2014–15 FC Metz season

The 2014–15 FC Metz season is the 82nd professional season of the club since its creation in 1932. After finishing 1st in Ligue 2 during the 2013–14 season, it is their first return to Ligue 1 since their relegation after the 2007-08 season.

Metz

2014–15 season
Chairman	Bernard Serin
Manager	Albert Cartier
Stadium	Stade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 1	19th (Relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 16 vs. Stade Brest
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16 vs. Nantes
Top goalscorer	Modibo Maïga (9)
Highest home attendance	25,012 vs Paris Saint-Germain (21 November 2014)
Lowest home attendance	6,078 vs Stade Brest (12 February 2015)
Average home league attendance	18,562
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First team squad

Main article: List of FC Nantes players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

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 Johann Carrasso 3 DF  FRA Jonathan Rivierez 4 DF  FRA Sylvain Marchal 5 DF  ARG Guido Milán 6 MF  TUN Ferjani Sassi 7 MF  FRA Romain Rocchi 8 MF  CIV Cheick Doukouré 9 FW  VEN Juan Manuel Falcón 10 MF  GUI Bouna Sarr 11 FW  ARG Federico Andrada (on loan from River Plate) 12 FW  GHA Kwame Nsor 13 MF  FRA Florent Malouda 14 MF  BFA Fadil Sido 15 DF  FRA Romain Métanire 16 GK  GAB Anthony Mfa Mezui

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  TUN Fakhreddine Ben Youssef 18 DF  FRA Jérémy Choplin 19 FW  FRA Thibaut Vion 20 FW  MLI Modibo Maïga (on loan from West Ham) 21 MF  ALG Ahmed Kashi 22 MF  FRA Kevin Lejeune 23 MF  FRA Yeni Ngbakoto 24 DF  FRA Gaëtan Bussmann 25 MF  SEN Guirane N'Daw 26 DF  LUX Chris Philipps 27 DF  ARG José Luis Palomino 28 MF  LVA Jānis Ikaunieks 29 MF  BLR Sergey Krivets 30 GK  FRA David Oberhauser

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  FRA Thomas Didillon (on loan to Seraing United) — DF  FRA Médéric Deher (on loan to Luçon) — DF  SEN Abdallah Ndour (on loan to Strasbourg) — DF  CIV Ali Bamba (on loan to Seraing United)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Samy Kehli (on loan to Seraing United) — MF  NGA Popoola Saliu (on loan to Seraing United) — MF  SEN Mayoro N'Doye-Baye (on loan to Strasbourg) — FW  SEN Moussa Gueye (on loan to Seraing United)

Competitions

Ligue 1

Main article: 2014–15 Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Lorient	38	12	7	19	44	50	−6	43
17	Toulouse	38	12	6	20	43	64	−21	42
18	Evian (R)	38	11	4	23	41	62	−21	37	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Metz (R)	38	7	9	22	31	61	−30	30
20	Lens[lower-alpha 1] (R)	38	7	8	23	32	61	−29	29

Source: Ligue de Football Professionel
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. It was announced on 29 January 2015 that Lens' promotion from Ligue 2 at the end of the 2013–14 season has been ruled invalid, and will thus be automatically relegated to Ligue 2 for the 2015–16 season, regardless of where the team place this season. It has been confirmed by the French Football Federation that the decision of the Administrative Court of Besançon will be appealed.[1]

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	7	9	22	31	61	−30	30	6	4	9	26	32	−6	1	5	13	5	29	−24

Last updated: 11 June 2015.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L
Position	13	14	18	14	17	9	6	5	9	7	10	8	9	13	13	13	14	16	17	17	17	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2015. Source: Ligue1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Match 32 versus Paris Saint-Germain was postponed until 28 April 2015 and therefore should appear between matches 34 & 35.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Lille v Metz

9 August 2014 1	Lille	0–0	Metz	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	N'Daw  37'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 34,327 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Metz v Nantes

16 August 2014 2	Metz	1–1	Nantes	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ngbakoto  12' (pen.) Sarr  14' Rocchi  32'	Report	Veretout  2' Gakpé  77'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,335 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Montpellier v Metz

23 August 2014 3	Montpellier	2–0	Metz	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tiéné  44' Camara  89'	Report	Milán  54' Ngbakoto  59'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,337 Referee: Antony Gautier

Metz v Lyon

31 August 2014 4	Metz	2–1	Lyon	Metz
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N'Daw  46' Ngbakoto  82' Falcón  86'	Report	Lacazette  68'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,173 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Nice v Metz

13 September 2014 5	Nice	1–0	Metz	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hult  83' Bosetti  90+4'	Report	Lejeune  17' Maïga  70'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,019 Referee: Tony Chapron

Metz v Bastia

20 September 2014 6	Metz	3–1	Bastia	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Métanire  7' Krivets  14' Milán  64' Falcón  74'	Report	Ayité  42' Modesto  81'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,605 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

Guingamp v Metz

24 September 2014 7	Guingamp	0–1	Metz	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diallo  90+2'	Report	Bussmann  24' N'Daw  37' Ngbakoto  61'  89' Métanire  86'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 12,712 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Metz v Reims

27 September 2014 8	Metz	3–0	Reims	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Falcón  50', 90+2' Kashi  70'	Report	Mavinga  57'  65' Conte  75' Albæk  87'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,273 Referee: Olivier Thual

Evian v Metz

4 October 2014 9	Evian	3–0	Metz	Annecy
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Camus  41' Doukouré  62' (o.g.) Wass  75' (pen.) Bruno  81' N'Sikulu  85'	Report	Kashi  5' Métanire  22' Doukouré  61' Mfa Mezui  74' Sarr  88'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 10,942 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Metz v Rennes

18 October 2014 10	Metz	0–0	Rennes	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Milán  12' Sarr  66'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,074 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Saint-Étienne v Metz

26 October 2014 11	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Metz	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cohade  49' Gradel  74'	Report	Bussmann  17' N'Daw  43'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 33,991 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Metz v Caen

1 November 2014 12	Metz	3–2	Caen	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maïga  10', 50' Choplin  57' Lejeune  64' Malouda  90' (pen.)	Report	Calvé  65' Koita  83' Yahia  88'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,864 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Toulouse v Metz

8 November 2014 13	Toulouse	3–0	Metz	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sirieix  3',  54' Ben Yedder  61' Pešić  71'	Report	Vion  15'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 16,412 Referee: Frank Schneider

Metz v Paris Saint-Germain

21 November 2014 14	Metz	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Choplin  29' Maïga  49' (pen.), 53' (pen.),  60' Milán  72' N'Daw  75'	Report	Pastore  9' Bussmann  16' (o.g.) Lavezzi  84',  87'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 25,012 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

Lens v Metz

29 November 2014 15	Lens	2–0	Metz	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kantari  41' El Jadeyaoui  65' Bourigeaud  79'	Report	Kashi  40' Malouda  44' Maïga  59'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 8,922 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Metz v Bordeaux

3 December 2014 16	Metz	0–0	Bordeaux	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lejeune  21' Métanire  33' Falcón  36'	Report	Carrasso  87' Khazri  89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,866 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

Marseille v Metz

7 December 2014 17	Marseille	3–1	Metz	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gignac  43' Ayew  59' Payet  90+2'	Report	Malouda  46' N'Daw  87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,537 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Lorient v Metz

13 December 2014 18	Lorient	3–1	Metz	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ayew  13' Guerreiro  37' Jeannot  45' Koné  58'	Report	Malouda  42' Ngbakoto  46'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 11,507 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Metz v Monaco

20 December 2014 19	Metz	0–1	Monaco	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Doukouré  12' Marchal  15' Malouda  89'	Report	Moutinho  61' Carrasco  79'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,354 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

Nantes v Metz

11 January 2015 20	Nantes	0–0	Metz	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bammou  90'	Report	Carrasso  72' N'Daw  88' Milán  90'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,090 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Metz v Montpellier

17 January 2015 21	Metz	2–3	Montpellier	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ngbakoto  20' (pen.) Bussmann  38'	Report	Barrios  17' (pen.) Dabo  17'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,786 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Lyon v Metz

25 January 2015 22	Lyon	2–0	Metz	Lyon
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette  31' (pen.) Umtiti  45' Dabo  53' Tolisso  83'	Report	Milán  29' Sarr  49' Rivierez  51'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,580 Referee: Olivier Thual

Metz v Nice

31 January 2015 23	Metz	0–0	Nice	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sarr  12' N'Daw  28'	Report	Puel  19' Maupay  73'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,115 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Bastia v Metz

7 February 2015 24	Bastia	2–0	Metz	Bastia
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Modesto  45' Kamano  65' Boudebouz  79' (pen.)	Report	N'Daw  3' Milán  38'  50' Palomino  45' Marchal  79'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 11,399 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

Metz v Guingamp

15 February 2015 25	Metz	0–2	Guingamp	Metz
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	N'Daw  58' Métanire  81' Maïga  89'	Report	Mandanne  26' Pied  39' Yatabaré  74'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,252 Referee: Benoît Millot

Reims v Metz

22 February 2015 26	Reims	0–0	Metz	Reims
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Conte  49'	Report	Philipps  53' Palomino  61'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,575 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Metz v Evian

28 February 2015 27	Metz	1–2	Evian	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Philipps  22' Palomino  30' Rivierez  38' Sarr  45'	Report	Carrasso  29' (o.g.) Duhamel  45+2' Sunu  73'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,286 Referee: Philippe Kalt

Rennes v Metz

7 March 2015 28	Rennes	1–0	Metz	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ntep  19',  81'	Report	Palomino  90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 17,174 Referee: Antony Gautier

Metz v Saint-Étienne

14 March 2015 29	Metz	2–3	Saint-Étienne	Metz
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Métanire  52' Lejeune  56' Ngbakoto  90+1' Marchal  90+2'	Report	Gradel  38' Erdinç  42' Mollo  80'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,721 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Caen v Metz

21 March 2015 30	Caen	0–0	Metz	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,810 Referee: Alexandre Castro

Metz v Toulouse

4 April 2015 31	Metz	3–2	Toulouse	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sarr  2' Maïga  25', 42' (54) José Luis Palomino  90+2'	Summary	Pešić  6' Tisserand  10'  60' Ben Yedder  22' Regattin  71' Bodiger  80' Doumbia  90'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,072 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Metz v Lens

18 April 2015 33	Metz	3–1	Lens	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Malouda  13' Bussmann  25' Sarr  57' (pen.) Maïga  79'	Report	Gbamin  44' Cyprien  77' Madiani  89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,875 Referee: Frank Schneider

Bordeaux v Metz

25 April 2015 34	Bordeaux	1–1	Metz	Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Khazri  70',  83'	Report	Sassi  24',  34' Lejeune  28' Malouda  81'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 22,708 Referee: Sebastien Desiage

Paris Saint-Germain v Metz

28 April 2015 32	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Metz	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verratti  25',  65' Cavani  42' Van der Wiel  77'	Report	Sassi  40' Maïga  53'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,001 Referee: Mikael Lesage

Metz v Marseille

1 May 2015 35	Metz	0–2	Marseille	Metz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Malouda  40'	Report	Gignac  38', 62',  56' Lemina  52' Ayew  57'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,190 Referee: Benoît Millot

Metz v Lorient

9 May 2015 36	Metz	0–4	Lorient	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maïga  60' Ngbakoto  90+3'	Report	Mostefa  12' Philippoteaux  34' Koné  55' Ayew  84' Lecomte  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,986 Referee: Wilfried Bien

Monaco v Metz

16 May 2015 37	Monaco	2–0	Metz	Monaco
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silva  45' Germain  88'	Report	N'Daw  32' Lejeune  52' Ikaunieks  60'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,627 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Metz v Lille

23 May 2015 38	Metz	1–4	Lille	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palomino  83'	Report	Balmont  40' Gueye  41' Roux  44', 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,939 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Coupe de la Ligue

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue

Nice v Metz

29 October 2014 Round of 32	Nice	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Metz	Nice
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maupay  20' Palun  32' Bosetti  37' Cvitanich  88' (pen.)	Report	Palomino  5' Ngbakoto  13' Vion  17' Kashi  42' Marchal  45+1' Doukouré  82' Rocchi  113'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 9,560 Referee: Ruddy Buquet
	Penalties
	Bodmer Cvitanich Pléa Eysseric Bosetti		Malouda Doukouré Marchal Palomino

Nantes v Metz

16 December 2014 Round of 16	Nantes	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Metz	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vizcarrondo  71' Gakpé  83' (pen.) Riou  84' Audel  92' Deaux  94' Gomis  101' Bangoura  118'	Report	Falcón  60' Doukouré  62' Sarr  69' Bussmann  82' Vion  84' Choplin  101'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 12,601 Referee: Amaury Delerue

Coupe de France

Main article: 2014–15 Coupe de France

SAS Épinal v Metz

4 January 2015 Round of 64	SAS Épinal	1–2	Metz	Valenciennes
13:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Touati  11' Colin  63' Gazagnes  72'	Report 1, 2	Milán  15' N'Daw  53'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Frank Schneider

US Avranches v Metz

20 January 2015 Round of 32	US Avranches	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Metz	Avranches
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Derrien  113'	Report 1, 2	Falcón  15' Malouda  34' N'Daw  94' Sarr  96' Cabon  115' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade René Fenouillère Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Antony Gautier

Metz v Stade Brest

12 February 2015 Round of 16	Metz	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Stade Brest	Metz
19:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sassi  36' Krivets  88' Sido  119'	Report 1, 2	Moimbé  18' Tritz  40'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 6,078 Referee: Amaury Delerue
	Penalties
	Falcón Kashi Lejeune Marchal Choplin		Pelé Courtet Ramaré Khaled Moimbé

References

1. "RC Lens: la justice annule l'autorisation de montée en Ligue 1". L'Express (in French). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.