| 2017–18 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Jean-Pierre Rivère | |||
| Manager | Lucien Favre | |||
| Stadium | Allianz Riviera | |||
| Ligue 1 | 8th | |||
| Coupe de France | Round of 64 | |||
| Coupe de la Ligue | Quarter-finals | |||
| UEFA Champions League | Play-off round | |||
| UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mario Balotelli (18) All: Mario Balotelli (26) | |||
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The 2017–18 OGC Nice season was the 113th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.
Players
Squad information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2017.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Nat. | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 16 | Simon Pouplin | GK | 28 May 1985 | 2014 | 2018 | ||||
| 30 | Yoan Cardinale | GK | 27 March 1994 | 2015 | 2018 | Youth academy | |||
| 40 | Walter Benítez | GK | 19 March 1993 | 2016 | |||||
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 2 | Arnaud Souquet | RB | 12 February 1992 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| 3 | Gautier Lloris | CB | 18 July 1995 | 2016 | 2018 | Youth academy | |||
| 4 | Marlon Santos | CB | 7 September 1995 | 2017 | 2019 | ||||
| 12 | Racine Coly | CB / LB | 8 December 1995 | 2017 | |||||
| 15 | Patrick Burner | RB / LB | 11 April 1996 | 2016 | 2019 | Youth academy | |||
| 20 | Maxime Le Marchand | CB / LB | 11 October 1989 | 2015 | 2018 | ||||
| 23 | Malang Sarr | CB | 23 January 1999 | 2016 | 2021 | Youth academy | |||
| 24 | Christophe Jallet | RB | 31 October 1983 | 2017 | |||||
| 31 | Dante | CB / LB | 18 April 1983 | 2016 | 2019 | ||||
| 34 | Romain Perraud | DF | 22 September 1997 | 2016 | Youth academy | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 5 | Adrien Tameze | AM | 4 February 1994 | 2017 | 2021 | ||||
| 7 | Allan Saint-Maximin | LW | 12 March 1997 | 2017 | 2020 | ||||
| 8 | Pierre Lees-Melou | AM | 25 May 1993 | 2017 | 2021 | ||||
| 10 | Wesley Sneijder | AM | 9 June 1984 | 2017 | |||||
| 18 | Rémi Walter | DM | 26 April 1995 | 2016 | 2019 | ||||
| 19 | Vincent Marcel | MF | 9 April 1997 | 2015 | 2021 | Youth academy | |||
| 21 | Nampalys Mendy | DM | 23 June 1992 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||
| 22 | Arnaud Lusamba | AM | 4 January 1997 | 2016 | 2021 | ||||
| 25 | Wylan Cyprien | CM | 28 January 1995 | 2016 | 2021 | ||||
| 26 | Vincent Koziello | CM | 28 October 1995 | 2014 | 2019 | Youth academy | |||
| 33 | Albert Rafetraniaina | DM | 9 September 1996 | 2012 | 2018 | Youth academy | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 9 | Mario Balotelli | ST | 12 August 1990 | 2016 | 2018 | ||||
| 11 | Bassem Srarfi | CM | 25 June 1997 | 2017 | 2021 | ||||
| 14 | Alassane Pléa | CF / RW | 10 March 1993 | 2014 | 2021 | ||||
| 27 | Jean-Victor Makengo | CM | 12 June 1998 | 2017 | |||||
| 29 | Mickaël Le Bihan | CF | 16 May 1990 | 2015 | 2019 | ||||
| 36 | Mohamed Lamine Diaby | CF | 19 January 2001 | 2017 | Youth academy | ||||
| 37 | Ignatius Ganago | CF | 16 February 1999 | 2017 | Youth academy | ||||
| 39 | Hicham Mahou | FW | 2 July 1999 | 2017 | Youth academy | ||||
Transfers
Out
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall
| Competition | Started round | Final position |
First match | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 5 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 |
| Coupe de France | Round of 64 | 6 January 2018 | ||
| Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 13 December 2017 | 9 January 2018 |
| UEFA Champions League | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 26 July 2017 | 22 August 2017 |
| UEFA Europa League | Group stage | Round of 32 | 14 September 2017 | 22 February 2018 |
Ligue 1
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Bordeaux | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 7 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 55 | |
| 8 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 54 | |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 52 | |
| 10 | Montpellier | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 51 |
Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points[2]
Notes:
- ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on 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 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | −5 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round
Matches
| 5 August 2017 1 | Saint-Étienne | 1–0 | Nice | Saint-Étienne |
| 20:00 | Bamba Théophile-Catherine Selnæs |
Report | Dante |
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 25,879 Referee: François Letexier |
| 11 August 2017 2 | Nice | 1–2 | Troyes | Nice |
| 19:00 | Pléa Koziello Dante |
Report | Niane Samassa Vizcarrondo Hérelle Khaoui |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 24,260 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
| 19 August 2017 3 | Nice | 2–0 | Guingamp | Nice |
| 20:00 | Pléa Walter Dante Jallet |
Report | Didot |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,070 Referee: Benoît Millot |
| 26 August 2017 4 | Amiens | 3–0 | Nice | Amiens |
| 20:00 | Kakuta Konaté Ielsch Monconduit Dibassy |
Report | Pléa Cardinale Sarr |
Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 9,397 Referee: Johan Hamel |
| 9 September 2017 5 | Nice | 4–0 | Monaco | Nice |
| 17:00 | Balotelli Jallet Pléa Ganago |
Report | Sidibé Jorge |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 28,995 Referee: Clément Turpin |
| 17 September 2017 6 | Rennes | 0–1 | Nice | Rennes |
| 17:00 | Prcić |
Report | Saint-Maximin Jallet Seri Balotelli Lees-Melou Souquet |
Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,892 Referee: Nicolas Rainville |
| 22 September 2017 7 | Nice | 2–2 | Angers | Nice |
| 19:00 | Balotelli Le Marchand Cardinale Traoré Dante |
Report | Pavlović Toko Ekambi Tahrat |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,023 Referee: François Letexier |
| 1 October 2017 8 | Nice | 2–4 | Marseille | Nice |
| 21:00 | Balotelli Seri Lees-Melou Pléa |
Report | Ocampos Payet Lees-Melou Luiz Gustavo Amavi |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 32,702 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
| 15 October 2017 9 | Montpellier | 2–0 | Nice | Montpellier |
| 17:00 | Sessègnon Roussillon Mbenza Hilton |
Report | Dante |
Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,374 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
| 22 October 2017 10 | Nice | 1–2 | Strasbourg | Nice |
| 15:00 | Lees-Melou |
Report | Da Costa Seka Liénard |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,595 Referee: Nicolas Rainville |
| 27 October 2017 11 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3–0 | Nice | Paris |
| 20:45 | Cavani Dante |
Report | Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,224 Referee: Tony Chapron |
| 5 November 2017 12 | Nice | 1–0 | Dijon | Nice |
| 15:00 | Balotelli Koziello |
Report | Xeka |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,987 Referee: Olivier Thual |
| 19 November 2017 13 | Caen | 1–1 | Nice | Caen |
| 15:00 | Sankoh Djiku Rodelin |
Report | Lees-Melou Tameze Benítez Pléa |
Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,144 Referee: Sébastien Desiage |
| 26 November 2017 14 | Nice | 0–5 | Lyon | Nice |
| 15:00 | Marlon Seri Dante Mendy |
Report | Depay Cornet Mariano Marcelo Maolida Ferri |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 27,542 Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 29 November 2017 15 | Toulouse | 1–2 | Nice | Toulouse |
| 19:00 | Delort Moubandje Cahuzac Amian Gradel |
Report | Dante Le Marchand Jallet Balotelli Srarfi |
Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 10,336 Referee: Johan Hamel |
| 2 December 2017 16 | Nice | 3–1 | Metz | Nice |
| 20:00 | Pléa Balotelli Saint-Maximin |
Report | Roux Balliu Nguette |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,383 Referee: Mikael Lesage |
| 10 December 2017 17 | Nantes | 1–2 | Nice | Nantes |
| 17:00 | Bammou Diego Carlos |
Report | Lees-Melou Tameze Balotelli Pléa Souquet |
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,723 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry |
| 17 December 2017 18 | Nice | 1–0 | Bordeaux | Nice |
| 17:00 | Balotelli |
Report | Poundjé Jovanović |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,831 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
| 20 December 2017 19 | Lille | 1–1 | Nice | Lille |
| 20:50 | Thiago Maia Ié El Ghazi |
Report | Srarfi Marlon Mendy Koziello |
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 26,450 Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 13 January 2018 20 | Nice | 1–0 | Amiens | Nice |
| 20:00 | Burner Lees-Melou |
Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,340 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
| 16 January 2018 21 | Monaco | 2–2 | Nice | Monaco |
| 21:00 | Glik Diakhaby Keita Moutinho Falcao |
Report | Cyprien Balotelli Le Marchand |
Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 10,533 Referee: François Letexier |
| 21 January 2018 22 | Nice | 1–0 | Saint-Étienne | Nice |
| 15:00 | Cyprien Seri Balotelli |
Report | Dioussé |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,254 Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 27 January 2018 23 | Metz | 2–1 | Nice | Metz |
| 20:00 | Diagne Roux Niakhate Cohade |
Report | Seri Burner Lees-Melou Balotelli Dante Ganago |
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Johan Hamel |
| 3 February 2018 24 | Nice | 0–1 | Toulouse | Nice |
| 20:00 | Coly Tameze |
Report | Sanogo Michelin Gradel |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,231 Referee: Antony Gautier |
| 10 February 2018 25 | Dijon | 3–2 | Nice | Dijon |
| 20:00 | Djilobodji Tavares Amalfitano Kwon Chang-hoon |
Report | Dante Lees-Melou Pléa Balotelli Marlon |
Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 11,901 Referee: Nicolas Rainville |
| 18 February 2018 26 | Nice | 1–1 | Nantes | Nice |
| 15:00 | Dante Pléa Lees-Melou |
Report | Sala |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,966 Referee: Clément Turpin |
| 25 February 2018 27 | Bordeaux | 0–0 | Nice | Bordeaux |
| 15:00 | Vada Pablo |
Report | Coly Makengo |
Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 23,027 Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 2 March 2018 28 | Nice | 2–1 | Lille | Nice |
| 19:00 | Balotelli Marlon Cyprien Coly |
Report | Mothiba Luiz Araújo |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,314 Referee: Thomas Léonard |
| 11 March 2018 29 | Guingamp | 2–5 | Nice | Guingamp |
| 15:00 | Grenier Briand Tabanou Martins Pereira Marlon |
Report | Pléa Sacko Srarfi |
Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,656 Referee: Stéphane Jochem |
| 18 March 2018 30 | Nice | 1–2 | Paris Saint-Germain | Nice |
| 13:00 | Saint-Maximin |
Report | Di María Verratti Dani Alves |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 33,478 Referee: François Letexier |
| 1 April 2018 31 | Troyes | 0–2 | Nice | Troyes |
| 17:00 | Deplagne |
Report | Pléa |
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Johan Hamel |
| 8 April 2018 32 | Nice | 1–1 | Rennes | Nice |
| 15:00 | Pléa Souquet Lees-Melou Le Marchand Dante |
Report | Gelin Bourigeaud Khazri Sarr André |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,827 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
| 13 April 2018 33 | Angers | 1–1 | Nice | Angers |
| 20:45 | Fulgini Guillaume |
Report | Lees-Melou Pléa Benítez |
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,754 Referee: Clément Turpin |
| 22 April 2018 34 | Nice | 1–0 | Montpellier | Nice |
| 15:00 | Lees-Melou |
Report | Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,285 Referee: Ruddy Buquet |
| 28 April 2018 35 | Strasbourg | 1–1 | Nice | Strasbourg |
| 20:00 | Saadi Liénard Seka |
Report | Marlon Balotelli Souquet Seri |
Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,386 Referee: Amaury Delerue |
| 6 May 2018 36 | Marseille | 2–1 | Nice | Marseille |
| 17:00 | Germain Kamara Payet |
Report | Balotelli |
Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,305 Referee: Antony Gautier |
| 12 May 2018 37 | Nice | 4–1 | Caen | Nice |
| 21:00 | Balotelli Saint-Maximin Seri |
Report | Guilbert Diomandé Kouakou |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,570 Referee: Frank Schneider |
| 19 May 2018 38 | Lyon | 3–2 | Nice | Décines-Charpieu |
| 21:00 | Morel Depay Rafael Ferri |
Report | Pléa Balotelli Benítez |
Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,953 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
Coupe de France
| 6 January 2018 Round of 64 | Toulouse | 1–0 | Nice | Toulouse |
| 14:15 | Somália |
Report | Tameze Dante |
Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 8,318 Referee: Jérôme Brisard |
Coupe de la Ligue
| 13 December 2017 Round of 16 | Lille | 1–1 (2–3 p) | Nice | Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
| 21:05 | Luiz Araújo |
Report | Marlon Balotelli |
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Stéphane Jochem |
| Penalties | ||||
| Luiz Araújo Alonso Mendes El Ghazi Bissouma |
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| 9 January 2018 Quarter-finals | Nice | 1–2 | Monaco | Nice |
| 21:00 | Burner Pléa |
Report | Lemar Diakhaby Lopes |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,686 Referee: Clément Turpin |
UEFA Champions League
Third qualifying round
| 26 July 2017 First leg | Nice | 1–1 | | Nice, France |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Balotelli Eysseric |
Report | Van de Beek De Ligt Schöne Sánchez Veltman |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 31,342 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) |
| 2 August 2017 Second leg | Ajax | 2–2 (3–3a agg.) | | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Sánchez Ziyech Van de Beek |
Report | Souquet Sarr Koziello Eysseric Marcel |
Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,845 Referee: Andre Marriner (England) |
Play-off round
| 16 August 2017 First leg | Napoli | 2–0 | | Naples, Italy |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Mertens Insigne Jorginho |
Report | Pléa Koziello |
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 49,324 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
| 22 August 2017 Second leg | Nice | 0–2 (0–4 agg.) | | Nice, France |
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Seri Lees-Melou |
Report | Callejón Koulibaly Insigne |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 32,103 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LAZ | NCE | ZUL | VIT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 | 3–2 | 1–5 | — | 1–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |
| 14 September 2017 1 | Zulte Waregem | 1–5 | | Waregem, Belgium |
| 21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Leya Iseka |
Report | Pléa Dante Balotelli Saint-Maximin |
Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 9,072 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey) |
| 28 September 2017 2 | Nice | 3–0 | | Nice, France |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Pléa Balotelli Saint-Maximin |
Report | Serero |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,006 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia) |
| 20 October 2016 3 | Nice | 1–3 | | Nice, France |
| 19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Balotelli Mendy |
Report | Caicedo Milinković-Savić Luiz Felipe |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,386 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland) |
| 2 November 2017 4 | Lazio | 1–0 | | Rome, Italy |
| 21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) | Lucas Le Marchand |
Report | Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 21,327 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
| 23 November 2017 5 | Nice | 3–1 | | Nice, France |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Balotelli Tameze |
Report | Hämäläinen |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,274 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy) |
| 7 December 2017 6 | Vitesse | 1–0 | | Arnhem, Netherlands |
| 21:05 CET (UTC+01:00) | Lelieveld Castaignos |
Report | Srarfi Makengo |
Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,564 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
Knockout phase
Round of 32
| 15 February 2018 First leg | Nice | 2–3 | | Nice, France |
| 19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Balotelli Coly |
Report | Pejčinović Fernandes |
Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,918 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
| 22 February 2018 Second leg | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0 (4–2 agg.) | | Moscow, Russia |
| 17:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Denisov Fernandes |
Report | Balotelli Sarr Lees-Melou |
Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 18,104 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) |
References
- ↑ "Squad". OGC Nice. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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