FC Metz 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Mevlüt Erdinç on £19,000 per week · see the current FC Metz wage bill
We hold a wage for all 67 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 20 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
FC Metz pay £108,205 a week in 2026/27 — 48% lower than the £209,440 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 7 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mevlüt Erdinç | £19,000 | £988,000 | 29 | ST | Türkiye | ||
| Cheick Diabaté | £17,000 | £884,000 | 28 | ST | Mali | ||
| Fallou Diagne | £15,000 | £780,000 | 26 | D C | Senegal | ||
| Milan Bisevac | £11,000 | £572,000 | 32 | SW, D C | Serbia | ||
| Georges Mandjeck | £9,200 | £478,400 | 27 | DM | Cameroon | ||
| Benoît Assou-Ekotto | £8,500 | £442,000 | 32 | D/WB L | Cameroon | ||
| Cheick Doukouré | £8,400 | £436,800 | 23 | DM | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| Franck Signorino | £8,300 | £431,600 | 34 | D/WB L | France | ||
| Renaud Cohade | £8,000 | £416,000 | 31 | DM | France | ||
| Simon Falette | £7,600 | £395,200 | 24 | D LC | France | ||
| Eiji Kawashima | £7,300 | £379,600 | 33 | GK | Japan | ||
| Yann Jouffre | £7,300 | £379,600 | 31 | AM RC | France | ||
| Florent Mollet | £6,300 | £327,600 | 24 | AM C | France | ||
| Jonathan Rivierez | £6,100 | £317,200 | 27 | D RC | France | ||
| Kévin Lejeune | £6,000 | £312,000 | 31 | D/WB L, AM LC | France | ||
| Opa Nguette | £5,800 | £301,600 | 21 | AM RL | France | ||
| Thomas Didillon | £5,600 | £291,200 | 20 | GK | France | ||
| Guido Milán | £5,200 | £270,400 | 28 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Iván Balliu | £5,100 | £265,200 | 24 | D/WB R | Spain | ||
| Chris Philipps | £3,400 | £176,800 | 22 | D C, DM | Luxembourg | ||
| David Oberhauser | £3,400 | £176,800 | 25 | GK | France | ||
| Ismaïla Sarr | £3,100 | £161,200 | 18 | AM RL, ST | Senegal | ||
| Gauthier Hein | £2,200 | £114,400 | 19 | AM RL | France | ||
| Matthieu Udol | £1,900 | £98,800 | 20 | D RL | France | ||
| Moussa Seydi | £1,900 | £98,800 | 19 | ST | Senegal | ||
| Alieu Jatta | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | D/WB/M L | Gambia | ||
| Alexis Larrière | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | DM, AM C | France | ||
| Boris Mathis | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Emir Bijelic | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | DM | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ||
| Arthur Ataide | £1,080 | £56,160 | 17 | ST | Luxembourg | ||
| Benjamin Gaudou | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | D RC | France | ||
| Lemouya Goudiaby | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | D/WB R, DM | Senegal | ||
| Belmin Muratovic | £960 | £49,920 | 18 | ST | Luxembourg | ||
| Halim Meddour | £930 | £48,360 | 19 | D C | Algeria | ||
| Bilal Hadraoui | £920 | £47,840 | 17 | D C | Morocco | ||
| Richard Sila | £910 | £47,320 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Dylan Lempereur | £910 | £47,320 | 17 | D RC | France | ||
| Vahid Selimović | £870 | £45,240 | 19 | D C | Luxembourg | ||
| Quentin Nau | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Mehmet Arslan | £680 | £35,360 | 18 | AM RL, ST | France | ||
| Calvin Haïdara | £680 | £35,360 | 17 | GK | France | ||
| Dylan Dufrenne | £630 | £32,760 | 19 | GK | France | ||
| Glenn Protin | £630 | £32,760 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Thibaut Vion | £600 | £31,200 | 22 | AM R, ST | France | ||
| Saliou Diakhaté | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | AM R, ST | Senegal | ||
| Nicolas Basin | £590 | £30,680 | 17 | D/WB L | France | ||
| Lillian Fournier | £570 | £29,640 | 18 | AM RL, ST | France | ||
| Hugo Wantz | £560 | £29,120 | 17 | GK | France | ||
| Youssef Maziz | £560 | £29,120 | 18 | AM C | France | ||
| Roman Pierrard | £550 | £28,600 | 18 | D RC | France | ||
| Martin Kennel | £530 | £27,560 | 17 | D/WB RL | France | ||
| Maxime Kleindienst | £510 | £26,520 | 17 | M L | France | ||
| Hrvoje Babec | £490 | £25,480 | 16 | DM | Croatia | ||
| Djibril Sylla | £470 | £24,440 | 17 | AM C | France | ||
| Thibaut Jacquel | £470 | £24,440 | 19 | AM RL | France | ||
| Vincent Thill | £450 | £23,400 | 16 | AM C | Luxembourg | ||
| Milan Robin | £400 | £20,800 | 16 | AM/F C | France | ||
| Justin Taite | £290 | £15,080 | 17 | D RC | France | ||
| Diédié Traoré | £290 | £15,080 | 17 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Allan Grun | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Vincent Peugnet | £250 | £13,000 | 18 | DM | France | ||
| Théodore Efouba Ayissi | £250 | £13,000 | 19 | D RC | France | ||
| Gauthier Poncelet | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | AM/F C | France | ||
| Bilal Hend | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | France | ||
| Yohan Junger | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | France | ||
| Vincent Collet | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D R | France | ||
| Amadou Soumaré | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | ST | France | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 67 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
FC Metz wages, 2016/17
What was FC Metz's wage bill in 2016/17?
FC Metz paid £209,440 a week in 2016/17 - £10,890,880 across the year - spread over a squad of 67. We hold a wage for all 67 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid FC Metz player in 2016/17?
Mevlüt Erdinç was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £19,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £8,135.
What was the average FC Metz salary in 2016/17?
The average FC Metz player aged 22 or over earned £8,135 a week in 2016/17, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 67. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do FC Metz's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
FC Metz pay £108,205 a week in 2026/27, 48% lower than the £209,440 of 2016/17. The current squad is 67 players against 67 then.