2020–21 OGC Nice season explained

Club:	OGC Nice
Season:	2020–21
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Jean-Pierre Rivère
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Patrick Vieira (until 4 December) Adrian Ursea (from 4 December)
Stadium:	Allianz Riviera
League:	Ligue 1
League Result:	9th
Cup1:	Coupe de France
Cup1 Result:	Round of 32
Cup2:	UEFA Europa League
Cup2 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Amine Gouiri (12)
Season Topscorer:	Amine Gouiri (16)
Largest Win:	Angers 0–3 Nice Nice 3–0 Angers Nice 3–0 Marseille
Largest Loss:	Bayer Leverkusen 6–2 Nice
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Prevseason:	2019–20
Nextseason:	2021–22

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.^[1] He was replaced by assistant Adrian Ursea.

Players

Out on loan

Transfers

In

		scope=col	Player	Transferred from	scope=col; style="width: 65px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
11			Lyon	€7m		^[2]

Out

		scope=col	Player	Transferred to	scope=col; style="width: 65px;"	Fee	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Source
23		Malang Sarr	Chelsea	Free		^[3]

Competitions

Ligue 1

See main article: 2020–21 Ligue 1.

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[4]

Coupe de France

See main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[5]

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards|-! colspan="12" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season|-

Goalscorers

width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=145	Name	width=120	Ligue 1	width=120	Coupe de France	width=120	Europa League	width=120	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
	14	FW		Dan Ndoye	1	0	2	3
6	4	DF		Dante	2	0	0	2
	7	FW		Myziane Maolida	2	0	0	2
	10	FW		Alexis Claude-Maurice	1	0	1	2
9	5	DF		Flavius Daniliuc	1	0	0	1
	13	MF		Hassane Kamara	0	0	1	1
	19	MF		Khéphren Thuram	1	0	0	1
	20	DF		Youcef Atal	1	0	0	1
	23	DF		Jordan Lotomba	1	0	0	1
	28	MF		Hicham Boudaoui	1	0	0	1
	29	MF		Jeff Reine-Adélaïde	1	0	0	1
	33	MF		Malik Sellouki	1	0	0	1
Own goals					1	0	0	1
Totals					33	3	8	44

Notes and References

1. Web site: L'OGC Nice limoge Patrick Vieira. L'Équipe. 4 December 2020. 4 December 2020.
2. Web site: Transferts : Amine Gouiri (OL) à Nice (officiel). L'Équipe. 1 July 2020.
3. Web site: Sarr Signs On. chelseafc.com. 27 August 2020.
4. Web site: Ligue 1 Uber Eats : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021. fr. LFP. 9 July 2020.
5. Web site: 2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know. 17 June 2020. 4 July 2020. UEFA.com.