2015–16 OGC Nice season

Nice
2015–16 season
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Rivère
Manager	Claude Puel
Stadium	Allianz Riviera
Ligue 1	4th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hatem Ben Arfa (17); All: ; Hatem Ben Arfa (19)
Highest home attendance	31,008 vs Paris Saint-Germain (4 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance	7,749 vs Rennes (4 January 2016)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Players

First team squad

^[1]

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


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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	FRA	Remi Walter
19	MF	BRA	Wallyson Mallmann (on loan from Sporting CP)
20	DF	FRA	Maxime Le Marchand
21	MF	MAD	Stéphan Raheriharimanana
23	DF	POR	Ricardo (on loan from Porto)
24	DF	FRA	Mathieu Bodmer
25	DF	HAI	Romain Genevois
26	MF	FRA	Vincent Koziello
28	FW	FRA	Valère Germain (on loan from Monaco)
29	DF	FRA	Jérémy Pied
30	GK	FRA	Yoan Cardinale
34	DF	FRA	Jonathan Correia Da Fonseca

Out on loan

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


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


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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee
1 July 2015	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	27	Unattached	Free Transfer
1 July 2015	DF	Maxime Le Marchand	25	Le Havre	Undisclosed
1 July 2015	MF	Jean Michaël Seri	23	Paços de Ferreira	Undisclosed
31 August 2015	FW	Mickaël Le Bihan	25	Le Havre	Undisclosed
16 January 2016	MF	Rémi Walter	20	Nancy	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Return date
1 July 2015	FW	Valère Germain	25	Monaco	30 June 2016
7 August 2015	DF	Paul Baysse	27	Saint-Étienne	30 June 2016
12 August 2015	MF	Wallyson Mallmann	21	Sporting CP	30 June 2016
31 August 2015	MF	Ricardo	21	Porto	30 June 2016

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee
1 July 2015	MF	Éric Bauthéac	27	Lille	£1,700,000
1 July 2015	FW	Jordan Astier	23	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	FW	Xavier Pentecôte	28	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	DF	Souleymane Diawara	36	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	DF	Moussa M'Bow	23	Unattached	Released
1 July 2015	MF	Fabien Dao Castellana	21	Unattached	Released
3 July 2015	GK	Joris Delle	25	Lens	Undisclosed
8 July 2015	MF	Didier Digard	28	Real Betis	Free transfer
18 July 2015	DF	Jordan Amavi	21	Aston Villa	£7,700,000
27 July 2015	DF	Lloyd Palun	26	Red Star	Free Transfer
1 August 2015	DF	Grégoire Puel	23	Le Havre	Free Transfer
10 August 2015	FW	Neal Maupay	18	Saint-Étienne	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Return date	Notes
15 July 2015	FW	Alexy Bosetti	22	Tours	30 June 2016
7 August 2015	DF	Lucas Rougeaux	21	Boulogne	30 June 2016
18 August 2015	MF	Valentin Eysseric	23	Saint-Étienne	30 June 2016
11 January 2016	FW	Saïd Benrahma	20	Angers	30 June 2016
13 January 2016	MF	Julien Vercauteren	23	Westerlo	30 June 2016
20 January 2016	MF	Bryan Constant	21	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël	30 June 2016
25 January 2016	DF	Albert Rafetraniaina	19	Red Star	30 June 2016	^[2]
25 January 2016	FW	Alexy 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' A. 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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Lyon	38	19	8	11	67	43	+24	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Monaco	38	17	14	7	57	50	+7	65	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Nice	38	18	9	11	58	41	+17	63	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Lille	38	15	15	8	39	27	+12	60	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
6	Saint-Étienne	38	17	7	14	42	37	+5	58

Source: Ligue 1, 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]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coupe de France and the 2015–16 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

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
38	18	9	11	58	41	+17	63	12	2	5	32	16	+16	6	7	6	26	25	+1

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

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	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
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	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W
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	3	5	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	4

Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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 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)	B. Mendy 86' Sparagna 87'	Report	Germain 16' Wallyson 20' Ricardo 68'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 47,988 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 November 2015 14	Nice	3–0	Lyon	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Germain 20' Genevois 24' Yanga-Mbiwa 48' (o.g.) Koziello 71'	Report	Ferri 26' Morel 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera 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' Ricardo 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)	Diego 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' A. 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' N. 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' Silva 90+2' Moutinho 90+4'	Report	Germain 8' Cardinale 25' Koziello 44' Le Marchand 45+1' Pied 80' Ricardo 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 86'	Report	Isla 28', 45+7' Nkoulou 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 28,659 Referee: Benoît Millot

19 February 2016 27	Bordeaux	0–0	Nice	Bordeaux
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Koziello 44' Ranieri 90+1'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 23,641 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

26 February 2016 28	Nice	0–2	Bastia	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Koziello 17' Le Marchand 56' Baysse 58' Traoré 67'	Report	Mostefa 25' Modesto 27' Cahuzac 57' Diallo 61' Ayité 64' Danic 70' Djiku 73'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 14,541 Referee: Antony Gautier

5 March 2016 29	Nice	2–1	Troyes	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Germain 12' Boscagli 56' Traoré 72'	Report	Jean 27' Dabo 29'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 13,160 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

12 March 2016 30	Montpellier	0–2	Nice	Montpellier
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Martin 81' Ninga 90+2'	Report	Germain 62' Pied 64' Pléa 76'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 13,462 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

20 March 2016 31	Nice	3–0	Gazélec Ajaccio	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Arfa 14' Pléa 66' Pied 70' Seri 88'	Report	Touré 31' Lemoigne 62'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,066 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

2 April 2016 32	Paris Saint-Germain	4–1	Nice	Paris
16:00 CEST (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović 15', 34', 82' David Luiz 48' Silva 68'	Report	Ben Arfa 18'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,919 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

10 April 2016 33	Nice	3–0	Rennes	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ben Arfa 33' (pen.), 40', 56'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,622 Referee: Clément Turpin

15 April 2016 34	Lyon	1–1	Nice	Lyon
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Germain 18'	Report	Cornet 25' Lacazette 45'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 55,744 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

22 April 2016 35	Nice	2–0	Reims	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Germain 11' Ben Arfa 56' (pen.) Pied 85'	Report	Weber 55' Turan 58' Traore 74'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,913 Referee: Benoît Bastien

30 April 2016 36	Nantes	1–0	Nice	Nantes
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Thomasson 68' Vizcarrondo 73'	Report	Pied 88'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Referee: Antony Gautier

7 May 2016 37	Nice	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Allianz Riviera

14 May 2016 38	Guingamp	2–3	Nice	Guingamp
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Stade du Roudourou

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	A. Mendy 57', 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 10,098 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

15 December 2015 Round of 16	Guingamp	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Nice	Guingamp
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Angoua 54' Lemaître 62' Salibur 89', 110' Dembélé 93'	Report	Mallmann 24' A. 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 Sankharé Dembélé Lössl Salibur		Germain Ben Arfa Pied Seri Boscagli Le Marchand

Coupe de France

4 January 2016 Round of 64	Nice	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Rennes	Nice
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	A. Mendy 38' Koziello 41' 74' Ben Arfa 117' (pen.)	Report	Diagne 42' Pedro Henrique 58' Fernandes 81' Boga 83' André 114' Armand 119' Danzé 116'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 7,749 Referee: Clément Turpin
	Penalties
	Ben Arfa Seri N. Mendy Wallyson Baysse Genevois Honorat Boscagli Lloris		Quintero Boga Diagné Dembélé Armand Janvier André M'Bengue Gelson Fernandes

Goalscorers

Last updated 12 March 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	10	0	0	10
3	FW	15	Alexandre Mendy	1	1	4	6
			Own goals	3	0	0	3
4	MF	26	Vincent Koziello	3	0	0	3
4	FW	14	Alassane Pléa	3	0	0	3
5	FW	11	Saïd Benrahma	2	0	0	2
5	MF	8	Mahamane Traoré	2	0	0	2
6	MF	6	Jean Michaël Seri	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	43	2	4	49