| Club: | Metz |
| Season: | 2002–03 |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Carlo Molinari |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Jean Fernandez |
| Stadium: | Stade Saint-Symphorien |
| League: | Ligue 2 |
| League Result: | 3rd (promoted) |
| Cup1: | Coupe de France |
| Cup1 Result: | Round of 16 |
| Cup2: | Coupe de la Ligue |
| Cup2 Result: | Semi-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Emmanuel Adebayor (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Emmanuel Adebayor (15) |
| Highest Attendance: | 25,913 vs Gueugnon |
| Lowest Attendance: | 9,531 vs Créteil |
| Average Attendance: | 13,115[1] |
| Largest Win: | Metz 4–0 Caen Metz 4–0 Le Mans Metz 4–0 Nancy Metz 4–0 Gueugnon |
| Largest Loss: | Toulouse 3–0 Metz |
| Prevseason: | 2001–02 |
| Nextseason: | 2003–04 |
The 2002–03 season was the 71st season in the existence of FC Metz and the club's first season back in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Metz participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.[2] The season covered the period from 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003.
| scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Clemson Tigers | Free | ||||||||
| Troyes | Loan | |||||||||
| 23 | Southampton | Loan return | ||||||||
| América de Cali | Loan return |
| scope=col | Player | Transferred from | scope=col; style="width: 65px;" | Fee | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenoble | Free | |||||||||
| 21 | Aarau | Free |
See main article: 2002–03 Ligue 2.
See main article: 2002–03 Coupe de France.
See main article: 2002–03 Coupe de la Ligue.
| width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=120 | Ligue 2 | width=120 | Coupe de France | width=130 | Coupe de la Ligue | width=120 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 | FW | Emmanuel Adebayor | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 12 | MF |  | Grégory Proment | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | DF | | Stéphane Borbiconi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 | 20 | FW | | Jonathan Jäger | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| FW |  | Mamadou Niang | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 17 | MF | | Alexandre Frutos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Christophe Bastien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 24 | DF | Almamy Schuman Bah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Cyrille Pouget | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW |  | Patricio D'Amico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 23 | FW | | Eric Hassli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | | Sylvain Marchal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 29 | MF | | Christophe Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 52 | 2 | 6 | 60 | |||||||||||||