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FC Metz 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Danijel Milicevic on £16,000 per week · see the current FC Metz wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £253k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £13m
SQUAD SIZE69
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £10k
Then and now
FC Metz pay £97,205 a week in 2026/27 — 62% lower than the £253,080 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 7 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danijel Milicevic | £16,000 | £832,000 | 31 | Attacking midfielder | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nolan Roux | £16,000 | £832,000 | 29 | Right winger, striker | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Fallou Diagne | £15,000 | £780,000 | 27 | Centre-back | Senegal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Emmanuel Rivière | £15,000 | £780,000 | 27 | Striker | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Georges Mandjeck | £14,000 | £728,000 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | Cameroon | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gerónimo Poblete | £14,000 | £728,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Milan Bisevac | £11,000 | £572,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Serbia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Julian Palmieri | £10,000 | £520,000 | 30 | Left-back, attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Matthieu Dossevi | £10,000 | £520,000 | 28 | Right winger | Togo | JUN 2018 | ||
| Cafú | £9,400 | £488,800 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Benoît Assou-Ekotto | £8,500 | £442,000 | 33 | Left-back | Cameroon | JUN 2018 | ||
| Eiji Kawashima | £8,300 | £431,600 | 34 | Goalkeeper | Japan | JUN 2018 | ||
| Iván Balliu | £8,100 | £421,200 | 25 | Right-back | Albania | JUN 2019 | ||
| Renaud Cohade | £8,000 | £416,000 | 32 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Yann Jouffre | £7,300 | £379,600 | 32 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Farid Boulaya | £7,300 | £379,600 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Algeria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Opa Nguette | £6,800 | £353,600 | 22 | Winger | Senegal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Florent Mollet | £6,300 | £327,600 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Moussa Niakhaté | £5,900 | £306,800 | 21 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jonathan Rivierez | £5,100 | £265,200 | 28 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Quentin Beunardeau | £4,700 | £244,400 | 23 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Thomas Didillon | £4,600 | £239,200 | 21 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Matthieu Udol | £3,900 | £202,800 | 21 | Full-back | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ibrahima Niane | £3,100 | £161,200 | 18 | Striker | Senegal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Janis Ikaunieks | £2,100 | £109,200 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Latvia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lemouya Goudiaby | £2,000 | £104,000 | 20 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | Senegal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Théodore Efouba Ayissi | £1,600 | £83,200 | 20 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Belmin Muratovic | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | Striker | Montenegro | JUN 2018 | ||
| Alexis Larrière | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Vincent Thill | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Luxembourg | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ablie Jallow | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Gambia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Vahid Selimović | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | Centre-back | Luxembourg | JUN 2019 | ||
| Colin Serredszum | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | Right-back | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Davy Delpierre | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | Central midfielder | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ibrahim Covi | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bilal Hadraoui | £1,070 | £55,640 | 18 | Centre-back | Morocco | JUN 2019 | ||
| Emir Bijelic | £1,050 | £54,600 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lillian Fournier | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Dylan Lempereur | £990 | £51,480 | 18 | Defender | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Justin Taite | £960 | £49,920 | 18 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nicolas Basin | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | Left-back | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Calvin Haïdara | £830 | £43,160 | 18 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Guillaume Dietsch | £700 | £36,400 | 16 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Richard Sila | £700 | £36,400 | 19 | Striker | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Rémi Cabral | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Raouf Mroivili | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ryan Ouazine | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Arthur Ataide | £640 | £33,280 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Luxembourg | JUN 2018 | ||
| Mehmet Arslan | £570 | £29,640 | 19 | Winger, striker | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ilario De Clemente | £570 | £29,640 | 17 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Milan Robin | £560 | £29,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Said Arab | £520 | £27,040 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Hrvoje Babec | £520 | £27,040 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2018 | ||
| Vincent Collet | £500 | £26,000 | 17 | Right-back | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Vincent Peugnet | £500 | £26,000 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Aítor López | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | Left winger, striker | Venezuela | JUN 2018 | ||
| Djibril Sylla | £490 | £25,480 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Youssef Maziz | £460 | £23,920 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ludéric Etonde | £450 | £23,400 | 16 | Striker | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Quentin Nau | £360 | £18,720 | 18 | Striker | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Amadou Soumaré | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Right winger, striker | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Quentin Zilli | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Left-back, left midfielder | France | JUN 2018 | ||
| Bilal Hend | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Winger | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Anthony Knoepffler | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Wassim Amadi | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Yohan Junger | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Sofiane Weitten | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Hugo Colella | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, midfielder | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Georges Mikautadze | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2019 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
31 Under £1k 6%
12 £1k-£2k 6%
6 £2k-£5k 8%
11 £5k-£10k 32%
9 £10k-£25k 48%
Top 5 earners took 30% of the squad wage bill, across the 69 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
FC Metz wages, 2017/18
What was FC Metz's wage bill in 2017/18?
FC Metz paid £253,080 a week in 2017/18 - £13,160,160 across the year - spread over a squad of 69. We hold a wage for all 69 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid FC Metz player in 2017/18?
Danijel Milicevic was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £16,000 a week, 1.7x the 22+ squad average of £9,662.
What was the average FC Metz salary in 2017/18?
The average FC Metz player aged 22 or over earned £9,662 a week in 2017/18, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 69. The top five earners took 30% of the bill between them.
How do FC Metz's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
FC Metz pay £97,205 a week in 2026/27, 62% lower than the £253,080 of 2017/18. The current squad is 67 players against 69 then.