# 2002–03 FC Metz season

The 2002–03 season was the 71st season in the existence of FC Metz and the club's first season back in the second division 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 2002 to 30 June 2003.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee |
| 25 | DF | Oguchi Onyewu | Clemson Tigers | Free |
| | FW | Mamadou Niang | Troyes | Loan |
| 23 | FW | Eric Hassli | Southampton | Loan return |
| | FW | Tressor Moreno | América de Cali | Loan return |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
| | MF | Julien François | Grenoble | Free | | |
| 21 | FW | Serhiy Skachenko | Aarau | Free | | |

## 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 | 3 August 2002 | 23 May 2003 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 050.00 |
| Coupe de France | 23 November 2003 | 15 February 2003 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 060.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 7 December 2002 | 15 April 2003 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 053.19 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Toulouse (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 72 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 2 | Le Mans (P) | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 68 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 3 | Metz (P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 67 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
| 4 | Lorient | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 65 | |
| 5 | Châteauroux | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 60 | |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | 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 | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

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

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 2 | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Total |
| 1 | 29 | FW | | Emmanuel Adebayor | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 12 | MF | | Grégory Proment | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 4 | DF | | Stéphane Borbiconi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | | Jonathan Jäger | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | | FW | | Mamadou Niang | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 17 | MF | | Alexandre Frutos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Christophe Bastien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 24 | DF | | Almamy Schuman Bah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | FW | | Cyrille Pouget | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | FW | | Patricio D'Amico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 23 | FW | | Eric Hassli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | DF | | Sylvain Marchal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | MF | | Christophe Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 2 | 6 | 60 |