2014–15 FC Metz season

Metz
2014–15 season
Chairman	Bernard Serin
Manager	Albert Cartier
Stadium	Stade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 1	19th (Relegated)
Coupe de France	Round of 16 vs. Stade Brest
Coupe de la Ligue	Round of 16 vs. Nantes
Top goalscorer	Modibo Maïga (9)
Highest home attendance	25,012 vs Paris Saint-Germain (21 November 2014)
Lowest home attendance	6,078 vs Stade Brest (12 February 2015)
Average home league attendance	18,562 [1]
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 FC Metz season is the 82nd professional season of the club since its creation in 1932. After finishing 1st in Ligue 2 during the 2013–14 season, it is their first return to Ligue 1 since their relegation after the 2007-08 season.

Players

First team squad

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FRA	Johann Carrasso
3	DF	FRA	Jonathan Rivierez
4	DF	FRA	Sylvain Marchal
5	DF	ARG	Guido Milán
6	MF	TUN	Ferjani Sassi
7	MF	FRA	Romain Rocchi
8	MF	CIV	Cheick Doukouré
9	FW	VEN	Juan Manuel Falcón
10	MF	GUI	Bouna Sarr
11	FW	ARG	Federico Andrada (on loan from River Plate)
12	FW	GHA	Kwame Nsor
13	MF	FRA	Florent Malouda
14	MF	BFA	Fadil Sido
15	DF	FRA	Romain Métanire
16	GK	GAB	Anthony Mfa Mezui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	TUN	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
18	DF	FRA	Jérémy Choplin
19	FW	FRA	Thibaut Vion
20	FW	MLI	Modibo Maïga (on loan from West Ham)
21	MF	ALG	Ahmed Kashi
22	MF	FRA	Kevin Lejeune
23	MF	FRA	Yeni Ngbakoto
24	DF	FRA	Gaëtan Bussmann
25	MF	SEN	Guirane N'Daw
26	DF	LUX	Chris Philipps
27	DF	ARG	José Luis Palomino
28	MF	LVA	Jānis Ikaunieks
29	MF	BLR	Sergey Krivets
30	GK	FRA	David Oberhauser

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	FRA	Thomas Didillon (on loan to Seraing United)
—	DF	FRA	Médéric Deher (on loan to Luçon)
—	DF	SEN	Abdallah Ndour (on loan to Strasbourg)
—	DF	CIV	Ali Bamba (on loan to Seraing United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Samy Kehli (on loan to Seraing United)
—	MF	NGA	Popoola Saliu (on loan to Seraing United)
—	MF	SEN	Mayoro N'Doye-Baye (on loan to Strasbourg)
—	FW	SEN	Moussa Gueye (on loan to Seraing United)

Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Lorient	38	12	7	19	44	50	−6	43
17	Toulouse	38	12	6	20	43	64	−21	42
18	Evian (R)	38	11	4	23	41	62	−21	37	Relegation to Ligue 2
19	Metz (R)	38	7	9	22	31	61	−30	30
20	Lens^[a] (D, R)	38	7	8	23	32	61	−29	29

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ It was announced on 29 January 2015 that Lens' promotion from Ligue 2 at the end of the 2013–14 season has been ruled invalid, and will thus be automatically relegated to Ligue 2 for the 2015–16 season, regardless of where the team place this season. It has been confirmed by the French Football Federation that the decision of the Administrative Court of Besançon will be appealed.^[1]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	7	9	22	31	61	−30	30	6	4	9	26	32	−6	1	5	13	5	29	−24

Last updated: 11 June 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L
Position	13	14	18	14	17	9	6	5	9	7	10	8	9	13	13	13	14	16	17	17	17	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19

Source: footballdatabase.eu
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes: Match 32 versus Paris Saint-Germain was postponed until 28 April 2015 and therefore should appear between matches 34 & 35.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 August 2014 1	Lille	0–0	Metz	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	N'Daw 37'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 34,327 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

16 August 2014 2	Metz	1–1	Nantes	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ngbakoto 12' (pen.) Sarr 14' Rocchi 32'	Report	Veretout 2' Gakpé 77'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,335 Referee: Alexandre Castro

23 August 2014 3	Montpellier	2–0	Metz	Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tiéné 44' Camara 89'	Report	Milán 54' Ngbakoto 59'	Stadium: Stade de la Mosson Attendance: 12,337 Referee: Antony Gautier

31 August 2014 4	Metz	2–1	Lyon	Metz
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N'Daw 46' Ngbakoto 82' Falcón 86'	Report	Lacazette 68'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,173 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

13 September 2014 5	Nice	1–0	Metz	Nice
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hult 83' Bosetti 90+4'	Report	Lejeune 17' Maïga 70'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 18,019 Referee: Tony Chapron

20 September 2014 6	Metz	3–1	Bastia	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Métanire 7' Krivets 14' Milán 64' Falcón 74'	Report	Ayité 42' Modesto 81'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,605 Referee: Sébastien Desiage

24 September 2014 7	Guingamp	0–1	Metz	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diallo 90+2'	Report	Bussmann 24' N'Daw 37' Ngbakoto 61' 89' Métanire 86'	Stadium: Stade du Roudourou Attendance: 12,712 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

27 September 2014 8	Metz	3–0	Reims	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Falcón 50', 90+2' Kashi 70'	Report	Mavinga 57' 65' Conte 75' Albæk 87'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,273 Referee: Olivier Thual

4 October 2014 9	Evian	3–0	Metz	Annecy
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Camus 41' Doukouré 62' (o.g.) Wass 75' (pen.) Bruno 81' N'Sikulu 85'	Report	Kashi 5' Métanire 22' Doukouré 61' Mfa Mezui 74' Sarr 88'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 10,942 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

18 October 2014 10	Metz	0–0	Rennes	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Milán 12' Sarr 66'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,074 Referee: Mikael Lesage

26 October 2014 11	Saint-Étienne	1–0	Metz	Saint-Étienne
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cohade 49' Gradel 74'	Report	Bussmann 17' N'Daw 43'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 33,991 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

1 November 2014 12	Metz	3–2	Caen	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maïga 10', 50' Choplin 57' Lejeune 64' Malouda 90' (pen.)	Report	Calvé 65' Koita 83' Yahia 88'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,864 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

8 November 2014 13	Toulouse	3–0	Metz	Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sirieix 3', 54' Ben Yedder 61' Pešić 71'	Report	Vion 15'	Stadium: Stadium Municipal Attendance: 16,412 Referee: Frank Schneider

21 November 2014 14	Metz	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Choplin 29' Maïga 49' (pen.), 53' (pen.), 60' Milán 72' N'Daw 75'	Report	Pastore 9' Bussmann 16' (o.g.) Lavezzi 84', 87'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 25,012 Referee: Fredy Fautrel

29 November 2014 15	Lens	2–0	Metz	Amiens
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kantari 41' El Jadeyaoui 65' Bourigeaud 79'	Report	Kashi 40' Malouda 44' Maïga 59'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 8,922 Referee: Philippe Kalt

3 December 2014 16	Metz	0–0	Bordeaux	Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lejeune 21' Métanire 33' Falcón 36'	Report	Carrasso 87' Khazri 89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,866 Referee: Sébastien Moreira

7 December 2014 17	Marseille	3–1	Metz	Marseille
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gignac 43' Ayew 59' Payet 90+2'	Report	Malouda 46' N'Daw 87'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Attendance: 45,537 Referee: Wilfried Bien

13 December 2014 18	Lorient	3–1	Metz	Lorient
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ayew 13' Guerreiro 37' Jeannot 45' Koné 58'	Report	Malouda 42' Ngbakoto 46'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir Attendance: 11,507 Referee: Mikael Lesage

20 December 2014 19	Metz	0–1	Monaco	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Doukouré 12' Marchal 15' Malouda 89'	Report	Moutinho 61' Carrasco 79'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,354 Referee: Lionel Jaffredo

11 January 2015 20	Nantes	0–0	Metz	Nantes
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bammou 90'	Report	Carrasso 72' N'Daw 88' Milán 90'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 28,090 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

17 January 2015 21	Metz	2–3	Montpellier	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ngbakoto 20' (pen.) Bussmann 38'	Report	Barrios 17' (pen.) Dabo 17'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,786 Referee: Alexandre Castro

25 January 2015 22	Lyon	2–0	Metz	Lyon
14:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lacazette 31' (pen.) Umtiti 45' Dabo 53' Tolisso 83'	Report	Milán 29' Sarr 49' Rivierez 51'	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 36,580 Referee: Olivier Thual

31 January 2015 23	Metz	0–0	Nice	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sarr 12' N'Daw 28'	Report	Puel 19' Maupay 73'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,115 Referee: Mikael Lesage

7 February 2015 24	Bastia	2–0	Metz	Bastia
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Modesto 45' Kamano 65' Boudebouz 79' (pen.)	Report	N'Daw 3' Milán 38' 50' Palomino 45' Marchal 79'	Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari Attendance: 11,399 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy

15 February 2015 25	Metz	0–2	Guingamp	Metz
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	N'Daw 58' Métanire 81' Maïga 89'	Report	Mandanne 26' Pied 39' Yatabaré 74'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,252 Referee: Benoît Millot

22 February 2015 26	Reims	0–0	Metz	Reims
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Conte 49'	Report	Philipps 53' Palomino 61'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Delaune Attendance: 12,575 Referee: Wilfried Bien

28 February 2015 27	Metz	1–2	Evian	Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Philipps 22' Palomino 30' Rivierez 38' Sarr 45'	Report	Carrasso 29' (o.g.) Duhamel 45+2' Sunu 73'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,286 Referee: Philippe Kalt

7 March 2015 28	Rennes	1–0	Metz	Rennes
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ntep 19', 81'	Report	Palomino 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient Attendance: 17,174 Referee: Antony Gautier

14 March 2015 29	Metz	2–3	Saint-Étienne	Metz
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Métanire 52' Lejeune 56' Ngbakoto 90+1' Marchal 90+2'	Report	Gradel 38' Erdinç 42' Mollo 80'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,721 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

21 March 2015 30	Caen	0–0	Metz	Caen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 15,810 Referee: Alexandre Castro

4 April 2015 31	Metz	3–2	Toulouse	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sarr 2' Maïga 25', 42' (54) José Luis Palomino 90+2'	Summary	Pešić 6' Tisserand 10' 60' Ben Yedder 22' Regattin 71' Bodiger 80' Doumbia 90'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 20,072 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

18 April 2015 33	Metz	3–1	Lens	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Malouda 13' Bussmann 25' Sarr 57' (pen.) Maïga 79'	Report	Gbamin 44' Cyprien 77' Madiani 89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,875 Referee: Frank Schneider

25 April 2015 34	Bordeaux	1–1	Metz	Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Khazri 70', 83'	Report	Sassi 24', 34' Lejeune 28' Malouda 81'	Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 22,708 Referee: Sebastien Desiage

28 April 2015 32	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Metz	Paris
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verratti 25', 65' Cavani 42' Van der Wiel 77'	Report	Sassi 40' Maïga 53'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 45,001 Referee: Mikael Lesage

1 May 2015 35	Metz	0–2	Marseille	Metz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Malouda 40'	Report	Gignac 38', 62', 56' Lemina 52' Ayew 57'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 23,190 Referee: Benoît Millot

9 May 2015 36	Metz	0–4	Lorient	Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maïga 60' Ngbakoto 90+3'	Report	Mostefa 12' Philippoteaux 34' Koné 55' Ayew 84' Lecomte 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,986 Referee: Wilfried Bien

16 May 2015 37	Monaco	2–0	Metz	Monaco
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silva 45' Germain 88'	Report	N'Daw 32' Lejeune 52' Ikaunieks 60'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 8,627 Referee: Amaury Delerue

23 May 2015 38	Metz	1–4	Lille	Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Palomino 83'	Report	Balmont 40' Gueye 41' Roux 44', 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 15,939 Referee: Bartolomeu Varela

Coupe de France

4 January 2015 Round of 64	SAS Épinal	1–2	Metz	Valenciennes
13:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Touati 11' Colin 63' Gazagnes 72'	Report 1, 2	Milán 15' N'Daw 53'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Frank Schneider

20 January 2015 Round of 32	US Avranches	0–3 (a.e.t.)	Metz	Avranches
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Derrien 113'	Report 1, 2	Falcón 15' Malouda 34' N'Daw 94' Sarr 96' Cabon 115' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade René Fenouillère Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Antony Gautier

12 February 2015 Round of 16	Metz	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Stade Brest	Metz
19:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sassi 36' Krivets 88' Sido 119'	Report 1, 2	Moimbé 18' Tritz 40'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 6,078 Referee: Amaury Delerue
	Penalties
	Falcón Kashi Lejeune Marchal Choplin		Pelé Courtet Ramaré Khaled Moimbé

Coupe de la Ligue

29 October 2014 Round of 32	Nice	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Metz	Nice
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maupay 20' Palun 32' Bosetti 37' Cvitanich 88' (pen.)	Report	Palomino 5' Ngbakoto 13' Vion 17' Kashi 42' Marchal 45+1' Doukouré 82' Rocchi 113'	Stadium: Allianz Riviera Attendance: 9,560 Referee: Ruddy Buquet
	Penalties
	Bodmer Cvitanich Pléa Eysseric Bosetti		Malouda Doukouré Marchal Palomino

16 December 2014 Round of 16	Nantes	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Metz	Nantes
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vizcarrondo 71' Gakpé 83' (pen.) Riou 84' Audel 92' Deaux 94' Gomis 101' Bangoura 118'	Report	Falcón 60' Doukouré 62' Sarr 69' Bussmann 82' Vion 84' Choplin 101'	Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire Attendance: 12,601 Referee: Amaury Delerue

References

^ "RC Lens: la justice annule l'autorisation de montée en Ligue 1". L'Express (in French). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

[table_note_RCL0.61209196718973-2] It was announced on 29 January 2015 that Lens' promotion from Ligue 2 at the end of the 2013–14 season has been ruled invalid, and will thus be automatically relegated to Ligue 2 for the 2015–16 season, regardless of where the team place this season. It has been confirmed by the French Football Federation that the decision of the Administrative Court of Besançon will be appealed.^[1]

[1] "RC Lens: la justice annule l'autorisation de montée en Ligue 1". L'Express (in French). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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