Marseille (OM) 1998-1999 Centenary Third Shirt (L)

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No flaws at all. On a shirt from 1998 that's rare enough to sound suspicious — so look at the photos full size. The satin gold fabric hasn't dulled, it has kept all its shine. The navy polo collar and the white shoulder stripes are clean, with no yellowing or stretching. The Ericsson sponsor is solid, without a single crack (close-up in photo 4). The embroidered centenary crest is flawless, including the white star at its centre. No holes, no stains, no bobbling.

Unsure about the size? Late-1990s adidas shirts run large: check my vintage football shirt size guide.

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• Period adidas neck label (photo 5): size conversion table using national flags (D / GB / I / E / F / US / CH / CND), typical of late-1990s adidas production
• Inner neck tape woven with « OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE » in sky blue across the full width of the collar (visible in photos 1 and 5): an expensive finishing detail that counterfeits systematically skip
• Centenary crest embroidered in three tones (navy, sky blue, gold) with the years « 1899 » and « 1999 » legible on the ring, and the white star embroidered at the centre (photo 3)
• Real photos of the exact item sold, never stock images
• Full method: authentication guide

📖 1999: Marseille turn 100, and come within touching distance of everything

This gold shirt celebrates the centenary of Olympique de Marseille, founded on 31 August 1899. For the occasion adidas designed a satin gold third kit with a completely redrawn badge carrying the years 1899 and 1999. A hundred years in one crest. And a 1998-1999 season that Marseille remember as the season of near-misses.

📅 1998-1999 — runners-up in France. Marseille finished 2nd in the league, beaten to the title by Bordeaux in the run-in. A championship slipping away by a handful of points, in the centenary year: the cruellest script possible.

📅 12 May 1999, Moscow — UEFA Cup final. Marseille reached the European final and fell to a Parma side featuring Hernan Crespo and Gianluigi Buffon (0-3). A superb European run, one step too far at the end — but a campaign that had the Vélodrome rocking all season.

📅 A star-studded squad. That team fielded Laurent Blanc, Robert Pirès, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Christophe Dugarry, Peter Luccin and William Gallas. 1998 world champions and future Arsenal Invincibles on the same pitch, with this centenary badge on their chest.

👑 The gold third — Marseille play in white, sometimes sky blue. Gold is the absolute exception. This is the third kit of a one-off season, with a one-off badge: of all the Marseille shirts of the 1990s, it's probably the hardest to find in good condition today.

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