2016–17 OGC Nice season

Nice

2016–17 season

Chairman

Jean-Pierre Rivère

Stadium

Round of 64

Round of 32

Group stage

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2016–17 OGC Nice season is the 112th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Mouez Hassen	GK	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995	2013	2017	Youth academy
16	Simon Pouplin	GK	(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985	2014	2018	Sochaux
30	Yoan Cardinale	GK	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994	2015	2017	Youth academy
40	Walter Benítez	GK	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993	2016		Quilmes
Defenders
	Malang Sarr	CB	(1999-01-23) 23 January 1999	2016		Youth academy
2	Arnaud Souquet	RB	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992	2016^[1]		Dijon
3	Gautier Lloris	CB	(1995-07-18) 18 July 1995	2016	2017	Youth academy
4	Paul Baysse	CB / RB	(1988-05-18) 18 May 1988	2015	2018	Saint-Étienne
15	Lucas Rougeaux	CB	(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994	2012	2017	Youth academy
20	Maxime Le Marchand	CB / LB	(1989-10-11) 11 October 1989	2015^[2]	2018	Le Havre
21	Ricardo	RB	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993	2015^[3]	2017	FC Porto
24	Mathieu Bodmer	CB	(1982-11-22) 22 November 1982	2013^[4]	2017	Paris Saint-Germain
28	Olivier Boscagli	CB	(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997	2015		Youth academy
29	Dalbert Henrique	LB	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993	2016^[5]		Vitória de Guimarães
31	Dante	CB / LB	(1983-04-18) 18 April 1983	2016		Wolfsburg
33	Patrick Burner	RB / LB	(1996-04-11) 11 April 1996	2016	2019	Youth academy
Midfielders
5	Younès Belhanda	AM	(1990-02-25) 25 February 1990	2016	2017	Dynamo Kyiv
6	Jean Seri	CM	(1991-07-19) 19 July 1991	2015	2019	Paços Ferreira
7	Julien Vercauteren	RW	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993	2014^[6]	2018	Lierse
8	Arnaud Lusamba	AM	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997	2016^[7]		Nancy
12	Albert Rafetraniaina	DM	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996	2012		Youth academy
13	Valentin Eysseric	CAM	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992	2013^[8]	2017	Monaco
18	Rémi Walter	DM	(1995-04-26) 26 April 1995	2016^[9]	2019	Nancy
25	Wylan Cyprien	CM	(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995	2016		Lens
26	Vincent Koziello	CM	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995	2014	2018	Youth academy
33	Vincent Marcel	RW	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997	2015		Youth academy
Forwards
9	Mario Balotelli	ST	(1990-08-12) 12 August 1990	2016	2017	Liverpool
10	Mickaël Le Bihan	CF	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990	2015		Le Havre
11	Saïd Benrahma	RW / CF	(1995-08-10) 10 August 1995	2013	2018	Youth academy
14	Alassane Pléa	CF / RW	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993	2014	2018	Lyon
19	Bryan Constant	CF / AM	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994	2013	2017	Youth academy
22	Anastasios Donis	SS / LW / RW	(1996-08-29) 29 August 1996	2016^[10]	2017	Juventus
23	Alexy Bosetti	CF	(1993-04-23) 23 April 1993	2012	2017	Youth academy
27	Dorian Caddy	CF	(1995-03-20) 20 March 1995	2016	2019	Youth academy

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
000000002016-07-13-000013 July 2016	c DF	Dalbert Henrique	22	Vitória de Guimarães			^[11]
000000002016-07-19-000019 July 2016	c MF	Arnaud Lusamba	19	Nancy	€2.5M		^[12]
000000002016-07-25-000025 July 2016	c MF	Arnaud Souquet	24	Dijon			^[1]
000000002016-07-27-000027 July 2016	c MF	Wylan Cyprien	21	Lens			^[13]
000000002016-08-22-000022 August 2016	c DF	Dante	32	Wolfsburg			^[14]
000000002016-08-31-000031 August 2016	c FW	Mario Balotelli	26	Liverpool	Free^[15]	One-year contract ^[15]	^[16]
000000002016-08-31-000031 August 2016	c MF	Younès Belhanda	26	Dynamo Kyiv		Loan, with option to buy	^[17]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Source
000000002016-06-21-000021 June 2016	c FW	Alexandre Mendy	22	Guingamp		^[18]
000000002016-06-30-000030 June 2016	c MF	Niklas Hult	22	Panathinaikos		^[19]
000000002016-07-01-00001 July 2016	c FW	Hatem Ben Arfa	29	Paris Saint-Germain	Free	^[20]
000000002016-07-03-00003 July 2016	c MF	Nampalys Mendy	24	Leicester City	£13M	^[21]
000000002016-08-19-000019 August 2016	c DF	Kévin Gomis	27	Dundee		^[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

Pre-season preparations began on June 29, with new manager Lucien Favre taking charge. The first ten days were spent in Fontenay-le-Comte before moving to Divonne-les-Bains, where they played their first friendly against Servette. Following the match, the team moved to Nice for the remainder of the pre-season.^[23]

16 July 2016 Friendly	Servette	1–1	Nice	Divonne-les-Bains, France
		Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal

22 July 2016 Friendly	Étoile du Sahel	2–1	Nice	Sousse, Tunisia
		Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique

29 July 2016 Friendly	Nice	1–2	Toulouse	Nice
		Report		Stadium: Stade Charles-Ehrmann Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Karim Abed

1 August 2016 Friendly	Napoli	3–0	Nice	Naples, Italy
		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carmine Russo

5 August 2016 Friendly	Sporting	0–0	Nice	Faro, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Luis Godinho

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position	Final position	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	Matchday 1	1st	—	12 August 2016	19 May 2017
Coupe de France			—	—	—
Coupe de la Ligue
UEFA Europa League	Group stage			15 September 2016	—

Ligue 1

Main article: 2016–17 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nice	16	12	3	1	30	10	+20	39	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Monaco	16	11	3	2	49	16	+33	36	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Paris Saint-Germain	16	11	2	3	30	11	+19	35	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Rennes	16	8	3	5	18	19	−1	27	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Guingamp	16	7	5	4	21	15	+6	26

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[24]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	11	3	1	27	10	+17	36	5	2	0	18	6	+12	6	1	1	9	4	+5

Last updated: 30 November 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W
Position	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 30 November 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

14 August 2016 1	Nice	1–0	Rennes	Nice
17:00	Sarr 60'	Report	Mendes 32'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,075 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 August 2016 2	Angers	0–1	Nice	Angers
20:00	Bourillon 16'	Report	Plea 4' Henrique 49' Ricardo 78'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 10,142 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

27 August 2016 3	Nice	1–1	Lille	Nice
20:00	Koziello 3' Henrique 49' Bodmer 62'	Report	Beria 27', 64' Amadou 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,355 Referee: François Letexier

11 September 2016 4	Nice	3–2	Marseille	Nice
20:45	Balotelli 7' (pen.), 78' Koziello 71' Ricardo 86' Cyprien 88'	Report	Thauvin 14' Zambo Anguissa 31' Dória 66' Gomis 72' (pen.) Machach 87'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 31,194 Referee: Frank Schneider

18 September 2016 5	Montpellier	1–1	Nice	Montpellier
15:00	Skhiri 60' Boudebouz 67' (pen.)	Report	Eysseric 77' Belhanda 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,272 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

21 September 2016 6	Nice	4–0	AS Monaco	Nice
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baysse 17' Balotelli 30', 68' Belhanda 45' Pléa 86'	Report	Falcao 21' Bakayoko 83'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,867 Referee: Benoît Bastien

25 September 2016 7	Nancy	0–1	Nice	Tomblaine
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Guessan 10' Badila 38' Lenglet 72'	Report	Bodmer 24' Pléa 60'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 17,580 Referee: Antony Gautier

2 October 2016 8	Nice	2–1	Lorient	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pereira 11' Sarr 59' Balotelli 86', 87', 90+3' Eysseric 89'	Report	Bellugou 27' Moukandjo 61' Cafú 86' Moreira 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,816 Referee: Olivier Thual

14 October 2016 9	Nice	2–0	Lyon	Nice
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Baysse 5' Henrique 25' Dante 71' Seri 76' Balotelli 85'	Report	Morel 21' Fekir 28' Darder 43' Gaspar 80'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 28,139 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

23 October 2016 10	FC Metz	2–4	Nice	Metz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mandjeck 25', 54' Sarr 65' Diallo 69' Cohade 73' Jouffre 76'	Report	Pléa 12', 38' (pen.), 84' Cyprien 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

30 October 2016 11	Nice	4–1	Nantes	Nice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cyprien 9', 65', 64' Balotelli 27' Pléa 60'	Report	Lima 31' Djidji 38' Sala 47', 53'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Sébastien Moreira

6 November 2016 12	Caen	1–0	Nice	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santini 42' (pen.) Makengo 65' Vercoutre 79'	Report	Dante 26' Pléa 79' Balotelli 84'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Johan Hamel

20 November 2016 13	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Nice	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Søderlund 34' Lacroix 48'	Report	Eysseric 63' Belhanda 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Franck Schneider

27 November 2016 14	Nice	1–1	Bastia	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pléa 11'	Report	Thievy 28' Cahuzac 45' Crivelli 60' Cahuzac 77'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

30 November 2016 15	Guingamp	0–1	Nice	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kerbrat 66' Diallo 90'	Rpeort	Belhanda 5', 51'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Benoît Millot

4 December 2016 16	Nice	v	Toulouse	Nice
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Allian Riviera

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	S04	KRA	RBS	NIC
1	Schalke 04 (A)	5	5	0	0	9	1	+8	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–1	2–0
2	Krasnodar (A)	5	2	1	2	7	6	+1	7	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	1–1	5–2
3	Red Bull Salzburg (E)	5	1	1	3	4	6	−2	4		8 Dec	0–1	—	0–1
4	Nice (E)	5	1	0	4	3	10	−7	3		0–1	8 Dec	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

15 September 2016 1	Nice	0–1	Schalke 04	Nice, France
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Seri 72' Balotelli 90'	Report	Baba 32', 75' Stambouli 44'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,378 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

29 September 2016 2	Krasnodar	5–2	Nice	Krasnodar, Russia
20:00 (MSK)	Smolov 22' Joãozinho 33', 65' (pen.) Naldo 50' Granqvist 55' Ari 86', 90+3' 86'	Report	Balotelli 43' Seri 45+1' Baysse 64' Cardinale 69' Cyprien 71'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 10,750^[25] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

20 October 2016 3	Red Bull Salzburg	0–1	Nice	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
20:00 (MSK)	Hee-chan 85' Laimer 88'	Report	Pléa 13' Dalbert 71' Eysseric 90+4'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9,473^[26] Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

3 November 2016 4	Nice	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Nice, France
21:05 (UTC+2)	Koziello 63' Balotelli 89'	Report	Hwang Hee-chan 72', 73' Laimer 54' Upamecano 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

24 November 2016 5	Schalke 04	2–0	Nice	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00	Konoplyanka 14' Aogo 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena

8 December 2016 6	Nice	v	Krasnodar	Nice, France
		Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
30	GK		Yoan Cardinale	11	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Defenders
2	DF		Arnaud Souquet	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Paul Baysse	11	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF		Ricardo	9	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
24	DF		Mathieu Bodmer	8	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	DF		Dalbert Henrique	11	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
31	DF		Dante	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	DF		Malang Sarr	11	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Younès Belhanda	8	1	4+2	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
6	MF		Jean Seri	9	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Arnaud Lusamba	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Valentin Eysseric	8	1	3+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
18	MF		Rémi Walter	7	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	MF		Wylan Cyprien	11	2	7+2	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
26	MF		Vincent Koziello	8	1	5+1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
33	MF		Vincent Marcel	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	ST		Mario Balotelli	6	6	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	1
14	FW		Alassane Plea	11	3	6+3	3	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
22	FW		Anastasios Donis	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 14 October 2016^[27]
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	UEFA EL	Total
1	9	ST	Mario Balotelli	5	1	6
2	14	FW	Alassane Plea	3	0	3
3	14	MF	Wylan Cyprien	1	1	2
4	34	DF	Malang Sarr	1	0	1
	26	MF	Vincent Koziello	1	0	1
	8	MF	Jean Seri	1	0	1
	23	DF	Ricardo	1	0	1
	5	MF	Younès Belhanda	1	0	1

Last updated: 14 October 2016

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	UEFA EL	Total
1	8	MF	Jean Seri	3	0	3
2	5	MF	Younès Belhanda	2	0	2
	14	MF	Wylan Cyprien	2	0	2
	23	DF	Ricardo	2	0	2
3	6	MF	Jean Seri	1	0	1
	13	MF	Valentin Eysseric	1	1	2
	22	FW	Anastasios Donis	1	0	1

Last updated: 14 October 2016^[28]^[29]

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de Ligue	UEFA EL	Total
1	30		Yoan Cardinale	5	0	0	0	5

Last updated: 14 October 2016^[30]

References

1 2 "Accord de principe pour Souquet" (in French). OGC Nice. 25 July 2016.
↑ "Maxime Le Marchand officiellement niçois" (in French). L'Equipe. 25 June 2015.
↑ "Ricardo Pereira (FC Porto) prêté deux ans à Nice" (in French). L'Equipe. 31 August 2015.
↑ "Mathieu Bodmer est nicois" (in French). OGC Nice. 10 September 2013.
↑ "Dalbert officiellemnt niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 13 July 2016.
↑ "Julien Vercauteren officiellement niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 12 June 2014.
↑ "Lusamba signe à Nice (officiel)" (in French). Le Figaro. 19 July 2016.
↑ "Eysseric prêté à Nice" (in French). L'Equipe. 23 August 2012.
↑ "Rémi Walter a signé à Nice" (in French). PGC Nice. 17 January 2016.
↑ "Transfert : Anastasios Donis prêté à Nice" (in French). L'Equipe. 20 July 2016.
↑ "Dalbert officiellement Niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 13 July 2016.
↑ "Arnaud Lusamba (Nancy) va signer à Nice" (in French). L'Equipe. 19 July 2016.
↑ "Accord trouvé pour Wylan Cyprien" (in French). OGC Nice. 27 July 2016.
↑ "Dante a l'OGC Nice" (in French). OGC Nice. 22 August 2016.
1 2 "Mario Balotelli completes move from Liverpool to Nice on free transfer". The Guardian. 31 August 2016.
↑ "Super Mario Balotelli a Nice" (in French). OGC Nice. 31 August 2016.
↑ "Voila Belhanda" (in French). OGC Nice. 31 August 2016.
↑ "Un Aiglon d'attaque pour En Avant". EA Guingamp.
↑ "Hult transféré au Panathinaikos". OGC Nice.
↑ "Hatem Ben Arfa: former Newcastle United forward signs for PSG". BBC. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Leicester City sign Nampalys Mendy from OGC Nice on four-year deal". ESPN FC. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Kevin Gomis en Ecosse" (in French). OGC Nice. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
↑ "Les dates clefs de l'ete des Aiglons" (in French). OGC Nice. 27 June 2016.
↑ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
↑ "Red Bull Salzburg vs. Krasnodar". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Salzburg vs. Nice". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ http://int.soccerway.com/teams/france/olympique-gymnaste-club-de-nice-cote-dazur/894/
↑ http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/classementPasseurs
↑ http://www.espnfc.com/uefa-europa-league/2310/statistics/assists
↑ http://www.foxsports.com/soccer/stats?competition=43&season=20160&category=GOALKEEPING&pos=Goalie&team=0&isOpp=0&sort=12&sortOrder=0

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Europe

Grounds	Stade du Ray Allianz Riviera

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Domestic leagues	Ligue 1 Ligue 2 National CFA (Group A, B, C, D) CFA 2 (Group A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)

Women's domestic leagues	D1 Féminine

Domestic cups	Coupe de France (Final) Coupe de la Ligue (Final) Trophée des Champions

Women's domestic cups	Coupe de France Féminine (Final)

European	Champions League Men Women UEFA Europa League

Ligue 1	Angers Bastia Bordeaux Caen Dijon Guingamp Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Metz Monaco Montpellier Nancy Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Rennes Saint-Étienne Toulouse

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	11	3	1	27	10	+17	36	5	2	0	18	6	+12	6	1	1	9	4	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	11	3	1	27	10	+17	36	5	2	0	18	6	+12	6	1	1	9	4	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	11	3	1	27	10	+17	36	5	2	0	18	6	+12	6	1	1	9	4	+5