Metz

France · Ligue 1 2016/17 – 2025/26 · Ligue 2 now · Manager: Grégory Proment (#902 in the world) since Oct 2026

#193 World rank · club rating

1,780 Club rating

4th in Ligue 2

Metz played 8 Ligue 1 seasons (2016/17 – 2025/26) and are in Ligue 2 now. Frédéric Antonetti (Jul 2018 – May 2019) had the best points per game of them (2.12 in 43 matches) and took the club rating from 1,611 to 1,833.

Metz managers

24 spells since 1997 · newest first

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Grégory Proment #902 now Oct 2026 – present · PPG 1.40 current Oct 2026 – present 5 2-1-2 1.40 1,793 → 1,758 −35 −7.0 −0.07

Luc Holtz Aug 2026 – Sep 2026 · PPG 1.43 caretaker Aug 2026 – Sep 2026 7 2-4-1 1.43 1,791 → 1,804 +13 +2.6 −0.02

Benoit Tavenot #1,008 now Jan 2026 – May 2026 · PPG 0.31 Jan 2026 – May 2026 16 0-5-11 0.31 1,737 → 1,678 −60 −20.9 −0.24

Stephane Le Mignan #694 now Aug 2024 – Jan 2026 · PPG 1.52 Aug 2024 – Jan 2026 60 25-16-19 1.52 1,831 → 1,763 −68 −8.2 −0.04

Laszlo Boloni Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 · PPG 1.42 Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 78 31-18-29 1.42 1,891 → 1,819 −73 −19.9 −0.07

Frédéric Antonetti Oct 2020 – May 2022 · PPG 1.07 Oct 2020 – May 2022 74 18-25-31 1.07 1,876 → 1,778 −98 −18.4 +0.06

Vincent Hognon #962 now Aug 2019 – Oct 2020 · PPG 1.17 Aug 2019 – Oct 2020 35 10-11-14 1.17 1,733 → 1,896 +163 +22.3 +0.11

Frédéric Antonetti Jul 2018 – May 2019 · PPG 2.12 Jul 2018 – May 2019 43 27-10-6 2.12 1,611 → 1,833 +222 +43.8 +0.16

Frederic Hantz Nov 2017 – May 2018 · PPG 0.93 Nov 2017 – May 2018 30 6-10-14 0.93 1,712 → 1,584 −128 −16.1 −0.06

Jose Pinot Oct 2017 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Oct 2017 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,670 → 1,665 −5 −1.1 −0.10

Philippe Hinschberger Jan 2016 – Oct 2017 · PPG 1.19 Jan 2016 – Oct 2017 68 23-12-33 1.19 1,640 → 1,610 −30 −12.8 −0.07

Jose Riga Aug 2015 – Dec 2015 · PPG 1.57 Aug 2015 – Dec 2015 21 9-6-6 1.57 1,644 → 1,605 −39 −7.8 +0.02

Before 2015/16 · 12 spells, Aug 1997 – May 2015

Manager Period MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Club rating Coach ratingCoach Vs expected

Albert Cartier Aug 2013 – May 2015 · PPG 1.38 Aug 2013 – May 2015 81 30-22-29 1.38 1,559 → 1,537 −22 +5.7 +0.02

Jose Pinot May 2012 · PPG 1.00 caretaker May 2012 1 0-1-0 1.00 1,543 → 1,543 0 0.0 −0.07

Dominique Bijotat Aug 2010 – May 2012 · PPG 1.19 Aug 2010 – May 2012 83 23-30-30 1.19 1,574 → 1,475 −99 −26.2 −0.07

Joël Muller Apr 2010 – May 2010 · PPG 1.40 caretaker Apr 2010 – May 2010 5 2-1-2 1.40 1,527 → 1,546 +19 +3.9 −0.06

Yvon Pouliquen Jan 2008 – Apr 2010 · PPG 1.42 Jan 2008 – Apr 2010 92 33-32-27 1.42 1,493 → 1,561 +68 +7.6 +0.20

Francis De Taddeo Aug 2007 – Dec 2007 · PPG 0.37 Aug 2007 – Dec 2007 19 1-4-14 0.37 1,564 → 1,412 −151 −25.3 −0.18

Joël Muller Jul 2005 – May 2006 · PPG 0.76 Jul 2005 – May 2006 38 6-11-21 0.76 1,597 → 1,511 −87 −21.0 −0.07

Jean Fernandez Aug 2003 – May 2005 · PPG 1.13 Aug 2003 – May 2005 76 21-23-32 1.13 1,605 → 1,637 +31 −3.1 +0.05

Gilbert Gress Jan 2002 – May 2002 · PPG 0.94 Jan 2002 – May 2002 17 4-4-9 0.94 1,575 → 1,536 −39 −5.9 −0.04

Francis De Taddeo Dec 2001 · PPG 0.00 caretaker Dec 2001 1 0-0-1 0.00 1,594 → 1,554 −40 −8.0 −0.46

Albert Cartier Jan 2001 – Nov 2001 · PPG 1.28 Jan 2001 – Nov 2001 29 11-4-14 1.28 1,514 → 1,614 +100 +9.5 +0.02

Joël Muller Aug 1997 – Dec 2000 · PPG 1.39 Aug 1997 – Dec 2000 125 43-45-37 1.39 1,551 → 1,446 −105 −26.6 −0.07

Before 2015/16 the source names the manager on fewer matches, so these rows can miss games.

Joël Muller is the longest-serving: 125 matches over 3 years (Aug 1997 – Dec 2000). Frédéric Antonetti added the most coach rating: +43.8 over 43 matches.

Club rating - the club's rating at the manager's first rated match → after the last. Coach rating - what the spell added to the manager's coach rating. Vs expected - average result per match above what the club rating predicted. Every competition we hold, lower divisions included.

Club rating

since 2015/16 · line by manager

1,780Club ratingWeek 46, 2026

#193World rankof 943 active clubs

#4Ligue 2of 24 clubs

1,907Peak since 2015/16Mar 2025 · low 1,591, May 2018

Colour changes with each manager (11 since 2015/16) · hover a point for the name

Metz's club rating peaked at 1,907 in March 2025, under Stephane Le Mignan, its highest since 2015/16; the low was 1,591 in May 2018, under Frederic Hantz.

One point per month: the club's rating before its last rated match of the month, the manager's part left out. World rank among the 943 clubs with a match in the last 12 months and 30+ rated matches. The rating describes results so far - it doesn't predict the next game. How the club rating works ›

Next matches

next 14 days

Metz play in Ligue 2 now - our fixture list covers the top 5 leagues and European games with a top-5 club.

Cards and corners

a game · by season

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2025/26 34 1.74 1.53 2.01 63% 4.24 5.26 4.80

2024/25 3 1.67 3.33 2.04 75% 7.33 5.67 4.69

2023/24 36 1.72 1.78 2.08 62% 3.89 5.56 4.72

2021/22 38 2.71 1.82 2.11 56% 3.74 6.66 4.88

2020/21 38 2.32 2.16 2.08 60% 4.24 5.39 4.74

3 earlier seasons, 2016/17 – 2019/20

Season GP Cards Agst Lg 2nd half Corners Agst Lg

2019/20 28 1.79 1.46 2.02 64% 4.25 5.93 4.85

2017/18 38 2.29 1.61 2.06 59% 4.55 5.21 4.90

2016/17 38 2.18 1.66 1.89 3.55 5.63 4.80

Metz picked up 2.71 cards a game in 2021/22, their most in any season since 2016/17 and 28% above Ligue 1's average side (2.11).

League matches only (Ligue 1), from 2015/16 - European and cup games carry no card or corner data. Lg = the league's average side that season. Bold green / red = 15%+ above / below it. Ligue 1 cards table › · corners table ›

Half-time / full-time

253 league matches since 2015/16

FT winFT W FT drawFT D FT lossFT L

HT winHT W 2811% 166% 62%

HT drawHT D 239% 4116% 4518%

HT lossHT L 52% 104% 7931%

Points won from behindPts from behind

losing at half-time in 94 matches

Points dropped from aheadPts dropped

winning at half-time in 50 matches

1st half · W 50 · D 109 · L 94 GD −82

2nd half · W 51 · D 94 · L 108 GD −105

League matches since 2015/16. Each half scored as its own match: 2nd half = goals after the break only.

Referees at Metz

24 referees with 5+ matches · most matches first

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Eric Wattellier 15 5-3-7 1.20 1.87 2.07 −10%

François Letexier 15 2-3-10 0.60 2.40 2.13 +13%

Mikael Lesage 14 2-3-9 0.64 1.86 2.28 −19%

Hakim Ben el Salem Hadj 13 1-8-4 0.85 2.62 2.18 +20%

Jeremie Pignard 13 6-1-6 1.46 2.77 2.08 +33%

Johan Hamel 13 4-2-7 1.08 2.54 2.28 +11%

Stephanie Frappart 11 3-2-6 1.00 1.55 2.08 −26%

Antony Gautier 10 1-3-6 0.60 1.30 2.28 −43%

Florent Batta 10 1-5-4 0.80 2.70 2.16 +25%

Jeremy Stinat 10 1-1-8 0.40 1.80 2.08 −13%

14 more referees with 5+ matches

Referee MatchesGP W-D-L PPG Cards/g Club avg +/−

Jérôme Brisard 10 2-4-4 1.00 2.50 2.07 +20%

Ruddy Buquet 10 1-1-8 0.40 2.10 2.13 −1%

Benoit Millot 9 3-4-2 1.44 2.56 2.38 +8%

Gael Angoula 9 3-0-6 1.00 1.33 1.73 −23%

Jerome Miguelgorry 8 3-2-3 1.38 2.25 2.26 −1%

Karim Abed 8 2-2-4 1.00 2.50 2.17 +15%

Olivier Thual 8 2-0-6 0.75 1.25 2.24 −44%

Benoît Millot 6 0-2-4 0.33 1.17 1.73 −33%

Sébastien Desiage 6 2-1-3 1.17 1.67 2.24 −25%

Willy Delajod 6 1-2-3 0.83 1.83 2.32 −21%

Amaury Delerue 5 2-1-2 1.40 2.60 2.44 +7%

Bartolomeu Varela Teles 5 0-5-0 1.00 2.20 2.18 +1%

Clement Turpin 5 1-1-3 0.80 2.20 2.17 +1%

Romain Lissorgue 5 1-0-4 0.60 2.60 1.73 +50%

Under Antony Gautier, Metz picked up 1.30 cards a game, 43% below their own average in the same seasons (10 matches).

League matches since 2015/16 with the referee named (253). Cards = Metz's own yellows and reds. Club avg = their cards a game in the same seasons with every referee. Under 10 matches the gap is grey: too few to call. Referees aren't drawn at random - the big games go to the senior ones - so a gap here describes, it doesn't prove a bias.

Quick answers

4 questions · from the tables on this page

Who is Metz's manager?

Grégory Proment, #902 in this week's coach world ranking, since October 2026 - 5 matches, 2 won (1.40 points per game).

How many managers has Metz had since 2015?

11, counting 2 caretakers.

Who is Metz's longest-serving manager?

Joël Muller: 125 matches from August 1997 to December 2000.

How many cards a game do Metz get?

1.74 a game in Ligue 1 in 2025/26, against 2.01 for the league's average side.

The coach rating describes, it doesn't predict. It measures what a manager's teams did against what was expected of them. Match chances come from the club rating, calibrated on 85,718 league matches. How the rating works ›

Source: spells, ratings and ranks from the weekly ranking (Week 46, 2026); season stats updated nightly; next matches refreshed every hour.