2015–16 OGC Nice season

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

Nice
2015–16 season
ChairmanJean-Pierre Rivère
ManagerClaude Puel
StadiumAllianz Riviera
Ligue 14th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hatem Ben Arfa (17)

All:
Hatem Ben Arfa (19)
Highest home attendance31,008 vs Paris Saint-Germain (4 December 2015)
Lowest home attendance7,749 vs Rennes (4 January 2016)

Players edit

First team squad edit

[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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 edit

Transfers in edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moved from Fee Notes
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 edit

Date Pos. Player Age Loaned from Return date Notes
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 edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moved to Fee Notes
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 edit

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 edit

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
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 edit

Ligue 1 edit

League table edit

Pos Team 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:
  1. ^ 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 edit

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 edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLDWDLWWWLWLDWWLDLDWDWWLWLDDLWWWLWDWLWW
Position161391115987857864657554434333354335444544
Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Last updated 12 March 2016

Place Position Nation 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
FW   14 Alassane Pléa 3 0 0 3
5 FW   11 Saïd Benrahma 2 0 0 2
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

References edit

  1. ^ "Effectif pros" (in French). OGC Nice. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. ^ OFFICIEL - Rafetraniaina prêté au Red Star
  3. ^ Alexy Bosetti prêté à Sarpsborg 08 (off.)
  4. ^ "Ligue 1 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.