2024–25 FC Metz season

FC Metz
2024–25 season
Manager	Stéphane Le Mignan
Stadium	Stade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 2	3rd (promoted)
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Home colours	Away colours

The 2024–25 season is the 93rd season in the history of the FC Metz, and the club's first season back in Ligue 2. In addition to the domestic league, the team will participate in the Coupe de France.

Transfers

In

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Georges Mikautadze	Lyon	€18,500,000	18 July 2024	^[1]
DF	Christophe Hérelle	Bodrum	Undisclosed	23 July 2024	^[2]
MF	Lamine Camara	Monaco	€15,000,000	30 July 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

12 July 2024 Friendly	Metz	4–0	Jeunesse Esch
18:00	Sané 8' Bokele 73', 75' Moussa 86'

20 July 2024 Friendly	Metz	3–0	Villefranche
17:00	Pean 31' (o.g.) Sané 44' Fall 77'

24 July 2024 Friendly	Metz	5–1	Francs Borains
17:00

27 July 2024 Friendly	Wehen Wiesbaden	0–2	Metz
13:00

31 July 2024 Friendly

Metz

0–0

UNFP

3 August 2024 Friendly	Metz	0–3	Torino
17:00

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	16–18 August 2024^[3]	10 May 2025	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Coupe de France				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Lorient (C, P)	34	22	5	7	68	31	+37	71	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	Paris FC (P)	34	21	6	7	55	33	+22	69	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	Metz (O, P)	34	18	11	5	63	34	+29	65	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-final
4	Dunkerque	34	17	5	12	47	40	+7	56	Qualification for promotion play-offs quarter-final
5	Guingamp	34	17	4	13	57	45	+12	55	Qualification for promotion play-offs quarter-final

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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
21	10	8	3	31	15	+16	38	7	4	0	22	6	+16	3	4	3	9	9	0

Last updated: 31 January 2025.
Source: soccerway

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	D
Position	10	4	8	5	5	1	6	4	5	4	6	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 21 June 2024.

19 August 2024 1	Metz	1–1	Bastia	Metz
	Jallow 90+8'	Report	Boutrah 38'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Referee: Aurélien Petit

23 August 2024 2	Rodez	1–3	Metz	Rodez
20:00 CET	Haag 37' Jean 45+1' 45+4' Younoussa 59'	Report	Sabaly 1' 30' Colin 15' Ngouyamsa 44' (o.g.) Hein 74' Atta 82' Fali Candé 89'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 4,901 Referee: Rémi Landry

31 August 2024 3	Metz	1–1	Laval	Metz
14:30 CET	Sabaly 90+1' Traoré 90+4'	Report	Thomas 5' Kouassi 73'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,369 Referee: Florent Batta

14 September 2024 4	Paris FC	1–2	Metz	Paris
14:30 CET	Dicko 31' Tourraine 76'	Report	Sabaly 13' Udol 25' 71' Deminguet 30' Sané 38'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 10,283 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

21 September 2024 5	Metz	1–1	Lorient	Metz
14:30 CET	Sabaly 27' Kouao 53' Udol 90+3'	Report	Abergel 68' Mendy 78' Bamba 85'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,970 Referee: Marc Bollengier

24 September 2024 6	Metz	6–0	Martigues	Metz
20:30 CET	Sabaly 35' 45+3' 48' Udol 37' 70' 84' Sané 81'	Report	Moussiti-Oko 24' Oucasse Mendy 57'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 16,675 Referee: Olivier Thual

28 September 2024 7	Troyes	2–1	Metz	Troyes
20:00 CET	Ba 42' Cyriaque Irié 58' Saïd 65' Ripart 80' (pen.) Diop 82'	Report	Sané 33' Traoré 78' Udol 79'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 4,974 Referee: Antoine Valnet

5 October 2024 8	Metz	3–2	Amiens SC	Metz
20:00 CET	Hein 15' 43' 49' Sabaly 21' Kouao 29' Sané 90+3'	Report	Leautey 45+2' Corchia 56' Kaïboué 76' Lutin 85'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,279 Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj

18 October 2024 9	Grenoble Foot 38	2–0	Metz	Grenoble
20:00 CET	Ba 31' Olaitan 90+2'	Report	Colin 60' Sané 87'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 5,916 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

25 October 2024 10	Metz	1–0	Guingamp	Metz
20:00 CET	Diallo 71'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 19,290 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

29 October 2024 11	Red Star	1–0	Metz	Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
20:30 CET	Escartin 13' Oukidja 47' (o.g.) Doucouré 73'	Report	Jallow 23'	Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 4,643 Referee: Robin Chapapria

4 November 2024 12	Ajaccio	0–1	Metz	Ajaccio
20:45 CET	Ibayi 89'	Report	Hein 30'	Stadium: Stade Michel Moretti Attendance: 2,757 Referee: Ruddy Buquet

9 November 2024 13	Metz	1–0	Caen	Metz
20:00 CET	Morgan Bokele 18' Hein 26' Traoré 45+1' Van Den Kerkhof 60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,481 Referee: Antoine Valnet

22 November 2024 14	Clermont	1–1	Metz	Clermont-Ferrand
20:00 CET	Baaloudj 14' 56' Keïta 21'	Report	Sané 27' Stambouli 78'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel-Montpied Attendance: 4,674 Referee: Karim Abed

9 December 2024 15	Metz	2–0	Dunkerque	Metz
20:45 CET	Kouao 61' Hein 90' (pen.) Asoro 90+3'	Report	Raghouber 21' Georgen 70' Abner 88' Bammou 89'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,897 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

14 December 2024 16	Annecy	0–0	Metz	Annecy
20:00 CET	Quentin Paris 86'	Report		Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 8,319 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

4 January 2025 17	Metz	0–0	Pau	Metz
14:00 CET	Lô 39'	Report	Ruiz 13' Ahoussou 34'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 18,222 Referee: Rémi Landry

11 January 2025 18	Lorient	0–0	Metz	Lorient
20:00 CET	Laporte 70' Yongwa 74' Ponceau 87' Igor Silva 90+1'	Report	Van Den Kerkhof 88'	Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat Attendance: 13,529 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

18 January 2025 19	Metz	3–1	Paris FC	Metz
14:00 CET	Diallo 16' 71' Udol 30' Jallow 50' Idrissa Gueye 55' Hein 90+2'	Report	Krasso 28' De Smet 39' Tourraine 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 19,526 Referee: Mikael Lesage

24 January 2025 20	Metz	3–0	Grenoble Foot 38	Metz
20:00 CET	Diallo 42' Sabaly 56' Idrissa Gueye 62' Asoro 90+3'	Report	Kerouedan 17' Diarra 62'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 17,231 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

31 January 2025 21	Bastia	1–1	Metz	Furiani
20:00 CET	Maxime Blé 11' Loïc Etoga 39' 64' Vincent 43' Christ Ravynel Inao Oulaï 57' Meynadier 58' Placide 89'	Report	Idrissa Gueye 45+1' Hein 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 8,435 Referee: Florent Batta

8 February 2025 22	Metz	–	Clermont	Metz
20:00 CET				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

Coupe de France

16 November 2024 Round 7	FCSR Obernai	0-3	Metz	Obernai
13:45 CET	Salim Hambali 90+3'	Report	Sané 63' Elisor 72' Sané 90'	Stadium: Stade Municipal d'Obernai Attendance: 2,855 Referee: William Toulliou

29 November 2024 Round 8	Raon-l'Étape	0-1	Metz	Raon-l'Étape
19:30 CET	Gabin Delguel 16' Theo Florentin 45'	Report	Deminguet 34' 76'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Gasser Attendance: 1,479 Referee: Anthony Ustaritz

20 December 2024 Round of 64	Troyes	3-0	Metz	Troyes
20:45 CET	Ripart 27' 84' Cyriaque Kalou Bi Irié 70' Monfray 77'	Report	Sané 17'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 4,479 Referee: Clément Turpin

References

^ "French club Lyon signs Georgia forward Georges Mikautadze on a four-year deal". AP News. July 18, 2024.
^ "Christophe Herelle transféré à Bodrum". Football Club de Metz. July 23, 2024.
^ "2024/2025 French Football Calendar Released".

[1] "French club Lyon signs Georgia forward Georges Mikautadze on a four-year deal". AP News. July 18, 2024.

[2] "Christophe Herelle transféré à Bodrum". Football Club de Metz. July 23, 2024.

[3] "2024/2025 French Football Calendar Released".

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Women's domestic leagues	Première Ligue Seconde Ligue Division 3
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