# 2022–23 FC Metz season

The 2022–23 season was the 91st in the history of FC Metz and their first season back in the second division since 2019. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 March 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Udol |
| 5 | DF | GNB | Fali Candé |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Kévin N'Doram |
| 8 | DF | CIV | Ismaël Traoré |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Pape Amadou Diallo |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Georges Mikautadze |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Youssef Maziz |
| 11 | FW | ALB | Xhuliano Skuka |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Cheikh Sabaly |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ababacar Lô |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Alexandre Oukidja |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Lilian Raillot |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Lamine Camara |
| 19 | MF | CIV | Habib Maïga |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Lamine Gueye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Oussmane Kébé |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Sofiane Alakouch |
| 24 | FW | FRA | Lenny Joseph |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Arthur Atta |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Malick Mbaye |
| 27 | MF | HAI | Danley Jean Jacques |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Edouard Soumah-Abbad |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Marc-Aurèle Caillard |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Joseph N'Duquidi |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Maïdine Douane |
| 36 | MF | GAM | Ablie Jallow |
| 39 | DF | CIV | Koffi Kouao |
| 40 | GK | SEN | Ousmane Ba |
| — | GK | FRA | Alexis Mirbach |

### 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 | Guillaume Dietsch (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | MF | BEL | Sami Lahssaini (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | MF | CGO | Warren Tchimbembé (on loan to Guingamp) |
| — | MF | MLI | Boubacar Traoré (on loan to Wolverhampton) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CPV | Vagner Gonçalves (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | FW | SEN | Ibrahima Niane (on loan to Angers) |
| — | FW | MTN | Pape Ndiaga Yade (on loan to Troyes) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 2 | 30 July 2022 | 2 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 052.63 |
| Coupe de France | 30 October 2022 | 7 January 2023 | Seventh round | Round of 64 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 053.66 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Le Havre (C, P) | 38 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 46 | 19 | +27 | 75 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Metz (P) | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 72 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 69 | |
| 4 | Bastia | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 60 | |
| 5 | Caen | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 59 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 2

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.