2020–21 OGC Nice season

OGC Nice
2020–21 season
President	Jean-Pierre Rivère
Head coach	Patrick Vieira; (until 4 December); Adrian Ursea; (from 4 December)
Stadium	Allianz Riviera
Ligue 1	14th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Amine Gouiri (6); All: ; Amine Gouiri (10)
	All statistics correct as of 31 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is the 94th season in the existence of OGC Nice and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nice are participating in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The head coach Patrick Vieira was relieved of his post after a five-game losing streak.[1] He was replaced by assistant Adrian Ursea.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 October 2020.[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	FRA	Stanley Nsoki
3	DF	BRA	Robson Bambu
4	DF	BRA	Dante (captain)
6	MF	FRA	Morgan Schneiderlin
7	FW	FRA	Myziane Maolida
8	MF	FRA	Pierre Lees-Melou
9	FW	DEN	Kasper Dolberg
10	FW	FRA	Alexis Claude-Maurice
11	FW	FRA	Amine Gouiri
13	DF	FRA	Hassane Kamara
14	FW	SUI	Dan Ndoye
16	GK	FRA	Teddy Boulhendi
19	MF	FRA	Khéphren Thuram


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	ALG	Youcef Atal
21	MF	BRA	Danilo Barbosa
22	MF	POR	Rony Lopes (on loan from Sevilla)
23	DF	SUI	Jordan Lotomba
24	DF	FRA	Andy Pelmard
27	MF	FRA	Alexis Trouillet
28	MF	ALG	Hicham Boudaoui
29	MF	FRA	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (on loan from Lyon)
30	GK	FRA	Yoan Cardinale
33	DF	AUT	Flavius Daniliuc
40	GK	ARG	Walter Benítez
—	DF	SEN	Racine Coly
—	DF	FRA	William Saliba (on loan from Arsenal)

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	POR	Pedro Brazão (on loan to Lausanne)
—	FW	FRA	Lucas Da Cunha (on loan to Lausanne)
—	DF	CIV	Ibrahim Cissé (on loan to Châteauroux)
—	DF	CIV	Armel Zohouri (on loan to Lausanne)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Wylan Cyprien (on loan to Parma)
—	MF	CIV	Trazié Thomas (on loan to Lausanne)
—	FW	FRA	Evann Guessand (on loan to Lausanne)
—	FW	FRA	Ihsan Sacko (on loan to Cosenza)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
11	FW	Amine Gouiri	Lyon	€7m	1 July 2020	[3]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
23	DF	Malang Sarr	Chelsea	Free	27 August 2020	[4]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 July 2020 Friendly	Lyon	1–0	Nice	Décines-Charpieu, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aouar 5' (pen.) Traoré 40'	Report	Benítez 4'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

10 July 2020 Friendly	Saint-Étienne	4–1	Nice	Saint-Étienne, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krasso 42' Abi 48', 56' Maçon 52'	Report	Thuram 17'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Olivier Thual

16 July 2020 2020 Veolia Cup	Nice	1–1	Celtic	Décines-Charpieu, France
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg 39'	Report	Klimala 72'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Willy Delajod

18 July 2020 2020 Veolia Cup	Nice	0–2	Rangers	Décines-Charpieu, France
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Trouillet 8' Kamara 82'	Report	Edmundson 38' Defoe 40' Barjonas 90+3'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

25 July 2020 Friendly	Standard Liège	1–2	Nice	Liège, Belgium
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Avenatti 33'	Report	Dolberg 37' (pen.) Kamara 47'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0

1 August 2020 Friendly	DAC Dunajská Streda	0–6	Nice	Grödig, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gouiri 1', 83' Maolida 3', 45+2' Claude-Maurice 34', 54'	Stadium: Untersberg-Arena

8 August 2020 Friendly	Red Bull Salzburg	4–1	Nice	Zell am See, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koïta 49' Junuzović 54' Berisha 59', 62' Bernède 72'	Report	Gouiri 6' Atal 55'	Stadium: Stadio Alois Latini

15 August 2020 Friendly	Nice	3–2	Rennes	Nice, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dolberg 43' (pen.), 62' (pen.) Thuram 45'	Report	Aguerd 31' Terrier 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

4 September 2020 Friendly	Nice	2–3	Monaco	Nice, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lopes 12' Guessand 14'	Report	Daniliuc 58' (o.g.) Martins 76' Onyekuru 88'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	23 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		22	7	5	10	24	31	−7	031.82
Coupe de France	10 February 2021		Round of 64		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020	10 December 2020	Group stage	Group stage	6	1	0	5	8	16	−8	016.67
Total					28	8	5	15	32	47	−15	028.57

Last updated: 3 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Reims	23	7	7	9	30	31	−1	28
13	Brest	23	8	3	12	35	43	−8	27
14	Nice	22	7	5	10	24	31	−7	26
15	Strasbourg	23	7	4	12	32	36	−4	25
16	Saint-Étienne	23	5	8	10	22	36	−14	23

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[5]

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
22	7	5	10	24	31	−7	26	2	2	7	10	22	−12	5	3	3	14	9	+5

Last updated: 3 February 2021.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	P	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L
Position	3	1	7	10	10	8	4	5	4	8	8	11	11	12	11	13	12	13	13	14	12	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[6]

23 August 2020 1	Nice	2–1	Lens	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dante 10' Gouiri 23', 75' Kamara 45+2'	Report	Kakuta 11' (pen.) Medina 41' Cahuzac 51' Boura 71'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

29 August 2020 2	Strasbourg	0–2	Nice	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koné 36' Djiku 73'	Report	Lotomba 13' Schneiderlin 17' Dante 24' Sylvestre 27' Dolberg 37' (pen.), 59', 45+2' Lees-Melou 42'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Jérôme Brisard

12 September 2020 3	Montpellier	3–1	Nice	Montpellier
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laborde 18' Congré 50', 64'	Report	Maolida 40' Dante 69' Dolberg 82'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Antony Gautier

20 September 2020 4	Nice	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Nice
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schneiderlin 88'	Report	Mbappé 38' (pen.) Verratti 43' Di María 45+1' Marquinhos 66' Bakker 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Benoît Bastien

27 September 2020 5	Bordeaux	0–0	Nice	Bordeaux
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabaly 15'	Report	Gouiri 90+4'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Referee: François Letexier

3 October 2020 6	Nice	2–1	Nantes	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dante 27' Thuram 28', 62' Pelmard 45+5'	Report	Girotto 3' Louza 45+5' (pen.) Pallois 56'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Jérôme Brisard

18 October 2020 7	Saint-Étienne	1–3	Nice	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aouchiche 57' Moukoudi 72' Hamouma 90+3'	Report	Lees-Melou 8' Gouiri 30' Kamara 50' Nsoki 58' Benítez 67' Lotomba 68' Bambu 73' Maolida 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Amaury Delerue

25 October 2020 8	Nice	1–1	Lille	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lees-Melou 10' Dolberg 50'	Report	Botman 43' Yılmaz 58', 78' Luiz Araújo 64' Çelik 75' Fonte 84' Maignan 89'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Frank Schneider

1 November 2020 9	Angers	0–3	Nice	Angers
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bernardoni 22' Doumbia 35' Coulibaly 80' Thomas 87' Mangani 90+1'	Report	Lopes 12', 40' Lees-Melou 23' (pen.) Bambu 36' Boudaoui 77'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Jérémy Stinat

8 November 2020 10	Nice	1–2	Monaco	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boudaoui 19' Lees-Melou 69' Schneiderlin 69'	Report	Disasi 23' Diop 53', 69' Ben Yedder 75'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Karim Abed

29 November 2020 12	Nice	1–3	Dijon	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Danilo 24' Gouiri 34', 80' (pen.) Boudaoui 57'	Report	Baldé 21', 66' Muzinga 31', 69' Diop 83' Konaté 90+4'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: François Letexier

6 December 2020 13	Reims	0–0	Nice	Reims
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dia 59'	Report	Boudaoui 16' Danilo 85'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

13 December 2020 14	Nice	0–1	Rennes	Nice
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nsoki 71' Gouiri 90+5'	Report	Niang 28' Traoré 63'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Amaury Delerue

16 December 2020 15	Nîmes	0–2	Nice	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roux 60'	Report	Schneiderlin 28' 57' Ndoye 85' Claude-Maurice 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Referee: Ruddy Buquet

19 December 2020 16	Nice	1–4	Lyon	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri 44' Thuram 57'	Report	Depay 32' (pen.) Kadewere 39' Toko Ekambi 63' Cornet 66' Aouar 73'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Antony Gautier

23 December 2020 17	Nice	2–2	Lorient	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lotomba 18', 90' Reine-Adélaïde 34', 90+2' Boudaoui 73' Bambu 81'	Report	Laporte 38' Monconduit 44' Lemoine 45+1' Moffi 49' Grbić 82' (pen.) Le Fée 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Aurélien Petit

6 January 2021 18	Brest	2–0	Nice	Brest
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mounié 23' Honorat 28', 52' Lasne 72'	Report	Saliba 11' Gouiri 63' Mahou 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Referee: Jérémy Stinat

9 January 2021 19	Metz	1–1	Nice	Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouyaté 17' Maziz 36' Boye 79'	Report	Gouiri 18' (pen.) Nsoki 67' Boudaoui 76'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Johan Hamel

17 January 2021 20	Nice	0–3	Bordeaux	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Bašić 33', 87' Hwang 50' Baysse 75'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Thomas Léonard

23 January 2021 21	Lens	0–1	Nice	Lens
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cahuzac 61' Fortès 68'	Report	Atal 49' Boudaoui 90'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

31 January 2021 22	Nice	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Nice
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bambu 48' Boudaoui 68'	Report	Moukoudi 41' Gourna-Douath 78' Abi 88'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Frank Schneider

3 February 2021 23	Monaco	2–1	Nice	Monaco
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ben Yedder 28' (pen.), 51'	Report	Todibo 17' Claude-Maurice 34' Schneiderlin 40' Lees-Melou 47' Lotomba 50'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Referee: Jérôme Brisard

7 February 2021 24	Nice	v	Angers	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Allianz Riviera

13 February 2021 25	Paris Saint-Germain	v	Nice	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Parc des Princes

17 February 2021 11	Marseille	v	Nice	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Note: The match originally scheduled for 21 November 2020, but postponed after more than ten Nice players tested positive for COVID-19.[7]

Coupe de France

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Nîmes	v	Nice	Nîmes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stade des Costières

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEV	SLP	HBS	NCE
1	Bayer Leverkusen	6	5	1	21	8	+13	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	4–1	6–2
2	Slavia Prague	6	4	2	11	10	+1	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	3–0	3–2
3	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	4	7	13	−6	6		2–4	3–1	—	1–0
4	Nice	6	1	5	8	16	−8	3		2–3	1–3	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	Bayer Leverkusen	6–2	Nice	Leverkusen, Germany
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Amiri 11' Alario 16' Baumgartlinger 40' L. Bender 45' Wendell 57' Diaby 61' Bellarabi 79', 83' Wirtz 87'	Report	Gouiri 31', 32' Nsoki 50' Claude-Maurice 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

29 October 2020 2	Nice	1–0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Nice, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri 23' Kamara 54' Schneiderlin 59'	Report	Bareiro 36' Josué 59' Agudelo 61' Vítor 86'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

5 November 2020 3	Slavia Prague	3–2	Nice	Prague, Czech Republic
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Holeš 14' Kuchta 16', 71', 57' Sima 22', 43' Hovorka 61'	Report	Schneiderlin 25' Gouiri 33' Lees-Melou 55' Daniliuc 61' Reine-Adélaïde 83' Ndoye 90+3'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

26 November 2020 4	Nice	1–3	Slavia Prague	Nice, France
21:00 CET (UTC+2)	Nsoki 43' Atal 53' Gouiri 61' Schneiderlin 74' Bambu 77' Boudaoui 90+1' 90+2'	Report	Lingr 15' Zima 41' Bořil 55' Olayinka 64' Sima 75' Kúdela 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

3 December 2020 5	Nice	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Nice, France
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kamara 26' Ndoye 39', 47' Daniliuc 90+3'	Report	Demirbay 12' Diaby 22' Dragović 32' Baumgartlinger 51'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

10 December 2020 6	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–0	Nice	Petah Tikva, Israel
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Taha 41' Yosefi 45+2' Hatuel 72' Keltjens 79' Tzedek 90'	Report	Schneiderlin 36' Thuram 45+1'	Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium[note 2] Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 3 December 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Europa League	Total
1	11	FW	Amine Gouiri	4	4	8
2	8	MF	Pierre Lees-Melou	3	0	3
2	9	FW	Kasper Dolberg	3	0	3
4	4	DF	Dante	2	0	2
4	14	FW	Dan Ndoye	0	2	2
6	7	FW	Myziane Maolida	1	0	1
	10	FW	Alexis Claude-Maurice	0	1	1
	13	MF	Hassane Kamara	0	1	1
	19	MF	Khéphren Thuram	1	0	1
	22	MF	Rony Lopes	1	0	1
	28	MF	Hicham Boudaoui	1	0	1
Totals				16	8	24

Notes

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
Hapoel Be'er Sheva played their home matches at HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, instead of their regular home stadium Turner Stadium, Beersheba, due to the stadium was declared a dangerous building by the Be'er Sheva cityhall for structural problems.

References

"L'OGC Nice limoge Patrick Vieira". L'Équipe. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
"Effectif pros". ogcnice.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
"Transferts : Amine Gouiri (OL) à Nice (officiel)". L'Équipe. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
"Sarr Signs On". chelseafc.com. 27 August 2020.
"League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
"Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.
"OM-Nice postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
"2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

External links

Official website

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[Behind_closed_doors-9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[10] Hapoel Be'er Sheva played their home matches at HaMoshava Stadium, Petah Tikva, instead of their regular home stadium Turner Stadium, Beersheba, due to the stadium was declared a dangerous building by the Be'er Sheva cityhall for structural problems.

[1] "L'OGC Nice limoge Patrick Vieira". L'Équipe. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

[2] "Effectif pros". ogcnice.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[3] "Transferts : Amine Gouiri (OL) à Nice (officiel)". L'Équipe. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[4] "Sarr Signs On". chelseafc.com. 27 August 2020.

[5] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[6] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

[7] "OM-Nice postponed". ligue1.com. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[8] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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