Nice sack Lucien Favre after Coupe de France upset

Favre
returned
to
the
Ligue
1
club
for
a
second
stint
in
charge
in
June
2022
as
they
invested
ahead
of
the
new
season.

The
former
Borussia
Dortmund
boss
had
guided
Nice
to
Champions
League
qualification
in
2016-17,
but
his
latest
spell
did
not
yield
the
same
success.

Despite
making
a
series
of
high-profile
signings,
including
Aaron
Ramsey,
Ross
Barkley
and
Kasper
Schmeichel,
Nice
are
down
in
11th
in
Ligue
1.

The
final
straw
for
Favre
was
Saturday’s
cup
elimination
at
the
hands
of
lower-league
opposition,
with
Nice
winless
since
the
World
Cup
break.

Didier
Digard
will
take
charge
of
Nice
“until
further
notice”,
with
a
Ligue
1
double-header
against
Montpellier
and
Reims
this
week.

A
Nice
statement
added
of
Favre:
“As
the
two
parties
now
go
their
separate
ways,
everyone
at
the
club
would
like
to
show
him
the
utmost
respect,
as
he
will
remain
a
special
member
of
the
Rouge
et
Noir
family,
with
the
2016-17
season
having
left
an
indelible
mark
in
the
hearts
of
Le
Gym
fans
everywhere.”

Favre
became
the
second
Ligue
1
coach
to
be
removed
from
his
post
on
Monday,
following
Julien
Stephan’s
dismissal
at
Strasbourg.

9
–
The
number
of
teams
to
change
coach
at
least
once
in
the
same
Ligue
1
season
in
history:

2004/05
–
11
2015/16
–
10
2022/23
–
9
(so
far)

Turnover.

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—
OptaJean
(@OptaJean)

January
9,
2023