# 2012–13 OGC Nice season

The 2012–13 season is the 86th season in the history of OGC Nice and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nice are participating in this season's edition of the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

As of 3 March 2013.
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 | COL | David Ospina |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Renato Civelli |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Timothée Kolodziejczak |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Pejčinović |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Kévin Gomis |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Didier Digard (captain) |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Fabrice Abriel |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Mahamane Traoré |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Xavier Pentecôte |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Camel Meriem |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Éric Bauthéac |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Darío Cvitanich |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Valentin Eysseric |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Jérémy Pied |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Kévin Anin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Neal Maupay |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Kévin Diaz |
| 20 | MF | NED | Luigi Bruins |
| 21 | MF | GAB | Lloyd Palun |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Julien Berthomier |
| 23 | FW | FRA | Alexy Bosetti |
| 24 | DF | SEN | Moussa M'Bow |
| 25 | DF | HAI | Romain Genevois |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Diacko Fofana |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Cyril Hennion |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Fabien Dao Castellana |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Stéphane Bahoken |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Joris Delle |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Grégoire Puel |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Mouez Hassen |

## Transfers

| Date | Name | Moving from | Moving to | Fee |
| 15 June 2012 | Eric Bauthéac | Dijon | Nice | Free |
| 25 June 2012 | Timothée Kolodziejczak | Lyon | Nice | Free |
| 28 June 2012 | Romain Genevois | Tours | Nice | Free |
| 2 July 2012 | Joris Delle | Metz | Nice | Free |
| 9 July 2012 | François Clerc | Nice | Saint-Étienne | Free |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 11 August 2012 | 26 May 2013 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 047.37 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2013 | 23 January 2013 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 26 September 2012 | 28 November 2012 | Third round | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 048.84 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 38 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Nice | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Lille | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 62 | |
* ↑ Saint-Étienne, as winner of the 2012–13 Coupe de la Ligue, qualifies for the third qualifying round of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |