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FC Metz
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FC Metz Information
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3,
allee Saint-Symphorien, BP 40292, 57006 Metz Cedex 1 |
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03-87-66-72-15 |
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03-87-56-14-29 |
| Founded: |
1932 |
| Stadium: |
Saint-Symphorien |
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FC Metz History
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Football Club de Metz is a French
football team, playing in the town of Metz, in the Lorraine
region.
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 has remained in the highest division ever since,
except for a brief relegation in 2001, with immediate return to
the Ligue 1 the following year.
FC Metz plays its home matches at the stade Saint-Symphorien,
which has a capacity of 26,700. Its official colors are garnet (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. |
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FC Metz Honours, Trophies & Awards
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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. |
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