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Derby Lorrain

The Derby Lorrain or Derby de la Lorraine is a football match contested between French clubs Metz and Nancy.[1] The name of the derby derives from the fact that Metz and Nancy are the two major clubs located in the former region of Lorraine (now Grand Est).

Derby Lorrain
Location Lorraine (historical)
 Grand Est (current)
TeamsMetz
Nancy
First meetingNancy 1–1 Metz
(3 October 1970)
1970–71 French Division 1
Latest meetingNancy 1–0 Metz
(10 May 2019)
2018–19 Ligue 2
StadiumsStade Saint-Symphorien (Metz)
Stade Marcel Picot (Nancy)
Statistics
Meetings total57
Most winsMetz (24)
Most player appearancesFrancisco Rubio
Philippe Hinschberger
Jean-Michel Moutier
(18 each)
Top scorerNico Braun (8)
Derby Lorrain is located in Lorraine
Metz
Metz
Nancy
Nancy

Metz play at the Stade Saint-Symphorien in Longeville-lès-Metz, near Metz, while Nancy play at the Stade Marcel Picot in Tomblaine, near Nancy; the two grounds are separated by approximately 34 miles (55 km). The teams have played 57 matches in all competitions; Metz winning 24, Nancy winning 16, and the remaining 17 have been drawn.[2] They have won a combined 15 honours; 8 for Metz and 7 for Nancy.

History

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The roots of the rivalry are the social reasons, with Metz being an industrial city while Nancy a more cultural city. The first meeting between two teams occurred on 3 October 1970, when Nancy hosted Metz to a 1–1 draw. The first win in a derby came on 28 August 1971, as Nancy won 1–0 away at Metz.[3] Since then a total of 57 competitive matches have been played between both sides, 56 of which were in the league and 1 was Coupe de France match.[2]

Head-to-head

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The derby has been contested the most in top division, with 48 matches played in French Division 1/Ligue 1, Metz won 18 matches, Nancy 15 and remaining 15 were drawn, in Ligue 2, Metz won 5, Nancy won 1 and 2 were drawn, while the only derby in a cup game was in Coupe de France, which was won by Metz.[2]

Statistics

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Competition Played Metz wins Draws Nancy wins Metz goals Nancy goals
Ligue 1 48 18 15 15 67 57
Ligue 2 8 5 2 1 15 4
Coupe de France 1 1 0 0 1 0
Total 57 24 17 16 83 61

List of matches

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League
# Season Date Competition Stadium Home Team Result Away Team Attendance H2H
1 1970–71 3 October 1970 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 1–1 Metz 16,956 0
2 3 April 1971 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 1–1 Nancy 15,484 0
3 1971–72 28 August 1971 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 0–1 Nancy 20,067 +1
4 30 January 1972 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 1–1 Metz 12,741 +1
5 1972–73 4 October 1972 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–2 Metz 13,357 0
6 24 March 1973 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 1–0 Nancy 14,405 +1
7 1973–74 25 September 1973 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 3–3 Nancy 11,293 +1
8 24 February 1974 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 2–1 Metz 12,129 0
9 1975–76 4 October 1975 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–0 Metz 16,282 0
10 16 March 1976 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 4–1 Nancy 19,766 +1
11 1976–77 2 October 1976 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 4–1 Metz 22,136 0
12 5 March 1977 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 3–0 Nancy 21,344 +1
13 1977–78 23 September 1977 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 3–0 Nancy 20,839 +2
14 11 April 1978 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–0 Metz 10,000 +2
15 1978–79 25 August 1978 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 1–1 Metz 20,534 +2
16 24 April 1979 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 3–1 Nancy 12,710 +3
17 1979–80 10 August 1979 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 2–1 Nancy 16,818 +4
18 11 April 1980 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–1 Metz 7,000 +5
19 1980–81 5 August 1980 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 2–0 Metz 10,266 +4
20 6 December 1980 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 2–0 Nancy 6,729 +5
21 1981–82 12 September 1981 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 1–2 Nancy 11,430 +4
22 20 February 1982 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 2–2 Metz 8,543 +4
23 1982–83 2 October 1982 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 2–3 Nancy 15,082 +3
24 9 March 1983 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 4–0 Metz 7,560 +2
25 1983–84 1 October 1983 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 2–1 Metz 10,576 +1
26 10 March 1984 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 1–2 Nancy 9,012 0
27 1984–85 7 September 1984 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 2–1 Metz 11,548 +1
28 3 February 1985 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 2–2 Nancy 17,000 +1
29 1985–86 2 November 1985 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 3–1 Nancy 17,678 0
30 11 April 1986 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–2 Metz 10,398 +1
31 1986–87 13 September 1986 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–0 Metz 13,846 +1
32 14 March 1987 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 2–0 Nancy 11,791 +2
33 1990–91 6 October 1990 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 4–0 Nancy 23,673 +3
34 15 March 1991 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–1 Metz 10,579 +4
35 1991–92 10 August 1991 French Division 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 1–2 Metz 17,310 +5
36 3 March 1992 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 0–1 Nancy 11,491 +4
37 1996–97 6 September 1996 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 1–0 Nancy 23,846 +5
38 15 March 1991 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 2–3 Metz 14,658 +6
39 1998–99 4 October 1998 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 2–3 Nancy 21,307 +5
40 9 April 1999 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 1–0 Metz 15,667 +4
41 1999–2000 13 October 1999 French Division 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 2–2 Nancy 24,402 +4
42 16 February 2000 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–0 Metz 13,219 +4
43 2002–03 3 November 2002 Ligue 2 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 1–2 Metz 12,969 +5
44 4 April 2003 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 4–0 Nancy 21,081 +6
45 2005–06 17 September 2005 Ligue 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 1–1 Metz 20,052 +6
46 7 March 2006 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 0–0 Nancy 18,324 +6
47 2007–08 27 October 2007 Ligue 1 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 0–0 Nancy 19,585 +6
48 22 March 2008 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 2–1 Metz 18,768 +5
49 2013–14 24 September 2013 Ligue 2 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 3–0 Nancy 23,506 +6
50 1 March 2014 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–1 Metz 19,028 +7
51 2015–16 18 September 2015 Ligue 2 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 0–0 Nancy 24,071 +7
52 5 February 2016 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 2–2 Metz 19,152 +7
53 2016–17 30 November 2016 Ligue 1 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 4–0 Metz 19,085 +6
54 29 April 2017 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 2–1 Nancy 20,009 +7
55 2018–19 29 January 2019 Ligue 2 Stade Saint-Symphorien Metz 3–0 Nancy 18,274 +8
56 10 May 2019 Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 1–0 Metz 16,094 +7
Cup
# Season Date Competition Stadium Home Team Result Away Team Attendance Round
1 2002–03 3 October 1970 Coupe de France Stade Marcel Picot Nancy 0–1 Metz 9,419 Round of 32

Records

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All-time top goalscorers

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Rank Nation Player Club(s) Years League Coupe de
France 		Overall
1   Nico Braun Metz 1973–1978 8 0 8
2   Francisco Rubio Nancy 1975–1983 6 0 6
3   Bernard Zénier Metz 1974–1978, 1986–1991 1 0 5
Nancy 1978–1983 4 0
4   Philippe Hinschberger Metz 1977–1992 4 0 4
  Thierry Meyer Nancy 1982–1984 4 0
6   Claude Hausknecht Metz 1964–1967, 1970–1977 3 0 3
  Marco Morgante Metz 1980–1985 2 0
Nancy 1989–1993 1 0
  Hugo Curioni Metz 1975–1977 3 0
  Jules Bocandé Metz 1984–1986 3 0

All-time most appearances

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Rank Nation Player Club(s) Years League Coupe de
France 		Overall
1   Francisco Rubio Nancy 1975–1983 16 0 16
  Philippe Hinschberger Metz 1977–1992 16 0
  Jean-Michel Moutier Nancy 1975–1984 16 0
4   Bernard Zénier Metz 1974–1978, 1986–1991 8 0 14
Nancy 1978–1983 6 0
  Vincent Bracigliano Metz 1976–1985 14 0
  Michel Ettore Metz 1973–1988 14 0
8   Éric Martin Nancy 1979–1986, 1989–1992 13 0 13
  Fernando Zappia Nancy 1980–1983, 1989–1990 5 0
Metz 1983–1987 8 0

Hat-tricks

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Nation Player For Against Score Competition Date Ref.
  Francisco Rubio Nancy Metz 4–1 (H) 1976–77 French Division 1 2 October 1976 [4]

Discipline

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Rank Nation Player Red card(s) For Against Competition Date
1   Benjamin Nicaise 2 Nancy Metz 1998–99 French Division 1 8 April 1999
1999–2000 French Division 1 15 February 2000
2   Benjamin Nicaise 1 Nancy Metz 2002–03 Ligue 2 4 April 2003
  Benoît Assou-Ekotto 1 Metz Nancy 2016–17 Ligue 1 30 November 2016
  Jeff Louis 1 Nancy Metz 2013–14 Ligue 2 1 March 2014
  Malaly Dembélé 1 Nancy Metz 2018–19 Ligue 2 29 January 2019
  Michaël Chrétien 1 Nancy Metz 2007–08 Ligue 1 22 March 2008

Results

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Biggest wins (4+ goals)

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Winning margin Result Date Competition
4 Nancy 4–0 Metz 9 March 1983 1982–83 French Division 1
Metz 4–0 Nancy 6 October 1990 1990–91 French Division 1
Metz 4–0 Nancy 4 April 2003 2002–03 Ligue 2
Nancy 4–0 Metz 30 November 2016 2016–17 Ligue 1

Most total goals in a match

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Goals Result Date Competition
6 Metz 3–3 Nancy 25 September 1973 1973–74 French Division 1
7 Metz 4–1 Nancy 16 March 1976 1975–76 French Division 1
Nancy 4–1 Metz 2 October 1976 1976–77 French Division 1
Metz 2–3 Nancy 2 October 1982 1982–83 French Division 1
Nancy 2–3 Metz 15 March 1991 1990–91 French Division 1

Longest runs

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Most consecutive wins
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Games Club Period
5 Nancy 2 October 1982 – 7 September 1984
4 Metz 14 March 1987 – 10 August 1991
3 Metz 24 April 1979 – 11 April 1980
Most consecutive draws
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Games Period
3 17 September 2005 – 27 October 2007
Most consecutive matches without a draw
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Games Period
9 14 March 1987 – 9 April 1999
6 24 April 1979 – 12 September 1981
5 2 October 1982 – 7 September 1984
Longest undefeated runs
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Games Club Period
8 Nancy 12 September 1981 – 3 February 1985
7 Metz 5 March 1977 – 11 April 1980
Metz 2 November 1985 – 10 August 1991
5 Metz 3 November 2002 – 27 October 2007
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal
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Games Club Period
5 Metz 11 April 1986 – 15 March 1991
3 Metz 5 March 1977 – 11 April 1978
Metz 24 September 2013 – 18 September 2015
Most consecutive games scoring
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Games Club Period
9 Nancy 12 September 1981 – 2 November 1985
6 Metz 1 October 1983 – 11 April 1986
5 Metz 3 January 1972 – 2 February 1974

Honours

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Metz Competition Nancy
4 Ligue 2 5
2 Coupe de France 1
2 Coupe de la Ligue 1
8 Total 7

References

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  1. ^ Desai, Nisarg (30 October 2021). "10 Biggest Rivalries In French Football". 1sports1.com. 1SPORTS1. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "FC Metz » Record against AS Nancy Lorraine". worldfootball.net. Worldfootball. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "The first victorious Lorraine derby". socios-nancy.fr. Devenir Socios Nancy. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "France » Ligue 1 1976/1977 » 9. Round » AS Nancy Lorraine - FC Metz 4:1". Worldfootball. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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