Prosecutors are seeking a two-year jail sentence for former Olympique Marseille coach Roland Courbis in the club's embezzlement trial.

Courbis is one of 14 defendants - who include club president Robert Louis-Dreyfus - facing charges of embezzling 22.1 million euros ($31.1 million Cdn) in club funds in the transfer of 15 players between 1997 and 1999.

Addressing the court Monday, prosecutor Mark Cimamonti said Courbis was the "main instigator" in a "system of institutionalized fraud."

Courbis coached Marseille between 1997 and 1999, leading the club to the 1999 UEFA Cup final, where it lost 3-0 to Italy's Parma.

Cimamonti asked for prison terms of two years for agents Gilbert Sau and Licio D'Onofrio and one year for Jean-Francois Larios, who played for Saint-Etienne before becoming an agent.

Cimamonti said Courbis, Sau and Larios should all pay fines of 375,000 euros ($528,430 Cdn), and D'Onofrio should pay 650,000 euros ($915,945 Cdn).

Also, Cimamonti said Louis-Dreyfus should receive a suspended prison sentence of between three and four years and pay a 375,000-euro fine.

The verdict is expected in April or May.