2023–24 FC Metz season

FC Metz

2023–24 season
President	Bernard Serin
Manager	László Bölöni
Stadium	Stade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 1	16th (relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Georges Mikautadze (13) All: Georges Mikautadze (14)
Biggest win	Metz 3–1 Nantes Nantes 0–2 Metz
Biggest defeat	Rennes 5–1 Metz
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2023–24 season was Football Club de Metz's 92nd season in existence and first season back in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 February 2024^[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 Guillaume Dietsch 2 DF  FRA Maxime Colin 3 DF  FRA Matthieu Udol (captain) 5 DF  GNB Fali Candé 6 MF  FRA Kévin N'Doram 7 FW  SEN Pape Amadou Diallo 8 DF  CIV Ismaël Traoré (vice-captain) 10 FW  GEO Georges Mikautadze (on loan from Ajax) 11 FW  CMR Didier Lamkel Zé (on loan from Hatayspor) 12 MF  CGO Warren Tchimbembé 14 MF  SEN Cheikh Sabaly 15 DF  SEN Ababacar Lô 16 GK  ALG Alexandre Oukidja 17 FW  GHA Benjamin Tetteh

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  SEN Lamine Camara 22 DF  ALG Kevin Van Den Kerkhof 25 MF  FRA Arthur Atta 26 FW  SEN Malick Mbaye 27 MF  HAI Danley Jean Jacques 29 DF  MTQ Christophe Hérelle 30 GK  FRA Marc-Aurèle Caillard 34 MF  FRA Joseph N'Duquidi 36 MF  GAM Ablie Jallow 37 FW  SEN Ibou Sané 38 DF  SEN Sadibou Sané 39 DF  CIV Koffi Kouao 99 FW  SWE Joel Asoro

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 — GK  SEN Ousmane Ba (on loan to Cholet) — DF  MAR Sofiane Alakouch (on loan to Paris FC) — MF  MAR Othmane Chraibi (on loan to Châteauroux) — MF  FRA Oussmane Kébé (on loan to Seraing) — MF  BEL Sami Lahssaini (on loan to RAAL La Louvière) — MF  FRA Lilian Raillot (on loan to Seraing)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  CMR Morgan Bokele (on loan to SAS Épinal) — FW  FRA Simon Elisor (on loan to Troyes) — FW  ALB Xhuliano Skuka (on loan to Partizani) — FW  FRA Édouard Soumah-Abbad (on loan to Seraing) — FW  MTN Pape Ndiaga Yade (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Simon Elisor	RFC Seraing	€400,000	5 July 2023	[2]
DF	Maxime Colin	Birmingham City	Free	27 July 2023	[3]
FW	Benjamin Tetteh	Hull City	1,800,000	10 August 2023	[4]
MF	Joel Asoro	Djurgården	1,200,000	24 August 2023	[5]
DF	Kevin Van Den Kerkhof	Bastia	2,500,000	31 August 2023	[6]
DF	Christophe Hérelle	Brest	Undisclosed	1 September 2023	[7]
FW	Óscar Estupiñán	Hull City	Loan	1 September 2023	[8]
FW	Xhuliano Skuka	Maribor	Loan return	31 December 2023	[9]
FW	Georges Mikautadze	Ajax	Loan	4 January 2024	[10]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Boubacar Traoré	Wolverhampton Wanderers	€11,000,000	1 July 2023	[11]
FW	Ibrahima Niane	Angers	€500,000	1 July 2023
FW	Xhuliano Skuka	Maribor	Loan	1 July 2023	[12]
MF	Lamine Gueye	Paris FC	Undisclosed	5 July 2023	[13]
DF	Othmane Chraibi	Châteauroux	Loan	19 July 2023
FW	Lenny Joseph	Grenoble	Undisclosed	20 July 2023
GK	Ousmane Ba	Cholet	Loan	21 July 2023	[14]
MF	Pape Ndiaga Yade	Quevilly-Rouen	Loan	27 July 2023	[15]
MF	Youssef Maziz	OH Leuven	€1,500,000	29 August 2023	[16]
FW	Georges Mikautadze	Ajax	€16,000,000	30 August 2023	[17]
MF	Habib Maïga	Ferencváros		4 January 2024	[18]
FW	Xhuliano Skuka	Partizani	Loan	6 January 2024	[19]
FW	Simon Elisor	Troyes	Loan	11 January 2024
FW	Óscar Estupiñán	Hull City	Loan return	1 February 2024	[20]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Metz v Racing-Union

11 July 2023 Friendly	Metz	3–0	Racing-Union	Homécourt
18:00 UTC+2	Vagner 15' Sabaly 52' Joseph 76'			Stadium: Stade Yvan Tepus

Metz v RFC Seraing

15 July 2023 Friendly	Metz	2–1	RFC Seraing	Metz
15:30 UTC+2	Joseph 45+1' Mikautadze 51'	Report	Cachbach 43'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

Troyes v Metz

22 July 2023 Friendly	Troyes	0–3	Metz	Troyes
17:00 UTC+2		Report	Mikautadze 7' I. Sané 78', 79'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube

Metz v Sochaux

25 July 2023 Friendly

Metz

Cancelled

Sochaux

Metz v Standard Liège

25 July 2023 Friendly	Metz	2–2	Standard Liège	Marly
15:00 UTC+2	Maziz 19' Camara 83' (pen.)		Berberi 74' Emond 90'	Stadium: Centre d’entraînement de Frescaty

Amiens v Metz

29 July 2023 Friendly	Amiens	0–0	Metz	Amiens
18:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade de la Licorne

Metz v Basel

8 September 2023 Friendly	Metz	1–1	Basel	Longeville-lès-Metz
13:00	Elisor 29'		Dubasin 37'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Note: Fair game, no yellow cards

Metz v Troyes

21 March 2024 Friendly	Metz	0–0	Troyes	centre d'entrainement Frescaty
16:00 UTC+1

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	13 August 2023	19 May 2024	Matchday 1	16th	34	8	5	21	35	58	−23	023.53
Ligue 1 relegation play-offs	30 May 2024	2 June 2024	First leg	Runners-up	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Coupe de France	5 January 2024		Round of 64	Round of 64	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					37	8	7	22	39	63	−24	021.62

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

Main article: 2023–24 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Nantes	34	9	6	19	30	55	−25	33
15	Le Havre	34	7	11	16	34	45	−11	32
16	Metz (R)	34	8	5	21	35	58	−23	29[a]	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
17	Lorient (R)	34	7	8	19	43	66	−23	29[a]	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	Clermont (R)	34	5	10	19	26	60	−34	25

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[21]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

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
34	8	5	21	35	58	−23	29	3	3	11	17	27	−10	5	2	10	18	31	−13

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L
Position	18	15	12	13	7	12	14	15	16	16	16	11	9	11	12	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	16	16	16

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

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[22]

Rennes v Metz

13 August 2023 1	Rennes	5–1	Metz	Rennes
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Kalimuendo 20' Gouiri 52' Doku 67' Salah 87', 90+4'	Report	Maziz 21' Kouao  45+2' Colin  46'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 26,065 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Metz v Marseille

18 August 2023 2	Metz	2–2	Marseille	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Doram  9' Lô  59' Sabaly 65' Mikautadze 71' Mbaye  90' Oukidja  90+8'	Report	Soglo 14' Lodi  49' Vitinha 82' Veretout  85'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 26,661 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Clermont v Metz

27 August 2023 3	Clermont	0–1	Metz	Clermont-Ferrand
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cham  58'	Report	Mikautadze 69' Sabaly  84'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Attendance: 9,146 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Metz v Reims

3 September 2023 4	Metz	2–2	Reims	Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sabaly 6' Jallow 63'	Report	O. Diakité 17',  90' Teuma  25' Foket  45+2', 52' Richardson  80'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 24,272 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Lens v Metz

16 September 2023 5	Lens	0–1	Metz	Lens
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wahi  64'	Report	Asoro  33', 37' Candé  64'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 37,988 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Metz v Strasbourg

24 September 2023 6	Metz	0–1	Strasbourg	Metz
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kouao  22' N'Doram  90+3'	Report	Diarra 83'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 26,661 Referee: Clément Turpin

Toulouse v Metz

1 October 2023 7	Toulouse	3–0	Metz	Toulouse
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nicolaisen  13' Schmidt 31' Dallinga 43' Suazo  63' Sierro  75' Magri 82'	Report		Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 24,770 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Metz v Nice

7 October 2023 8	Metz	0–1	Nice	Metz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Boudaoui 14' Thuram  21'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,160 Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Monaco v Metz

22 October 2023 9	Monaco	2–1	Metz	Monaco
17:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Golovin 43', 55' Matsima  67'	Report	Camara 4',  53' Tetteh  66' N'Duquidi  74'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,197 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Metz v Le Havre

29 October 2023 10	Metz	0–0	Le Havre	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	N'Duquidi  45+2' Udol  62'	Report	Salmier  42' Bayo  56'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,718 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Lyon v Metz

5 November 2023 11	Lyon	1–1	Metz	Décines-Charpieu
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diomandé  19' Alvero 84'	Report	Jallow 77' Van Den Kerkhof  88'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 42,040 Referee: Benoît Millot

Metz v Nantes

12 November 2023 12	Metz	3–1	Nantes	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Van Den Kerkhof 3' Elisor 28' Asoro 85'	Report	Simon 12'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 21,674 Referee: Florent Batta

Lorient v Metz

26 November 2023 13	Lorient	2–3	Metz	Lorient
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Faivre 8' Kroupi 22' Yongwa  48' Doucouré  56'	Report	Sabaly 1' Udol  45' Traoré 65' Jallow 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 14,469 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

Lille v Metz

3 December 2023 14	Lille	2–0	Metz	Villeneuve d'Ascq
17:05 CET (UTC+1)	Yazıcı 45+2' David 45+6' (pen.)	Report	Elisor 29' Camara 55'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 38,065 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Metz v Brest

10 December 2023 15	Metz	0–1	Brest	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hérelle  40' Elisor  42' Jallow  59'	Report	Lala  2' Lees-Melou  14' Le Douaron 75'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,157 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Metz v Montpellier

17 December 2023 16	Metz	0–1	Montpellier	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diallo  53' Udol  90+2'	Report	Estève 9' Jullien  74' Lecomte  85'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,473 Referee: Marc Bollengier

Paris Saint-Germain v Metz

20 December 2023 17	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Metz	Paris
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vitinha 49' K. Mbappé 60', 83'	Report	Hérelle  32' Udol 72'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 47,822 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Metz v Toulouse

14 January 2024 18	Metz	0–1	Toulouse	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jean Jacques  18' Sabaly  20' N'Doram  37' Hérelle  72'	Report	Sierro 12' (pen.) Dallinga  40' Kamanzi  81'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 21,065 Referee: Florent Batta

Nice v Metz

27 January 2024 19	Nice	1–0	Metz	Nice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bard  61' Guessand 77' (pen.)	Report	Sabaly  57'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 20,137 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Metz v Lorient

4 February 2024 20	Metz	1–2	Lorient	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	N'Doram  19' Lamkel Zé 22' Jean Jacques  77' Colin  87'	Report	Bamba 19' Katseris 58' F. Mendy  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 21,044 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Marseille v Metz

9 February 2024 21	Marseille	1–1	Metz	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gigot  31' Moumbagna 56' Onana  82' Clauss  88'	Report	Udol 61'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 62,686 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Montpellier v Metz

18 February 2024 22	Montpellier	3–0	Metz	Montpellier
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sylla 3' Kouyaté  13' Sagnan  30', 50' Omeragić  69' Savanier 86' (pen.)	Report	Asoro  78' Candé  83' Camara  90+4'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,532 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

Metz v Lyon

23 February 2024 23	Metz	1–2	Lyon	Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mikautadze 13' Camara  81'	Report	Lacazette 45+1' Benrahma 60' Mata  73' O'Brien  87'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 27,560 Referee: Marc Bollengier

Nantes v Metz

3 March 2024 24	Nantes	0–2	Metz	Nantes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Douglas Augusto  61' Castelletto  64' Cozza  68'	Report	Candé  3' Colin  28' Mikautadze 58' (pen.) Udol 60'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 27,132 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Metz v Clermont

10 March 2024 25	Metz	1–0	Clermont	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mikautadze 33' (pen.) Jean Jacques  39'	Report	Matsima  45' Borges  53' Gastien  60'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 22,673 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Reims v Metz

17 March 2024 26	Reims	2–1	Metz	Reims
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diakité 3',  82' Itō  21', 79' Abdelhamid  51' Munetsi  73'	Report	Atta 14' Hérelle  20' Sabaly  42' Oukidja  82' I. Sané  90+1'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 14,335 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Metz v Monaco

30 March 2024 27	Metz	2–5	Monaco	Metz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diallo 78' I. Sané 84'	Report	Minamino 4' Akliouche 10' Vanderson 16' Balogun 76', 87'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 26,661 Referee: Eric Wattellier

Brest v Metz

7 April 2024 28	Brest	4–3	Metz	Brest
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chardonnet 12' Doumbia 31' Mounié 36' Satriano 60'	Report	Traoré 6' Udol  62' Mikautadze 74', 80'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 14,656 Referee: Benoît Millot

Metz v Lens

12 April 2024 29	Metz	2–1	Lens	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Van Den Kerkhof  21' Mikautadze 34', 45+3' Traoré  44'	Report	Sotoca 13' (pen.) Gradit  44' Diouf  45+1' Machado  46' Chavez  74' Frankowski  78'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,002 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

Le Havre v Metz

21 April 2024 30	Le Havre	0–1	Metz	Le Havre
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sangante  21' Négo  72' Traoré  44'	Report	N'Doram  16' Mikautadze 46' Oukidja  78' Jean Jacques  84'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 21,250 Referee: Marc Bollengier

Metz v Lille

28 April 2024 31	Metz	1–2	Lille	Metz
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mikautadze 23' (pen.) Lamkel Zé  76'	Report	Ismaily 31' David  37' Yazıcı 44' Bentaleb  51'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 24,720 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

Metz v Rennes

4 May 2024 32	Metz	2–3	Rennes	Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mikautadze 17',  90+4' Diallo 45' Traoré  71' Hérelle  75'	Report	Gouiri 22' Truffert  44' Bourigeaud 73' (pen.) Theate  75' Kalimuendo 90+3',  90+4'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,290 Referee: Ruddy Buquet
Note: Mikautadze's red card was later rescinded.[23]

Strasbourg v Metz

12 May 2024 33	Strasbourg	2–1	Metz	Strasbourg
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Emegha 89' Andrey Santos 90+1',  90+1' Bellaarouch  90+7'	Report	S. Sané  11' Mikautadze 54' Candé  84'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 25,686 Referee: François Letexier

Metz v Paris Saint-Germain

19 May 2024 34	Metz	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jean Jacques  79' Udol  86'	Report	Soler 7' Lee 12' Mendes  44'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 28,455 Referee: Gaël Angoula

Relegation play-offs

Saint-Étienne v Metz

30 May 2024 First leg	Saint-Étienne	2–1	Metz	Saint-Étienne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sissoko 19',  89' Maçon  34' Cardona 80'	Report	Traoré 45' N'Doram  71'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Referee: Benoît Millot

Metz v Saint-Étienne

2 June 2024 Second leg	Metz	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 agg.)	Saint-Étienne	Metz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo  5' Oukidja  11' Camara 17' Mikautadze 25' (pen.),  74' Udol  81' N'Doram  85'	Report	Tardieu  15' Larsonneur  23' Pétrot 35' Maçon  99' Wadji 116'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Jérôme Brisard

Coupe de France

Main article: 2023–24 Coupe de France

Metz v Clermont

5 January 2024 Round of 64	Metz	1–1 (1–3 p)	Clermont	Metz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	S. Sané 21'	Report	Allevinah 48'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,987 Referee: Jérémie Pignard
	Penalties
	Asoro Diallo Colin Kouao		Allevinah Ogier Borges Zeffane

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External links

• Official website