approximately 1,100 victories for 700 defeats, but above all nine titles of champion of France, which makes him the second most successful club behind Saint-Etienne. With a reputation as a turbulent club, OM remains a monument to French football.