# 2019–20 OGC Nice season

The 2019–20 season was Olympique Gymnaste Club Nice's 93rd season in existence and the club's 18th 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 Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Squad

As of 1 October 2019.
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 | FRA | Gautier Lloris |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Dante (captain) |
| 5 | DF | CMR | Adrien Tameze |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Rémi Walter |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Lees-Melou |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg |
| 10 | FW | ALG | Adam Ounas (on loan from Napoli) |
| 11 | MF | TUN | Bassem Srarfi |
| 12 | DF | SEN | Racine Coly |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Ignatius Ganago |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Patrick Burner |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yannis Clementia |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Alexis Claude-Maurice |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Khéphren Thuram |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Atal |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Danilo Barbosa |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Arnaud Lusamba |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Malang Sarr |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Andy Pelmard |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Wylan Cyprien |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Hicham Boudaoui |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Christophe Hérelle |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Yoan Cardinale |
| 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 |
| — | DF | FRA | Yanis Hamache (on loan to Red Star) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jean-Victor Makengo (on loan to Toulouse) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Eddy Sylvestre (on loan to Auxerre) |
| — | FW | FRA | Ihsan Sacko (on loan to Troyes) |

### Reserve squad

As of 23 January 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | FRA | Teddy Boulhendi |
| — | GK | FRA | Vicenzo Bezzina |
| — | DF | FRA | Denilson de Oliveira |
| — | DF | COM | Ancoub Mze Ali |
| — | DF | FRA | Yrlès Teoro |
| — | DF | FRA | Mathias Maurin |
| — | DF | FRA | Yanis Hamache |
| — | DF | FRA | Matthew Cox |
| — | MF | FRA | Jawad Dramé |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Hicham Mahou |
| 34 | DF | CIV | Ibrahim Cissé |
| 35 | MF | TUN | Assil Jaziri |
| 36 | FW | FRA | Maxime Pélican |
| — | MF | FRA | Remi Mestrallet |
| — | MF | FRA | Paul Wade |
| — | MF | FRA | Thomas Valtriani |
| — | MF | FRA | Matéo Leveque |
| — | FW | FRA | Alexandre Gameiro |

## 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 | 10 August 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 039.29 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2020 | 30 January 2020 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 30 October 2019 | 30 October 2019 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 040.63 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Rennes | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 50 | 1.79 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Lille | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 49 | 1.75 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Nice | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 41 | 1.46 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Reims | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 41 | 1.46 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Lyon | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 40 | 1.43 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot given to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
* 1 2 3 4 Nice finished ahead of Reims on head-to-head points: Nice 2–0 Reims, Reims 1–1 Nice.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.

### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | FRA | Yannis Clementia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Yoan Cardinale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ARG | Walter Benítez | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Stanley Nsoki | 18 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Gautier Lloris | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Dante | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Adrien Tameze | 9 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SEN | Racine Coly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Patrick Burner | 22 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ALG | Youcef Attal | 14 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Malang Sarr | 17 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Andy Pelmard | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | DEN | Riza Durmisi | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Christophe Hérelle | 16 | 3 | 13+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | CIV | Ibrahim Cissé | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | FRA | Rémi Walter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Pierre Lees-Melou | 28 | 6 | 25+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | TUN | Bassem Srarfi | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Alexis Claude-Maurice | 22 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Khéphren Thuram | 14 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Danilo Barbosa | 18 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Arnaud Lusamba | 15 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Wylan Cyprien | 22 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Hicham Boudaoui | 11 | 2 | 6+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Myziane Maolida | 20 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Kasper Dolberg | 24 | 11 | 22+1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ALG | Adam Ounas | 17 | 3 | 14+2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Ignatius Ganago | 27 | 3 | 12+14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Evann Guessand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Last updated: 11 January 2020 Source: Competitions