Olympique de Marseille announced the A-list of its players for the upcoming group stage of the Champions League, where they will face Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, and Napoli. The list includes 12 players of African origin:
- Steve Mandanda (Goalkeeper)
- Brice Samba (Goalkeeper)
- Guy Yirango (Goalkeeper)
- Kassim Abdallah (Defender)
- Nicolas Nkoulou (Defender)
- Lucas Mendes (Defender)
- Jérémy Morel (Defender)
- Souleymane Diawara (Defender)
- Benjamin Mendy (Defender)
- Rod Fanni (Defender)
- Benoît Cheyrou (Midfielder)
- Kevin Osei (Midfielder)
- Mario Lemina (Midfielder)
- Florian Thauvin (Midfielder)
- Alaixys Romao (Midfielder)
- Gianneli Imbula (Midfielder)
- Mathieu Valbuena (Midfielder)
- André-Pierre Gignac (Forward)
- André Ayew (Forward)
- Jordan Ayew (Forward)
- Dimitri Payet (Forward)
- Saber Khalifa (Forward)
