# 2015–16 OGC Nice season

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

## Players
### First team squad

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

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
### Transfers in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved from | Fee |
| 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

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Return date |
| 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

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moved to | Fee |
| 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

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Return date |
| 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 |
| 25 January 2016 | FW | Alexy Bosetti | 21 | Sarpsborg 08 | 30 June 2016 |

## Competitions
### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2016. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Coupe de France
## Goalscorers

Last updated 12 March 2016
| Place | Position | 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 |
| 4 | FW | 14 | Alassane Pléa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Saïd Benrahma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Mahamane Traoré | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Jean Michaël Seri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 10 | Mickaël Le Bihan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 20 | Maxime Le Marchand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 22 | Nampalys Mendy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 24 | Mathieu Bodmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 25 | Romain Genevois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 33 | Olivier Boscagli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 13 | Niklas Hult | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 43 | 2 | 4 | 49 |