A Career Built on Details
Marseille have officially parted ways with president Pablo Longoria, ending a six-year reign that delivered European knockout runs but zero trophies.
Longoria arrived at the club in 2020 as sporting director and was promoted to president less than a year later, following fan protests that forced out Jacques-Henri Eyraud. Under his leadership, Marseille reached the Europa Conference League semifinals in 2022 and the Europa League semifinals in 2024—results that suggested upward momentum but never materialized into silverware.
The trophy did not need much decoration; the season had already done most of the talking.
The Record He Leaves
The club thanked Longoria for his "commitment, passion, and the work accomplished over the past six years." It was a polite send-off for a leader who secured high-profile coaches like Jorge Sampaoli and Gennaro Gattuso, yet watched his team slide further from the domestic summit.
Longoria was moved aside last month after coach Roberto De Zerbi departed, with Alban Juster taking over on an interim basis. The timing mattered—Marseille now sit third, 11 points behind PSG, and lost 2-1 at home to Lille over the weekend. Habib Beye took over as coach after Juster, inheriting a side that has not won the French league since 2010 or any trophy since the League Cup in 2012.
The Part People Remember
The 1993 Champions League winners remain the only French club to lift Europe's biggest prize before PSG ended that drought last year. Longoria's departure closes a chapter that never quite matched that legacy—and leaves the club searching for yet another reset.