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| Full name | Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Aiglons (The Eaglets)[1] Le Gym (The Gym) | |||
| Founded | 9 July 1904 | |||
| Ground | Allianz Riviera | |||
| Capacity | 36,178[2] | |||
| Owner | Ineos | |||
| President | Jean-Pierre Rivère | |||
| Head coach | Franck Haise | |||
| League | Ligue 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1, 5th of 18 | |||
| Website | ogcnice.com | |||
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Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice (French pronunciation: [ɔlɛ̃pik ʒimnast klœb də nis]), commonly referred to as OGC Nice or simply Nice, is a French professional football club based in Nice. The club was founded in 1904 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Nice plays its home matches at the Allianz Riviera.
Nice was founded under the name Gymnaste Club de Nice and is one of the founding members of the first division of French football. The club has won Ligue 1 four times, the Trophee des Champions one time and the Coupe de France three times. It achieved most of its honours in the 1950s with the club being managed by coaches such as Numa Andoire, Englishman William Berry, and Jean Luciano. The club's last honour was winning the Coupe de France in 1997 after defeating Guingamp 4–3 on penalties in the final. Nice's colours are red and black.
During the club's successful run in the 1950s, Nice was among the first French clubs to successfully integrate international players into the fold. Notable players include Héctor De Bourgoing, Pancho Gonzales, Victor Nurenberg, and Joaquín Valle, the latter being the club's all-time leading goalscorer and arguably the greatest player.[3]
- ^ "#137 – OGC Nice : les Aiglons" (in French). Footnickname. 27 June 2020. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "OGC Nice Stadium - Allianz Riviera".Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Joaquin Valle Benitez: 339 buts en 407 matchs avec le Gym" (in French). OGC Nice. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.