# 2020–21 OGC Nice season

The 2020–21 season was the 94th season in the existence of OGC Nice and the club's 19th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Nice participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The head coach Patrick Vieira was relieved of his post after a five-game losing streak. He was replaced by assistant Adrian Ursea.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Stanley Nsoki |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Robson Bambu |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Dante (captain) |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Flavius Daniliuc |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Morgan Schneiderlin |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Lees-Melou |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alexis Claude-Maurice |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Hassane Kamara |
| 14 | FW | SUI | Dan Ndoye |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Teddy Boulhendi |
| 18 | DF | FRA | William Saliba (on loan from Arsenal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Khéphren Thuram |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Atal |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Danilo Barbosa |
| 22 | MF | POR | Rony Lopes (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Jordan Lotomba |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Andy Pelmard |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jean-Clair Todibo (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Alexis Trouillet |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Hicham Boudaoui |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (on loan from Lyon) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Yoan Cardinale |
| 34 | FW | IRL | Deji Sotona |
| 40 | GK | 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 |
| — | MF | POR | Pedro Brazão (on loan to Lausanne) |
| — | FW | FRA | Lucas Da Cunha (on loan to Lausanne) |
| — | DF | CIV | Ibrahim Cissé (on loan to Châteauroux) |
| — | DF | CIV | Armel Zohouri (on loan to Lausanne) |
| — | DF | SEN | Racine Coly (on loan to Amiens) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Wylan Cyprien (on loan to Parma) |
| — | MF | CIV | Trazié Thomas (on loan to Lausanne) |
| — | FW | FRA | Evann Guessand (on loan to Lausanne) |
| — | FW | FRA | Ihsan Sacko (on loan to Cosenza) |
| — | MF | FRA | Hicham Mahou (on loan to Lausanne) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| 11 | FW | Amine Gouiri | Lyon | €7m | 1 July 2020 | |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
| 23 | DF | Malang Sarr | Chelsea | Free | 27 August 2020 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 23 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 039.47 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 8 March 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 036.96 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 57 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 54 |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 |
| 10 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 47 |
| 11 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 46 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LEV | SLP | HBS | NCE |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | | 2–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Nice | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | ALG | Teddy Boulhendi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Yoan Cardinale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ARG | Walter Benítez | 45 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Stanley Nsoki | 24 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Robson Bambu | 23 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Dante | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUT | Flavius Daniliuc | 26 | 1 | 15+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | FRA | Hassane Kamara | 42 | 3 | 34+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | FRA | William Saliba | 26 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Atal | 18 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SUI | Jordan Lotomba | 36 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Andy Pelmard | 24 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | FRA | Jean-Clair Todibo | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Théo Pionnier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | FRA | Noah Crétier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA | Morgan Schneiderlin | 35 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Lees-Melou | 33 | 5 | 23+6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Khéphren Thuram | 33 | 2 | 17+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | POR | Rony Lopes | 33 | 5 | 23+5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Alexis Trouillet | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Hicham Boudaoui | 29 | 3 | 22+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | 18 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Malik Sellouki | 4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida | 25 | 3 | 11+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg | 29 | 6 | 21+4 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | FRA | Alexis Claude-Maurice | 37 | 5 | 21+9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Amine Gouiri | 41 | 16 | 31+3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | FW | SUI | Dan Ndoye | 34 | 3 | 3+25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+4 | 2 |
| 34 | FW | IRL | Deji Sotona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | FRA | Salim Ben Seghir | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | SEN | Racine Coly | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Hicham Mahou | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Danilo Barbosa | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 26 February 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Amine Gouiri | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Pierre Lees-Melou | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 22 | MF | | Rony Lopes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Kasper Dolberg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | | Dan Ndoye | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Dante | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Myziane Maolida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Alexis Claude-Maurice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Flavius Daniliuc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 13 | MF | | Hassane Kamara | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | MF | | Khéphren Thuram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | DF | | Youcef Atal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 23 | DF | | Jordan Lotomba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 28 | MF | | Hicham Boudaoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | MF | | Jeff Reine-Adélaïde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 33 | MF | | Malik Sellouki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 3 | 8 | 44 |