2018–19 FC Metz season
2018–19 season | ||||
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Chairman | Bernard Serin | |||
Manager | Frédéric Antonetti | |||
Stadium | Stade Saint-Symphorien | |||
Ligue 2 | 1st (promoted) | |||
Coupe de France | Round of 16 | |||
Coupe de la Ligue | Third round | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Habib Diallo (26) All: Habib Diallo (26) | |||
Biggest win | 5–1 vs Orléans | |||
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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.
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
First-team squad
- 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.
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On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Pre-season and friendlies
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 |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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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 | 63.16 |
Coupe de France | 18 November 2018 | 5 February 2019 | Seventh round | Round of 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 60.00 |
Coupe de la Ligue | 14 August 2018 | 31 October 2018 | First round | Third round | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 33.33 |
Total | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 60.87 |
Source: Soccerway
Ligue 2
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
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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 |
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
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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
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
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 |
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Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Referee: Eric Wattellier |
3 August 2018 2 | Metz | 5–1 | Orléans | Metz |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Aurélien Petit |
11 August 2018 3 | Clermont | 2–3 | Metz | Clermont-Ferrand |
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Pierre Gaillouste |
20 August 2018 4 | Metz | 3–1 | Ajaccio | Metz |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
24 August 2018 5 | Troyes | 0–1 | Metz | Troyes |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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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 |
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 |
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) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Pierre Gaillouste |
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) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Willy Delajod |
17 May 2019 38 | Metz | 1–0 | Brest | Metz |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Yohann Rouinsard |
Coupe de France
18 November 2018 Seventh round | Sarreguemines FC | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p) | Metz | Sarreguemines |
13:30 CET (UTC+1) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj |
Coupe de la Ligue
14 August 2018 First round | Metz | 2–1 | Grenoble | Metz |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 9,494 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari |
28 October 2018 Second round | Lens | 1–1 (3–5 p) | Metz | Lens |
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) |
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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) |
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Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 5,220 Referee: Nicolas Rainville |
Statistics
Goalscorers
- As of 17 May 2019
Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
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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
- ^ "Metz promoted back to top flight as champions". Ligue1. 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Effectif et staff". FC Metz. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Découvrez le calendrier de la Ligue 2 saison 2018-2019". France Football.