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 Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (age) Signed in Contract until Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Mouez Hassen GK 2013 2017 Youth academy 16 Simon Pouplin GK 2014 2018 Sochaux 30 Yoan Cardinale GK 2015 2017 Youth academy 40 Walter Benítez GK 2016 Quilmes Defenders 2 Arnaud Souquet RB 2016 Dijon 3 Gautier Lloris CB 2016 2017 Youth academy 4 Paul Baysse CB / RB 2015 2018 Saint-Étienne 15 Patrick Burner RB / LB 2016 2019 Youth academy 20 Maxime Le Marchand CB / LB 2015 2018 Le Havre 21 Ricardo RB 2015 2017 Porto 24 Mathieu Bodmer CB 2013 2017 Paris Saint-Germain 28 Olivier Boscagli CB 2015 Youth academy 29 Dalbert LB 2016 Vitória de Guimarães 31 Dante CB / LB 2016 VfL Wolfsburg 32 Malang Sarr CB 2016 Youth academy Midfielders 5 Younès Belhanda AM 2016 2017 Dynamo Kyiv 6 Jean Michaël Seri CM 2015 2019 Paços de Ferreira 7 Julien Vercauteren RW 2014 2018 Lierse 8 Arnaud Lusamba AM 2016 Nancy 12 Albert Rafetraniaina DM 2012 Youth academy 13 Valentin Eysseric CAM 2013 2017 Monaco 18 Rémi Walter DM 2016 2019 Nancy 25 Wylan Cyprien CM 2016 Lens 26 Vincent Koziello CM 2014 2018 Youth academy 33 Vincent Marcel RW 2015 Youth academy Forwards 9 Mario Balotelli ST 2016 2017 Liverpool 10 Mickaël Le Bihan CF 2015 Le Havre 11 Saïd Benrahma RW / CF 2013 2018 Youth academy 14 Alassane Pléa CF / RW 2014 2018 Lyon 19 Bryan Constant CF / AM 2013 2017 Youth academy 22 Anastasios Donis SS / LW / RW 2016 2017 Juventus 23 Alexy Bosetti CF 2012 2017 Youth academy 27 Dorian Caddy CF 2016 2019 Youth academy
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Dalbert Vitória de Guimarães Arnaud Lusamba Nancy €2,500,000 Arnaud Souquet Dijon Wylan Cyprien Lens Dante VfL Wolfsburg Mario Balotelli Liverpool Free One-year contract Younès Belhanda Dynamo Kyiv Loan, with option to buy
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Alexandre Mendy Guingamp Niklas Hult Panathinaikos Hatem Ben Arfa Paris Saint-Germain Free Nampalys Mendy Leicester City £13,000,000 Kévin Gomis Dundee
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.
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Final position First match Last match Ligue 1 Matchday 1 3rd 12 August 2016 20 May 2017 Coupe de FranceRound of 648 January 2017 Coupe de la LigueRound of 1614 December 2016 UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage 15 September 2016 8 December 2016
Ligue 1
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coupe de France
Coupe de la Ligue
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers PlayerLigue 1Coupe de FranceCoupe de LigueEuropa LeagueTotal1 9 ST Mario Balotelli 15 0 1 1172 14 FW Alassane Pléa 11 1 1 1143 14 MF Wylan Cyprien 8 0 0 194 6 MF Jean Michaël Seri 700075 22 FW Anastasios Donis 5 0 0 0 56 13 MF Valentin Eysseric4000 4 7 5 MF Younès Belhanda 3 0 0 03 10 FW Mickaël Le Bihan 3 0 0 03 9 4 DF Paul Baysse 2 0 0 02 23 DF Ricardo 2 0 0 02 11 34 DF Malang Sarr 1 0 0 01 26 MF Vincent Koziello 1 0 0 01 2 DF Arnaud Souquet 1 0 0 01 23 FW Alexy Bosetti 0 0 0 11 20 DF Maxime Le Marchand 0 0 0 11
Last updated: 8 June 2017
Clean sheets NameLigue 1Coupe de FranceCoupe de LigueEuropa LeagueTotal 1 30 Yoan Cardinale 13 0 0 013
Last updated: 14 October 2016
Disciplinary record
References