# 2022–23 OGC Nice season

The 2022–23 season was the 96th season in the history of OGC Nice and their 21st consecutive season in the topflight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2023.
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 | DEN | Kasper Schmeichel |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Dante (captain) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Pablo Rosario |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Terem Moffi (on loan from Lorient) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Sofiane Diop |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Ross Barkley |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Billal Brahimi |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Joe Bryan (on loan from Fulham) |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Aaron Ramsey |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Khéphren Thuram |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Atal |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Alexis Beka Beka |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Jordan Lotomba |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jean-Clair Todibo |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Melvin Bard |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Hicham Boudaoui |
| 29 | FW | CIV | Nicolas Pépé (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Badredine Bouanani |
| 42 | DF | ITA | Mattia Viti |
| 55 | DF | BDI | Youssouf Ndayishimiye |
| 77 | GK | ALG | Teddy Boulhendi |
| 90 | GK | POL | Marcin Bułka |

### 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 | CIV | Kouadio Ange Ahoussou (at Châteauroux until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | BRA | Robson Bambu (at Vasco da Gama until 31 December 2023) |
| — | DF | CAN | Justin Smith (at Quevilly-Rouen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | CIV | Jean N'Guessan (at Nîmes until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | NED | Calvin Stengs (at Antwerp until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Evann Guessand (at Nantes until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Alexis Claude-Maurice (at Lens until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg (at 1899 Hoffenheim until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| GK | Marcin Bułka | Paris Saint-Germain | €2M | 10 June 2022 |
| FW | Badredine Bouanani | Lille | Free | 7 July 2022 |
| MF | Rareș Ilie | Rapid București | €5M | 17 July 2022 |
| MF | Aaron Ramsey | Juventus | Free | 1 August 2022 |
| DF | Alexis Beka Beka | Lokomotiv Moscow | €14M | 1 August 2022 |
| GK | Kasper Schmeichel | Leicester City | €1M | 3 August 2022 |
| DF | Mattia Viti | Empoli | Undisclosed | 3 August 2022 |
| DF | Joe Bryan | Fulham | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| MF | Ross Barkley | Free agent | Free | 3 September 2022 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Walter Benítez | PSV Eindhoven | Free | 21 June 2022 |
| MF | Jean N'Guessan | Nîmes | Loan | 28 June 2022 |
| DF | Ange Ahoussou | Châteauroux | Loan | 29 June 2022 |
| MF | Justin Smith | Quevilly-Rouen | Loan | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Evann Guessand | Nantes | Loan | 12 July 2022 |
| MF | Ihsan Sacko | Avranches | Free | 1 August 2022 |
| FW | Kasper Dolberg | Sevilla | Loan | 1 September 2022 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 7 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 039.47 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2023 | 7 January 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 18 August 2022 | 20 April 2023 | Play-off round | Quarter-finals | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 041.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 039.22 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Lyon | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 62 |
| 8 | Clermont | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 59 |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 58 |
| 10 | Lorient | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 55 |
| 11 | Reims | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 51 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was made on 1 August 2022.

#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NCE | PRT | KLN | SVK |
| 1 | Nice | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 9 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2 | Partizan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Slovácko | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Nice 4, Partizan 1.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 17 March 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Europe Conference League | UEFA Europe Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | DEN | Kasper Schmeichel | 46 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | ALG | Teddy Boulhendi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | POL | Marcin Bułka | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Dante | 49 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Joe Bryan | 10 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Atal | 25 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Jordan Lotomba | 40 | 0 | 27+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jean-Clair Todibo | 46 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Melvin Bard | 44 | 0 | 28+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Antoine Mendy | 15 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | MAR | Ayoub Amraoui | 11 | 1 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 42 | DF | ITA | Mattia Viti | 12 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BDI | Youssouf Ndayishimiye | 14 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | NED | Pablo Rosario | 39 | 0 | 17+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Sofiane Diop | 28 | 2 | 14+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Ross Barkley | 28 | 4 | 9+18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALG | Billal Brahimi | 36 | 5 | 21+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3+7 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | WAL | Aaron Ramsey | 34 | 1 | 18+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Khéphren Thuram | 48 | 2 | 30+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Alexis Beka Beka | 22 | 1 | 7+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+6 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Hicham Boudaoui | 36 | 1 | 22+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | FRA | Théo Trinker | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Badredine Bouanani | 20 | 0 | 9+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Reda Belahyane | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | FRA | Andréa Dacourt | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Terem Moffi | 20 | 9 | 15+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Gaëtan Laborde | 44 | 16 | 28+5 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+1 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | CIV | Nicolas Pépé | 28 | 8 | 17+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | AUT | Flavius Daniliuc | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Rareș Ilie | 8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NED | Calvin Stengs | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | GAB | Mario Lemina | 22 | 1 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Andy Delort | 18 | 1 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alexis Claude-Maurice | 3 | 7 | 1+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Amine Gouiri | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
Last updated: 3 June 2023 Source: Competitions