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CE Sabadell

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Barcelona, Barcelona · Spain · La Liga

Top-4 finishes
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Power-ranking history

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Rank (1 = best)1388Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.069/7074/7579/8084/85

Against expectation

Every Spanish top-flight match this club has played in the Primera División, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 14 seasons from 1943-44 to 1987-88 it has fallen short of them by −11.5 match points.

CE Sabadell: surplus against expectation, 1943-44 to 1987-881943-44: +2.1 league points vs expected (25 on 22.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.1 match points1944-45: −6.1 league points vs expected (17 on 23.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.1 match points1946-47: +7.0 league points vs expected (30 on 22.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.5 match points1947-48: −3.1 league points vs expected (21 on 24.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.6 match points1948-49: −8.3 league points vs expected (13 on 21.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −4.2 match points1965-66: −3.6 league points vs expected (23 on 26.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.8 match points1966-67: +2.9 league points vs expected (30 on 27.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1967-68: −1.9 league points vs expected (26 on 27.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1968-69: +4.3 league points vs expected (32 on 27.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.1 match points1969-70: −3.3 league points vs expected (25 on 28.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.6 match points1970-71: −5.0 league points vs expected (21 on 26.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.5 match points1971-72: −4.7 league points vs expected (23 on 27.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.3 match points1986-87: −0.7 league points vs expected (38 on 38.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.3 match points1987-88: −2.7 league points vs expected (29 on 31.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points
1943-44one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1987-88
Best season against expectation
1946-47 +7.0 league pts
30 points on 22.9 expected as CE Sabadell
Worst season against expectation
1948-49 −8.3 league pts
13 points on 21.3 expected as CE Sabadell

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.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.

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Greatest games

CE Sabadell'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
11945-05-20LA LigaAW 2-1 v Deportivo de La Coruñagame score 68.2
21948-03-28LA LigaAW 2-1 v Sporting Gijongame score 65.2
31948-03-07LA LigaHL 1-2 v Real Oviedogame score 61.6
41948-02-08LA LigaHW 3-2 v Valenciagame score 57.2
51947-04-13LA LigaAW 1-0 v FC Barcelonagame score 56.1
61947-02-09LA LigaAW 2-1 v RCD Espanyolgame score 55.3
71948-09-12LA LigaHL 1-2 v Real Madridgame score 53.3
81948-01-11LA LigaHL 1-2 v Atlético de Madridgame score 53.0
91947-10-12LA LigaAW 3-2 v RCD Espanyolgame score 52.6
101946-10-06LA LigaAW 1-0 v Real Oviedogame score 52.5

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
14
First season
1944
Most recent season
1988

The Heartbreak Index5.0 · #440

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 1944

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agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19446.3
  • Major final appearance since 19353.2
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1988 · relegated from the top flight, 1972 · relegated from the top flight, 1945 · relegated from the top flight, 1949

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Season-by-season

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

1988
La Liga (1) · P19↓
38 P · 9-11-18 · 27:48 · -21
29
pts
1987
La Liga (1) · P17
34 P · 7-11-16 · 28:50 · -22
25
pts
1972
La Liga (1) · P18↓
34 P · 7-9-18 · 27:52 · -25
23
pts
1971
La Liga (1) · P13
30 P · 8-5-17 · 28:49 · -21
21
pts
1970
La Liga (1) · P13
30 P · 10-5-15 · 31:37 · -6
25
pts
ICFC
1969
La Liga (1) · P4
30 P · 10-12-8 · 33:34 · -1
32
pts
ICFC
1968
La Liga (1) · P12
30 P · 10-6-14 · 34:51 · -17
26
pts
1967
La Liga (1) · P8
30 P · 11-8-11 · 35:38 · -3
30
pts
1966
La Liga (1) · P14PO
30 P · 10-3-17 · 30:46 · -16
23
pts
1949
La Liga (1) · P14↓
26 P · 5-3-18 · 43:81 · -38
13
pts
1948
La Liga (1) · P12
26 P · 9-3-14 · 41:62 · -21
21
pts
1947
La Liga (1) · P5
26 P · 11-8-7 · 42:36 · +6
30
pts
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1945
La Liga (1) · P13↓
26 P · 6-5-15 · 30:67 · -37
17
pts
1944
La Liga (1) · P9
26 P · 11-3-12 · 53:60 · -7
25
pts
Domestic Cup Finals

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

1935
Copa del Rey
Runner-up
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.

1969-70
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup(ICFC)
Round of 32 / qualifying