Marseille Away Shirt 2016-17 Adidas Vintage | Collector

Olympique de Marseille 2016-17 Away Kit – Adidas, the Rudi Garcia era

In 2016-17, OM went through a pivotal season: the club had recently been sold to Frank McCourt, Rudi Garcia arrived on the bench, and the renaissance project began with a bang. This Adidas Marseille 2016-17 away kit is exactly that—a piece of fabric that embodies a changing era, an emergence from chaos, and the regained hope of an entire city.

Kit Details

Season: 2016-2017
Club: Olympique de Marseille
Type: Away
Manufacturer: Adidas
Condition: 8/10

What this kit represents

The 2016-17 season was a real turning point for Olympique de Marseille. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus had left an exhausted club, without clear ambition, adrift financially. Then Frank McCourt bought OM in autumn 2016, and everyone regained hope. The rallying cry became "McCourt, McCourt, McCourt" — the Vélodrome rediscovered a faith that previous seasons had severely eroded.

On the pitch, Rudi Garcia took the reins mid-season, in October 2016, succeeding Franck Passi. The squad at the time included players like Dimitri Payet — not yet, he arrived in January 2017 — and Florian Thauvin, who was starting to show his best form after a difficult English interlude at Newcastle. Bafétimbi Gomis led the attack, Lassana Diarra held the midfield. It was a team in reconstruction, and this Adidas away kit is a direct witness to that.

Memorable moments with this kit

Dimitri Payet's return in January 2017
OM pulled off the winter transfer coup by snatching Dimitri Payet from West Ham — a Réunion native returning to the place where he grew up football-wise. The Vélodrome erupted, and the entire McCourt project suddenly took on a concrete and electrifying dimension.

Thauvin regains his form
After a nightmarish season in the Premier League, Florian Thauvin returned to Marseille and began to dispel doubts. In 2016-17, he laid the foundations for what would make him one of the best wingers in Ligue 1 in the following years — dazzling, technical, decisive.

Garcia's arrival and the change of direction
When Rudi Garcia took over as coach, OM was struggling in mid-table. He stabilized the team, restored order, and prepared the ground for the 2017-18 season, which would see them qualify for the Champions League — the real takeoff of the McCourt project.

Authentic vs. Replica

An authentic vintage kit is not the same as a low-end replica bought by tourists from the official store. An authentic kit is the version worn or directly from the locker rooms — tailored fit, technical fabrics, and vintage Adidas finishes that have real character. When you hold it in your hands, you immediately feel the difference in quality.

This one is in 8/10 condition, meaning it's a kit that has been worn but isn't damaged. Not a plastic-wrapped kit that's been in a display case for ten years — a real piece of history that has lived a life, and wears it with class. For a collector's Marseille kit from this pivotal period, this is exactly the condition you want.

Vintage Size Guide

Let's be clear: vintage Adidas sizes from the 2010s do not correspond to current standards. A 2016 XS can easily fit a modern S depending on your body shape. The cuts were more fitted, less oversized — at the time, football kits were designed to hug the body, it was the fashion of the moment.

Before validating your order, get out a tape measure. Measure your chest circumference and compare it with our actual product measurements. A difference of two centimeters can change the entire wearing experience. It's better to spend two minutes checking than to make an unnecessary return on a unique vintage kit.

Why you need this in your collection

The 2016-17 season is a pivotal one in the recent history of Olympique de Marseille — that of the McCourt takeover, Garcia's arrival, Payet's return, and Thauvin's resurgence. It's not insignificant. In twenty years, when fans talk about the beginning of the new Marseille era, this season will be the one that kicked everything off. And Adidas 2016-17 away kits in XS size, there aren't many in this condition.

In 8/10 condition, this kit is clearly above the average of what you find on the vintage football kit market. There aren't many in this condition, clean, without major flaws, and with that intact vintage look. Serious collectors know: when a pivotal kit in good condition presents itself, you don't hesitate too long.

To go further

• Marseille - Wikipedia
• Football Kit Archive - Kit History
• Ligue 1 - Official Website
• UEFA - European Football

This is the kit of a club waking up, of a city regaining hope — if you're an OM fan or simply a lover of pieces with real meaning, you know what you have to do.