FC Metz

F.C. Metz
Full nameFootball Club de Metz
Nickname(s)Les Grenats (The Maroons),
Les Graoullys
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
GroundStade Saint-Symphorien,
Metz
Capacity25,636[1]
ChairmanBernard Serin
ManagerLászló Bölöni
LeagueLigue 2
2021-22Ligue 1, 19th of 20 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

F.C. Metz is a French football club which currently plays in Ligue 2.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 February 2023[2][3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF France France Matthieu Udol
5 DF Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Fali Candé
6 MF France France Kévin N'Doram
9 FW Georgia (country) Georgia Georges Mikautadze
10 MF France France Youssef Maziz
11 FW Albania Albania Xhuliano Skuka
14 MF Senegal Senegal Cheikh Sabaly
15 DF Senegal Senegal Ababacar Lô
16 GK Algeria Algeria Alexandre Oukidja
19 MF Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Habib Maïga
20 FW Senegal Senegal Lamine Gueye
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF Morocco Morocco Sofiane Alakouch
24 FW France France Lenny Joseph
25 MF France France Arthur Atta
27 MF Haiti Haiti Danley Jean Jacques
30 GK France France Marc-Aurèle Caillard
34 MF France France Joseph N'Duquidi
35 MF France France Maïdine Douane
36 MF The Gambia Gambia Ablie Jallow
39 DF Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Koffi Kouao
40 GK Senegal Senegal Ousmane Ba
86 DF Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Ismaël Traoré

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK France France Guillaume Dietsch (on loan to Seraing)
— MF Belgium Belgium Sami Lahssaini (on loan to Seraing)
— MF Republic of the Congo Congo Warren Tchimbembé (on loan to Guingamp)
— MF Mali Mali Boubacar Traoré (on loan to Wolverhampton)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Cape Verde Cape Verde Vagner Gonçalves (on loan to Seraing)
— FW Senegal Senegal Ibrahima Niane (on loan to Angers)
— FW Senegal Senegal Pape Ndiaga Yade (on loan to Troyes)

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented Metz in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1932. To appear in the section below, a player must have played at least a full season for the club.

For a complete list of FC Metz players, see Category:FC Metz players.
  • Togo Emmanuel Adebayor
  • Peru Wilmer Aguirre
  • Cameroon Sébastien Bassong
  • France Patrick Battiston
  • Scotland Eric Black
  • France Jocelyn Blanchard
  • Belgium Danny Boffin
  • Luxembourg Nico Braun
  • France Albert Cartier
  • Senegal Papiss Cissé
  • Argentina Hugo Curioni
  • Togo Mathieu Dossevi
  • France Michel Ettore
  • France Philippe Gaillot
  • Switzerland Daniel Gygax
  • France Philippe Hinschberger
  • Hungary Szabolcs Huszti
  • South Korea Ahn Jung-hwan
  • Poland Henryk Kasperczak
  • France Sylvain Kastendeuch
  • Japan Eiji Kawashima
  • Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly
  • France Lionel Letizi
  • Senegal Sadio Mané
  • France Frédéric Meyrieu
  • Colombia Faryd Mondragón
  • Colombia Tressor Moreno
  • Poland Ludovic Obraniak
  • United States Oguchi Onyewu
  • Italy Michele Padovano
  • France Pascal Pierre
  • France Robert Pires
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić
  • France Grégory Proment
  • France André Rey
  • France Franck Ribéry
  • France Jean-Philippe Rohr
  • France Louis Saha
  • France Franck Signorino
  • Cameroon Rigobert Song
  • Cameroon Jacques Songo'o
  • France Luc Sonor
  • Luxembourg Jeff Strasser
  • Poland Marian Szeja
  • France Sylvain Wiltord
  • France Bernard Zénier

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach László Bölöni
Assistant coaches Jean-Marie De Zerbi
Benoît Tavenot
Goalkeeping coach Christophe Marichez
Physical trainer Florian Simon
Head doctors André Marie
Éric Sitte

Managerial history

  • Willibald Stejskal (1932–33)
  • Ted Maghner (1937–38)
  • George Kimpton (1938)[4]
  • Paul Thomas (1938–39)
  • Peter Fabian (1940–41)
  • Charles Fosset (1944–45)
  • Bep Bakhuys (1945–46)
  • François Odry (1946)
  • Ted Maghner (1946–47)
  • Nicolas Hibst (1947)
  • Charles Fosset (1947–49)
  • Oscar Saggiero (1949–50)
  • Ignace Kowalczyk (1950)
  • Emile Veinante (1950–51)
  • Elie Rous (1951–52)
  • Emile Rummelhardt (1952–55)
  • André Watrin (1955)
  • Jacques Favre (1955–58)
  • Marcel Tomazover (1958)
  • Désiré Koranyi (1958–59)
  • Robert Lacoste (1959)
  • Jules Nagy (1959–63)
  • Jacques Favre (1963–66)
  • Max Schirschin (1966–67)
  • Max Schirschin and René Fuchs (1967–68)
  • Pierre Flamion (1968–70)
  • René Fuchs (1970–71)
  • Jacques Favre and Georges Zvunka (1971–72)
  • René Vernier (1972–75)
  • Georges Huart (1975–78)
  • Marc Rastoll (1978–79)
  • Marc Rastoll and Jean Snella (1979–80)
  • Henryk Kasperczak (1980–84)
  • Marcel Husson (1984–89)
  • Henri Depireux (1989–Dec 89)
  • Joël Muller (Dec 1989–Dec 2000)
  • Albert Cartier (Dec 2000–Jan 2002)
  • Francis De Taddeo (Jan 2002)
  • Gilbert Gress (Jan 2002–02)
  • Jean Fernandez (2002–05)
  • Joël Muller (2005–06)
  • Francis De Taddeo (2006–07)
  • Yvon Pouliquen (2007–10)
  • Joël Muller (2010)
  • Dominique Bijotat (2010–12)
  • Albert Cartier (2012–15)
  • José Riga (2015)
  • Philippe Hinschberger (2015–17)
  • Frederic Hantz (2017–18)
  • Frédéric Antonetti (2018–19)
  • Vincent Hognon (2019–2020)
  • Frédéric Antonetti (2020-2022)
  • László Bölöni (2022-present)

References

  1. ↑ www.fcmetz.com
  2. ↑ "Effectif et staff". FC Metz. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Les numéros de maillots pour la saison 2022-2023". FC Metz. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "France - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF.

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