2020–21 OGC Nice season
2020–21 season | ||||
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President | Jean-Pierre Rivère | |||
Head coach | Patrick Vieira (until 4 December) Adrian Ursea (from 4 December) | |||
Stadium | Allianz Riviera | |||
Ligue 1 | 9th | |||
Coupe de France | Round of 32 | |||
UEFA Europa League | Group stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Amine Gouiri (12) All: Amine Gouiri (16) | |||
Biggest win | Angers 0–3 Nice Nice 3–0 Angers Nice 3–0 Marseille | |||
Biggest defeat | Bayer Leverkusen 6–2 Nice | |||
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The 2020–21 season was 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 participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered 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
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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11 | FW | Amine Gouiri | Lyon | €7m | 1 July 2020 | [2] |
Out
[edit]No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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23 | DF | Malang Sarr | Chelsea | Free | 27 August 2020 | [3] |
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]Win Draw Loss
4 July 2020 Friendly | Lyon | 1–0 | Nice | Décines-Charpieu, France |
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| 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) | Report |
| 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) |
| Report |
| 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) | Report | 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) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 0 |
1 August 2020 Friendly | DAC Dunajská Streda | 0–6 | Nice | Grödig, Austria |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Untersberg-Arena |
8 August 2020 Friendly | Red Bull Salzburg | 4–1 | Nice | Zell am See, Austria |
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stadio Alois Latini |
15 August 2020 Friendly | Nice | 3–2 | Rennes | Nice, France |
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta |
4 September 2020 Friendly | Nice | 2–3 | Monaco | Nice, France |
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 |
Competitions
[edit]Overview
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 1 | 23 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 39.47 |
Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 8 March 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 50.00 |
UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 16.67 |
Total | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 36.96 |
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 1
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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7 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 57 |
8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 54 |
9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 |
10 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 47 |
11 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 46 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[4]
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 23 | +2 |
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.[5]
23 August 2020 1 | Nice | 2–1 | Lens | Nice |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
29 August 2020 2 | Strasbourg | 0–2 | Nice | Strasbourg |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
12 September 2020 3 | Montpellier | 3–1 | Nice | Montpellier |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Antony Gautier |
20 September 2020 4 | Nice | 0–3 | Paris Saint-Germain | Nice |
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Benoît Bastien |
27 September 2020 5 | Bordeaux | 0–0 | Nice | Bordeaux |
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Referee: François Letexier |
3 October 2020 6 | Nice | 2–1 | Nantes | Nice |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
18 October 2020 7 | Saint-Étienne | 1–3 | Nice | Saint-Étienne |
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Amaury Delerue |
25 October 2020 8 | Nice | 1–1 | Lille | Nice |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Frank Schneider |
1 November 2020 9 | Angers | 0–3 | Nice | Angers |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
8 November 2020 10 | Nice | 1–2 | Monaco | Nice |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed |
29 November 2020 12 | Nice | 1–3 | Dijon | Nice |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier |
6 December 2020 13 | Reims | 0–0 | Nice | Reims |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
13 December 2020 14 | Nice | 0–1 | Rennes | Nice |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
16 December 2020 15 | Nîmes | 0–2 | Nice | Nîmes |
19:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
19 December 2020 16 | Nice | 1–4 | Lyon | Nice |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier |
23 December 2020 17 | Nice | 2–2 | Lorient | Nice |
19:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit |
6 January 2021 18 | Brest | 2–0 | Nice | Brest |
19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
9 January 2021 19 | Metz | 1–1 | Nice | Metz |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel |
17 January 2021 20 | Nice | 0–3 | Bordeaux | Nice |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
23 January 2021 21 | Lens | 0–1 | Nice | Lens |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
31 January 2021 22 | Nice | 0–1 | Saint-Étienne | Nice |
13:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider |
3 February 2021 23 | Monaco | 2–1 | Nice | Monaco |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
7 February 2021 24 | Nice | 3–0 | Angers | Nice |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
13 February 2021 25 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2–1 | Nice | Paris |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard |
17 February 2021 11 | Marseille | 3–2 | Nice | Marseille |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage | |
Note: The match originally scheduled for 21 November 2020, but postponed after more than ten Nice players tested positive for COVID-19.[6] |
21 February 2021 26 | Nice | 1–2 | Metz | Nice |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
26 February 2021 27 | Rennes | 1–2 | Nice | Rennes |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel |
3 March 2021 28 | Nice | 2–1 | Nîmes | Nice |
19:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
14 March 2021 29 | Lorient | 1–1 | Nice | Lorient |
15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
20 March 2021 30 | Nice | 3–0 | Marseille | Nice |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier |
4 April 2021 31 | Nantes | 1–2 | Nice | Nantes |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart |
11 April 2021 32 | Nice | 0–0 | Reims | Nice |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat |
18 April 2021 33 | Dijon | 2–0 | Nice | Dijon |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel |
25 April 2021 34 | Nice | 3–1 | Montpellier | Nice |
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy |
1 May 2021 35 | Lille | 2–0 | Nice | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
9 May 2021 36 | Nice | 3–2 | Brest | Nice |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
16 May 2021 37 | Nice | 0–2 | Strasbourg | Nice |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
23 May 2021 38 | Lyon | 2–3 | Nice | Décines-Charpieu |
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Report | Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot |
Coupe de France
[edit]10 February 2021 Round of 64 | Nîmes | 1–3 | Nice | Nîmes |
17:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| Report |
| Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
8 March 2021 Round of 32 | Nice | 0–2 | Monaco | Nice |
21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
UEFA Europa League
[edit]Group stage
[edit]The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.[7]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEV | SLP | HBS | NCE | |
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1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | |
2 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | ||
3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | 2–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Nice | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — |
22 October 2020 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6–2 | Nice | Leverkusen, Germany |
18:55 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
| 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) |
| Report | 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) | Report |
| 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) | Report | 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) | Report |
| 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) | Report |
| Stadium: HaMoshava Stadium[note 2] Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia) |
Statistics
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | UEFA Europa League | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
16 | GK | ALG | Teddy Boulhendi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | GK | FRA | Yoan Cardinale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | GK | ARG | Walter Benítez | 45 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||||
2 | DF | FRA | Stanley Nsoki | 24 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
3 | DF | BRA | Robson Bambu | 23 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
4 | DF | BRA | Dante | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | DF | AUT | Flavius Daniliuc | 26 | 1 | 15+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
13 | DF | FRA | Hassane Kamara | 42 | 3 | 34+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
18 | DF | FRA | William Saliba | 26 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Atal | 18 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | DF | SUI | Jordan Lotomba | 36 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
24 | DF | FRA | Andy Pelmard | 24 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
25 | DF | FRA | Jean-Clair Todibo | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | DF | FRA | Théo Pionnier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
38 | DF | FRA | Noah Crétier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Midfielders | |||||||||||
6 | MF | FRA | Morgan Schneiderlin | 35 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Lees-Melou | 33 | 5 | 23+6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
19 | MF | FRA | Khéphren Thuram | 33 | 2 | 17+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
22 | MF | POR | Rony Lopes | 33 | 5 | 23+5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
27 | MF | FRA | Alexis Trouillet | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
28 | MF | ALG | Hicham Boudaoui | 29 | 3 | 22+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
29 | MF | FRA | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | 18 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
35 | MF | FRA | Malik Sellouki | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forwards | |||||||||||
7 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida | 25 | 3 | 11+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
9 | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg | 29 | 6 | 21+4 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
10 | FW | FRA | Alexis Claude-Maurice | 37 | 5 | 21+9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
11 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri | 41 | 16 | 31+3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
14 | FW | SUI | Dan Ndoye | 34 | 3 | 3+25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+4 | 2 |
34 | FW | IRL | Deji Sotona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | FW | FRA | Salim Ben Seghir | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||
12 | DF | SEN | Racine Coly | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
32 | DF | FRA | Hicham Mahou | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
21 | MF | BRA | Danilo Barbosa | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Competitions
Goalscorers
[edit]- As of 26 February 2021
Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Europa League | Total |
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1 | 11 | FW | Amine Gouiri | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 | |
2 | 8 | MF | Pierre Lees-Melou | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
3 | 22 | MF | Rony Lopes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | 9 | FW | Kasper Dolberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
14 | FW | Dan Ndoye | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
6 | 4 | DF | Dante | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | FW | Myziane Maolida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
10 | FW | Alexis Claude-Maurice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
9 | 5 |