2004–05 FC Metz season

The 2004–05 season was the 73rd season in the existence of FC Metz 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 and the Coupe de la Ligue.[2] The season covered the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005.

Metz
2004–05 season
PresidentCarlo Molinari
Head coachJean Fernandez
StadiumStade Saint-Symphorien
Ligue 116th
Coupe de FranceRound of 32
Coupe de la LigueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hervé Tum (9)

All:
Hervé Tum (9)
Average home league attendance18,205[1]

Players edit

Squad at end of season[3][4][2]

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 Grégory Wimbée
2 DF   FRA Franck Béria
3 DF   FRA Franck Signorino
5 DF   ALG Mehdi Méniri
5 DF   FRA Stéphane Borbiconi
6 DF   FRA Bruno Pompiére
7 DF   SCG Ivan Gvozdenović (on loan from Club Brugge)
8 DF   FRA Samuel Allegro
9 FW   CMR Hervé Tum
11 MF   FRA Christophe Avezac
12 DF   FRA Grégory Proment
13 MF   FRA Ludovic Obraniak[notes 1]
14 FW   FRA Richard Socrier
15 DF   SEN Moktar Mangane
16 GK   TOG Kossi Agassa
17 FW   RUS Ruslan Pimenov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche (on loan from Paris Saint-Germain)
20 MF   FRA Julien Gorius
21 FW   SEN Babacar Gueye
22 MF   FRA Grégory Leca
23 MF   SEN Dino Djiba
24 MF   CIV Venn Touré
25 FW   SEN Momar N'Diaye
26 MF   NGA Sébastien Renouard
27 MF   FRA Mathieu Dinet
28 MF   FRA Benjamin Nicaise
29 DF   FRA Jean-Philippe Caillet
30 GK   FRA Guillaume Cherreau
32 DF   ALG Hemza Mihoubi
33 FW   FRA Roy Contout
35 GK   CMR Joslain Mayebi

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   FRA Franck Ribéry (to Galatasaray)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 July 2004 Friendly Metz   2–2   Standard Liège Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)
Stadium: Stade Josy-Barthel
Attendance: 2,408
Referee: M. Wilmes
31 July 2004 Friendly 1. FC Kaiserslautern   2–4   Metz Germany
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Mulheim-Karlich Stadium

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ligue 1 7 August 2004 28 May 2005 Matchday 1 16th 38 10 14 14 33 45 −12 026.32
Coupe de France 8 January 2005 12 February 2005 Round of 64 Round of 32 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Coupe de la Ligue 9 November 2004 Round of 32 Round of 32 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 41 11 14 16 36 49 −13 026.83

Source: Competitions

Ligue 1 edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Ajaccio 38 10 15 13 36 40 −4 45
15 Bordeaux 38 8 20 10 37 41 −4 44
16 Metz 38 10 14 14 33 45 −12 44
17 Nantes 38 10 13 15 33 38 −5 43
18 Caen (R) 38 10 12 16 36 60 −24 42 Relegation to Ligue 2
Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 10 14 14 33 45  −12 44 7 9 3 22 15  +7 3 5 11 11 30  −19

Source: Ligue 1

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWDWDLDLDDLWDLDDLWLWLLLWDDLDDLLWWDDLWL
Position424126697101387891014131413131313121312141415151615141314151416
Source: Ligue 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

7 August 2004 1 Metz 1–0 Nantes Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
14 August 2004 2 Ajaccio 1–2 Metz Ajaccio
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade François Coty
22 August 2004 3 Metz 1–1 Lyon Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
28 August 2004 4 Marseille 1–3 Metz Marseille
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
11 September 2004 5 Metz 0–0 Bordeaux Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
19 September 2004 6 Auxerre 4–0 Metz Auxerre
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
22 September 2004 7 Metz 1–1 Nice Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
25 September 2004 8 Lille 4–0 Metz Villeneuve d'Ascq
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadium Lille Métropole
3 October 2004 9 Metz 0–0 Sochaux Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
16 October 2004 10 Metz 1–1 Monaco Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
23 October 2004 11 Rennes 3–1 Metz Rennes
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Route de Lorient
30 October 2004 12 Metz 2–0 Bastia Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
6 November 2004 13 Toulouse 1–1 Metz Toulouse
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse
13 November 2004 14 Metz 1–2 Caen Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
20 November 2004 15 Istres 0–0 Metz Nîmes
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade des Costières
27 November 2004 16 Metz 2–2 Saint-Étienne Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
4 December 2004 17 Lens 2–0 Metz Lens
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Félix-Bollaert
11 December 2004 18 Metz 1–0 Strasbourg Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
18 December 2004 19 Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Metz Paris
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Parc des Princes
12 January 2005 20 Metz 1–0 Ajaccio Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
15 January 2005 21 Lyon 2–0 Metz Lyon
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de Gerland
22 January 2005 22 Metz 0–1 Marseille Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
26 January 2005 23 Bordeaux 1–0 Metz Bordeaux
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Chaban-Delmas
29 January 2005 24 Metz 3–0 Auxerre Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
5 February 2005 25 Nice 1–1 Metz Nice
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade du Ray
20 February 2005 26 Metz 1–1 Lille Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
5 March 2005 28 Monaco 0–0 Metz Monaco
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Louis II
12 March 2005 29 Metz 1–1 Rennes Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
16 March 2005 27 Sochaux 2–1 Metz Montbéliard
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal
19 March 2005 30 Bastia 1–0 Metz Furiani
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Armand Cesari
2 April 2005 31 Metz 0–1 Toulouse Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
9 April 2005 32 Caen 0–1 Metz Caen
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano
16 April 2005 33 Metz 2–1 Istres Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
23 April 2005 34 Saint-Étienne 0–0 Metz Saint-Étienne
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
7 May 2005 35 Metz 1–1 Lens Metz
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
14 May 2005 36 Strasbourg 3–1 Metz Strasbourg
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Meinau
28 May 2005 38 Nantes 1–0 Metz Nantes
CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stade de la Beaujoire

Coupe de France edit

8 January 2005 Round of 64 Rodez 1–2 Metz Rodez
19:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Paul Lignon
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Philippe Malige
12 February 2005 Round of 32 Metz 0–1 Sochaux Metz
20:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 7,202
Referee: Laurent Duhamel

Coupe de la Ligue edit

9 November 2004 Round of 32 Metz 1–2 Bastia Metz
21:00 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien
Attendance: 9,668
Referee: Damien Ledentu

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Ligue 1 Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total
1 9 FW   Hervé Tum 9 0 0 9
2 12 MF   Grégory Proment 4 1 0 5
3 21 FW   Babacar Gueye 3 0 1 4
5 DF   Stéphane Borbiconi 3 1 0 4
Totals 33 2 1 36

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Obraniak was born in Longeville-lès-Metz, France, but also qualified to represent Poland internationally and made his international debut for Poland in August 2009.

References edit

  1. ^ "Ligue 1 2004/2005 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Metz 2004/2005". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Saison 2004-2005". FCMetz.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Metz - 2004/05". FootballSquads.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2022.