FC Metz

F.C. Metz

Full name	Football Club de Metz
Nickname(s)	Les Grenats (The Maroons), Les Graoullys
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Ground	Stade Saint-Symphorien, Metz
Capacity	25,636[1]
Chairman	Bernard Serin
Manager	László Bölöni
League	Ligue 2
2021-22	Ligue 1, 19th of 20 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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 Matthieu Udol 5 DF  Guinea-Bissau Fali Candé 6 MF  France Kévin N'Doram 9 FW  Georgia Georges Mikautadze 10 MF  France Youssef Maziz 11 FW  Albania Xhuliano Skuka 14 MF  Senegal Cheikh Sabaly 15 DF  Senegal Ababacar Lô 16 GK  Algeria Alexandre Oukidja 19 MF  Ivory Coast Habib Maïga 20 FW  Senegal Lamine Gueye

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  Morocco Sofiane Alakouch 24 FW  France Lenny Joseph 25 MF  France Arthur Atta 27 MF  Haiti Danley Jean Jacques 30 GK  France Marc-Aurèle Caillard 34 MF  France Joseph N'Duquidi 35 MF  France Maïdine Douane 36 MF  Gambia Ablie Jallow 39 DF  Ivory Coast Koffi Kouao 40 GK  Senegal Ousmane Ba 86 DF  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 Guillaume Dietsch (on loan to Seraing) — MF  Belgium Sami Lahssaini (on loan to Seraing) — MF  Congo Warren Tchimbembé (on loan to Guingamp) — MF  Mali Boubacar Traoré (on loan to Wolverhampton)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  Cape Verde Vagner Gonçalves (on loan to Seraing) — FW  Senegal Ibrahima Niane (on loan to Angers) — FW  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.

• Emmanuel Adebayor
• Wilmer Aguirre
• Sébastien Bassong
• Patrick Battiston
• Eric Black
• Jocelyn Blanchard
• Danny Boffin
• Nico Braun
• Albert Cartier
• Papiss Cissé
• Hugo Curioni
• Mathieu Dossevi
• Michel Ettore
• Philippe Gaillot
• Daniel Gygax
• Philippe Hinschberger
• Szabolcs Huszti
• Ahn Jung-hwan
• Henryk Kasperczak
• Sylvain Kastendeuch
• Eiji Kawashima
• Kalidou Koulibaly
• Lionel Letizi
• Sadio Mané
• Frédéric Meyrieu
• Faryd Mondragón
• Tressor Moreno
• Ludovic Obraniak
• Oguchi Onyewu
• Michele Padovano
• Pascal Pierre
• Robert Pires
• Miralem Pjanić
• Grégory Proment
• André Rey
• Franck Ribéry
• Jean-Philippe Rohr
• Louis Saha
• Franck Signorino
• Rigobert Song
• Jacques Songo'o
• Luc Sonor
• Jeff Strasser
• Marian Szeja
• Sylvain Wiltord
• 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.

Other websites

• Official website (in French)