2016–17 FC Metz season

Metz
2016–17 season
Chairman	Bernard Serin
Manager	Philippe Hinschberger
Stadium	Stade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 1	14th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Coupe de la Ligue	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cheick Diabaté (8); All: ; Cheick Diabaté (8)
Highest home attendance	21,009 vs Marseille (4 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance	5,876 vs Toulouse (14 December 2016)
Average home league attendance	16,714
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The 2016–17 FC Metz season was the 83rd professional season of the club since its creation in 1932.

Current squad[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Thomas Didillon
3	DF	FRA	Jonathan Rivierez
4	DF	SRB	Milan Biševac
5	DF	ARG	Guido Milán
6	DF	FRA	Simon Falette
7	FW	FRA	Gauthier Hein
8	MF	FRA	Yann Jouffre
9	FW	TUR	Mevlüt Erdinç (on loan from Hannover 96)
10	MF	CIV	Cheick Doukouré
11	FW	FRA	Opa Nguette
12	DF	FRA	Matthieu Udol
13	DF	FRA	Franck Signorino
14	MF	CMR	Georges Mandjeck
16	GK	JPN	Eiji Kawashima


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	SEN	Habib Diallo
18	FW	FRA	Thibaut Vion
19	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet
20	MF	FRA	Alexis Larriere
21	DF	SRB	Vahid Selimovic
22	MF	FRA	Kévin Lejeune
23	DF	LUX	Chris Philipps
24	MF	FRA	Renaud Cohade
25	DF	ESP	Iván Balliu
26	MF	SEN	Ismaïla Sarr
27	MF	LVA	Jānis Ikaunieks
29	FW	LUX	Vincent Thill
30	GK	FRA	David Oberhauser
32	DF	CMR	Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Transfers[]

In:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	FRA	Simon Falette (from Brest)^[1]
8	MF	FRA	Yann Jouffre (from Lorient)^[2]
9	FW	TUR	Mevlüt Erdinç (on loan from Hannover 96, previously on loan at Guingamp)^[3]
11	FW	FRA	Opa Nguette (from Valenciennes)^[4]
13	DF	FRA	Franck Signorino (from Stade Reims)^[5]
16	GK	JPN	Eiji Kawashima (from Dundee United)^[6]
19	MF	FRA	Florent Mollet (from Créteil)^[7]
32	DF	CMR	Benoît Assou-Ekotto (from Saint-Étienne)^[8]

Out:


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	FRA	Samy Kehli (to Roeselare)^[9]
15	DF	FRA	Romain Métanire (to Kortrijk)^[10]
23	MF	FRA	Yeni Ngbakoto (to QPR)^[11]
27	DF	ARG	José Luis Palomino (to Ludogorets Razgrad)^[12]

Statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Number	Name	Ligue 1	Goals scored
1	9	Mevlüt Erdinç	5	5
2	8	Yann Jouffre	1	1
	5	Guido Milán	1
	6	Simon Falette	1
TOTAL			8	8

Competitions[]

Ligue 1[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Angers	38	13	7	18	40	49	−9	46
13	Toulouse	38	10	14	14	37	41	−4	44
14	Metz	38	11	10	17	39	72	−33	43
15	Montpellier	38	10	9	19	48	66	−18	39
16	Dijon	38	8	13	17	46	58	−12	37

Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[13]

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
38	11	10	17	39	72	−33	43	7	7	5	27	34	−7	4	3	12	12	38	−26

Last updated: 20 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match[]

Match	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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L
Position	4	15	7	3	4	9	6	8	11	12	13	14	12	11	12	13	15	18	18	19	16	18	16	11	13	14	15	15	16	13	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	14

Source: footballdatabase.eu
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

13 August 2016 1	Metz	3–2	Lille	showMetz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Erdinç 56', 76' (pen.) Jouffre 88' (pen.)		Rony Lopes 35', 70'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,174 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

21 August 2016 2	Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	Metz	showParis
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Lucas Moura 52' Kurzawa 67' Verratti 90+4'			Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,011 Referee: François Letexier

27 August 2016 3	Metz	2–0	Angers	showMetz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Falette 42' Milán 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,805 Referee: Karim Abed

11 September 2016 4	Nantes	0–3	Metz	showNantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Erdinç 18', 45+3', 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 19,438 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

17 September 2016 5	Dijon	0–0	Metz	showDijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 8,336 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

21 September 2016 6	Metz	0–3	Bordeaux	showMetz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Malcom 36' Laborde 71' Kiese Thelin 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,711 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

24 September 2016 7	Montpellier	0–1	Metz	showMontpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Erdinç 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Referee: Tony Chapron

1 October 2016 8	Metz	0–7	Monaco	showMetz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lemar 8' Germain 23' Silva 40' Fabinho 68' (pen.) Carrillo 72', 83' Boschilia 89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 19,163 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

16 October 2016 9	Marseille	1–0	Metz	showMarseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Gomis 13'	Report		Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 25,588 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

23 October 2016 10	Metz	2–4	Nice	showMetz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Mandjeck 25' Diallo 69'	Report	Pléa 12', 36' (pen.), 84' Cyprien 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,993 Referee: François Letexier

30 October 2016 11	Rennes	1–0	Metz	showRennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 56'	Report		Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 20,874 Referee: Saïd Ennjimi

5 November 2016 12	Metz	0–0	Saint-Étienne	showMetz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)			Tannane 35' 36'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,204 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

19 November 2016 13	Toulouse	1–2	Metz	showToulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Édouard 90+5'		Jouffre 35' (pen.) Mandjeck 48'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 17,746 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

26 November 2016 14	Metz	3–3	Lorient	showMetz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Falette 11' Vion 75', 78'		Waris 16' Moukandjo 54', 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 12,657 Referee: Mikael Lesage

30 November 2016 15	Nancy	4–0	Metz	showTomblaine
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pedretti 38' Cuffaut 78' Dia 80' Aït Bennasser 90+3'		Assou-Ekotto 19' 83'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Attendance: 19,085 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

3 December 2016 16	Metz	Abandoned	Lyon	showMetz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)		Match suspended		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

10 December 2016 17	Bastia	2–0	Metz	showFuriani
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Danic 23' Saint-Maximin 75'			Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 9,882 Referee: Olivier Thual

18 December 2016 18	Caen	3–0	Metz	showCaen
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karamoh 20' Santini 61' Sané 90+3'		Biševac 57'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 16,849 Referee: François Letexier

21 December 2016 19	Metz	2–2	Guingamp	showMetz
20:50 CET (UTC+1)	Nguette 12' Cohade 45' Vion 83' Hein 90+2'	Summary	Briand 49' 74' Salibur 66'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 14,091 Referee: Sebastien Desiage

15 January 2017 20	Nice	0–0	Metz	showNice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sarr 39' Koziello 75'	Summary	Diagne 73'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 21,502 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

21 January 2017 21	Metz	2–0	Montpellier	showMetz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diabaté 14', 19'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 11,553 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

28 January 2017 22	Angers	2–1	Metz	showAngers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tait 25' Pépé 35'	Report	Traoré 33' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 10,540 Referee: Karim Abed

4 February 2017 23	Metz	1–0	Marseille	showMetz
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Jouffre 83'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 21,009 Referee: Mikael Lesage

8 February 2017 24	Metz	2–1	Dijon	showMetz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sarr 46' Diabaté 66' (pen)	Report	Varrault 78'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 11,971 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

11 February 2017 25	Monaco	5–0	Metz	showMonaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mbappé 7', 20', 49' Falcao 10', 55'	Report		Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 6,069 Referee: Olivier Thual

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 26	Metz	1–1	Nantes	showMetz
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diabaté 90+1' (pen)	Report	Rongier 68'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 13,022 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

25 February 2017 27	Lyon	5–0	Metz	showDécines-Charpieu
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Depay 43', 53' Balliu 74' (o.g.) Lacazette 78' Valbuena 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 32,488 Referee: François Letexier

4 March 2017 28	Metz	1–1	Rennes	showMetz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Diabaté 18', 45+1' Falette 62' Balliu 76'	Report	Gnagnon 11' Gourcuff 34' Sio 56' Saïd 90'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,151 Referee: Benoît Millot

12 March 2017 29	Saint-Étienne	2–2	Metz	showSaint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Berić 53' Perrin 90+5'	Report	Sarr 1' Falette 67' Doukouré 69'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 24,184 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

17 March 2017 30	Metz	1–0	Bastia	showMetz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Cioni 46' (o.g.) Balliu 50' Nguette 69'	Report	Cioni 38' Ngando 78'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,006 Referee: Johan Hamel

5 April 2017 16 replay	Metz	0–3	Lyon	showMetz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mollet 4' Philipps 36' Mandjeck 76'	Report	Diakhaby 56' Lacazette 59' Ferri 87' Tolisso 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

8 April 2017 31	Bordeaux	3–0	Metz	showBordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sankharé 7' Toulalan 11' Malcom 14' Vada 50' (pen.), 52'	Report	Cohade 31' Mollet 90' Assou-Ekotto 90+3'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 19,835 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

15 April 2017 32	Metz	2–2	Caen	showMetz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sarr 65' Diabaté 83' Biševac 90+4'	Summary	Adéoti 56' Santini 74' Rodelin 88'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,038 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

18 April 2017 (2017-04-18) 33	Metz	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	showMetz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Diagne 42' Jouffre 78' Diabaté 88'	Report	Cavani 33' Matuidi 36', 90+3' Kimpembe 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,693 Referee: Johan Hamel

22 April 2017 34	Lorient	5–1	Metz	showLorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ciani 13', 31' Waris 49' Cabot 60', 66' Moukandjo 78'	Summary	Diabaté 32' (pen.) Cohade 77'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 14,114 Referee: Antony Gautier

29 April 2017 35	Metz	2–1	Nancy	showMetz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sarr 28' Nguette 53' Falette 55' Doukouré 70'	Report	Diarra 25' Maouassa 41' Badila 45+2' Cétout 64'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,009 Referee: François Letexier

6 May 2017 36	Lille	0–2	Metz	showVilleneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Corchia 53'	Report	Mandjeck 37' Cohade 56'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 28,331 Referee: Olivier Thual

14 May 2017 37	Metz	1–1	Toulouse	showMetz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sarr 66'	Report	Braithwaite 9'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,282 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

20 May 2017 38	Guingamp	1–0	Metz	showGuingamp
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 29'	Report	Philipps Falette	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de France[]

8 January 2017 Round of 64	Lens	2–0	Metz	showLens
14:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 63' Koukou 83' López 90'			Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 15,964 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Coupe de la Ligue[]

26 October 2016 Round of 32	Paris FC	1–1 (6–7 p)	Metz	showParis
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Missi Mezu 27'		Nguette 65'	Stadium: Stade Charléty Attendance: 3,321 Referee: Karim Abed
	Penalties
	Ech-Chergui Marie Pierazzi Bong Missi Mezu Nanizayamo		Cohade Milán Falette Nguette Erdinç Diallo Doukouré Balliu

14 December 2016 Round of 16	Metz	1–1 (11–10 p)	Toulouse	showMetz
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Mollet 11'	Report	Braithwaite 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 5,876 Referee: Benoît Millot
	Penalties
	Milán Phillips Falette Balliu Cohade Nguette Mandjeck Diallo Signorino Sarr Oberhauser		Toivonen Sirieix Sylla Bodiger Braithwaite Somalia Jullien Michelin Yago Ninkov Goicoechea

11 January 2017 Quarter-finals	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Metz	showParis
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Thiago Silva 27', 72'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 43,857 Referee: Amaury Delerue

References[]

^ "SIMON FALETTE REJOINT LE FC METZ !". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "Metz : Un milieu arrive de Ligue 1 (off)". www.foot-national.com (in French). Foot National. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
^ "Metz: Un international turc arrive en prêt". www.foot-national.com (in French). Foot National. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
^ "OPA NGUETTE REJOINT LE FC METZ !". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "FRANCK SIGNORINO DE RETOUR À METZ !". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ "Eiji Kawashima en renfort". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Transfert : Florent Mollet trois ans à Metz" [Transfer: Florent Mollet to Metz for three years]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Equipe. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Assou-Ekotto est Messin". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "WELKOM SEMY KEHLI!" [WELCOME SAMU KEHLI!]. www.ksvr.be (in Dutch). K.S.V. Roeselare. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
^ "Kortrijk haalt zijn vijfde versterking bij FC Metz" [Kortrijk signs fifth reinforcement from FC Metz]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
^ "YENI NGBAKOTO QUITTE LE FC METZ !". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Transfert : Le Messin Palomino à Ludogorets". www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Equipe. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "League Table". Ligue1.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[Falette-1] "SIMON FALETTE REJOINT LE FC METZ !". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

[Jouffre-2] "Metz : Un milieu arrive de Ligue 1 (off)". www.foot-national.com (in French). Foot National. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[Erdinc-3] "Metz: Un international turc arrive en prêt". www.foot-national.com (in French). Foot National. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.

[Opa-4] "OPA NGUETTE REJOINT LE FC METZ !". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

[Signorino-5] "FRANCK SIGNORINO DE RETOUR À METZ !". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

[6] "Eiji Kawashima en renfort". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[7] "Transfert : Florent Mollet trois ans à Metz" [Transfer: Florent Mollet to Metz for three years]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Equipe. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[Ekotto-8] "Assou-Ekotto est Messin". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[9] "WELKOM SEMY KEHLI!" [WELCOME SAMU KEHLI!]. www.ksvr.be (in Dutch). K.S.V. Roeselare. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[10] "Kortrijk haalt zijn vijfde versterking bij FC Metz" [Kortrijk signs fifth reinforcement from FC Metz]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.

[11] "YENI NGBAKOTO QUITTE LE FC METZ !". www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

[12] "Transfert : Le Messin Palomino à Ludogorets". www.lequipe.fr (in French). L'Equipe. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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

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