2020–21 FC Metz season

FC Metz
2020–21 season
President	Bernard Serin
Head coach	Vincent Hognon; (until 12 October); Frédéric Antonetti; (from 12 October)
Stadium	Stade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 1	10th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ibrahima Niane (6); All: ; Ibrahima Niane; Vagner; (6 each)
Biggest win	Valenciennes 0–4 Metz; Dijon 1–5 Metz
Biggest defeat	Monaco 4–0 Metz
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 May 2021.

The 2020–21 season was FC Metz's 89th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Metz participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 February 2021.^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	ALG	Alexandre Oukidja
17	DF	FRA	Thomas Delaine
18	DF	FRA	Fabien Centonze
19	MF	CIV	Habib Maïga
20	DF	GHA	Ernest Boahene
21	DF	GHA	John Boye (captain)
22	MF	FRA	Youssef Maziz
23	DF	MLI	Boubakar Kouyaté
24	FW	BEL	Aaron Leya Iseka (on loan from Toulouse)
26	FW	MTN	Pape Ndiaga Yade
27	FW	CPV	Vagner Gonçalves
28	DF	FRA	Manuel Cabit
29	DF	FRA	Lenny Lacroix
30	GK	FRA	Marc-Aurèle Caillard

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
—	MF	SEN	Cheikh Sabaly (on loan to Pau FC)
—	MF	GAM	Ablie Jallow (on loan to Seraing)
—	FW	FRA	Georges Mikautadze (on loan to Seraing)
—	FW	SEN	Amadou Dia N'Diaye (on loan to Seraing)

Transfers

Out:

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

17 July 2020 Friendly	Metz	4–1	RFC Seraing	Metz, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niane 8' Yade 28' Pajot 40' Nguette 75'	Report	Mikautadze 65'	Stadium: Centre d’Entraînement de Frescaty

24 July 2020 Friendly	Metz	3–0	Charleroi	Metz, France
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ambrose 53' Boulaya 87' Gueye 113'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

28 July 2020 Friendly	Gent	3–0	Metz	Ghent, Belgium
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Yaremchuk 13', 21' Plastun 64'	Report		Stadium: Ghelamco Arena

1 August 2020 Friendly	Metz	1–0	KV Mechelen	Metz, France
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boulaya 29'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

7 August 2020 Friendly	Dijon	1–2	Metz	Dijon, France
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Scheidler 105'	Report	Nguette 15' Yade 78'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Note: Match was played in three 45-minute parts.

15 August 2020 Friendly	Strasbourg	2–3	Metz	Molsheim, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saadi 58' Besic 87'	Report	Niane 21', 35' Boulaya 40' Pajot 44'	Stadium: Stadium de Molsheim

15 August 2020 Friendly	Strasbourg	Cancelled	Metz	Colmar, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Colmar Stadium

22 August 2020 Friendly	Metz	1–1	Montpellier	Besançon, France
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bronn 25' Angban 52' Boulaya 65'		Laborde 41'	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Referee: Mathieu Vernice

4 September 2020 Friendly	Metz	Cancelled	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Metz, France
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30 August 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	10th	38	12	11	15	44	48	−4	031.58
Coupe de France	10 February 2021	6 April 2021	Round of 64	Round of 16	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	066.67
Total					41	14	12	15	50	49	+1	034.15

Last updated: 23 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Montpellier	38	14	12	12	60	62	−2	54
9	Nice	38	15	7	16	50	53	−3	52
10	Metz	38	12	11	15	44	48	−4	47
11	Saint-Étienne	38	12	10	16	42	54	−12	46
12	Bordeaux	38	13	6	19	42	56	−14	45

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.^[24]

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	12	11	15	44	48	−4	47	5	5	9	19	26	−7	7	6	6	25	22	+3

Last updated: 23 May 2021.
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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D
Position	12	17	18	17	17	15	14	10	7	10	10	12	13	13	12	10	10	11	12	9	8	6	6	7	7	6	5	6	7	9	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	10

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[25]

30 August 2020 2	Metz	0–1	Monaco	Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Aguilar 19' Badiashile 22' Fofana 24' 47' Martins 42' Tchouaméni 49'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Jérémy Stinat

13 September 2020 3	Lille	1–0	Metz	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pied 31' Bradarić 57' André 80' Çelik 84' Luiz Araújo 88'	Report	Maïga 20' Bronn 36' Pajot 43' Centonze 75'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Referee: Jérémie Pignard

16 September 2020 1	Paris Saint-Germain	1–0	Metz	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Diallo 1' 65' Draxler 56', 90+3'	Report	Maïga 46' Centonze 61'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Referee: Mikael Lesage
Note: Match originally scheduled for 23 August, but postponed due to Paris Saint-Germain's participation in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League.^[26]

20 September 2020 4	Metz	2–1	Reims	Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Niane 18', 88' Boulaya 43'	Report	Abdelhamid 17' Cassamá 27' Dia 43' (pen.) Konan 48' Munetsi 50' Cafaro 53'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Johan Hamel

26 September 2020 5	Marseille	1–1	Metz	Marseille
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanson 90+5'	Report	Maïga 24' Angban 56' Niane 71'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Eric Wattellier

4 October 2020 6	Metz	3–1	Lorient	Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Angban 40' Niane 44' (pen.), 59', 64'	Report	Hamel 36' Abergel 52' Wissa 86'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

18 October 2020 7	Angers	1–1	Metz	Angers
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doumbia 14' Thomas 36' Mangani 38' (pen.) Traoré 73' Fulgini 86'	Report	Udol 37' Nguette 39' Pajot 84'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Referee: Aurélien Petit

25 October 2020 8	Metz	2–0	Saint-Étienne	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boulaya 5' Angban 32' Maïga 73' Sissoko 78' (o.g.) Pajot 82'	Report	Retsos 23' Bouanga 31' Neyou 72'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karim Abed

1 November 2020 9	Nîmes	0–1	Metz	Nîmes
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Roux 40' Fomba 45+3' Martinez 65'	Report	Gueye 15', 57' Udol 44' Centonze 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Costières Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

8 November 2020 10	Metz	1–1	Dijon	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nguette 7' Yade 21' Vagner 64' Delaine 90+1'	Report	Baldé 13' Chouiar 30', 90'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

22 November 2020 11	Nantes	1–1	Metz	Nantes
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kolo 29' Abeid 41' Fábio 45+4'	Report	Leya Iseka 45+4' (pen.) Fofana 71' Oukidja 85' Boye 87'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

29 November 2020 12	Metz	0–2	Brest	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oukidja 32' Centonze 66'	Report	Cardona 12', 64', 54'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

6 December 2020 13	Metz	1–3	Lyon	Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boulaya 7', 76' Sarr 29' Boye 87'	Report	Depay 17' Toko Ekambi 47', 60' Cherki 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Karim Abed

13 December 2020 14	Strasbourg	2–2	Metz	Strasbourg
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Simakan 36', 66' Thomasson 78', 84' Aholou 90+4'	Report	Bronn 35' (pen.), 51' Nguette 70' Delaine 73' Maïga 80' Kouyaté 90' Angban 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Meinau Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

16 December 2020 15	Montpellier	0–2	Metz	Montpellier
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mollet 39' Mavididi 64' Laborde 76'	Report	Leya Iseka 7', 50' (pen.) Maïga 30', 90' Delaine 38'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

19 December 2020 16	Metz	2–0	Lens	Metz
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nguette 30' Boulaya 49', 90+5'	Report	Sotoca 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue

23 December 2020 17	Rennes	1–0	Metz	Rennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bourigeaud 42' Grenier 52'	Report	Yade 26'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

6 January 2021 18	Metz	0–0	Bordeaux	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leya Iseka 39'	Report	Adli 20' Pablo 26'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Gautier

9 January 2021 19	Metz	1–1	Nice	Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouyaté 17' Maziz 36' Boye 79'	Report	Gouiri 18' (pen.) Nsoki 67' Boudaoui 76'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

17 January 2021 20	Lyon	0–1	Metz	Décines-Charpieu
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dubois 27'	Report	Boye 27' Kouyaté 86' Leya Iseka 90', 90'	Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

24 January 2021 21	Metz	2–0	Nantes	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vagner 29' Leya Iseka 35' Sarr 85' Boulaya 89', 90+4'	Report	Coco 66'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

31 January 2021 22	Brest	2–4	Metz	Brest
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Perraud 31' Honorat 33' Cardona 48'	Report	Boulaya 36', 90+2' Sarr 73' Yade 81', 89' Vagner 87' (pen.) Fofana 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Francis-Le Blé Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Millot

3 February 2021 23	Metz	1–1	Montpellier	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boye 9' Leya Iseka 33' Sarr 47' Maïga 74' Centonze 76' Bronn 82' Ambrose 90+1'	Report	Congré 58' Laborde 70'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastien Dechepy

7 February 2021 24	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Metz	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boye 14' (o.g.) Hamouma 37' Kolodziejczak 73'	Report	Maïga 25' Centonze 73'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

14 February 2021 25	Metz	1–2	Strasbourg	Metz
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Delaine 17', 26' Kouyaté 44'	Report	Thomasson 33', 84' Sissoko 42'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Mikael Lesage

21 February 2021 26	Nice	1–2	Metz	Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gouiri 61' (pen.) Sellouki 90+1'	Report	Kouyaté 15', 90+1' Gueye 38'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémy Stinat

27 February 2021 27	Bordeaux	1–2	Metz	Bordeaux
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kalu 14' Koscielny 54'	Report	Centonze 51' Boulaya 57' Delaine 72' Vagner 90+1'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 0 Referee: Aurélien Petit

3 March 2021 28	Metz	0–1	Angers	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouyaté 44' Ambrose 76' Oukidja 90+1'	Report	Fulgini 44' (pen.) Pereira Lage 79' Doumbia 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

14 March 2021 29	Lens	2–2	Metz	Lens
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gradit 8' Clauss 13' Haïdara 19' Cahuzac 36' Medina 37' Fofana 86'	Report	Vagner 27' (pen.), 37' Boye 50' Delaine 57' Sarr 82'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

20 March 2021 30	Metz	1–3	Rennes	Metz
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yade 90'	Report	Doku 18', 51' Terrier 38' (pen.) Gomis 84' Guirassy 88', 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

3 April 2021 31	Monaco	4–0	Metz	Monaco
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fàbregas 50' (pen.) Volland 52' Ben Yedder 77', 88' (pen.)	Report	Yade 36' Caillard 48' Kouyaté 85' Boye 85' 88' Centonze 90'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 0 Referee: Johan Hamel

9 April 2021 32	Metz	0–2	Lille	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Leya Iseka 17' Kouyaté 65' Sarr 76'	Report	Fonte 16' Yılmaz 45+2', 60' Çelik 89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin

18 April 2021 33	Reims	0–0	Metz	Reims
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Munetsi 18' Konan 53' Foket 65'	Report	Kouyaté 81'	Stadium: Stade Auguste-Delaune Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry

24 April 2021 34	Metz	1–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Metz
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Angban 15' Centonze 46'	Report	Mbappé 4', 59', 58' Verratti 37' Kurzawa 60' Herrera 79' Icardi 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

2 May 2021 35	Dijon	1–5	Metz	Dijon
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Celina 43' Baldé 48' Lautoa 83'	Report	Yade 5' Gueye 37' Sarr 42' Chafik 71' (o.g.) Vagner 82' Bronn 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Schneider

9 May 2021 36	Metz	0–3	Nîmes	Metz
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Maïga 1'	Report	Fomba 61', 70' Ripart 67' (pen.) Meling 69' Ferhat 89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier

16 May 2021 37	Lorient	2–1	Metz	Lorient
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wissa 31' (pen.) Hergault 74' Grbić 90+1'	Report	Kouyaté 23' Bronn 30' Ambrose 65' Traoré 72' Centonze 84'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 0 Referee: Florent Batta

23 May 2021 38	Metz	1–1	Marseille	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bronn 36' Sarr 41' Ambrose 53' Boulaya 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Lirola 70' Payet 90' Milik 90+13' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 0 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

Coupe de France

10 February 2021 Round of 64	Amiens	1–2	Metz	Amiens
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wagué 32' Blin 53' Lachuer 54' Yatabaré 90+3'	Report	Leya Iseka 1' Vagner 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 0 Referee: Olivier Thual

6 March 2021 Round of 32	Valenciennes	0–4	Metz	Valenciennes
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guillaume 5' Cuffaut 55'	Report	Centonze 7' (pen.) Ambrose 34' (pen.) Maziz 50' Vagner 61' Sarr 89'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

6 April 2021 Round of 16	Monaco	0–0 (5–4 p)	Metz	Monaco
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Angban 65'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérémie Pignard
	Penalties
	Ben Yedder Volland Sidibé Fàbregas Jovetić		Sarr Yade Ambrose Maïga Bronn

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 18 October 2020

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Ligue 1	Total
1	7	FW	Ibrahima Niane	6	6
2	11	MF	Opa Nguette	1	1
Totals				7	7

References

External links

Official website

[1]

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[25]

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