FC Metz

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Metz

Full name

Football Club de Metz

Nickname(s)

Les Grenats

Founded

1932

Ground

Stade Municipal
Saint-Symphorien,
Metz
(Capacity 26,304)

Chairman

Carlo Molinari

Manager

Francis De Taddeo

League

Ligue 1

2006-07

Ligue 2, 1st (promoted)





Home colours





Away colours

Football Club de Metz is a French football team, playing in the town of Metz, in the Lorraine region, which has played in the French Ligue 1 for most of its history.

1 History
2 Honours
3 Current squad 2007/2008
4 Transfers 2007-2008
5 Famous players
6 Managerial History
7 References
8 External links

FC Metz was founded in 1932 by the amalgamation of two amateur athletic clubs, and shortly thereafter became a professional team; it is one of the oldest professional football teams in France. FC Metz ascended to the top level of French football in 1965; the team remained in the highest division until they were relegated in 2001, although they bounced back immediately and returned to the Ligue 1 the following year. In 2006 they were relegated again.

FC Metz plays its home matches at the stade Saint-Symphorien, which has a capacity of 26,700. Its official colors are grenat (maroon) and white, from which the team derives its nickname Les Grenats. The team's crest features the Lorraine cross, symbolic of the team's regional affiliation.

Ligue 1
- Runners-up (1): 1998
Ligue 2
- Winners (2): 1935, 2007
French Cup
- Winners (2): 1984, 1988
- Runners-up (1): 1938
French League Cup
- Winners (2): 1986, 1996
- Runners-up (1): 1999
UEFA Intertoto Cup
- Finalists (2): 1996, 1999

FC Metz has never won the French championship; its best result was a second-place finish in 1998, behind RC Lens. Metz won the Coupe de France twice, in 1984 and 1988; the first of these victories led to arguably the team's greatest moment, an upset of FC Barcelona in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in October 1984. FC Metz also won the Coupe de la Ligue twice, in 1986 and 1996, and has made a total of ten appearances in European tournaments.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Christophe Marichez (Captain)
2	MF	Flavien Belson
3	DF	Manuel Corrales
4	DF	Pascal Delhommeau
5	MF	Julien François
6	MF	Julien Cardy
7	MF	Milan Thomas
8	MF	Vincent Bessat
9	FW	Wilmer Aguirre
10	MF	Laurent Agouazi
11	FW	Babacar Gueye
12	DF	Matheus Vivian
13	DF	Stéphane Léoni
14	MF	Daniel Gygax
15	MF	Miralem Pjanić
17	DF	Sébastien Bassong
18	FW	Papiss Demba Cissé
19	FW	Abdoulaye Baldé
20	MF	Mamadou Diakité

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Papa Malick Diop
22	MF	Cédric Barbosa
23	MF	Dino Djiba
24	DF	Jeff Strasser
25	FW	Momar N'Diaye
26	MF	Sébastien Renouard
27	DF	Eric Cubillier
28	FW	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona (on loan from Créteil)
29	DF	Luís Delgado
30	GK	Oumar Sissoko
32	DF	Cheikh Matar Gueye
33	FW	Ou Kyoung-Jun
34	MF	Oumar Pouye
45	DF	Gaétan Bong
60	GK	Pierre Ebede
28?	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa
40?	GK	Joris Delle
-	GK	Joslain Leonel Mayebi

In:

No.	Position	Player
--	GK	Pierre Ebede (from Panathinaikos)
--	GK	Richard Trivino (from Créteil)
--	DF	Matheus Vivian (from Grenoble)
--	DF	Luis Delgado (from Petro Athletico)
--	DF	Jeff Strasser (from Strasbourg)
--	DF	Eric Cubillier (1 year from Nantes)
--	MF	Vincent Bessat (from Louhans Cuiseaux)
--	MF	Daniel Gygax (3 year loan from Lille)
--	MF	Cedric Barbosa (from Troyes)
--	MF	Ljubomir Fejsa (from FK Hajduk Rodić M&B Kula)
--	FW	Abdoulaye Balde (from Amiens)
--	FW	Victor Mendy (from Paris FC)
--	FW	Jean-Emmanuel Effa (loan from Créteil)