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Borussia Neunkirchen

Heartbreak#5503.7

Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen · Germany · Bundesliga

Power-ranking history

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Rank (1 = best)1396Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.059/6064/65

Against expectation

Every German top-flight match this club has played in the Bundesliga, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 3 seasons from 1964-65 to 1967-68 it has fallen short of them by −6.9 match points.

Borussia Neunkirchen: surplus against expectation, 1964-65 to 1967-681964-65: −1.2 league points vs expected (27 on 28.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.6 match points1965-66: −6.8 league points vs expected (22 on 28.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.4 match points1967-68: −5.8 league points vs expected (19 on 24.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.9 match points
1964-65one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1967-68
Best season against expectation
1964-65 −1.2 league pts
27 points on 28.2 expected as Borussia Neunkirchen
Worst season against expectation
1965-66 −6.8 league pts
22 points on 28.8 expected as Borussia Neunkirchen

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1995-96 and three from it; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable.

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Greatest games

Borussia Neunkirchen'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
11966-04-23BundesligaAW 2-1 v Eintracht Frankfurtgame score 50.4
21966-05-21BundesligaAL 1-2 v Tasmania 1900 Berlingame score 50.0
31966-05-28BundesligaHW 1-0 v Karlsruher SCgame score 49.9
41968-04-27BundesligaHW 1-0 v TSV 1860 Münchengame score 47.5
51966-03-26BundesligaHW 2-1 v 1. FC Kölngame score 46.2
61968-05-25BundesligaAL 1-2 v Werder Bremengame score 45.4
71968-03-02BundesligaHW 3-2 v Borussia Dortmundgame score 44.2
81965-04-02BundesligaHW 3-2 v FC Schalke 04game score 43.4
91965-04-03BundesligaAL 1-2 v Karlsruher SCgame score 43.1
101966-04-30BundesligaHW 1-0 v Eintracht Braunschweiggame score 42.7

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
3
Pre-Bundesliga national playoff appearances
5
First season
1959
Most recent season
1968

The Heartbreak Index3.7 · #550

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 1965

3.7
Heartbreak
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of 1,139 clubs
#345
in Football
3.7
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19656.3
  • Major final appearance since 19593.2
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1966 · relegated from the top flight, 1968 · lost the national cup final, 1959

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Season-by-season

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

1968
Bundesliga (1) · P17↓
34 P · 7-5-22 · 33:93 · -60
19
pts
1966
Bundesliga (1) · P17↓
34 P · 9-4-21 · 32:82 · -50
22
pts
1965
Bundesliga (1) · P10
30 P · 9-9-12 · 44:48 · -4
27
pts
1963
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1962
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1961
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1960
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1959
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
Pokal
Domestic Cup Finals

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

1959
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up