Football Club de Metz
Founded in 1919, Football Club de Metz discovered professional status at the beginning of the 1932-33 season, participating in the first French professional football championship. Although the club has oscillated between the first and second divisions since the 2000s, it is nevertheless one of the most regular at the highest level, as evidenced by its 35 consecutive seasons in the elite between 1967 and 2002. The Grenats have won two Coupe de France titles in 1984 and 1988, as well as a Coupe de la Ligue trophy in 1996 against Olympique Lyonnais.
The team has been coached since the summer of 2018 by Frédéric Antonetti, a former technician at SC Bastia, OGC Nice and Stade Rennais. After an exceptional 2018-19 season, the Grenats have validated their rise to Ligue 1 Conforama, only one year after having left it.