2018–19 FC Metz season

The 2018–19 season was the 87th season in the existence of FC Metz and the club's first season back in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Metz participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.

FC Metz
2018–19 season
ChairmanBernard Serin
ManagerFrédéric Antonetti
StadiumStade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 21st (promoted)
Coupe de FranceRound of 16
Coupe de la LigueThird round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Habib Diallo (26)

All:
Habib Diallo (26)
Biggest win5–1 vs Orléans

The club was crowned as champions of the campaign with two games to spare and promoted to the top flight after only one year.[1]

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 5 March 2019.[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   FRA Paul Delecroix
3 DF   FRA Matthieu Udol
5 MF   CIV Victorien Angban (on loan from Chelsea)
6 DF   MLI Mamadou Fofana
7 FW   SEN Ibrahima Niane
8 MF   FRA Gauthier Hein
10 MF   FRA Marvin Gakpa
11 FW   SEN Opa Nguette
12 MF   SEN Cheikh Sabaly
13 DF   ZAM Stoppila Sunzu
14 MF   GAM Ablie Jallow
16 GK   ALG Alexandre Oukidja
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   FRA Thomas Delaine
19 MF   CIV Habib Maïga (on loan from St-Étienne)
20 FW   SEN Habib Diallo
21 DF   GHA John Boye
23 FW   SEN Amadou Dia Ndiaye
24 MF   FRA Renaud Cohade (captain)
25 DF   ALB Iván Balliu
27 MF   ALG Farid Boulaya
28 DF   FRA Jonathan Rivierez
29 FW   FRA Emmanuel Rivière
30 GK   FRA Guillaume Dietsch
31 DF   LUX Laurent Jans

On loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   FRA Oumar Gonzalez (on loan to Villefranche)
DF   FRA Nicolas Basin (on loan to Avranches)
MF   POR Cafú (on loan to Legia Warsaw)
MF   FRA Youssef Maziz (on loan to Avranches)
No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF   CPV Jamiro Monteiro (on loan to Philadelphia Union)
MF   ARG Gerónimo Poblete (on loan to San Lorenzo)
MF   LUX Vincent Thill (on loan to Pau)
9 FW   MLI Adama Traoré (on loan to Orléans)

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss

3 July 2018 Friendly Metz   3–1   Jeunesse Esch Homécourt, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Yvan Tepus
6 July 2018 Friendly SV Sandhausen   1–0   Metz Forbach, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Schlossberg Stadium
10 July 2018 Friendly Troyes   2–3   Metz Verdun, France
17:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Parc de Londres
13 July 2018 Friendly Metz   0–0   Auxerre Saint-Dizier, France
17:45 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Marcel Jacquin
21 July 2018 Friendly Kortrijk   1–2   Metz Kortrijk, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Guldensporen Stadion
25 July 2018 Friendly Metz   2–0   Racing Homécourt, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Yvan Tepus

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 2 30 July 2018 17 May 2019 Matchday 1 Winners 38 24 9 5 60 23 +37 063.16
Coupe de France 18 November 2018 5 February 2019 Seventh round Round of 16 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 060.00
Coupe de la Ligue 14 August 2018 31 October 2018 First round Third round 3 1 1 1 4 4 +0 033.33
Total 46 28 11 7 71 31 +40 060.87

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Metz (C, P) 38 24 9 5 60 23 +37 81 Promotion to Ligue 1
2 Brest (P) 38 21 11 6 64 35 +29 74
3 Troyes 38 21 8 9 51 28 +23 71 Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-final
4 Paris FC 38 17 14 7 36 22 +14 65 Qualification to promotion play-offs quarter-final
5 Lens 38 18 9 11 49 28 +21 63
Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 24 9 5 60 23  +37 81 13 3 3 34 11  +23 11 6 2 26 12  +14

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWWWWLLWWDLWWDWWWWLDDDWWDDWWDWWDWWLW
Position51111111111111111111111111111111111111
Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Match 19 versus Nancy was postponed until 29 January 2019 and therefore should appear between matches 22 & 23.

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 7 June 2018.[3]

30 July 2018 1 Brest 0–1 Metz Brest
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Niane   13'
Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé
Referee: Eric Wattellier
3 August 2018 2 Metz 5–1 Orléans Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Aurélien Petit
11 August 2018 3 Clermont 2–3 Metz Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
20 August 2018 4 Metz 3–1 Ajaccio Metz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
24 August 2018 5 Troyes 0–1 Metz Troyes
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Aube
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
1 September 2018 6 Metz 2–0 Lens Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Florent Batta
17 September 2018 7 Béziers 1–3 Metz Béziers
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Raoul-Barrière
Referee: Mikael Lesage
22 September 2018 8 Paris FC 2–1 Metz Paris
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
29 September 2018 9 Metz 0–1 Le Havre Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
8 October 2018 10 Sochaux 1–2 Metz Montbéliard
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
Referee: Romain Lissorgue
19 October 2018 11 Metz 3–0 Niort Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Jérémie Pignard
26 October 2018 12 Lorient 0–0 Metz Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade du Moustoir
Referee: Mikael Lesage
5 November 2018 13 Metz 0–1 Auxerre Metz
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
9 November 2018 14 Châteauroux 1–2 Metz Châteauroux
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit
Referee: Faouzi Benchabane
26 November 2018 15 Metz 1–0 Gazélec Ajaccio Metz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart
1 December 2018 16 Grenoble 1–1 Metz Grenoble
14:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade des Alpes
Referee: Mikael Lesage
4 December 2018 17 Metz 2–0 Red Star Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
17 December 2018 18 Valenciennes 0–2 Metz Valenciennes
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
Referee: Yohann Rouinsard
11 January 2019 20 Orléans 0–1 Metz Orléans
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade de la Source
18 January 2019 21 Metz 1–2 Clermont Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel
25 January 2019 22 Ajaccio 0–0 Metz Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade François Coty
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
29 January 2019 19 Metz 3–0 Nancy Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Olivier Thual
1 February 2019 23 Metz 1–1 Troyes Metz
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
9 February 2019 24 Lens 0–0 Metz Lens
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
18 February 2019 25 Metz 1–0 Béziers Metz
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
22 February 2019 26 Metz 2–0 Paris FC Metz
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
4 March 2019 27 Le Havre 2–2 Metz Le Havre
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Océane
11 March 2019 28 Metz 1–1 Sochaux Metz
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
15 March 2019 29 Niort 0–3 Metz Niort
CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Stade René Gaillard
31 March 2019 30 Metz 2–1 Lorient Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
6 April 2019 31 Auxerre 0–0 Metz Auxerre
CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Abbé-Deschamps
12 April 2019 32 Metz 2–1 Châteauroux Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
19 April 2019 33 Gazélec Ajaccio 0–2 Metz Ajaccio
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova
Referee: Sylvain Palhies
23 April 2019 34 Metz 1–1 Grenoble Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
26 April 2019 35 Red Star 1–2 Metz Beauvais
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Pierre Brisson
3 May 2019 36 Metz 3–0 Valenciennes Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant
10 May 2019 37 Nancy 1–0 Metz Tomblaine
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Referee: Willy Delajod
17 May 2019 38 Metz 1–0 Brest Metz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Yohann Rouinsard

Coupe de France

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18 November 2018 Seventh round Sarreguemines FC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)
Metz Sarreguemines
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade de la Blies
Attendance: 2,307
Referee: Mickaël Leleu
9 December 2018 Eighth round CMS Oissel 0–1 Metz Oissel
13:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Marcel Billard
Attendance: 677
Referee: Marc Michout
5 January 2019 Round of 64 Olympique Saint-Quentin 1–2 (a.e.t.) Metz Saint-Quentin
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Paul Débrésie
Attendance: 3,844
Referee: Mikaël Lesage
22 January 2019 Round of 32 Monaco 1–3 Metz Monaco
20:55 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 600
Referee: Antony Gautier
5 February 2019 Round of 16 Metz 0–1 Orléans Metz
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Coupe de la Ligue

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14 August 2018 First round Metz 2–1 Grenoble Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 9,494
Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari
28 August 2018 Second round Lens 1–1
(3–5 p)
Metz Lens
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 14,963
Referee: Olivier Thual
Penalties
31 October 2018 Third round Metz 1–2 Amiens Metz
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 5,220
Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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As of 17 May 2019
Rank No. Pos Nat Name Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
1 20 FW   Habib Diallo 26 0 0 26
2 7 FW   Ibrahima Niane 10 2 2 14
3 11 FW   Opa Nguette 7 0 0 7
27 MF   Farid Boulaya 7 0 0 7
5 10 MF   Marvin Gakpa 2 2 0 4
6 29 FW   Emmanuel Rivière 2 0 1 3
7 13 DF   Stoppila Sunzu 2 0 0 2
19 MF   Habib Maïga 2 0 0 2
9 24 MF   Renaud Cohade 0 1 0 1
21 DF   John Boye 1 0 0 1
25 DF   Iván Balliu 0 1 0 1
5 MF   Victorien Angban 1 0 0 1
14 MF   Ablie Jallow 0 0 1 1
8 MF   Gauthier Hein 0 1 0 1
Totals 60 7 4 71

References

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  1. ^ "Metz promoted back to top flight as champions". Ligue1. 4 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Effectif et staff". FC Metz. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Découvrez le calendrier de la Ligue 2 saison 2018-2019". France Football.
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