2019–20 FC Metz season

Metz
2019–20 season
President	Bernard Serin
Head coach	Vincent Hognon
Stadium	Stade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 1	15th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Habib Diallo (12); All: ; Habib Diallo (12)
Highest home attendance	20,685; (vs Paris Saint-Germain, 30 August 2019)
Lowest home attendance	14,214; (vs Rennes, 4 December 2019)
Average home league attendance	16,221
Biggest win	Metz 3–0 Monaco
Biggest defeat	Angers 3–0 Metz
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 FC Metz season was the club's 100th season in existence and the club's 1st season back in the top flight 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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Players

Current squad

As of 19 January 2020.^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Paul Delecroix
2	DF	TUN	Dylan Bronn
3	DF	FRA	Matthieu Udol
4	MF	FRA	Kévin N'Doram (on loan from Monaco)
5	MF	CIV	Victorien Angban
6	MF	MLI	Mamadou Fofana
7	FW	SEN	Ibrahima Niane
8	MF	MLI	Boubacar Traoré
9	FW	FRA	Thierry Ambrose (on loan from Manchester City)
10	MF	FRA	Marvin Gakpa
11	MF	SEN	Opa Nguette
14	MF	FRA	Vincent Pajot (on loan from Angers)
13	DF	ZAM	Stoppila Sunzu
15	DF	SEN	Ababacar Lô


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	ALG	Alexandre Oukidja
17	DF	FRA	Thomas Delaine
18	DF	FRA	Fabien Centonze
19	MF	CIV	Habib Maïga
20	FW	SEN	Habib Diallo
21	DF	GHA	John Boye
22	MF	BEL	Sami Lahssaini
23	FW	SEN	Amadou Dia N'Diaye
24	MF	FRA	Renaud Cohade (captain)
25	MF	MLI	Adama Noss Traoré (on loan from Monaco)
26	FW	MTN	Pape Ndiaga Yade
27	MF	ALG	Farid Boulaya
28	DF	FRA	Manuel Cabit
29	DF	FRA	Lenny Lacroix
30	GK	FRA	Guillaume Dietsch

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	LUX	Laurent Jans (on loan to Paderborn)
—	DF	SEN	Mohamed Kane (on loan to Bastia-Borgo)
—	MF	FRA	Gauthier Hein (on loan to Valenciennes)
—	MF	GAM	Ablie Jallow (on loan to Ajaccio)
—	MF	FRA	Youssef Maziz (on loan to Le Mans)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Raouf Mroivili (on loan to Seraing United)
—	MF	SEN	Cheikh Sabaly (on loan to Pau)
—	MF	LUX	Vincent Thill (on loan to Orléans)
—	FW	HAI	Leverton Pierre (on loan to Dunkerque)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

24 July 2019 Friendly	Reims	2–0	Metz	Épernay, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cassamá 20' Mbemba 61'	Report		Stadium: Stade Paul Chandon

31 July 2019 Friendly	Metz	2–0	RFC Seraing	Molsheim, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nguette 18' Gakpa 20'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Sports de Molsheim

3 August 2019 Friendly	Metz	0–1	Mainz 05	Molsheim, France
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Onisiwo 36'	Stadium: Parc des Sports de Molsheim

3 August 2019 Friendly	Metz	0–1	Mainz 05	Molsheim, France
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Öztunalı 86'	Stadium: Parc des Sports de Molsheim

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	11 August 2019	7 March 2020	Matchday 1	15th	28	8	10	10	27	35	−8	028.57
Coupe de France	6 January 2020		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Coupe de la Ligue	30 October 2019		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					30	8	11	11	28	39	−11	026.67

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
13	Nantes	28	11	4	13	28	31	−3	37^[a]	1.32^[a]
14	Brest	28	8	10	10	34	37	−3	34	1.21
15	Metz	28	8	10	10	27	35	−8	34	1.21
16	Dijon	28	7	9	12	27	37	−10	30	1.07
17	Saint-Étienne	28	8	6	14	29	45	−16	30	1.07

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fairplay ranking.^[2]^[3]
Notes:

^ Bordeaux finished ahead of Nantes on head-to-head points: Bordeaux 2–0 Nantes, Nantes 0–1 Bordeaux.

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
28	8	10	10	27	35	−8	34	5	4	5	18	17	+1	3	6	5	9	18	−9

Source: Ligue 1

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	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	10	4	10	15	17	18	16	17	20	16	19	19	17	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; C = Cancelled

Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019.^[4] The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices.^[5] On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September.^[6] On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.^[7]

11 August 2019 1	Strasbourg	1–1	Metz	Strasbourg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thomasson 21'	Report	Delaine 15' Diallo 47'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,476 Referee: Antony Gautier

17 August 2019 2	Metz	3–0	Monaco	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 11' (pen.), 54' Centonze 27' Cohade 66'	Report	Glik 10' Aguilar 34' Gelson 35'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 19,084 Referee: Eric Wattellier

24 August 2019 3	Angers	3–0	Metz	Angers
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	El Melali 4' Santamaria 43' Bahoken 53' Alioui 67'	Report	Sunzu 1' Centonze 75'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 9,001 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

30 August 2019 4	Metz	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Metz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Fofana 27'	Report	Di María 11' (pen.) Choupo-Moting 44'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,685 Referee: Frank Schneider

14 September 2019 5	Bordeaux	2–0	Metz	Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Briand 7' De Préville 9', 59' Kamano 67'	Report	N'Doram 60' Maïga 82'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 14,352 Referee: Mikael Lesage

21 September 2019 6	Metz	1–2	Amiens	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 69' Sunzu 90'	Report	Guirassy 40', 87' Dibassy 55'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,106 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

25 September 2019 7	Saint-Étienne	0–1	Metz	Saint-Étienne
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolodziejczak 52' Nordin 61' Khazri 84' Bouanga 88'	Report	Diallo 19' Traoré 25' Cohade 84'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 19,712 Referee: Eric Wattellier

28 September 2019 8	Metz	2–2	Toulouse	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 4' Delaine 11' Niane 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Saïd 86' Gradel 90+5' Koulouris 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,054 Referee: Florent Batta

5 October 2019 9	Brest	2–0	Metz	Brest
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Faussurier 11' Court 28' Castelletto 45' Cardona 90'	Report	Cohade 51'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 12,682 Referee: Antony Gautier

19 October 2019 10	Metz	1–0	Nantes	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cabit 49' Maïga 72' Diallo 87'	Report	Wagué 62' Abeid 72'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,533 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

26 October 2019 11	Lyon	2–0	Metz	Décines-Charpieu
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Depay 28' Dembélé 33' (pen.) Tousart 38'	Report	Fofana 10' Cabit 32'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 48,889 Referee: Johan Hamel

2 November 2019 12	Metz	2–2	Montpellier	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diallo 26', 52' Nguette 48'	Report	Hilton 39' Congré 63' Delort 73' Sambia 79'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,644 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

9 November 2019 13	Lille	0–0	Metz	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Reinildo 63' André 76'	Report	Delaine 50' Oukidja 74'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 33,425 Referee: Florent Batta

23 November 2019 14	Metz	1–1	Reims	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boye 13' Traoré 47' Diallo 90+1'	Report	Disasi 7' Cafaro 42' 90'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,445 Referee: Antony Gautier

30 November 2019 14	Nîmes	1–1	Metz	Nîmes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Philippoteaux 46' Ripart 61'	Report	Nguette 24' Cohade 29' Diallo 31' Maïga 65' Fofana 82' Boye 90+1' Boulaya 90+1'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 12,180 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

4 December 2019 16	Metz	0–1	Rennes	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ambrose 69' Delaine 80'	Report	Hunou 39'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,214 Referee: Karim Abed

7 December 2019 17	Nice	4–1	Metz	Nice
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cyprien 10', 41' (pen.) Ganago 59' Lees-Melou 76'	Report	Boye 35' Niane 74' Centonze 82'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 14,967 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

14 December 2019 18	Metz	1–1	Marseille	Metz
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Nguette 40' Maïga 45+1' Boye 85' Udol 90+1' Fofana 90+4'	Report	Sarr 25' Radonjić 70'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,586 Referee: Willy Delajod

21 December 2019 19	Dijon	2–2	Metz	Dijon
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Amalfitano 18', 87' Baldé 42' Mendyl 71'	Report	Diallo 14' Udol 45' Sunzu 53' Maïga 90+1', 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 12,309 Referee: Johan Hamel

11 January 2020 20	Metz	1–0	Strasbourg	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boye 68', 74'	Report	Sissoko 54' Djiku 86'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,079 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

25 January 2020 21	Reims	0–1	Metz	Reims
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Doumbia 39'	Report	Diallo 3' Maïga 59'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 11,818 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

2 February 2020 22	Metz	3–1	Saint-Étienne	Metz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nguette 44', 70' Diallo 63'	Report	Hamouma 52', 89' Cabaye 73'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,636 Referee: Antony Gautier

5 February 2020 23	Montpellier	1–1	Metz	Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Savanier 13' Souquet 14' Ferri 39'	Report	N'Doram 64' Boulaya 80'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 10,786 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

8 February 2020 24	Metz	1–2	Bordeaux	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Niane 2' Pajot 8' Maïga 39' Oukidja 80'	Report	Hwang 41' Bašić 51' De Préville 62' Oudin 84'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,054 Referee: François Letexier

15 February 2020 25	Nantes	0–0	Metz	Nantes
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Udol 57' Boulaya 84'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 20,444 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

21 February 2020 26	Metz	0–2	Lyon	Metz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Oukidja 45+6' Diallo 82'	Report	Cornet 35' Dembélé 45+7' (pen.) Aouar 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,247 Referee: Eric Wattellier

29 February 2020 27	Amiens	0–1	Metz	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Blin 59' Zungu 67'	Report	Boye 18' Boulaya 26'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 12,375 Referee: Johan Hamel

7 March 2020 28	Metz	2–1	Nîmes	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nguette 7' Boye 81'	Report	Deaux 49'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,797 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

29	Toulouse	Cancelled	Metz	Toulouse
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0^[8]

30	Metz	Cancelled	Brest	Metz
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0^[8]

31	Paris Saint-Germain	Cancelled	Metz	Paris
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 0^[8]

32	Metz	Cancelled	Lille	Metz
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0^[8]

33	Rennes	Cancelled	Metz	Rennes
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Roazhon Park

34	Metz	Cancelled	Dijon	Metz
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

35	Monaco	Cancelled	Metz	Monaco
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Louis II

36	Metz	Cancelled	Nice	Metz
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

37	Marseille	Cancelled	Metz	Marseille
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Vélodrome

38	Metz	Cancelled	Angers	Metz
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

Coupe de France

6 January 2020 Round of 64	FC Rouen	3–0	Metz	Le Petit-Quevilly
20:55 CET (UTC+1)	Dembi 6', 7' Ouadah 70' Fataki 77' Diarra 88'	Report	Delaine 58' Angban 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Coupe de la Ligue

30 October 2019 Round of 32	Metz	1–1 (3–4 p)	Brest	Metz
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Niane 23'	Report	Cardona 57' Belaud 89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 5,262 Referee: Jérôme Brisard
	Penalties
	Niane Nguette N'Doram Traoré Boulaya		Cardona Diallo Chardonnet Court Battocchio

References

^ "Effectif et staff". FC Metz. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
^ "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue1.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 : Le calendrier 2019/2020 dévoilé". Foot National (in French). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ "La Ligue 1 Conforama suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ "Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 : la LFP acte la fin de la saison 19/20". lfp.fr. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Les matchs à huis clos total jusqu'au 15 avril". lfp.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_BOR0.91894150894086-2] Bordeaux finished ahead of Nantes on head-to-head points: Bordeaux 2–0 Nantes, Nantes 0–1 Bordeaux.

[1] "Effectif et staff". FC Metz. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

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

[4] "PSG champions as season ended". Ligue1.com. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[5] "Ligue 1 : Le calendrier 2019/2020 dévoilé". Foot National (in French). 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

[6] "La Ligue 1 Conforama suspendue". ligue1.fr (in French). 13 March 2020.

[7] "Ligue 1 & 2: France's top two divisions will not resume this season". BBC Sport. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

[8] "Ligue 1 / Ligue 2 : la LFP acte la fin de la saison 19/20". lfp.fr. Ligue de Football Professionnel. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[LFP-9] "Les matchs à huis clos total jusqu'au 15 avril". lfp.fr (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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