After sacking Rene Marsiglia at the start of last season, new coach Claude Puel steered the team into the top four of the French top tier, securing a position in the UEFA Europa League play-off round.
But Puel has underlined how important it is for Nice to not just consolidate but build on that success this season.
"We showed a lot of good things last season; quality of play and results and the results were exceptional but now the counter is reset to zero," Puel said.
"We have the same philosophy and we have a lot of challenges with the new stadium, playing in the Europa League preliminary round, and playing in the championship with a new status, because nobody expected us to get to this position last season.
"It is not a question of staying where we are but getting better."
"Our main objective is to continue to make this club bigger," Riviere said.
"But we don't have an objective for a position in the championship or for a round in Coupe de France.
"The objective is make this club bigger everywhere and especially on the pitch."
