# 2004–05 FC Metz season

The 2004–05 season was the 73rd season in the existence of FC Metz 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 and the Coupe de la Ligue. The season covered the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Grégory Wimbée |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Franck Béria |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Franck Signorino |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Méniri |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Stéphane Borbiconi |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Bruno Pompiére |
| 7 | DF | SCG | Ivan Gvozdenović (on loan from Club Brugge) |
| 8 | DF | FRA | Samuel Allegro |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Hervé Tum |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Christophe Avezac |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Grégory Proment |
| 13 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Obraniak |
| 14 | FW | FRA | Richard Socrier |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Moktar Mangane |
| 16 | GK | TOG | Kossi Agassa |
| 17 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Pimenov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | NGA | Bartholomew Ogbeche (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain) |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Julien Gorius |
| 21 | FW | SEN | Babacar Gueye |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Grégory Leca |
| 23 | MF | SEN | Dino Djiba |
| 24 | MF | CIV | Venn Touré |
| 25 | FW | SEN | Momar N'Diaye |
| 26 | MF | NGA | Sébastien Renouard |
| 27 | MF | FRA | Mathieu Dinet |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Nicaise |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Jean-Philippe Caillet |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Cherreau |
| 32 | DF | ALG | Hemza Mihoubi |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Roy Contout |
| 35 | GK | CMR | Joslain Mayebi |

### Left club during 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 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Franck Ribéry (to Galatasaray) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 7 August 2004 | 28 May 2005 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 026.32 |
| Coupe de France | 8 January 2005 | 12 February 2005 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 9 November 2004 | 9 November 2004 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 026.83 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Ajaccio | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 45 | |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 38 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 44 | |
| 16 | Metz | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 44 | |
| 17 | Nantes | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 43 | |
| 18 | Caen (R) | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 42 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | 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 |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 |

#### Matches
### Coupe de la Ligue
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Hervé Tum | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | MF | | Grégory Proment | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | | Babacar Gueye | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | DF | | Stéphane Borbiconi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 2 | 1 | 36 |