2014–15 OGC Nice season

The 2014–15 OGC Nice season was the 110th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.

Nice

2014–15 season
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Rivère
Manager	Claude Puel
Stadium	Allianz Riviera
Ligue 1	11th
Coupe de France	Round of 64 (vs. Valenciennes FC)
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32 (vs. FC Metz)
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Eduardo (7) All: Carlos Eduardo (7)
Highest home attendance	25,407 vs Marseille, 24 January 2015
Lowest home attendance	9,560 vs FC Metz, 29 October 2014
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First team squad

Main article: List of OGC Nice players

For a list of all former and current OGC Nice players, see Category:OGC Nice players.

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

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	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo
5	DF	FRA	Kévin Gomis
6	MF	FRA	Didier Digard (captain)
7	MF	BEL	Julien Vercauteren
8	MF	MLI	Mahamane Traoré
9	FW	FRA	Xavier Pentecôte
10	MF	FRA	Valentin Eysseric
11	MF	FRA	Éric Bauthéac
13	MF	SWE	Niklas Hult
14	MF	FRA	Alassane Pléa
15	DF	FRA	Grégoire Puel
16	GK	FRA	Simon Pouplin
18	FW	FRA	Neal Maupay

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	FRA	Jordan Amavi
20	DF	SEN	Souleymane Diawara
21	DF	GAB	Lloyd Palun
22	MF	FRA	Nampalys Mendy
23	FW	FRA	Alexy Bosetti
24	MF	FRA	Mathieu Bodmer
25	DF	HAI	Romain Genevois
27	FW	FRA	Bryan Constant
28	MF	FRA	Fabien Dao Castellana
30	GK	FRA	Joris Delle
31	DF	SEN	Moussa M'Bow
33	MF	FRA	Albert Rafetraniaina
34	FW	FRA	Sada Thioub
40	GK	FRA	Yoan Cardinale

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 Fréjus Saint-Raphaël)
—	MF	FRA	Jérémy Pied (on loan to EA Guingamp)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Jordan Astier (on loan to Fréjus Saint-Raphaël)
—	FW	FRA	Alexandre Mendy (on loan to Nîmes Olympique)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved from	Fee	Notes
1 July 2014	MF	Niklas Hult	24	Elfsborg	€950,000
1 July 2014	MF	Julien Vercauteren	21	Lierse S.K.	Undisclosed
5 August 2014	DF	Souleymane Diawara	35	Marseille	Free Transfer
7 August 2014	GK	Simon Pouplin	29	Sochaux	Free Transfer
28 August 2014	MF	Alassane Pléa	21	Lyon	€600,000
15 January 2015	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	27	Newcastle United	Free Transfer

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Loan expires	Fee	Notes
1 September 2014	MF	Carlos Eduardo	24	F.C. Porto	30 June 2015

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moved to	Fee	Notes
1 July 2014	FW	Abraham Gneki Guié	27	Apollon Limassol	€475,000
1 July 2014	GK	Lucas Veronese	23	Amiens	Free Transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Nemanja Pejčinović	26	Lokomotiv Moscow	Free Transfer
22 July 2014	MF	Fabrice Abriel	35	Valenciennes	Free Transfer
27 July 2014	GK	David Ospina	25	Arsenal	Undisclosed
29 August 2014	DF	Timothée Kolodziejczak	22	Sevilla	€3,500,000
2 September 2014	DF	Luigi Bruins	27	Unattached	Released
5 January 2015	FW	Darío Cvitanich	30	Pachuca	Undisclosed
3 February 2015	MF	Hatem Ben Arfa	27	Unattached	Released

Last updated: 19 February 2015.
Source:

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2014–15 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Rennes	38	13	11	14	35	42	−7	50
10	Guingamp	38	15	4	19	41	55	−14	49
11	Nice	38	13	9	16	44	53	−9	48
12	Bastia	38	12	11	15	37	46	−9	47
13	Caen	38	12	10	16	54	55	−1	46

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	13	9	16	44	53	−9	48	6	6	6	21	23	−2	7	3	10	23	30	−7

Last updated: 5 June 2015.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W
Position	4	4	9	16	11	17	12	8	11	12	7	10	12	12	12	15	11	12	12	12	10	8	8	8	9	9	13	15	16	12	13	10	11	12	13	15	12	11

Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Nice v Toulouse

9 August 2014 1	Nice	3–2	Toulouse	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cvitanich 23', 62' Bosetti 68'	Report	Braithwaite 44' Ben Yedder 45' Regattin  58'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,729 Referee: Frank Schneider

Lorient v Nice

16 August 2014 2	Lorient	0–0	Nice	Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ayew  22'	Report	Honorat  35' Hassen  90+1'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 13,735 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Nice v Bordeaux

23 August 2014 3	Nice	1–3	Bordeaux	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bosetti 11' Amavi  31' Diawara  90+1'	Report	Contento  31' Diabaté 33' (pen.),  37'  82' Rolán  34' Maurice-Belay 47' Pallois  54' Sertić 55' Mariano  87'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,712 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Marseille v Nice

29 August 2013 4	Marseille	4–0	Nice	Marseille
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Payet 19', 48' Thauvin 45' Ayew  78' Barrada 88'	Report	Amavi  31' Diawara  45'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 39,497 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Nice v Metz

13 September 2014 5	Nice	1–0	Metz	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hult  83' Bosetti 90+4'	Report	Lejeune  17' Maïga  70'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,019 Referee: Tony Chapron

Nantes v Nice

20 September 2014 6	Nantes	2–1	Nice	Nantes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amavi 9' (o.g.) Shechter 43'	Report	Bodmer  24' Amavi 70'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 23,240 Referee: Clément Turpin

Nice v Lille

24 September 2014 7	Nice	1–0	Lille	Nice
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bodmer 41' Bauthéac  67'	Report	Kjær  72'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,541 Referee: Benoît Millot

Monaco v Nice

27 September 2014 8	Monaco	0–1	Nice	Monaco
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Berbatov  19' Dirar  73'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 7' Hult  29' Bauthéac  49' Bosetti  85' Eysseric  86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,941 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Nice v Montpellier

4 October 2014 9	Nice	1–1	Montpellier	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bodmer  75' Palun 90+2'	Report	Tiéné  54' Hilton  67', 72' Montaño  90'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,634 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Nice v Bastia

18 October 2014 10	Nice	0–1	Bastia	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amavi  38' Bosetti  57' Digard  71'	Report	Diakité  41' Ayité 51' Boudebouz  57' Rodríguez  90+5'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,919 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

Guingamp v Nice

26 October 2014 11	Guingamp	2–7	Nice	Guingamp
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Beauvue 8' Schwartz 70'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 12', 26', 43', 50', 64' Palun  16' Pléa 45+1' Bauthéac 72'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 14,664 Referee: Clément Turpin

Nice v Lyon

1 November 2014 12	Nice	1–3	Lyon	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mendy  29' Palun  40' Bauthéac  44' Puel 51'	Report	Jallet  55' Malbranque 64' Fekir  78' Lacazette 80', 90+4'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,677 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Evian v Nice

8 November 2014 13	Evian	1–0	Nice	Annecy
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Angoula  70' Wass 76'	Report	Amavi  34' Mendy  75' Pléa  89'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 7,738 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Nice v Reims

22 November 2014 14	Nice	0–0	Reims	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vercauteren  80' Rafetraniaina  86'	Report	Oniangue  23' Tacalfred  28'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,207 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Paris Saint-Germain v Nice

29 November 2014 15	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Nice	Paris
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ibrahimović 15' (pen.) Motta  78'	Report	Pléa  45+1' Palun  81'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,542 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Nice v Rennes

3 December 2014 16	Nice	1–2	Rennes	Nice
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rafetraniaina  27' Gomis  56' Cvitanich 83'	Report	Ntep 12' Konradsen 49' Brüls  87'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,033 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Caen v Nice

6 December 2014 17	Caen	2–3	Nice	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lemar  36' Duhamel 39' (pen.) Nangis 45'	Report	Amavi 32' Bauthéac 64' (pen.) Pléa 74' Mendy  88'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,487 Referee: Clément Turpin

Nice v Saint-Étienne

14 December 2014 18	Nice	0–0	Saint-Étienne	Nice
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carlos Eduardo  38' Bauthéac  75'	Report	Diomande  29'  37' Hamouma  34'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,493 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Lens v Nice

19 December 2014 19	Lens	2–0	Nice	Amiens
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sylla  26' Cyprien 38' Lemoigne  72' Valdivia  73' Coulibaly 86'	Report	Eysseric  18' Puel  39'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 8,705 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Nice v Lorient

10 January 2015 20	Nice	3–1	Lorient	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bodmer  5' Bauthéac 30' (pen.) Bosetti 60' Carlos Eduardo 67'	Report	Jeannot 6' Mesloub  62'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,141 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Bordeaux v Nice

16 January 2015 21	Bordeaux	1–2	Nice	Bordeaux
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sertic  26' Rolán 33' (pen.) Contento  37'	Report	Genevois  27' Hassen  32' Puel  37' Amavi  48', 66' Pléa  65', 90'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 13,953 Referee: Benoît Millot

Nice v Marseille

24 January 2015 22	Nice	2–1	Marseille	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Genevois 47' Gomis  51'  53' Pléa  53' Hult 73' Mendy  87' Bauthéac  89'	Report	Aloé  36' Imbula  59' Dja Djédjé  64' Thauvin 77'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 25,407 Referee: Antony Gautier

Metz v Nice

31 January 2015 23	Metz	0–0	Nice	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sarr  12' N'Daw  28'	Report	Puel  19' Maupay  73'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,115 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Nice v Nantes

8 February 2015 24	Nice	0–0	Nantes	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bauthéac  17' Palun  21'	Report	Vizcarrondo  45' Alhadhur  72'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,062 Referee: Tony Chapron

Lille v Nice

14 February 2015 25	Lille	0–0	Nice	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lopes  35' Sidibé  42' Balmont  44' Mavuba  45+1'	Report	Genevois  42' Pléa  69' Bauthéac  70'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 35,053 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Nice v Monaco

20 February 2015 26	Nice	0–1	Monaco	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mendy  26' Gomis  57' Diawara  77' Koziello  87' Eysseric  87'	Report	Abdennour  45+3' Silva 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 24,130 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Montpellier v Nice

1 March 2015 27	Montpellier	2–1	Nice	Montpellier
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deplagne  35' Dabo 45' Barrios 66' Jourdren  86' Marveaux  89'	Report	Carlos Eduardo  15' Rafetraniaina  18' Bauthéac 36' (pen.) Hult  39' Eysseric  88'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,083 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Bastia v Nice

7 March 2015 28	Bastia	2–1	Nice	Bastia
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sio  3', 68' Diakité  8' Gillet 26' Cahuzac  52'	Report	Diawara  14',  83' Carlos Eduardo 17' Hult  27' Puel  44' Amavi  77'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 13,777 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Nice v Guingamp

13 March 2015 29	Nice	1–2	Guingamp	Nice
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Carlos Eduardo  13' Bauthéac  43', 57'	Report	Mandanne 49', 61',  67' Mathis  55'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Referee: Benoît Millot

Lyon v Nice

21 March 2015 30	Lyon	1–2	Nice	Lyon
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fekir  30' Koné  53' Gonalons 56',  59' N'Jie  62'	Report	Palun  5'  54' Carlos Eduardo 23' Pléa  79' Koziello  83' Eysseric 86'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,300 Referee: Antony Gautier

Nice v Evian

4 April 2015 31	Nice	2–2	Evian	Nice
CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pouplin  9' Gomis  16' Bosetti 45+1',  75' Eysseric 68' Amavi  87' Bauthéac  90+3'	Report	Nounkeu 18' Nielsen  30' Tejeda  56' Gomis 78' (o.g.) Abdallah  87' Sougou  90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,581 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Reims v Nice

12 April 2015 32	Reims	0–1	Nice	Reims
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mandi  31' Diego  75' Kyei  77'	Report	Benrahma 4' Bauthéac  29' Genevois  36' Amavi  51'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 14,905 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Nice v Paris Saint-Germain

18 April 2015 33	Nice	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bodmer 45+1' Amavi  75'	Report	Pastore  32', 39', 63' Cavani 69' (pen.) Sirigu  76'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 25,145 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Rennes v Nice

25 April 2015 34	Rennes	2–1	Nice	Rennes
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	André  32' Prcić 47' Konradsen 90'	Report	Bauthéac 22' Eysseric  90+2' Pléa  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 20,675 Referee: Tony Chapron

Nice v Caen

2 May 2015 35	Nice	1–1	Caen	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Carlos Eduardo 41' Amavi  82' Honorat  88'	Report	Benezet 15' Appiah  90+2'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,009 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Saint-Étienne v Nice

10 May 2015 36	Saint-Étienne	5–0	Nice	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Clément  9', 40' Bayal Sall  11' Perrin 25' Erdinç 62' Gradel 84' Monnet-Paquet 88'	Report	Bauthéac  12' Amavi  39'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 32,770 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Nice v Lens

16 May 2015 37	Nice	2–1	Lens	Nice
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amavi 29' Bodmer  45' Digard 77'	Report	Touzghar 14' Cyprien  16'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,185 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Toulouse v Nice

23 May 2015 38	Toulouse	2–3	Nice	Toulouse
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Akpa Akpro  35' Ben Yedder 79' Trejo 81' Bodiger  84'	Report	Maupay 8',  23' Koziello  16' Bauthéac 34', 53' Palun  76' Bodmer  83'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 19,830 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue

Nice v Metz

29 October 2014 Round of 32	Nice	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Metz	Nice
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maupay 20' Palun  32' Bosetti 37' Cvitanich 88' (pen.)	Report	Palomino 5' Ngbakoto 13' Vion 17' Kashi  42' Marchal  45+1' Doukouré  82' Rocchi  113'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 9,560 Referee: Ruddy Buquet
	Penalties
	Bodmer Cvitanich Pléa Eysseric Bosetti		Malouda Doukouré Marchal Palomino

Coupe de France

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de France

Valenciennes v Nice

3 January 2015 Round of 64	Valenciennes	2–0	Nice	Valenciennes
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Coulibaly 11' Poepon 14'	Report	Bodmer  38'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 5,252 Referee: Benoît Bastien