# 2020–21 FC Metz season

The 2020–21 season was FC Metz's 89th season in existence 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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 10 February 2021.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Dylan Bronn |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Udol |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Kévin N'Doram |
| 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 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Farid Boulaya |
| 11 | MF | SEN | Opa Nguette |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Warren Tchimbembé |
| 13 | FW | SEN | Lamine Gueye |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot |
| 15 | MF | SEN | Pape Matar Sarr |
| 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 | DF | GHA | Ernest Boahene |
| 21 | DF | GHA | John Boye (captain) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Youssef Maziz |
| 23 | DF | MLI | Boubakar Kouyaté |
| 24 | FW | BEL | Aaron Leya Iseka (on loan from Toulouse) |
| 26 | FW | MTN | Pape Ndiaga Yade |
| 27 | FW | CPV | Vagner Gonçalves |
| 28 | DF | FRA | Manuel Cabit |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Lenny Lacroix |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Marc-Aurèle Caillard |

### 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) |
| — | DF | FRA | Rayan Djedje (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | DF | FRA | Yann Godart (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | DF | SEN | Ababacar Lô (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | MF | BEL | Sami Lahssaini (on loan to Seraing) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SEN | Cheikh Sabaly (on loan to Pau FC) |
| — | MF | GAM | Ablie Jallow (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | FW | FRA | Georges Mikautadze (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | FW | SEN | Amadou Dia N'Diaye (on loan to Seraing) |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | FRA | Kévin N'Doram (from Monaco, previously on loan) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Thierry Ambrose (from Manchester City, previously on loan) |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Warren Tchimbembé (from Troyes) |
| 13 | FW | SEN | Lamine Gueye (from Génération Foot, previously on loan at Pau) |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Vincent Pajot (from Angers, previously on loan) |
| 23 | DF | MLI | Boubakar Kouyaté (from Troyes) |
| 24 | FW | BEL | Aaron Leya Iseka (on loan from Toulouse) |
| 27 | FW | CPV | Vagner (from Saint-Étienne, previously on loan at Nancy) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Marc-Aurèle Caillard (from Guingamp) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Marvin Gakpa (to Paris) |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Habib Diallo (to Strasbourg) |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Sami Lahssaini (on loan to Seraing) |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Renaud Cohade (free agent) |
| 25 | MF | MLI | Adama Traoré (loan return to Monaco) |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Guillaume Dietsch (on loan to Seraing) |
| — | FW | SEN | Cheikh Sabaly (loan extension to Pau) |
| — | MF | GAM | Ablie Jallow (on loan to Seraing, previously on loan at Ajaccio) |
| — | MF | FRA | Raouf Mroivili (free agent, previously on loan at Seraing) |
| — | DF | LUX | Laurent Jans (to Standard Liège, previously on loan at Paderborn) |
| — | MF | LUX | Vincent Thill (to Nacional, previously on loan at Orléans) |
| — | MF | HAI | Leverton Pierre (to Dunkerque, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | FRA | Gauthier Hein (to Auxerre, previously on loan at Valenciennes) |
| — | MF | ARG | Gerónimo Poblete (to La Serena, previously on loan at San Lorenzo) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 30 August 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 031.58 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 6 April 2021 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 034.15 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Montpellier | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 54 |
| 9 | Nice | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 |
| 10 | Metz | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 47 |
| 11 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 46 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 45 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of 18 October 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Ibrahima Niane | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Opa Nguette | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |