2016–17 OGC Nice season

Nice
2016–17 season
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Rivère
Manager	Lucien Favre
Stadium	Allianz Riviera
Ligue 1	3rd
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mario Balotelli (15); All: ; Mario Balotelli (17)

The 2016–17 OGC Nice season was the 112th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Mouez Hassen	GK	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995	2013	2017	Youth academy
16	Simon Pouplin	GK	(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985	2014	2018	Sochaux
30	Yoan Cardinale	GK	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994	2015	2017	Youth academy
40	Walter Benítez	GK	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993	2016		Quilmes
Defenders
2	Arnaud Souquet	RB	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992	2016^[1]		Dijon
3	Gautier Lloris	CB	(1995-07-18) 18 July 1995	2016	2017	Youth academy
4	Paul Baysse	CB / RB	(1988-05-18) 18 May 1988	2015	2018	Saint-Étienne
15	Patrick Burner	RB / LB	(1996-04-11) 11 April 1996	2016	2019	Youth academy
20	Maxime Le Marchand	CB / LB	(1989-10-11) 11 October 1989	2015^[2]	2018	Le Havre
21	Ricardo	RB	(1993-10-06) 6 October 1993	2015^[3]	2017	Porto
24	Mathieu Bodmer	CB	(1982-11-22) 22 November 1982	2013^[4]	2017	Paris Saint-Germain
28	Olivier Boscagli	CB	(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997	2015		Youth academy
29	Dalbert	LB	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993	2016^[5]		Vitória de Guimarães
31	Dante	CB / LB	(1983-04-18) 18 April 1983	2016		VfL Wolfsburg
32	Malang Sarr	CB	(1999-01-23) 23 January 1999	2016		Youth academy
Midfielders
5	Younès Belhanda	AM	(1990-02-25) 25 February 1990	2016	2017	Dynamo Kyiv
6	Jean Michaël Seri	CM	(1991-07-19) 19 July 1991	2015	2019	Paços de Ferreira
7	Julien Vercauteren	RW	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993	2014^[6]	2018	Lierse
8	Arnaud Lusamba	AM	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997	2016^[7]		Nancy
12	Albert Rafetraniaina	DM	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996	2012		Youth academy
13	Valentin Eysseric	CAM	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992	2013^[8]	2017	Monaco
18	Rémi Walter	DM	(1995-04-26) 26 April 1995	2016^[9]	2019	Nancy
25	Wylan Cyprien	CM	(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995	2016		Lens
26	Vincent Koziello	CM	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995	2014	2018	Youth academy
33	Vincent Marcel	RW	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997	2015		Youth academy
Forwards
9	Mario Balotelli	ST	(1990-08-12) 12 August 1990	2016	2017	Liverpool
10	Mickaël Le Bihan	CF	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990	2015		Le Havre
11	Saïd Benrahma	RW / CF	(1995-08-10) 10 August 1995	2013	2018	Youth academy
14	Alassane Pléa	CF / RW	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993	2014	2018	Lyon
19	Bryan Constant	CF / AM	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994	2013	2017	Youth academy
22	Anastasios Donis	SS / LW / RW	(1996-08-29) 29 August 1996	2016^[10]	2017	Juventus
23	Alexy Bosetti	CF	(1993-04-23) 23 April 1993	2012	2017	Youth academy
27	Dorian Caddy	CF	(1995-03-20) 20 March 1995	2016	2019	Youth academy

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
13 July 2016	DF	Dalbert	22	Vitória de Guimarães			^[11]
19 July 2016	MF	Arnaud Lusamba	19	Nancy	€2,500,000		^[12]
25 July 2016	MF	Arnaud Souquet	24	Dijon			^[1]
27 July 2016	MF	Wylan Cyprien	21	Lens			^[13]
22 August 2016	DF	Dante	32	VfL Wolfsburg			^[14]
31 August 2016	FW	Mario Balotelli	26	Liverpool	Free^[15]	One-year contract^[15]	^[16]
31 August 2016	MF	Younès Belhanda	26	Dynamo Kyiv		Loan, with option to buy	^[17]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Source
21 June 2016	FW	Alexandre Mendy	22	Guingamp		^[18]
30 June 2016	MF	Niklas Hult	22	Panathinaikos		^[19]
1 July 2016	FW	Hatem Ben Arfa	29	Paris Saint-Germain	Free	^[20]
3 July 2016	MF	Nampalys Mendy	24	Leicester City	£13,000,000	^[21]
19 August 2016	DF	Kévin Gomis	27	Dundee		^[22]

Pre-season and friendlies

Pre-season preparations began on 29 June, with new manager Lucien Favre taking charge. The first ten days were spent in Fontenay-le-Comte before moving to Divonne-les-Bains, where they played their first friendly against Servette. Following the match, the team moved to Nice for the remainder of the pre-season.^[23]

16 July 2016 Friendly	Servette	1–1	Nice	Divonne-les-Bains, France
	Vitkieviez 12'	Report	Pléa 6'	Stadium: Stade Municipal

22 July 2016 Friendly	Étoile du Sahel	2–1	Nice	Sousse, Tunisia
	Akaïchi 14' Brigui 76'	Report	Marcel 62'	Stadium: Stade Olympique

29 July 2016 Friendly	Nice	1–2	Toulouse	Nice
	Bosetti 74'	Report	Trejo 68' Braithwaite 76'	Stadium: Stade Charles-Ehrmann Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Karim Abed

1 August 2016 Friendly	Napoli	3–0	Nice	Naples, Italy
	Koulibaly 9', 26' Mertens 24'	Report		Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carmine Russo (Italy)

5 August 2016 Friendly	Sporting CP	0–0	Nice	Faro, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	Matchday 1	3rd	12 August 2016	20 May 2017
Coupe de France	Round of 64		8 January 2017
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16		14 December 2016
UEFA Europa League	Group stage		15 September 2016	8 December 2016

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaco (C)	38	30	5	3	107	31	+76	95	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Paris Saint-Germain	38	27	6	5	83	27	+56	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Nice	38	22	12	4	63	36	+27	78	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Lyon	38	21	4	13	77	48	+29	67	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Marseille	38	17	11	10	57	41	+16	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[24]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1 2 Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 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	22	12	4	63	36	+27	78	13	4	1	39	16	+23	9	8	3	24	20	+4

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D
Position	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Matches

14 August 2016 1	Nice	1–0	Rennes	Nice
17:00	Sarr 60'	Report	Mendes 32'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,075 Referee: Antony Gautier

20 August 2016 2	Angers	0–1	Nice	Angers
20:00	Bourillon 16'	Report	Pléa 4' Dalbert 49' Ricardo 78'	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 10,142 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

27 August 2016 3	Nice	1–1	Lille	Nice
20:00	Koziello 3' Dalbert 49' Bodmer 62'	Report	Béria 27', 64' Amadou 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,355 Referee: François Letexier

11 September 2016 4	Nice	3–2	Marseille	Nice
20:45	Balotelli 7' (pen.), 78' Koziello 71' Ricardo 86' Cyprien 88'	Report	Thauvin 14' Zambo Anguissa 31' Dória 66' Gomis 72' (pen.) Machach 87'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 31,194 Referee: Frank Schneider

18 September 2016 5	Montpellier	1–1	Nice	Montpellier
15:00	Skhiri 60' Boudebouz 67' (pen.)	Report	Eysseric 77' Belhanda 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,272 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

21 September 2016 6	Nice	4–0	Monaco	Nice
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Baysse 17' Balotelli 30', 68' Belhanda 45' Pléa 86'	Report	Falcao 21' Bakayoko 83'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,867 Referee: Benoît Bastien

25 September 2016 7	Nancy	0–1	Nice	Tomblaine
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Guessan 10' Badila 38' Lenglet 72'	Report	Bodmer 24' Pléa 60'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 17,580 Referee: Antony Gautier

2 October 2016 8	Nice	2–1	Lorient	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ricardo 11' Sarr 59' Balotelli 86', 87' 90+3' Eysseric 89'	Report	Bellugou 27' Moukandjo 61' Cafú 86' Moreira 90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,816 Referee: Olivier Thual

14 October 2016 9	Nice	2–0	Lyon	Nice
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Baysse 5' Dalbert 25' Dante 71' Seri 76' Balotelli 85'	Report	Morel 21' Fekir 28' Darder 43' Gaspar 80'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 28,139 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

23 October 2016 10	Metz	2–4	Nice	Metz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mandjeck 25', 54' Sarr 65' Diallo 69' Cohade 73' Jouffre 76'	Report	Pléa 12', 38' (pen.), 84' Cyprien 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,993 Referee: François Letexier

30 October 2016 11	Nice	4–1	Nantes	Nice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cyprien 9', 65', 64' Balotelli 27' Pléa 60'	Report	Lucas Lima 31' Djidji 38' Sala 47', 53'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 24,418 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

6 November 2016 12	Caen	1–0	Nice	Caen
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Santini 42' (pen.) Makengo 65' Vercoutre 79'	Report	Dante 26' Pléa 79' Balotelli 84'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,034 Referee: Johan Hamel

20 November 2016 13	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Nice	Saint-Étienne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Søderlund 34' Lacroix 48'	Report	Eysseric 63' Belhanda 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Frank Schneider

27 November 2016 14	Nice	1–1	Bastia	Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pléa 11'	Report	Thievy 28' Cahuzac 45' Crivelli 60' Cahuzac 77'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,856 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

30 November 2016 15	Guingamp	0–1	Nice	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kerbrat 66' Diallo 90'	Report	Belhanda 5', 51'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 14,680 Referee: Benoît Millot

4 December 2016 16	Nice	3–0	Toulouse	Nice
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Pléa 23' Belhanda 26' Seri 65'	Report	Yago 53' Bodiger 71'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,835 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

11 December 2016 17	Paris Saint-Germain	2–2	Nice	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kurzawa 41' Cavani 46', 59' Motta 77'	Report	Sarr 11' Cyprien 32' Pléa 45+3' Balotelli 83' Belhanda 90+3'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,665 Referee: Clément Turpin

18 December 2016 18	Nice	2–1	Dijon	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balotelli 32' (pen.), 50' Souquet 36'	Report	Abdelhamid 31' Tavares 37' (pen.) Rüfli 41' Gastien 84' Varrault 88'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,229 Referee: Benoît Millot

21 December 2016 19	Bordeaux	0–0	Nice	Nice
20:50 CET (UTC+1)	Toulalan 30' Rolán 36'	Report	Le Marchand 23' Koziello 80' Balotelli 90+2' Belhanda 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 27,614 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

15 January 2017 20	Nice	0–0	Metz	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sarr 39' Koziello 75'	Report	Diagne 73'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,502 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

20 January 2017 21	Bastia	1–1	Nice	Bastia
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Oniangué 17' Cahuzac 56' 64' Mostefa 90'	Report	Souquet 34'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 9,757 Referee: Clément Turpin

29 January 2017 22	Nice	3–1	Guingamp	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pléa 11' Dalbert 14' Koziello 23' Seri 38' Sarr 74' Balotelli 87'	Report	Marçal 20' Briand 63', 88' Mendy 84'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,063 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

4 February 2017 23	Monaco	3–0	Nice	Monaco
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Germain 48' Jemerson 57' Falcao 60', 81'	Report	Seri 13'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,049 Referee: Benoît Bastien

8 February 2017 24	Nice	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Nice
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cyprien 7' Belhanda 36'	Report	Hamouma 38' Théophile-Catherine 40' Selnæs 45'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,225 Referee: Amaury Delerue

12 February 2017 25	Rennes	2–2	Nice	Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Amalfitano 7' Sio 21' Mendes 90'	Report	Donis 59' Eysseric 81' Belhanda 83' Baysse 90'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 25,665 Referee: Johan Hamel

18 February 2017 26	Lorient	0–1	Nice	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marveaux 29' Bellugou 53' Moukandjo 68'	Report	Cyprien 15' Obbadi 43' Balotelli 68' Cardinale 79'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 10,537 Referee: Tony Chapron

24 February 2017 27	Nice	2–1	Montpellier	Nice
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Belhanda 49' Le Bihan 68', 85' Dalbert 71'	Report	Mounié 9' Sylla 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,998 Referee: Frank Schneider

4 March 2017 28	Dijon	0–1	Nice	Dijon
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abeid 24' Lees-Melou 27'	Report	Cyprien 37', 69'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 10,209 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

10 March 2017 29	Nice	2–2	Caen	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Souquet 41' Balotelli 71' Donis 77', 89'	Report	Santini 36' Karamoh 50' Ben Youssef 56'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 23,640 Referee: François Letexier

18 March 2017 30	Nantes	1–1	Nice	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sala 22' Lucas Lima 51' Diego Carlos 64' Nakoulma 90+3'	Report	Seri 28' Eysseric 44'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 25,854 Referee: Benoît Millot

2 April 2017 31	Nice	2–1	Bordeaux	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Balotelli 16' (pen.), 88' Eysseric 27' Souquet 40'	Report	Laborde 9' Jovanović 24'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 35,624 Referee: Benoît Bastien

7 April 2017 32	Lille	1–2	Nice	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Amadou 14' Mavuba 74'	Report	Balotelli 17', 44' Dante 61'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 32,107 Referee: Amaury Delerue

15 April 2017 33	Nice	3–1	Nancy	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Bihan 35' Dante 45+2' Seri 51' (pen.), 84'	Report	Dalé 26' Pedretti 30' Puyo 58'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,518 Referee: Mikael Lesage

23 April 2017 34	Toulouse	1–1	Nice	Toulouse
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moubandje 26' Bodiger 45+1' Jean 56' Durmaz 88'	Report	Eysseric 37', 59' Seri 43' Baysse 80' Dalbert 87' Balotelli 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 15,232 Referee: Frank Schneider

30 April 2017 35	Nice	3–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dalbert 21' Balotelli 26' Seri 41' Ricardo 48' Donis 90+2'	Report	Meunier 52' Draxler 59' Cavani 59' Marquinhos 64' Motta 90' Di María 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 33,190 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

7 May 2017 36	Marseille	2–1	Nice	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gomis 21' Cabella 34' Payet 47' Sakai 59' Evra 66' Fanni 67' Pelé 90+3'	Report	Balotelli 50' Dante 62'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 61,685 Referee: Antony Gautier

14 May 2017 37	Nice	0–2	Angers	Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Belhanda 32'	Report	Santamaria 24' N'Doye 35' Toko Ekambi 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 32,446 Referee: Mikael Lesage

20 May 2017 38	Lyon	3–3	Nice	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Marchand 10' (o.g.) Lacazette 48', 78'	Report	Seri 12', 90+4' (pen.) Donis 15', 69'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 50,080 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

Coupe de France

8 January 2017 Round of 64	Lorient	2–1	Nice	Lorient
14:15	Guendouzi 12' Aliadière 71' Mesloub 75'	Report	Cyprien 17' Pléa 43'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir – Yves Allainmat Attendance: 9,424 Referee: Olivier Thual

Coupe de la Ligue

14 December 2016 Round of 16	Bordeaux	3–2	Nice	Bordeaux
18:45	Plašil 14' Laborde 22', 55' Gajić 53' Vada 81' Pellenard 83'	Report	Pléa 42' Boscagli 79' Balotelli 83' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 15,049 Referee: François Letexier

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCH	KRA	SAL	NCE
1	Schalke 04	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–1	2–0
2	Krasnodar	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	7	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	1–1	5–2
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7		2–0	0–1	—	0–1
4	Nice	6	2	0	4	5	11	−6	6		0–1	2–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 September 2016 1	Nice	0–1	Schalke 04	Nice, France
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Seri 72' Balotelli 90'	Report	Rahman 32', 75' Stambouli 44'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,378 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

29 September 2016 2	Krasnodar	5–2	Nice	Krasnodar, Russia
20:00 (MSK)	Smolov 22' Joãozinho 33', 65' (pen.) Naldo 50' Granqvist 55' Ari 86', 90+3', 86'	Report	Balotelli 43' Seri 45+1' Baysse 64' Cardinale 69' Cyprien 71'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 10,750^[25] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

20 October 2016 3	Red Bull Salzburg	0–1	Nice	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
20:00 (MSK)	Hwang Hee-chan 85' Laimer 88'	Report	Pléa 13' Dalbert 71' Eysseric 90+4'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 9,473^[26] Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

3 November 2016 4	Nice	0–2	Red Bull Salzburg	Nice, France
21:05 (UTC+2)	Koziello 63' Balotelli 89'	Report	Hwang Hee-chan 72', 73' Laimer 54' Upamecano 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,582^[27] Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

24 November 2016 5	Schalke 04	2–0	Nice	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
19:00	Konoplyanka 14' Tekpetey 50' 90+3' Kehrer 67' Aogo 80' (pen.)	Report	Dalbert 28' Dante 47' Boscagli 62' Cardinale 90+4'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 51,504^[28] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

8 December 2016 6	Nice	2–1	Krasnodar	Nice, France
21:05	Balotelli 26' Marcel 55' Bosetti 64' (pen.) Le Marchand 77'	Report	Eboue 25' Granqvist 41', 61' Smolov 52'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 12,722^[29] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
30	GK	FRA	Yoan Cardinale	41	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
40	GK	ARG	Walter Benítez	6	0	2+1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	FRA	Arnaud Souquet	31	1	26	1	1	0	1	0	3	0
4	DF	FRA	Paul Baysse	25	2	20+2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	DF	FRA	Patrick Burner	7	0	3+1	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	1	0
23	DF	POR	Ricardo	30	2	23+1	2	1	0	0	0	5	0
28	DF	FRA	Olivier Boscagli	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
29	DF	BRA	Dalbert	38	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
31	DF	BRA	Dante	39	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
32	DF	FRA	Malang Sarr	32	1	25+2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0
36	DF	FRA	Romain Perraud	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	MAR	Younès Belhanda	36	3	28+3	3	0	0	0	0	3+2	0
6	MF	CIV	Jean Michaël Seri	39	7	34	7	0	0	1	0	3+1	0
8	MF	FRA	Arnaud Lusamba	9	0	3+3	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
11	MF	TUN	Bassem Srarfi	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	MAD	Albert Rafetraniaina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	MF	FRA	Valentin Eysseric	33	4	23+6	4	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
18	MF	FRA	Rémi Walter	26	0	15+7	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
24	MF	FRA	Mounir Obbadi	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	FRA	Wylan Cyprien	34	9	27+2	8	1	0	0	0	2+2	1
26	MF	FRA	Vincent Koziello	34	1	19+8	1	1	0	1	0	5	0
33	MF	FRA	Vincent Marcel	10	0	3+3	0	1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
Forwards
9	FW	ITA	Mario Balotelli	28	17	20+3	15	0	0	1	1	4	1
10	FW	FRA	Mickaël Le Bihan	10	3	2+8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	FRA	Alassane Pléa	32	14	22+3	11	1	1	1	1	3+2	1
22	FW	GRE	Anastasios Donis	22	5	3+15	5	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
23	FW	FRA	Alexy Bosetti	2	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	1
34	FW	FRA	Hicham Mahou	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
24	DF	FRA	Mathieu Bodmer	17	0	7+5	0	0	0	1	0	3+1	0

Last updated: 20 May 2017^[30]
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de Ligue	Europa League	Total
1	9	ST	Mario Balotelli	15	0	1	1	17
2	14	FW	Alassane Pléa	11	1	1	1	14
3	14	MF	Wylan Cyprien	8	0	0	1	9
4	6	MF	Jean Michaël Seri	7	0	0	0	7
5	22	FW	Anastasios Donis	5	0	0	0	5
6	13	MF	Valentin Eysseric	4	0	0	0	4
7	5	MF	Younès Belhanda	3	0	0	0	3
7	10	FW	Mickaël Le Bihan	3	0	0	0	3
9	4	DF	Paul Baysse	2	0	0	0	2
9	23	DF	Ricardo	2	0	0	0	2
11	34	DF	Malang Sarr	1	0	0	0	1
	26	MF	Vincent Koziello	1	0	0	0	1
	2	DF	Arnaud Souquet	1	0	0	0	1
	23	FW	Alexy Bosetti	0	0	0	1	1
	20	DF	Maxime Le Marchand	0	0	0	1	1

Last updated: 8 June 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Nat	Name	Ligue 1	Coupe de France	Coupe de Ligue	Europa League	Total
1	30		Yoan Cardinale	13	0	0	0	13

Last updated: 14 October 2016^[31]

Disciplinary record

References

1 2 "Accord de principe pour Souquet" (in French). OGC Nice. 25 July 2016.
↑ "Maxime Le Marchand officiellement niçois". L'Équipe (in French). 25 June 2015.
↑ "Ricardo Pereira (FC Porto) prêté deux ans à Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 31 August 2015.
↑ "Mathieu Bodmer est nicois" (in French). OGC Nice. 10 September 2013.
↑ "Dalbert officiellemnt niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Julien Vercauteren officiellement niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 12 June 2014.
↑ "Lusamba signe à Nice (officiel)". Le Figaro (in French). 19 July 2016.
↑ "Eysseric prêté à Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 23 August 2012.
↑ "Rémi Walter a signé à Nice" (in French). PGC Nice. 17 January 2016.
↑ "Transfert : Anastasios Donis prêté à Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 20 July 2016.
↑ "Dalbert officiellement Niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Arnaud Lusamba (Nancy) va signer à Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 19 July 2016.
↑ "Accord trouvé pour Wylan Cyprien" (in French). OGC Nice. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Dante a l'OGC Nice" (in French). OGC Nice. 22 August 2016.
1 2 "Mario Balotelli completes move from Liverpool to Nice on free transfer". The Guardian. 31 August 2016.
↑ "Super Mario Balotelli a Nice" (in French). OGC Nice. 31 August 2016.
↑ "Voila Belhanda" (in French). OGC Nice. 31 August 2016.
↑ "Un Aiglon d'attaque pour En Avant". EA Guingamp.
↑ "Hult transféré au Panathinaikos". OGC Nice.
↑ "Hatem Ben Arfa: former Newcastle United forward signs for PSG". BBC. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Leicester City sign Nampalys Mendy from OGC Nice on four-year deal". ESPN FC. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
↑ "Kevin Gomis en Ecosse" (in French). OGC Nice. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
↑ "Les dates clefs de l'ete des Aiglons" (in French). OGC Nice. 27 June 2016.
↑ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
↑ "Red Bull Salzburg vs. Krasnodar". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "Salzburg vs. Nice". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
↑ "Nice vs. Salzburg". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
↑ "Schalke 04 vs. Nice". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
↑ "Nice vs. Krasnodar". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
↑ "France - OGC Nice Côte d'Azur - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
↑ "SOCCER Stats & SOCCER Leaders".

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.25459655246446-24] 1 2 Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 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.

[Accord_de_principe_pour_Souquet-1] 1 2 "Accord de principe pour Souquet" (in French). OGC Nice. 25 July 2016.

[2] "Maxime Le Marchand officiellement niçois". L'Équipe (in French). 25 June 2015.

[3] "Ricardo Pereira (FC Porto) prêté deux ans à Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 31 August 2015.

[4] "Mathieu Bodmer est nicois" (in French). OGC Nice. 10 September 2013.

[5] "Dalbert officiellemnt niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[6] "Julien Vercauteren officiellement niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 12 June 2014.

[7] "Lusamba signe à Nice (officiel)". Le Figaro (in French). 19 July 2016.

[8] "Eysseric prêté à Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 23 August 2012.

[9] "Rémi Walter a signé à Nice" (in French). PGC Nice. 17 January 2016.

[10] "Transfert : Anastasios Donis prêté à Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 20 July 2016.

[11] "Dalbert officiellement Niçois" (in French). OGC Nice. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[12] "Arnaud Lusamba (Nancy) va signer à Nice". L'Équipe (in French). 19 July 2016.

[13] "Accord trouvé pour Wylan Cyprien" (in French). OGC Nice. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[14] "Dante a l'OGC Nice" (in French). OGC Nice. 22 August 2016.

[balo-15] 1 2 "Mario Balotelli completes move from Liverpool to Nice on free transfer". The Guardian. 31 August 2016.

[16] "Super Mario Balotelli a Nice" (in French). OGC Nice. 31 August 2016.

[17] "Voila Belhanda" (in French). OGC Nice. 31 August 2016.

[18] "Un Aiglon d'attaque pour En Avant". EA Guingamp.

[19] "Hult transféré au Panathinaikos". OGC Nice.

[20] "Hatem Ben Arfa: former Newcastle United forward signs for PSG". BBC. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[21] "Leicester City sign Nampalys Mendy from OGC Nice on four-year deal". ESPN FC. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[22] "Kevin Gomis en Ecosse" (in French). OGC Nice. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.

[23] "Les dates clefs de l'ete des Aiglons" (in French). OGC Nice. 27 June 2016.

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

[26] "Red Bull Salzburg vs. Krasnodar". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

[27] "Salzburg vs. Nice". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[28] "Nice vs. Salzburg". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[29] "Schalke 04 vs. Nice". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 December 2016.

[30] "Nice vs. Krasnodar". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[31] "France - OGC Nice Côte d'Azur - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".

[32] "SOCCER Stats & SOCCER Leaders".

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