# 2019–20 FC Metz season

The 2019–20 FC Metz season was the club's 100th season in existence and the club's 1st season back 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, and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 19 January 2020.
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 | Paul Delecroix |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Dylan Bronn |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Udol |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Kévin N'Doram (on loan from Monaco) |
| 5 | MF | CIV | Victorien Angban |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Mamadou Fofana |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Niane |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Boubacar Traoré |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Thierry Ambrose (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Marvin Gakpa |
| 11 | MF | SEN | Opa Nguette |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot (on loan from Angers) |
| 13 | DF | ZAM | Stoppila Sunzu |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ababacar Lô |
| 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 | FW | SEN | Habib Diallo |
| 21 | DF | GHA | John Boye |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Sami Lahssaini |
| 23 | FW | SEN | Amadou Dia N'Diaye |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Renaud Cohade (captain) |
| 25 | MF | MLI | Adama Noss Traoré (on loan from Monaco) |
| 26 | FW | MTN | Pape Ndiaga Yade |
| 27 | MF | ALG | Farid Boulaya |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Manuel Cabit |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Lenny Lacroix |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Dietsch |

### 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 |
| — | DF | LUX | Laurent Jans (on loan to Paderborn) |
| — | DF | SEN | Mohamed Kane (on loan to Bastia-Borgo) |
| — | MF | FRA | Gauthier Hein (on loan to Valenciennes) |
| — | MF | GAM | Ablie Jallow (on loan to Ajaccio) |
| — | MF | FRA | Youssef Maziz (on loan to Le Mans) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Raouf Mroivili (on loan to Seraing United) |
| — | MF | SEN | Cheikh Sabaly (on loan to Pau) |
| — | MF | LUX | Vincent Thill (on loan to Orléans) |
| — | FW | HAI | Leverton Pierre (on loan to Dunkerque) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 % |
| Ligue 1 | 11 August 2019 | 7 March 2020 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 028.57 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2020 | 6 January 2020 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 30 October 2019 | 30 October 2019 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 026.67 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 13 | Nantes | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 37 | 1.32 |
| 14 | Brest | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 34 | 1.21 |
| 15 | Metz | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 34 | 1.21 |
| 16 | Dijon | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 30 | 1.07 |
| 17 | Saint-Étienne | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 30 | 1.07 |
* 1 2 Bordeaux finished ahead of Nantes on head-to-head points: Bordeaux 2–0 Nantes, Nantes 0–1 Bordeaux.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 10 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

The Ligue 1 schedule was announced on 14 June 2019. The Ligue 1 matches were suspended by the LFP on 13 March 2020 due to COVID-19 until further notices. On 28 April 2020, it was announced that Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 campaigns would not resume, after the country banned all sporting events until September. On 30 April, The LFP ended officially the 2019–20 season.