# 1997–98 FC Metz season

The 1997–98 season was the 66th season in the existence of FC Metz and the club's 31st consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Metz participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Cup.

## Players

    Squad at end of season
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 | André Biancarelli |
| — | GK | FRA | Lionel Letizi |
| — | DF | CMR | Rigobert Song |
| — | DF | FRA | Sylvain Kastendeuch |
| — | DF | FRA | Pascal Pierre |
| — | DF | FRA | Cyril Serredszum |
| — | DF | LUX | Jeff Strasser |
| — | DF | FRA | Geoffray Toyes |
| — | DF | FRA | Philippe Gaillot |
| — | DF | FRA | Stéphane Rondelaere |
| — | MF | FRA | Jocelyn Blanchard |
| — | MF | FRA | Franck Histilloles |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Grégory Proment |
| — | MF | FRA | Jonathan Jager |
| — | MF | FRA | Didier Neumann |
| — | MF | BEL | Danny Boffin |
| — | MF | FRA | Frédéric Meyrieu |
| — | MF | FRA | Robert Pires |
| — | FW | FRA | Bruno Rodriguez |
| — | FW | FRA | Louis Saha |
| — | FW | YUG | Vladan Lukić |
| — | FW | SEN | Amara Traoré |
| — | FW | HUN | Mihály Tóth |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| French Division 1 | 2 August 1997 | 9 May 1998 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 058.82 |
| Coupe de France | 17 January 1998 | 28 February 1998 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 5 January 1998 | 16 February 1998 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Cup | 16 September 1997 | 4 November 1997 | First round | Second round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 056.82 |
Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lens (C) | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Metz | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Monaco | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Marseille | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 1998. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |