2017–18 OGC Nice season

Nice
2017–18 season
Chairman	Jean-Pierre Rivère
Manager	Lucien Favre
Stadium	Allianz Riviera
Ligue 1	8th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mario Balotelli (18); All: ; Mario Balotelli (26)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 OGC Nice season was the 113th professional season of the club since its creation in 1904.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 September 2017.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from
Goalkeepers
16	Simon Pouplin	GK	(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 39)	2014	2018	Sochaux
30	Yoan Cardinale	GK	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994 (age 30)	2015	2018	Youth academy
40	Walter Benítez	GK	(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 31)	2016		Quilmes
Defenders
2	Arnaud Souquet	RB	(1992-02-12) 12 February 1992 (age 32)	2016	2020	Dijon
3	Gautier Lloris	CB	(1995-07-18) 18 July 1995 (age 29)	2016	2018	Youth academy
4	Marlon Santos	CB	(1995-09-07) 7 September 1995 (age 29)	2017	2019	Barcelona
12	Racine Coly	CB / LB	(1995-12-08) 8 December 1995 (age 28)	2017		Brescia
15	Patrick Burner	RB / LB	(1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 28)	2016	2019	Youth academy
20	Maxime Le Marchand	CB / LB	(1989-10-11) 11 October 1989 (age 35)	2015	2018	Le Havre
23	Malang Sarr	CB	(1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 (age 25)	2016	2021	Youth academy
24	Christophe Jallet	RB	(1983-10-31) 31 October 1983 (age 40)	2017		Lyon
31	Dante	CB / LB	(1983-04-18) 18 April 1983 (age 41)	2016	2019	Wolfsburg
34	Romain Perraud	DF	(1997-09-22) 22 September 1997 (age 27)	2016		Youth academy
Midfielders
5	Adrien Tameze	AM	(1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30)	2017	2021	Valenciennes
7	Allan Saint-Maximin	LW	(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)	2017	2020	Monaco
8	Pierre Lees-Melou	AM	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)	2017	2021	Dijon
10	Wesley Sneijder	AM	(1984-06-09) 9 June 1984 (age 40)	2017		Galatasaray
18	Rémi Walter	DM	(1995-04-26) 26 April 1995 (age 29)	2016	2019	Nancy
19	Vincent Marcel	MF	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27)	2015	2021	Youth academy
21	Nampalys Mendy	DM	(1992-06-23) 23 June 1992 (age 32)	2017	2018	Leicester City
22	Arnaud Lusamba	AM	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 27)	2016	2021	Nancy
25	Wylan Cyprien	CM	(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 29)	2016	2021	Lens
26	Vincent Koziello	CM	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 29)	2014	2019	Youth academy
33	Albert Rafetraniaina	DM	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28)	2012	2018	Youth academy
Forwards
9	Mario Balotelli	ST	(1990-08-12) 12 August 1990 (age 34)	2016	2018	Liverpool
11	Bassem Srarfi	CM	(1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 27)	2017	2021	Club Africain
14	Alassane Pléa	CF / RW	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31)	2014	2021	Lyon
27	Jean-Victor Makengo	CM	(1998-06-12) 12 June 1998 (age 26)	2017		Caen
29	Mickaël Le Bihan	CF	(1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 34)	2015	2019	Le Havre
36	Mohamed Lamine Diaby	CF	(2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 23)	2017		Youth academy
37	Ignatius Ganago	CF	(1999-02-16) 16 February 1999 (age 25)	2017		Youth academy
39	Hicham Mahou	FW	(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 25)	2017		Youth academy

Transfers

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	Matchday 1	8th	5 August 2017	19 May 2018
Coupe de France	Round of 64		6 January 2018
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	13 December 2017	9 January 2018
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round	Play-off round	26 July 2017	22 August 2017
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	Round of 32	14 September 2017	22 February 2018

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Bordeaux	38	16	7	15	53	48	+5	55	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
7	Saint-Étienne	38	15	10	13	47	50	−3	55
8	Nice	38	15	9	14	53	52	+1	54
9	Nantes	38	14	10	14	36	41	−5	52
10	Montpellier	38	11	18	9	36	33	+3	51

Source: Ligue 1 and Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Most goals scored in one league match; 10) Fair-play points^[2]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

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	15	9	14	53	52	+1	54	10	3	6	29	23	+6	5	6	8	24	29	−5

Last updated: 19 May 2018.
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L
Position	14	15	11	17	11	8	9	10	14	15	17	16	17	18	14	13	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	7	7	6	5	7	7	6	8

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

Matches

5 August 2017 1	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Nice	Saint-Étienne
20:00	Bamba 4' Théophile-Catherine 12' Selnæs 66'	Report	Dante 70'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 25,879 Referee: François Letexier

11 August 2017 2	Nice	1–2	Troyes	Nice
19:00	Pléa 63' (pen.) Koziello 64' Dante 90'	Report	Niane 53' Samassa 62' Vizcarrondo 62' Hérelle 77' Khaoui 85'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 24,260 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

19 August 2017 3	Nice	2–0	Guingamp	Nice
20:00	Pléa 45' Walter 47' Dante 74' Jallet 83'	Report	Didot 68'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,070 Referee: Benoît Millot

26 August 2017 4	Amiens	3–0	Nice	Amiens
20:00	Kakuta 14' Konaté 28', 88' Ielsch 42' Monconduit 57' Dibassy 90+2'	Report	Pléa 48' Cardinale 54' Sarr 67'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 9,397 Referee: Johan Hamel

9 September 2017 5	Nice	4–0	Monaco	Nice
17:00	Balotelli 6' (pen.), 60', 69' Jallet 11' Pléa 18' Ganago 85'	Report	Sidibé 5' Jorge 14'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 28,995 Referee: Clément Turpin

17 September 2017 6	Rennes	0–1	Nice	Rennes
17:00	Prcić 35'	Report	Saint-Maximin 45+2' Jallet 49' Seri 69' Balotelli 79' Lees-Melou 85' Souquet 90+3'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,892 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

22 September 2017 7	Nice	2–2	Angers	Nice
19:00	Balotelli 39' (pen.), 62' Le Marchand 47' Cardinale 72' Traoré 76' (o.g.) Dante 90+1'	Report	Pavlović 13', 75' Toko Ekambi 34' Tahrat 40'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,023 Referee: François Letexier

1 October 2017 8	Nice	2–4	Marseille	Nice
21:00	Balotelli 4' Seri 16' Lees-Melou 32' Pléa 50'	Report	Ocampos 26', 44', 88' Payet 36' Lees-Melou 41' (o.g.) Luiz Gustavo 48', 66' Amavi 61'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 32,702 Referee: Benoît Bastien

15 October 2017 9	Montpellier	2–0	Nice	Montpellier
17:00	Sessègnon 55' Roussillon 61' Mbenza 74', 76' Hilton 87'	Report	Dante 33'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 14,374 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

22 October 2017 10	Nice	1–2	Strasbourg	Nice
15:00	Lees-Melou 54' (pen.)	Report	Da Costa 23', 49' Seka 53' Liénard 58'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,595 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

27 October 2017 11	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Nice	Paris
20:45	Cavani 3', 31' Dante 52' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,224 Referee: Tony Chapron

5 November 2017 12	Nice	1–0	Dijon	Nice
15:00	Balotelli 40' (pen.), 89' Koziello 47'	Report	Xeka 66'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,987 Referee: Olivier Thual

19 November 2017 13	Caen	1–1	Nice	Caen
15:00	Sankoh 25' Djiku 81' Rodelin 90+2'	Report	Lees-Melou 40' Tameze 55' Benítez 75' Pléa 78'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,144 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

26 November 2017 14	Nice	0–5	Lyon	Nice
15:00	Marlon 12' 70' Seri 22' Dante 61' Mendy 74'	Report	Depay 5', 38' Cornet 20', 22' Mariano 27' Marcelo 35' Maolida 79' Ferri 86'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 27,542 Referee: Frank Schneider

29 November 2017 15	Toulouse	1–2	Nice	Toulouse
19:00	Delort 3' Moubandje 29' Cahuzac 75' Amian 79' Gradel 90'	Report	Dante 37' 40' Le Marchand 48' Jallet 58' Balotelli 80' (pen.) Srarfi 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 10,336 Referee: Johan Hamel

2 December 2017 16	Nice	3–1	Metz	Nice
20:00	Pléa 27' Balotelli 56' Saint-Maximin 71'	Report	Roux 29' Balliu 38' Nguette 76'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,383 Referee: Mikael Lesage

10 December 2017 17	Nantes	1–2	Nice	Nantes
17:00	Bammou 12' Diego Carlos 67'	Report	Lees-Melou 21' Tameze 37' Balotelli 40', 75' Pléa 42' Souquet 85'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,723 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

17 December 2017 18	Nice	1–0	Bordeaux	Nice
17:00	Balotelli 36', 42'	Report	Poundjé 80' Jovanović 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,831 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

20 December 2017 19	Lille	1–1	Nice	Lille
20:50	Thiago Maia 19' Ié 44' El Ghazi 68'	Report	Srarfi 38', 61' Marlon 54' Mendy 80' Koziello 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 26,450 Referee: Frank Schneider

13 January 2018 20	Nice	1–0	Amiens	Nice
20:00	Burner 37' Lees-Melou 66'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,340 Referee: Amaury Delerue

16 January 2018 21	Monaco	2–2	Nice	Monaco
21:00	Glik 18' Diakhaby 33', 75' Keita 53' Moutinho 63' Falcao 90+2'	Report	Cyprien 34' Balotelli 47', 68', 61' Le Marchand 57'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 10,533 Referee: François Letexier

21 January 2018 22	Nice	1–0	Saint-Étienne	Nice
15:00	Cyprien 23' Seri 59' Balotelli 70'	Report	Dioussé 73'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,254 Referee: Frank Schneider

27 January 2018 23	Metz	2–1	Nice	Metz
20:00	Diagne 33' Roux 50', 62', 51' Niakhate 57' Cohade 67'	Report	Seri 15' Burner 31' Lees-Melou 38' Balotelli 45+2', 58' Dante 79' Ganago 87'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Johan Hamel

3 February 2018 24	Nice	0–1	Toulouse	Nice
20:00	Coly 52' Tameze 59'	Report	Sanogo 21' Michelin 61' Gradel 67'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 17,231 Referee: Antony Gautier

10 February 2018 25	Dijon	3–2	Nice	Dijon
20:00	Djilobodji 33' Tavares 61', 78' (pen.) Amalfitano 80' Kwon Chang-hoon 84'	Report	Dante 42' Lees-Melou 65' Pléa 67' Balotelli 74' Marlon 80'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 11,901 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

18 February 2018 26	Nice	1–1	Nantes	Nice
15:00	Dante 6' Pléa 63' Lees-Melou 77'	Report	Sala 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,966 Referee: Clément Turpin

25 February 2018 27	Bordeaux	0–0	Nice	Bordeaux
15:00	Vada 78' Pablo 78'	Report	Coly 26' Makengo 38'	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 23,027 Referee: Frank Schneider

2 March 2018 28	Nice	2–1	Lille	Nice
19:00	Balotelli 5' Marlon 21' Cyprien 28', 80' Coly 73'	Report	Mothiba 35' Luiz Araújo 51'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,314 Referee: Thomas Léonard

11 March 2018 29	Guingamp	2–5	Nice	Guingamp
15:00	Grenier 9' (pen.) Briand 40' Tabanou 61' Martins Pereira 75' Marlon 83' (o.g.)	Report	Pléa 24', 47', 58', 90+2' Sacko 28' Srarfi 86'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 13,656 Referee: Stéphane Jochem

18 March 2018 30	Nice	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Nice
13:00	Saint-Maximin 17'	Report	Di María 21' Verratti 74' Dani Alves 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 33,478 Referee: François Letexier

1 April 2018 31	Troyes	0–2	Nice	Troyes
17:00	Deplagne 29'	Report	Pléa 16', 83'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Johan Hamel

8 April 2018 32	Nice	1–1	Rennes	Nice
15:00	Pléa 17' Souquet 37' Lees-Melou 69' Le Marchand 78' Dante 90+5'	Report	Gelin 9' Bourigeaud 27' Khazri 45' Sarr 82' André 90+3'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 23,827 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

13 April 2018 33	Angers	1–1	Nice	Angers
20:45	Fulgini 84' Guillaume 90+1'	Report	Lees-Melou 38' Pléa 68', 86' Benítez 77'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 12,754 Referee: Clément Turpin

22 April 2018 34	Nice	1–0	Montpellier	Nice
15:00	Lees-Melou 59'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,285 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

28 April 2018 35	Strasbourg	1–1	Nice	Strasbourg
20:00	Saadi 21' Liénard 60' Seka 64'	Report	Marlon 29' Balotelli 59' (pen.), 60' Souquet 76' Seri 79'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,386 Referee: Amaury Delerue

6 May 2018 36	Marseille	2–1	Nice	Marseille
17:00	Germain 13' Kamara 39' Payet 72'	Report	Balotelli 5', 40'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 55,305 Referee: Antony Gautier

12 May 2018 37	Nice	4–1	Caen	Nice
21:00	Balotelli 3', 11' (pen.) Saint-Maximin 36' Seri 72'	Report	Guilbert 35' Diomandé 54' Kouakou 76'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 22,570 Referee: Frank Schneider

19 May 2018 38	Lyon	3–2	Nice	Décines-Charpieu
21:00	Morel 40' Depay 48', 65', 86' Rafael 70' Ferri 71'	Report	Pléa 18', 89', 70' Balotelli 20' Benítez 53'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 56,953 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Coupe de France

6 January 2018 Round of 64	Toulouse	1–0	Nice	Toulouse
14:15	Somália 51'	Report	Tameze 65' Dante 82'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 8,318 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Coupe de la Ligue

13 December 2017 Round of 16	Lille	1–1 (2–3 p)	Nice	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:05	Luiz Araújo 7', 46'	Report	Marlon 27' Balotelli 58'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 9,651 Referee: Stéphane Jochem
	Penalties
	Luiz Araújo Alonso Mendes El Ghazi Bissouma		Lees-Melou Cyprien Pléa Seri

9 January 2018 Quarter-finals	Nice	1–2	Monaco	Nice
21:00	Burner 12' Pléa 18'	Report	Lemar 3' Diakhaby 37', 45' Lopes 80'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 19,686 Referee: Clément Turpin

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

26 July 2017 First leg	Nice	1–1	Ajax	Nice, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balotelli 30', 32' Eysseric 41'	Report	Van de Beek 49', 78' De Ligt 66' Schöne 69' Sánchez 78' Veltman 90+1'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 31,342 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

2 August 2017 Second leg	Ajax	2–2 (3–3a agg.)	Nice	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sánchez 9', 57' Ziyech 22' Van de Beek 26'	Report	Souquet 3' Sarr 18' Koziello 38' Eysseric 60' Marcel 79'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,845 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Play-off round

16 August 2017 First leg	Napoli	2–0	Nice	Naples, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mertens 13' Insigne 63' Jorginho 70' (pen.)	Report	Pléa 65' 80' Koziello 80'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 49,324 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

22 August 2017 Second leg	Nice	0–2 (0–4 agg.)	Napoli	Nice, France
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Seri 8' Lees-Melou 82'	Report	Callejón 48' Koulibaly 84' Insigne 89'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 32,103 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LAZ	NCE	ZUL	VIT
1	Lazio	6	4	1	1	12	7	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	2–0	1–1
2	Nice	6	3	0	3	12	7	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase	1–3	—	3–1	3–0
3	Zulte Waregem	6	2	1	3	8	13	−5	7		3–2	1–5	—	1–1
4	Vitesse	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5		2–3	1–0	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2017 1	Zulte Waregem	1–5	Nice	Waregem, Belgium
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Leya Iseka 46', 76'	Report	Pléa 16', 20' Dante 28' Balotelli 38', 74' Saint-Maximin 54', 69'	Stadium: Regenboogstadion Attendance: 9,072 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

28 September 2017 2	Nice	3–0	Vitesse	Nice, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pléa 16', 82' Balotelli 25' Saint-Maximin 45'	Report	Serero 30'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 15,006 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

20 October 2016 3	Nice	1–3	Lazio	Nice, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Balotelli 4' Mendy 78'	Report	Caicedo 5' Milinković-Savić 65', 89' Luiz Felipe 86'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,386 Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

2 November 2017 4	Lazio	1–0	Nice	Rome, Italy
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucas 75' Le Marchand 90+2' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 21,327 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

23 November 2017 5	Nice	3–1	Zulte Waregem	Nice, France
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Balotelli 5' (pen.), 31' Tameze 86'	Report	Hämäläinen 81'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,274 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

7 December 2017 6	Vitesse	1–0	Nice	Arnhem, Netherlands
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lelieveld 40' Castaignos 84'	Report	Srarfi 55' Makengo 68'	Stadium: GelreDome Attendance: 17,564 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First leg	Nice	2–3	Lokomotiv Moscow	Nice, France
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Balotelli 4', 28' (pen.) Coly 67'	Report	Pejčinović 27' Fernandes 45' (pen.), 69', 77'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 16,918 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

22 February 2018 Second leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Nice	Moscow, Russia
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Denisov 8', 30' Fernandes 45+1'	Report	Balotelli 32' Sarr 90+3' Lees-Melou 90+3'	Stadium: RZD Arena Attendance: 18,104 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

References

^ "Squad". OGC Nice. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[table_note_res_EL2Q0.31631047945298-2] Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

[1] "Squad". OGC Nice. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

[3] "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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