2016–17 FC Metz season

The 2016–17 FC Metz season was the 83rd professional season of the club since its creation in 1932.

Metz
2016–17 season
ChairmanBernard Serin
ManagerPhilippe Hinschberger
StadiumStade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 114th
Coupe de FranceRound of 64
Coupe de la LigueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Cheick Diabaté (8)
All:
Cheick Diabaté (8)
Highest home attendance21,009 vs Marseille (4 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance5,876 vs Toulouse (14 December 2016)
Average home league attendance16,714

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  FRA Thomas Didillon
3 DF  FRA Jonathan Rivierez
4 DF  SRB Milan Biševac
5 DF  ARG Guido Milán
6 DF  FRA Simon Falette
7 FW  FRA Gauthier Hein
8 MF  FRA Yann Jouffre
9 FW  TUR Mevlüt Erdinç (on loan from Hannover 96)
10 MF  CIV Cheick Doukouré
11 FW  FRA Opa Nguette
12 DF  FRA Matthieu Udol
13 DF  FRA Franck Signorino
14 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck
16 GK  JPN Eiji Kawashima
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW  SEN Habib Diallo
18 FW  FRA Thibaut Vion
19 MF  FRA Florent Mollet
20 MF  FRA Alexis Larriere
21 DF  SRB Vahid Selimovic
22 MF  FRA Kévin Lejeune
23 DF  LUX Chris Philipps
24 MF  FRA Renaud Cohade
25 DF  ESP Iván Balliu
26 MF  SEN Ismaïla Sarr
27 MF  LVA Jānis Ikaunieks
29 FW  LUX Vincent Thill
30 GK  FRA David Oberhauser
32 DF  CMR Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Transfers

Statistics

Top scorers
Rank Nation Number Name Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Goals scored
19Mevlüt Erdinç5005
28Yann Jouffre1001
5Guido Milán100
6Simon Falette100
TOTAL8008

Competitions

Ligue 1
Main article: 2016–17 Ligue 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Angers 38 13 7 18 40 49 −9 46
13 Toulouse 38 10 14 14 37 41 −4 44
14 Metz 38 11 10 17 39 72 −33 43
15 Montpellier 38 10 9 19 48 66 −18 39
16 Dijon 38 8 13 17 46 58 −12 37
Source: Ligue 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fairplay ranking.[13]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 11 10 17 39 72  −33 43 7 7 5 27 34  −7 4 3 12 12 38  −26

Last updated: 20 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by match
Match1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultWLWWDLWLLLLDWDLLLLDDWLWWLDLDDWLLDLWWDL
Position415734968111213141211121315181819161816111314151516131415151515131414
Source: footballdatabase.eu
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
13 August 2016 1 Metz 3–2 Lille Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Erdinç 56', 76' (pen.)
Jouffre 88' (pen.)		 Rony Lopes 35', 70' Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 17,174
Referee: Mikaël Lesage
21 August 2016 2 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Metz Paris
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Lucas Moura 52'
Kurzawa 67'
Verratti 90+4'		 Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 46,011
Referee: François Letexier
27 August 2016 3 Metz 2–0 Angers Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Falette 42'
Milán 89'		 Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 14,805
Referee: Karim Abed
11 September 2016 4 Nantes 0–3 Metz Nantes
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Erdinç 18', 45+3', 78' (pen.) Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire
Attendance: 19,438
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
17 September 2016 5 Dijon 0–0 Metz Dijon
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stade Gaston Gérard
Attendance: 8,336
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
21 September 2016 6 Metz 0–3 Bordeaux Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Malcom 36'
Laborde 71'
Kiese Thelin 76' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 15,711
Referee: Mikaël Lesage
24 September 2016 7 Montpellier 0–1 Metz Montpellier
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Erdinç 45+2' (pen.) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson
Referee: Tony Chapron
1 October 2016 8 Metz 0–7 Monaco Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Lemar 8'
Germain 23'
Silva 40'
Fabinho 68' (pen.)
Carrillo 72', 83'
Boschilia 89'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 19,163
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
16 October 2016 9 Marseille 1–0 Metz Marseille
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Gomis 13' Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 25,588
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
23 October 2016 10 Metz 2–4 Nice Metz
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Mandjeck 25'
Diallo 69'		 Report Pléa 12', 36' (pen.), 84'
Cyprien 90+1'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 17,993
Referee: François Letexier
30 October 2016 11 Rennes 1–0 Metz Rennes
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Saïd 56' Report Stadium: Roazhon Park
Attendance: 20,874
Referee: Saïd Ennjimi
5 November 2016 12 Metz 0–0 Saint-Étienne Metz
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Tannane  35'  36'  Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 16,204
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
19 November 2016 13 Toulouse 1–2 Metz Toulouse
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Édouard 90+5' Jouffre 35' (pen.)
Mandjeck 48'		 Stadium: Stadium Municipal
Attendance: 17,746
Referee: Sébastien Desiage
26 November 2016 14 Metz 3–3 Lorient Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Falette 11'
Vion 75', 78'		 Waris 16'
Moukandjo 54', 61' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 12,657
Referee: Mikael Lesage
30 November 2016 15 Nancy 4–0 Metz Tomblaine
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Pedretti 38'
Cuffaut 78'
Dia 80'
Aït Bennasser 90+3'		 Assou-Ekotto  19'  83'  Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot
Attendance: 19,085
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
3 December 2016 16 Metz Abandoned Lyon Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Match suspended Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Referee: Lionel Jaffredo
10 December 2016 17 Bastia 2–0 Metz Furiani
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Danic 23'
Saint-Maximin 75'		 Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
Attendance: 9,882
Referee: Olivier Thual
18 December 2016 18 Caen 3–0 Metz Caen
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Karamoh 20'
Santini 61'
Sané 90+3'		 Biševac  57' Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
Attendance: 16,849
Referee: François Letexier
21 December 2016 19 Metz 2–2 Guingamp Metz
20:50 CET (UTC+1) Nguette 12'
Cohade  45'
Vion  83'
Hein 90+2'		 Summary Briand 49' 74'
Salibur  66'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 14,091
Referee: Sebastien Desiage
15 January 2017 20 Nice 0–0 Metz Nice
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Sarr  39'
Koziello  75'		 Summary Diagne  73' Stadium: Allianz Riviera
Attendance: 21,502
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
21 January 2017 21 Metz 2–0 Montpellier Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Diabaté 14', 19' Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 11,553
Referee: Hakim Ben El Hadj
28 January 2017 22 Angers 2–1 Metz Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Tait 25'
Pépé 35'		 Report Traoré 33' (o.g.) Stadium: Stade Jean-Bouin
Attendance: 10,540
Referee: Karim Abed
4 February 2017 23 Metz 1–0 Marseille Metz
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Jouffre 83' Report Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 21,009
Referee: Mikael Lesage
8 February 2017 24 Metz 2–1 Dijon Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Sarr 46'
Diabaté 66' (pen)		 Report Varrault 78' Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 11,971
Referee: Sébastien Desiage
11 February 2017 25 Monaco 5–0 Metz Monaco
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Mbappé 7', 20', 49'
Falcao 10', 55'		 Report Stadium: Stade Louis II
Attendance: 6,069
Referee: Olivier Thual
18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 26 Metz 1–1 Nantes Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Diabaté 90+1' (pen) Report Rongier 68' Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 13,022
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
25 February 2017 27 Lyon 5–0 Metz Décines-Charpieu
17:00 CET (UTC+1) Depay 43', 53'
Balliu 74' (o.g.)
Lacazette 78'
Valbuena 90+2'		 Report Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais
Attendance: 32,488
Referee: François Letexier
4 March 2017 28 Metz 1–1 Rennes Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Diabaté  18', 45+1'
Falette  62'
Balliu  76'		 Report Gnagnon  11'
Gourcuff  34'
Sio  56'
Saïd 90'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 16,151
Referee: Benoît Millot
12 March 2017 29 Saint-Étienne 2–2 Metz Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Berić 53'
Perrin 90+5'		 Report Sarr 1'
Falette 67'
Doukouré  69'		 Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
Attendance: 24,184
Referee: Jérôme Miguelgorry
17 March 2017 30 Metz 1–0 Bastia Metz
19:00 CET (UTC+1) Cioni 46' (o.g.)
Balliu  50'
Nguette  69'		 Report Cioni  38'
Ngando  78'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 17,006
Referee: Johan Hamel
5 April 2017 16 replay Metz 0–3 Lyon Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Mollet  4'
Philipps  36'
Mandjeck  76'		 Report Diakhaby  56'
Lacazette 59'
Ferri 87'
Tolisso 90+1'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ruddy Buquet
8 April 2017 31 Bordeaux 3–0 Metz Bordeaux
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Sankharé  7'
Toulalan  11'
Malcom 14'
Vada 50' (pen.), 52'		 Report Cohade  31'
Mollet  90'
Assou-Ekotto  90+3'		 Stadium: Matmut Atlantique
Attendance: 19,835
Referee: Sébastien Desiage
15 April 2017 32 Metz 2–2 Caen Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Sarr 65'
Diabaté 83'
Biševac  90+4'		 Summary Adéoti  56'
Santini 74'
Rodelin 88'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 16,038
Referee: Bartolomeu Varela
18 April 2017 (2017-04-18) 33 Metz 2–3 Paris Saint-Germain Metz
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Diagne  42'
Jouffre 78'
Diabaté 88'		 Report Cavani 33'
Matuidi 36', 90+3'
Kimpembe  90+1'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 20,693
Referee: Johan Hamel
22 April 2017 34 Lorient 5–1 Metz Lorient
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ciani 13',  31'
Waris 49'
Cabot 60', 66'
Moukandjo 78'		 Summary Diabaté 32' (pen.)
Cohade  77'		 Stadium: Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat
Attendance: 14,114
Referee: Antony Gautier
29 April 2017 35 Metz 2–1 Nancy Metz
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Sarr 28'
Nguette 53'
Falette  55'
Doukouré  70'		 Report Diarra  25'
Maouassa 41'
Badila  45+2'
Cétout  64'		 Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 20,009
Referee: François Letexier
6 May 2017 36 Lille 0–2 Metz Villeneuve d'Ascq
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) Corchia  53' Report Mandjeck 37'
Cohade 56'		 Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Attendance: 28,331
Referee: Olivier Thual
14 May 2017 37 Metz 1–1 Toulouse Metz
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Sarr 66' Report Braithwaite 9' Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 16,282
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy
20 May 2017 38 Guingamp 1–0 Metz Guingamp
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Diallo 29' Report Philipps
Falette 		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou
Attendance: 16,200
Referee: Ruddy Buquet

Coupe de France
Main article: 2016–17 Coupe de France
8 January 2017 Round of 64 Lens 2–0 Metz Lens
14:15 CET (UTC+1) Bourigeaud 63'
Koukou  83'
López 90'		 Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Attendance: 15,964
Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Coupe de la Ligue
Main article: 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue
26 October 2016 Round of 32 Paris FC 1–1
(6–7 p)		 Metz Paris
21:05 CEST (UTC+2) Missi Mezu 27' Nguette 65' Stadium: Stade Charléty
Attendance: 3,321
Referee: Karim Abed
Penalties
Ech-Chergui
Marie
Gbessi
Pierazzi
Bakayoko
Bong
Missi Mezu
Nanizayamo 		Cohade
Milán
Falette
Nguette
Erdinç
Diallo
Doukouré
Balliu
14 December 2016 Round of 16 Metz 1–1
(11–10 p)		 Toulouse Metz
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Mollet 11' Report Braithwaite 28' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 5,876
Referee: Benoît Millot
Penalties
Milán
Phillips
Falette
Balliu
Cohade
Nguette
Mandjeck
Diallo
Signorino
Sarr
Oberhauser 		Toivonen
Sirieix
Sylla
Bodiger
Braithwaite
Somalia
Jullien
Michelin
Yago
Ninkov
Goicoechea
11 January 2017 Quarter-finals Paris Saint-Germain 2–0 Metz Paris
21:05 CET (UTC+1) Thiago Silva 27', 72' Report Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 43,857
Referee: Amaury Delerue

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