2015–16 OGC Nice season

Nice

2015–16 season

Chairman

Jean-Pierre Rivère

Stadium

3rd

Round of 64

Round of 16

Top goalscorer

League:
Hatem Ben Arfa (11)
All:
Hatem Ben Arfa (12)

Highest home attendance

31,008 vs Paris Saint-Germain (4 December 2015)

Lowest home attendance

7,749 vs Rennes (4 January 2016)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2015–16 OGC Nice season is the 111th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.

Players

Current squad

As of 20 January 2016.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mouez Hassen
3	DF	Gautier Lloris
4	DF	Paul Baysse (on loan from Saint-Étienne)
5	DF	Kévin Gomis
6	MF	Jean Seri
8	MF	Mahamane Traoré
9	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa
10	FW	Mickaël Le Bihan
12	MF	Albert Rafetraniaina
13	MF	Niklas Hult
14	FW	Alassane Pléa
15	FW	Alexandre Mendy
16	GK	Simon Pouplin

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Remi Walter
19	MF	Wallyson Mallmann (on loan from Sporting Lisbon)
20	DF	Maxime Le Marchand
21	MF	Stephan Raheriharimanana
22	MF	Nampalys Mendy
23	DF	Ricardo Pereira (on loan from Porto)
24	DF	Mathieu Bodmer
25	DF	Romain Genevois
26	MF	Vincent Koziello
28	FW	Valère Germain (on loan from Monaco)
29	DF	Jérémy Pied
30	GK	Yoan Cardinale
34	DF	Jonathan Correia Da Fonseca

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
—	DF	Lucas Rougeaux (on loan to Boulogne)
—	MF	Julien Vercauteren (on loan to Westerlo)
—	MF	Valentin Eysseric (on loan to Saint-Étienne)

No.	Position	Player
—	FW	Saïd Benrahma (on loan to Angers)
—	FW	Alexy Bosetti (on loan to Tours)
—	FW	Bryan Constant (on loan to Fréjus Saint-Raphaël)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c MF	Ben Arfa, HatemHatem Ben Arfa	28	Unattached	Free Transfer
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c DF	Le Marchand, MaximeMaxime Le Marchand	25	Le Havre	Undisclosed
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c MF	Seri, JeanJean Seri	23	Paços de Ferreira	Undisclosed
000000002015-08-31-000031 August 2015	c FW	Le Bihan, MickaëlMickaël Le Bihan	25	Le Havre	Undisclosed
000000002016-01-16-000016 January 2016	c MF	Walter, RémiRémi Walter	20	Nancy	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c FW	Germain, ValèreValère Germain	25	Monaco	30 June 2016
000000002015-08-07-00007 August 2015	c DF	Baysse, PaulPaul Baysse	27	Saint-Étienne	30 June 2016
000000002015-08-12-000012 August 2015	c MF	Mallmann, WallysonWallyson Mallmann	21	Sporting CP	30 June 2016
000000002015-08-31-000031 August 2015	c MF	Ricardo Pereira	21	Porto	30 June 2016

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c MF	Bauthéac, ÉricÉric Bauthéac	27	Lille	£1.7 Million
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c FW	Astier, JordanJordan Astier	23	Unattached	Released
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c FW	Pentecôte, XavierXavier Pentecôte	28	Unattached	Released
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c DF	Diawara, SouleymaneSouleymane Diawara	36	Unattached	Released
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c DF	M'Bow, MoussaMoussa M'Bow	23	Unattached	Released
000000002015-07-01-00001 July 2015	c MF	Dao Castellana, FabienFabien Dao Castellana	21	Unattached	Released
000000002015-07-03-00003 July 2015	c GK	Delle, JorisJoris Delle	25	Lens	Undisclosed
000000002015-07-08-00008 July 2015	c MF	Digard, DidierDidier Digard	28	Real Betis	Free Transfer
000000002015-07-18-000018 July 2015	c DF	Amavi, JordanJordan Amavi	21	Aston Villa	£7.7 Million
000000002015-07-27-000027 July 2015	c DF	Palun, LloydLloyd Palun	26	Red Star	Free Transfer
000000002015-08-01-00001 August 2015	c DF	Puel, GrégoireGrégoire Puel	23	Le Havre	Free Transfer
000000002015-08-10-000010 August 2015	c FW	Maupay, NealNeal Maupay	18	Saint-Étienne	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
000000002015-07-15-000015 July 2015	c FW	Bosetti, AlexyAlexy Bosetti	22	Tours	30 June 2016
000000002015-08-07-00007 August 2015	c DF	Rougeaux, LucasLucas Rougeaux	21	Boulogne	30 June 2016
000000002015-08-18-000018 August 2015	c MF	Eysseric, ValentinValentin Eysseric	23	Saint-Étienne	30 June 2016
000000002016-01-11-000011 January 2016	c FW	Benrahma, SaïdSaïd Benrahma	20	Angers	30 June 2016
000000002016-01-13-000013 January 2016	c MF	Vercauteren, JulienJulien Vercauteren	23	Westerlo	30 June 2016
000000002016-01-20-000020 January 2016	c MF	Constant, BryanBryan Constant	21	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	30 June 2016
000000002016-01-25-000025 January 2016	c DF	Rafetraniaina, AlbertAlbert Rafetraniaina	19	Red Star	30 June 2016	^[2]
000000002016-01-25-000025 January 2016	c FW	Bosetti, AlexyAlexy Bosetti	21	Sarpsborg 08	30 June 2016	^[3]

Pre-season & friendlies

11 July 2015 Friendly	Lausanne-Sport	1–4	Nice	Montlhéry, France
16:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rushenguziminega 34'	Report	Germain 8', 35' Pléa 43' Benrahma 83'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur Paul Desgouillons

17 July 2015 Friendly	Zulte-Waregem	2–1	Nice	Waregem, Belgium
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Ridder 19' Leye 77'	Report	Germain 37' Cardinale 54'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion

21 July 2015 Friendly	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	0–1	Nice
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Eysseric 54'

26 July 2015 Friendly	Beşiktaş	2–2	Nice	Gleisdorf, Austria
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tosun 61' Uysal 82'	Report	Pléa 45' Mendy 64'	Stadium: Solarstadion der Stadt

28 July 2015 Friendly	Galatasaray	0–4	Nice	Wolfsberg, Austria
17:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Ben Arfa 57' (pen.) Eysseric 71' Benrahma 73' (pen.) Maupay 80'	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena

2 August 2015 Friendly	Nice	3–2	Napoli	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pléa 8' Seri 39' Germain 53'	Report	Callejón 14', 68' Mertens 20'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain	26	22	4	0	63	12	+51	70	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Monaco	26	12	10	4	37	29	+8	46	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Nice	26	11	7	8	39	30	+9	40	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Saint-Étienne	26	12	4	10	31	29	+2	40	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	Lyon	26	11	6	9	38	28	+10	39

Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[4]

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
26	11	7	8	39	30	+9	40	7	2	4	20	13	+7	4	5	4	19	17	+2

Last updated: 14 February 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D
Position	16	13	9	11	15	9	8	7	8	5	7	8	6	4	6	5	7	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	3

Last updated: 14 February 2016.
Source: Ligue1
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

8 August 2015 1	Nice	1–2	Monaco	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Germain 7' Boscagli 14', 44' Pléa 39' Baysse 84'	Report	Kurzawa 41', 62' Carvalho 45+3' Silva 51'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 25,173 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

15 August 2015 2	Troyes	3–3	Nice	Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jean 3' Pereira 4' Mavinga 12', 32' Court 14' Camus 77' Thiago Xavier 90+3', 90+3'	Report	Ben Arfa 6' (pen.), 69' Pléa 16' Le Marchand 42' Correia 45+2' Rafetraniaina 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 11,468 Referee: Johan Hamel

22 August 2015 3	Nice	2–1	Caen	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ben Arfa 66' Koziello 71' Pléa 77'	Report	Nangis 45' Delort 67' Seube 72' Louis 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,908 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

29 August 2015 4	Angers	1–1	Nice	Angers
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mangani 24' Andreu 55' Doré 87'	Report	Germain 22', 56' Boscagli 40'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 13,485 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

12 September 2015 5	Nice	0–1	Guingamp	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koziello 66'	Report	Coco 40' Benezet 74' Sankharé 76' Mathis 87'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 14,421 Referee: Tony Chapron

19 September 2015 6	Bastia	1–3	Nice	Furiani
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Danic 24' Marange 87'	Report	N. Mendy 33' Germain 40' Mallmann 85' Pied 86' Benrahma 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 12,945 Referee: Wilfried Bien

23 September 2015 7	Nice	6–1	Bordeaux	Nice
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Germain 33' Le Bihan 42' Pallois 51' (o.g.) Ben Arfa 68', 75' A. Mendy 84'	Report	Plašil 6' Khazri 14' Crivelli 50'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 13,686 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

27 September 2015 8	Saint-Étienne	1–4	Nice	Saint-Étienne
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perrin 19' Pajot 50' Lemoine 63' Polomat 75' Eysseric 89'	Report	Koziello 5' Seri 29', 53' Ben Arfa 39', 45+1' N. Mendy 62' Le Marchand 82'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,556 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

18 October 2015 10	Rennes	1–4	Nice	Rennes
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fernandes 37' Sio 59' Grosicki 88'	Report	Bodmer 14' Germain 52' Ben Arfa 53' Traoré 71', 75' Benrahma 80'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 21,709 Referee: Benoît Millot

24 October 2015 11	Gazélec Ajaccio	3–1	Nice	Ajaccio, Corsica
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pujol 1' Ducourtioux 22' Filippi 32' Coeff 34' Đoković 43', 48' Lemoigne 88'	Report	Filippi 12' (o.g.) Koziello 42' Mallmann 61' Bodmer 67' Boscagli 84'	Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova Attendance: 3,757 Referee: Johan Hamel

1 November 2015 12	Nice	0–0	Lille	Nice
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ricardo Pereira 11' Koziello 33' Honorat 85'	Report	Bauthéac 33' Soumaoro 41' Obbadi 63'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,169

4 November 2015 9	Nice	1–2	Nantes	Nice
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Genevois 42' Pied 67'	Report	Alegue 11' Vizcarrondo 65' Thomasson 68' Sigþórsson 70' Sabaly 75'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,531 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

8 November 2015 13	Marseille	0–1	Nice	Marseille
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mendy 86' Sparagna 87'	Report	Germain 16' Wallyson 20' Pereira 68'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,988 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 November 2015 14	Lyon	0–1	Nice	Lyon
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Germain 20' Genevois 24' Yanga-Mbiwa 48' (o.g.) Koziello 71'	Report	Ferri 26' Morel 85'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 17,872 Referee: Benoît Bastien

28 November 2015 15	Toulouse	2–0	Nice	Toulouse
20:00 CE1T (UTC+01:00)	Somália 15' Braithwaite 31' (pen.) Ben Yedder 58' Machach 60'	Report	Hassen 39' Pied 60' Le Marchand 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 9,956 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

1 December 2015 16	Lorient	0–0	Nice	Lorient
19:00 CE1T (UTC+01:00)	Moukandjo 65' N'Dong 87'	Report	Genevois 36' Pereira 38' Koziello 72' Le Marchand 77' Hult 90'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 9,218 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

4 December 2015 17	Nice	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hult 43'	Report	Cavani 35' Matuidi 40' Ibrahimović 44' (pen.), 61' Aurier 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 31,008 Referee: Antony Gautier

12 December 2015 18	Stade Reims	1–1	Nice	Reims
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rigonato 78' Devaux 84' Kankava 90+3' Mandi 90+4'	Report	Germain 6' Pied 30' Ben Arfa 57'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,536 Referee: Antony Gautier

18 December 2015 19	Nice	1–0	Montpellier	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Boscagli 31' Bodmer 42' Mendy 64'	Report	Ninga 7' Martin 12'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 14,026 Referee: Tony Chapron

10 January 2016 20	Lille	1–1	Nice	Villeneuve d'Ascq
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Benzia 11' Corchia 68' Pavard 90'	Report	Hult 45' Mendy 50' Mallmann 62' Seri 72'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 30,238 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

15 January 2016 21	Nice	2–1	Angers	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hult 59' Cardinale 63' Ben Arfa 80' (pen.), 84' (pen.)	Report	Capelle 24' Saïss 35' Ndoye 63' Manceau 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 13,600 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

23 January 2016 22	Nice	2–1	Lorient	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Baysse 18' Ben Arfa 35' Koziello 44'	Report	Jouffre 24' Koné 63' N'Dong 81'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 13,871 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

31 January 2016 23	Caen	2–0	Nice	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rodelin 12' Delort 41' (pen.) Nkololo 80'	Report	Bodmer 30' Koziello 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 17,061 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

3 February 2016 24	Nice	1–0	Toulouse	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pied 70' Ben Arfa 82'	Report	Blin 71'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 12,828 Referee: François Letexier

6 February 2016 25	Monaco	1–0	Nice	Fontvieille
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dirar 48', 48' Bakayoko 81' Subašić 90+1' Bernardo Silva 90+2' João Moutinho 90+4'	Report	Germain 8' Cardinale 25' Koziello 44' Le Marchand 45+1' Pied 80' Ricardo Pereira 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 12,842 Referee: Tony Chapron

14 February 2016 26	Nice	1–1	Marseille	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Germain 58' Ricardo Pereira 86'	Report	Isla 28' 45+7' Nkoulou 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 28,659 Referee: Benoît Millot

19 February 2016 27	Bordeaux	v	Nice	Bordeaux
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux

26 February 2016 28	Nice	v	Bastia	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Allianz Riviera

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue

28 October 2015 Round of 32	Caen	1–2	Nice	Caen
CET (UTC+01:00)	Delort 14' Adéoti 90+1'	Report	Mendy 57', 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,098 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

15 December 2015 Round of 16	Guingamp	2–2 (aet) (4–3 p)	Nice	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Angoua 54' Lemaître 62' Salibur 89', 110' Dembélé 93'	Report	Mallmann 24' Mendy 44', 93' Le Marchand 49' Baysse 72' Boscagli 98' Hult 109'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 10,873 Referee: Fredy Fautrel
		Penalties
	De Pauw Angoua Sankhare Dembele Lössl Salibur		Germain Ben Arfa Pied Seri Boscagli Le Marchand

Coupe de France

Main article: 2015–16 Coupe de France

4 January 2016 Round of 64	Nice	2–2 (aet) (6–7 p)	Rennes	Nice
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mendy 38' Koziello 41', 74' Ben Arfa 117' (pen.)	Report	Diagné 42' Pedro Henrique 58' Gelson Fernandes 81' Boga 83' André 114' Armand 119' Danzé 116'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 7,749 Referee: Clément Turpin
		Penalties
	Ben Arfa Seri Mendy Wallyson Baysse Genevois Honorat Boscagli Lloris		Quintero Boga Diagné Dembélé Armand Janvier André M'Bengue Gelson Fernandes

Goal scorers

Last updated 3 February 2016

Place	Position	Number	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Total
1	MF	9	Hatem Ben Arfa	11	1	0	12
2	FW	28	Valère Germain	7	0	0	7
3	FW	15	Alexandre Mendy	1	1	4	6
			Own goals	3	0	0	3
4	MF	26	Vincent Koziello	3	0	0	3
5	FW	11	Saïd Benrahma	2	0	0	2
5	FW	14	Alassane Pléa	2	0	0	2
6	MF	6	Jean Seri	1	0	0	1
	MF	8	Mahamane Traoré	1	0	0	1
	FW	10	Mickaël Le Bihan	1	0	0	1
	DF	20	Maxime Le Marchand	1	0	0	1
	MF	22	Nampalys Mendy	1	0	0	1
	DF	24	Mathieu Bodmer	1	0	0	1
	DF	25	Romain Genevois	1	0	0	1
	DF	33	Olivier Boscagli	1	0	0	1
	MF	13	Niklas Hult	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	38	2	4	44

References

↑ "Effectif pros" (in French). OGC Nice. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
↑ OFFICIEL - Rafetraniaina prêté au Red Star
↑ Alexy Bosetti prêté à Sarpsborg 08 (off.)
↑ "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

2015–16 in French football

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

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 Gazélec Ajaccio Guingamp Lille Lorient Lyon Marseille Monaco Montpellier Nantes Nice Paris Saint-Germain Reims Rennes Saint-Étienne Toulouse Troyes

Ligue 2	Ajaccio Auxerre Bourg-Péronnas Brest Clermont Créteil Dijon Evian Istres Laval Le Havre Lens Metz Nancy Niort Nîmes Paris Red Star Sochaux Tours Valenciennes

Summer transfers Winter transfers

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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
26	11	7	8	39	30	+9	40	7	2	4	20	13	+7	4	5	4	19	17	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	7	8	39	30	+9	40	7	2	4	20	13	+7	4	5	4	19	17	+2

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	7	8	39	30	+9	40	7	2	4	20	13	+7	4	5	4	19	17	+2