🚨 Official: FC Metz are relegated to Ligue 2! | OneFootball

(We could have copy-pasted the 2023 article).

Promoted to Ligue 1 at the end of last season after an epic promotion playoff against Stade de Reims, FC Metz will be back in Ligue 2 next season, it is now official!

Cruelly beaten by Monaco this Saturday afternoon (1-2) on Matchday 32 of Ligue 1, Les Grenats have officially been relegated, as they can mathematically no longer reach 16th place, which would mean a playoff spot.

Marked by heavy defeats (6-1 in Lille, 4-0 in Toulouse, 5-2 in Monaco), the start of the season for the Moselle club suggested a dreadful campaign ahead. Despite three straight wins against RC Lens, FC Nantes and Nice in November, Metz failed to build on that momentum, simply not winning another Ligue 1 match after that game against the Riviera club. 

After parting ways with Stéphane Le Mignan at the end of January, FC Metz handed the reins over to Benoît Tavenot. To no avail, then...

For their part, Monaco secured a valuable win to move above OM in the standings and close to within three points of the podium with two matches remaining.

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