2021–22 OGC Nice season

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OGC Nice
2021–22 season
OwnerJim Ratcliffe
PresidentJean-Pierre Rivère
Head coachChristophe Galtier
StadiumAllianz Riviera
Ligue 14th
Coupe de FranceRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Amine Gouiri (8)
All:
Amine Gouiri (8)
Highest home attendance24,519 vs Lyon
Lowest home attendance0 vs Bordeaux & Monaco
Biggest winLille 0–4 Nice
Nice 4–0 Bordeaux
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All statistics correct as of 12 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 95th season in the existence of OGC Nice and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nice will participate in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

Season overview[]

On 28 June 2021, reigning Ligue 1 manager of the year Christophe Galtier was appointed as the new head coach of Nice.[1]

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 1 September 2021.[2]

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 Poland POL Marcin Bułka (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
3 DF Brazil BRA Robson Bambu
4 DF Brazil BRA Dante (captain)
5 DF Austria AUT Flavius Daniliuc
6 MF France FRA Morgan Schneiderlin
7 FW Algeria ALG Andy Delort
8 MF Netherlands NED Pablo Rosario
9 FW Denmark DEN Kasper Dolberg
10 FW France FRA Alexis Claude-Maurice
11 FW France FRA Amine Gouiri
13 DF Ivory Coast CIV Hassane Kamara
16 GK Algeria ALG Teddy Boulhendi
18 MF Gabon GAB Mario Lemina
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF France FRA Khéphren Thuram
20 DF Algeria ALG Youcef Atal
21 FW Netherlands NED Justin Kluivert (on loan from Roma)
22 FW Netherlands NED Calvin Stengs
23 DF Switzerland  SUI Jordan Lotomba
24 FW France FRA Evann Guessand
25 DF France FRA Jean-Clair Todibo
26 DF France FRA Melvin Bard
28 MF Algeria ALG Hicham Boudaoui
29 FW France FRA Lucas Da Cunha
33 MF Canada CAN Justin Smith
34 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ayodeji Sotona
40 GK Argentina ARG Walter Benítez

Out on loan[]

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 Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahim Cissé (on loan to Le Mans FC)
— MF Brazil BRA Danilo Barbosa (on loan to Palmeiras)
— MF France FRA Alexis Trouillet (on loan to AJ Auxerre)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Ivory Coast CIV Jean N'Guessan (on loan to Lausanne-Sport)
— DF France FRA Andy Pelmard (on loan to FC Basel)
— FW Switzerland  SUI Dan Ndoye (on loan to FC Basel)

Other players under contract[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW France FRA Ihsan Sacko

Transfers[]

In[]

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Type Date Source
DF Ivory Coast Ibrahim Cissé France Châteauroux Free Loan return 30 June 2021
DF Ivory Coast Armel Zohouri Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Free Loan return 30 June 2021
12 DF Senegal Racine Coly France Amiens Free Loan return 30 June 2021
MF Portugal Pedro Brazão Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Free Loan return 30 June 2021 [3]
MF France Wylan Cyprien Italy Parma Free Loan return 30 June 2021
MF Ivory Coast Trazié Thomas Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Free Loan return 30 June 2021
MF France Hicham Mahou Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Free Loan return 30 June 2021
FW France Ihsan Sacko Italy Cosenza Free Loan return 30 June 2021
24 FW France Evann Guessand Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Free Loan return 30 June 2021 [4]
29 FW France Lucas Da Cunha Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Free Loan return 30 June 2021 [5]
MF Ivory Coast Jean N'Guessan Ivory Coast Abidjan Undisclosed Transfer 1 July 2021 [6]
25 DF France Jean-Clair Todibo Spain Barcelona €8.5m (+ add-ons) Transfer 1 July 2021 [7]
22 FW Netherlands Calvin Stengs Netherlands AZ €15.0m Transfer 14 July 2021 [8]
21 FW Netherlands Justin Kluivert Italy Roma Undisclosed Loan with buy option 20 July 2021 [9]
18 MF Gabon Mario Lemina England Southampton €5.50m Transfer 24 July 2021 [10]
8 MF Netherlands Pablo Rosario Netherlands PSV €6.0m Transfer 27 July 2021 [11]
26 DF France Melvin Bard France Lyon €3.0m Transfer 31 July 2021 [12]
1 GK Poland Marcin Bułka France Paris Saint-Germain Undisclosed Loan with buy option 5 August 2021 [13]
7 FW Algeria Andy Delort France Montpellier €10.0m Transfer 28 August 2021 [14]

Out[]

No. Pos Player Transferred to Fee Type Date Source
25 DF France Jean-Clair Todibo Spain Barcelona Free Loan return 30 June 2021
18 DF France William Saliba England Arsenal Free Loan return 30 June 2021
29 MF France Jeff Reine-Adélaïde France Lyon Free Loan return 30 June 2021
22 MF Portugal Rony Lopes Spain Sevilla Free Loan return 30 June 2021 [15]
30 GK France Yoan Cardinale Free agent Free End of contract 1 July 2021 [16]
DF Ivory Coast Armel Zohouri Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Undisclosed Transfer 1 July 2021
DF Ivory Coast Ibrahim Cissé France Le Mans Undisclosed Loan 1 July 2021 [17]
MF Ivory Coast Trazié Thomas Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Undisclosed Transfer 1 July 2021
MF France Hicham Mahou Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Undisclosed Transfer 1 July 2021 [18]
MF France Wylan Cyprien Italy Parma €6.70m Transfer 1 July 2021
MF Ivory Coast Jean N'Guessan Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Undisclosed Loan 2 July 2021 [19]
12 DF Senegal Racine Coly Portugal Estoril Free Transfer 3 July 2021 [20]
8 MF France Pierre Lees-Melou England Norwich City €6.0m Transfer 13 July 2021 [21]
24 DF France Andy Pelmard Switzerland Basel Undisclosed Loan with buy option 20 July 2021 [22]
2 DF France Stanley Nsoki Belgium Club Brugge €6.50m Transfer 24 July 2021 [23]
MF Portugal Pedro Brazão Portugal Famalicão Undisclosed Transfer 18 August 2021 [24]
27 MF France Alexis Trouillet France Auxerre Undisclosed Loan 30 August 2021 [25]
14 FW Switzerland Dan Ndoye Switzerland Basel Undisclosed Loan with buy option 31 August 2021 [26]
7 FW France Myziane Maolida Germany Hertha BSC €4.0m Transfer 31 August 2021 [27]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 July 2021 Friendly Nice France 1–1 France Rodez Nice, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Da Cunha Goal 43'
 Report
  • Bonnet Goal 54'
 Stadium: Nice Training Center
Attendance: 0
10 July 2021 Friendly Nice France 0–3 Switzerland Lausanne-Sport Nice, France
10:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Nice Training Center
Attendance: 0
16 July 2021 Friendly Bastia France 1–0 France Nice Divonne-les-Bains, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Complexe sportif de Divonne-les-Bains
Attendance: 0
Referee: Karim Abed
17 July 2021 Friendly Nice France 2–1 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv Meyrin, Switzerland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade des Arbères
Attendance: 500
21 July 2021 Friendly Saint-Étienne France Cancelled France Nice Aix-les-Bains, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Municipal Jacques Forestier
Note: The match was called off at the request of Nice due to time constraints.[28]
24 July 2021 Friendly Nice France 0–2 Germany Union Berlin Imst, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Velly Arena Imst
31 July 2021 Friendly Nice France 1–1 Italy Milan Nice, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Referee: Florent Batta

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 8 August 2021 21 May 2022 Matchday 1 19 10 4 5 29 17 +12 052.63
Coupe de France 19 December 2021 Round of 64 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Total 20 11 4 5 30 17 +13 055.00

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1[]

Main article: 2021–22 Ligue 1

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Paris Saint-Germain 19 14 4 1 39 17 +22 46 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Nice 19 10 4 5 29 17 +12 33[a]
3 Marseille 18 9 6 3 26 15 +11 33 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4 Rennes 19 9 4 6 34 18 +16 31 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
5 Montpellier 19 9 4 6 33 24 +9 31 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[30]
Notes:
  1. ^ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille. They may be deducted an additional point if this trouble occurs again.[29]

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
19 10 4 5 29 17  +12 34 4 3 3 14 12  +2 6 1 2 15 5  +10

Last updated: 22 December 2021.
Source: Ligue 1

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWDWWDLWWLWWLWLDLWW
Position15424457434323234442
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[31][32]

8 August 2021 1 Nice 0–0 Reims Nice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 18,030
Referee: Johan Hamel
14 August 2021 2 Lille 0–4 Nice Villeneuve-d'Ascq
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 30,144
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
28 August 2021 4 Nice 4–0 Bordeaux Nice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
12 September 2021 5 Nantes 0–2 Nice Nantes
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 14,597
Referee: Benoît Millot
19 September 2021 6 Nice 2–2 Monaco Nice
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 0
Referee: François Letexier
22 September 2021 7 Lorient 1–0 Nice Lorient
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Attendance: 10,687
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
25 September 2021 8 Saint-Étienne 0–3 Nice Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 19,980
Referee: Amaury Delerue
2 October 2021 9 Nice 2–1 Brest Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 13,503
Referee: António Nobre
17 October 2021 10 Troyes 1–0 Nice Troyes
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 7,925
Referee: Johan Hamel
24 October 2021 11 Nice 3–2 Lyon Nice
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 24,519
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
27 October 2021 3 Nice 1–1 Marseille Troyes
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Attendance: 0
Referee: Clément Turpin
Note: The match was originally played on 22 August 2021 at the Allianz Riviera, but was abandoned after 74 minutes, with Nice leading 1–0, due to crowd disturbances caused by Nice fans. Nice were thus deducted one point and a replay was rescheduled for 27 October, to be played at a neutral venue behind closed doors.[33][34]
31 October 2021 12 Angers 1–2 Nice Angers
13:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa
Attendance: 6,788
Referee: Willy Delajod
7 November 2021 13 Nice 0–1 Montpellier Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 20,157
Referee: Antony Gautier
21 November 2021 14 Clermont 1–2 Nice Clermont-Ferrand
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Attendance: 11,683
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
27 November 2021 15 Nice 0–1 Metz Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 17,033
Referee: François Letexier
1 December 2021 16 Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 Nice Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 47,502
Referee: Clément Turpin
5 December 2021 17 Nice 0–3 Strasbourg Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
12 December 2021 18 Rennes 1–2 Nice Rennes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Roazhon Park
Referee: Willy Delajod
22 December 2021 19 Nice 2–1 Lens Nice
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 22,065
Referee: Jérôme Brisard
9 January 2022 20 Brest v Nice Brest
13:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé

Coupe de France[]

Main article: 2021–22 Coupe de France
19 December 2021 Round of 64 SO Cholet 0–1 Nice Cholet
18:20 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Omnisports Jean Bouin
Referee: Bastien Dechepy
2 January 2022 Round of 32 Nice Not played Lyon/Paris FC Nice
--:-- CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Note: Nice was due to meet either Paris FC or Lyon in the round of 32, but their round of 64 match was abandoned after half time due to crowd trouble; as a result of the disqualification of both teams, Nice got a bye to the round of 16.[35]

Statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Ligue 1 Coupe de France
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Poland POL Marcin Bułka 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 GK Algeria ALG Teddy Boulhendi 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Argentina ARG Walter Benítez 19 0 19 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF Brazil BRA Robson Bambu 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Brazil BRA Dante 19 0 17+1 0 1 0
5 DF Austria AUT Flavius Daniliuc 11 0 5+5 0 1 0
13 DF Ivory Coast CIV Hassane Kamara 11 0 7+4 0 0 0
20 DF Algeria ALG Youcef Atal 13 2 10+3 2 0 0
23 DF Switzerland  SUI Jordan Lotomba 14 0 8+5 0 1 0
25 DF France FRA Jean-Clair Todibo 19 1 18+1 1 0 0
26 DF France FRA Melvin Bard 18 1 16+1 1 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF France FRA Morgan Schneiderlin 8 0 1+6 0 1 0
8 MF Netherlands NED Pablo Rosario 19 0 15+3 0 0+1 0
18 MF Gabon GAB Mario Lemina 18 1 15+3 1 0 0
19 MF France FRA Khéphren Thuram 19 1 7+11 1 1 0
28 MF Algeria ALG Hicham Boudaoui 14 2 10+3 2 0+1 0
33 MF Canada CAN Justin Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Algeria ALG Andy Delort 15 6 11+3 5 1 1
9 FW Denmark DEN Kasper Dolberg 15 4 10+4 4 0+1 0
10 FW France FRA Alexis Claude-Maurice 6 0 0+6 0 0 0
11 FW France FRA Amine Gouiri 20 8 16+3 8 1 0
21 MF Netherlands NED Justin Kluivert 11 2 9+1 2 1 0
22 MF Netherlands NED Calvin Stengs 14 1 7+6 1 1 0
24 DF France FRA Evann Guessand 8 1 1+6 1 0+1 0
29 MF France FRA Lucas Da Cunhae 11 0 5+5 0 0+1 0
34 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ayodeji Sotona 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
7 FW France FRA Myziane Maolida 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
14 FW Switzerland  SUI Dan Ndoye 3 0 2+1 0 0 0

Last updated: 22 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers[]

As of 21 November 2021
Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Ligue 1 Coupe de France Total
1 11 FW France Amine Gouiri 8 0 8
2 7 FW Algeria Andy Delort 5 0 5
3 9 FW Denmark Kasper Dolberg 3 0 3
4 28 MF Algeria Hicham Boudaoui 2 0 2
5 19 MF France Khéphren Thuram 1 0 1
20 DF Algeria Youcef Atal 1 0 1
21 FW Netherlands Justin Kluivert 1 0 1
22 FW Netherlands Calvin Stengs 1 0 1
24 FW France Evann Guessand 1 0 1
25 DF France Jean-Clair Todibo 1 0 1
26 DF France Melvin Bard 1 0 1
Total 25 0 25

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