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Cannes, Nice · France · Ligue 1

Major cups
1
last 1932
Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
2

Power-ranking history

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Rank (1 = best)1447Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.069/7074/7579/8084/8589/9094/95

Against expectation

Every French top-flight match this club has played in the Ligue 1, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 21 seasons from 1932-33 to 1997-98 it has fallen short of them by 12.0 match points.

AS Cannes-Grasse: surplus against expectation, 1932-33 to 1997-981932-33: −0.9 league points vs expected (25 on 25.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.4 match points1933-34: +3.1 league points vs expected (33 on 29.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.6 match points1934-35: +4.6 league points vs expected (35 on 30.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.3 match points1935-36: −3.8 league points vs expected (25 on 28.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.9 match points1936-37: −1.8 league points vs expected (27 on 28.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1938-39: −0.8 league points vs expected (27 on 27.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.4 match points1945-46: +1.4 league points vs expected (34 on 32.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.7 match points1946-47: +1.3 league points vs expected (36 on 34.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.7 match points1947-48: −2.8 league points vs expected (29 on 31.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.4 match points1948-49: −3.9 league points vs expected (25 on 28.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.0 match points1965-66: −11.9 league points vs expected (21 on 32.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −6.0 match points1987-88: +1.4 league points vs expected (37 on 35.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.7 match points1988-89: +0.4 league points vs expected (36 on 35.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.2 match points1989-90: +1.3 league points vs expected (36 on 34.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.7 match points1990-91: +4.2 league points vs expected (41 on 36.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.1 match points1991-92: −9.1 league points vs expected (28 on 37.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −4.5 match points1993-94: +8.0 league points vs expected (44 on 36.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +4.0 match points1994-95: −0.6 league points vs expected (53 on 53.6, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1995-96: −3.0 league points vs expected (44 on 47.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.7 match points1996-97: −6.4 league points vs expected (41 on 47.4, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.8 match points1997-98: −7.0 league points vs expected (28 on 35.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.9 match points
1932-33one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1997-98
Best season against expectation
1993-94 +8.0 league pts
44 points on 36.0 expected as AS Cannes
Worst season against expectation
1965-66 11.9 league pts
21 points on 32.9 expected as AS Cannes

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1994-95 and three from it; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable. Played as AS Cannes, then AS Cannes-Grasse.The rating only starts telling you much after about 1960. Before that, knowing the era’s home-and-away split is almost as good as knowing the teams.

1946-47 table not final: source 4 matchdays short (20 clubs at 34 of 38) and one round mis-dated.1994-95 results not final: results supplied from football-data.co.uk 1994-95 all-Europe archive (sheet F1), compiled by Joe Buchdahl; supplied by Ashwin 2026-09-05.

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Greatest games

AS Cannes's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play.All-time board.

#DateStageResultScore
11948-05-16Division 1HL 1-2 v FC Sètegame score 60.6
21948-05-30Division 1AW 3-2 v RC Parisgame score 59.2
31932-04-24Coupe de France · FinalNW 1-0 v RC Roubaixgame score 58.1
41949-05-15Division 1HW 1-0 v Olympique Marseillegame score 56.3
51936-07-01Division 1HL 2-3 v FC Antibesgame score 55.3
61934-07-01Division 1AW 2-1 v SC Fivesgame score 55.1
71935-07-01Division 1HL 2-3 v Excelsior Roubaixgame score 55.1
81936-07-01Division 1HL 1-2 v Stade Rennais FCgame score 55.0
91938-11-13Division 1AW 1-0 v Olympique Marseillegame score 55.0
101947-05-18Division 1HW 1-0 v Stade Reimsgame score 54.9

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
22
First season
1910
Most recent season
1998

The Heartbreak Index7.0 · #310

The Tortured · Major trophy, 1932

7.0
Heartbreak
#310
of 1,139 clubs
#194
in Football
7.0
agony
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19327.4
  • Major final appearance since 19863.7
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1992 · relegated from the top flight, 1998 · relegated from the top flight, 1966 · relegated from the top flight, 1949

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Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Ligue 1 only. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

1998
Division 1 (1) · P18
34 P · 7-7-20 · 32:59 · -27
28
pts
1997
Division 1 (1) · P15
38 P · 9-14-15 · 25:41 · -16
41
pts
1996
Division 1 (1) · P14
38 P · 12-8-18 · 45:51 · -6
44
pts
1995
Division 1 (1) · P9
38 P · 15-8-15 · 56:48 · +8
53
pts
UC
1994
Division 1 (1) · P6
38 P · 16-12-10 · 50:43 · +7
44
pts
UC
1992
Division 1 (1) · P19
38 P · 8-12-18 · 34:48 · -14
28
pts
UC
1991
Division 1 (1) · P4
38 P · 12-17-9 · 32:28 · +4
41
pts
UC
1990
Division 1 (1) · P11
38 P · 12-12-14 · 44:50 · -6
36
pts
1989
Division 1 (1) · P12
38 P · 14-8-16 · 45:47 · -2
50
pts
1988
Division 1 (1) · P12
38 P · 13-11-14 · 42:52 · -10
37
pts
1966
Division 1 (1) · P19
38 P · 6-9-23 · 37:86 · -49
21
pts
1949
Division 1 (1) · P18
34 P · 10-5-19 · 42:62 · -20
25
pts
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1948
Division 1 (1) · P14
34 P · 10-9-15 · 47:66 · -19
29
pts
1947
Division 1 (1) · P8
38 P · 17-4-17 · 57:66 · -9
38
pts
1946
Division 1 (1) · P10
34 P · 12-10-12 · 51:55 · -4
34
pts
1939
Division 1 (1) · P12
30 P · 11-5-14 · 47:62 · -15
27
pts
1938
Division 1 (1) · P9
30 P · 8-11-11 · 56:47 · +9
27
pts
1937
Division 1 (1) · P14
30 P · 8-9-13 · 48:55 · -7
25
pts
1936
Division 1 (1) · P5
30 P · 15-5-10 · 53:46 · +7
35
pts
1935
Division 1 (1) · P5
30 P · 14-5-11 · 62:48 · +14
33
pts
1934
Division 1 (1) · P10
26 P · 9-7-10 · 42:52 · -10
25
pts
1933
Division 1 (1) · P2
18 P · 8-6-4 · 37:24 · +13
22
pts
1910
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

1986
Coupe de la Ligue
Runner-up
1932
Coupe de France
Won
European competition appearances

Most recent first. One row per entry showing the deepest round reached. A Cup Winner badge marks tournaments the club won: gold for the European Cup / Champions League, silver for every other UEFA or Intercontinental trophy.

1994-95
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage
1991-92
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage