# 2023–24 FC Metz season

The 2023–24 season was Football Club de Metz's 92nd season in existence and first season back in Ligue 1. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 11 February 2024
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 | Guillaume Dietsch |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Maxime Colin |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Udol (captain) |
| 5 | DF | GNB | Fali Candé |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Kévin N'Doram |
| 7 | FW | SEN | Pape Amadou Diallo |
| 8 | DF | CIV | Ismaël Traoré (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | GEO | Georges Mikautadze (on loan from Ajax) |
| 11 | FW | CMR | Didier Lamkel Zé (on loan from Hatayspor) |
| 12 | MF | CGO | Warren Tchimbembé |
| 14 | MF | SEN | Cheikh Sabaly |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Ababacar Lô |
| 16 | GK | ALG | Alexandre Oukidja |
| 17 | FW | GHA | Benjamin Tetteh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | SEN | Lamine Camara |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Kevin Van Den Kerkhof |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Arthur Atta |
| 26 | FW | SEN | Malick Mbaye |
| 27 | MF | HAI | Danley Jean Jacques |
| 29 | DF | MTQ | Christophe Hérelle |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Marc-Aurèle Caillard |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Joseph N'Duquidi |
| 36 | MF | GAM | Ablie Jallow |
| 37 | FW | SEN | Ibou Sané |
| 38 | DF | SEN | Sadibou Sané |
| 39 | DF | CIV | Koffi Kouao |
| 99 | FW | SWE | Joel Asoro |

### 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 | SEN | Ousmane Ba (on loan to Cholet) |
| — | DF | MAR | Sofiane Alakouch (on loan to Paris FC) |
| — | MF | MAR | Othmane Chraibi (on loan to Châteauroux) |
| — | MF | FRA | Oussmane Kébé (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | MF | BEL | Sami Lahssaini (on loan to RAAL La Louvière) |
| — | MF | FRA | Lilian Raillot (on loan to Seraing) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CMR | Morgan Bokele (on loan to SAS Épinal) |
| — | FW | FRA | Simon Elisor (on loan to Troyes) |
| — | FW | ALB | Xhuliano Skuka (on loan to Partizani) |
| — | FW | FRA | Édouard Soumah-Abbad (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | FW | MTN | Pape Ndiaga Yade (on loan to Quevilly-Rouen) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Simon Elisor | RFC Seraing | €400,000 | 5 July 2023 |
| DF | Maxime Colin | Birmingham City | Free | 27 July 2023 |
| FW | Benjamin Tetteh | Hull City | 1,800,000 | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Joel Asoro | Djurgården | 1,200,000 | 24 August 2023 |
| DF | Kevin Van Den Kerkhof | Bastia | 2,500,000 | 31 August 2023 |
| DF | Christophe Hérelle | Brest | Undisclosed | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Óscar Estupiñán | Hull City | Loan | 1 September 2023 |
| FW | Xhuliano Skuka | Maribor | Loan return | 31 December 2023 |
| FW | Georges Mikautadze | Ajax | Loan | 4 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Boubacar Traoré | Wolverhampton Wanderers | €11,000,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Ibrahima Niane | Angers | €500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Xhuliano Skuka | Maribor | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Lamine Gueye | Paris FC | Undisclosed | 5 July 2023 |
| DF | Othmane Chraibi | Châteauroux | Loan | 19 July 2023 |
| FW | Lenny Joseph | Grenoble | Undisclosed | 20 July 2023 |
| GK | Ousmane Ba | Cholet | Loan | 21 July 2023 |
| MF | Pape Ndiaga Yade | Quevilly-Rouen | Loan | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Youssef Maziz | OH Leuven | €1,500,000 | 29 August 2023 |
| FW | Georges Mikautadze | Ajax | €16,000,000 | 30 August 2023 |
| MF | Habib Maïga | Ferencváros | | 4 January 2024 |
| FW | Xhuliano Skuka | Partizani | Loan | 6 January 2024 |
| FW | Simon Elisor | Troyes | Loan | 11 January 2024 |
| FW | Óscar Estupiñán | Hull City | Loan return | 1 February 2024 |

## 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 1 | 13 August 2023 | 19 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 023.53 |
| Ligue 1 relegation play-offs | 30 May 2024 | 2 June 2024 | First leg | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Coupe de France | 5 January 2024 | 5 January 2024 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 021.62 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Nantes | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 33 | |
| 15 | Le Havre | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 32 | |
| 16 | Metz (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 29 | Qualification for the Relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Lorient (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 18 | Clermont (R) | 34 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 25 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
* 1 2 Metz finished ahead of Lorient on head-to-head away goals scored: Lorient 2–3 Metz, Metz 1–2 Lorient.

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.