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Energie Cottbus

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Cottbus, Cottbus · Germany · Bundesliga

Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
2

Power-ranking history

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Rank (1 = best)1494Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.059/6064/6569/7074/7579/8084/8589/9094/9599/0004/05

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 6 seasons from 2000-01 to 2008-09 it has fallen short of them by −4.3 match points.

Energie Cottbus: surplus against expectation, 2000-01 to 2008-092000-01: +0.9 league points vs expected (39 on 38.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.8 match points2001-02: −2.4 league points vs expected (35 on 37.4, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points2002-03: −4.1 league points vs expected (30 on 34.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points2006-07: +3.3 league points vs expected (41 on 37.7, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.0 match points2007-08: −0.6 league points vs expected (36 on 36.6, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.1 match points2008-09: −5.3 league points vs expected (30 on 35.3, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.2 match points
2000-01one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season2008-09
Best season against expectation
2006-07 +3.3 league pts
41 points on 37.7 expected as Energie Cottbus
Worst season against expectation
2008-09 −5.3 league pts
30 points on 35.3 expected as Energie Cottbus

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

Energie Cottbus'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
12007-05-19BundesligaAL 1-2 v VfB Stuttgartgame score 66.4
22011-01-26DFB-Pokal · QuarterfinalsHW 1-0 v TSG Hoffenheimgame score 55.0
32002-05-04BundesligaHL 2-3 v 1. FC Kölngame score 50.5
42009-05-13BundesligaHL 0-1 v Borussia Mönchengladbachgame score 49.5
52003-05-17BundesligaHW 2-1 v 1. FC Nürnberggame score 48.7
62001-05-19BundesligaAW 1-0 v TSV 1860 Münchengame score 48.4
71996-11-12DFB-Pokal · QuarterfinalsHD 0-0 v FC St. Pauli(pens 4 / 5)game score 48.2
81996-10-23DFB-Pokal · Round of 16HD 2-2 v MSV Duisburg(pens 4 / 5)game score 47.7
92007-03-04BundesligaAW 3-2 v Borussia Dortmundgame score 45.2
102007-04-14BundesligaHW 3-2 v VfL Wolfsburggame score 44.2

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
6
First season
2001
Most recent season
2009

The Heartbreak Index3.6 · #558

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 2001

3.6
Heartbreak
#558
of 1,139 clubs
#350
in Football
3.6
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 20015.0
  • Major final appearance since 19972.7
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 2009 · relegated from the top flight, 2003 · lost the national cup final, 1997 · survived a relegation scare, 2008

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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.

2009
Bundesliga (1) · P16↓
34 P · 8-6-20 · 30:57 · -27
30
pts
2008
Bundesliga (1) · P14
34 P · 9-9-16 · 35:56 · -21
36
pts
2007
Bundesliga (1) · P13
34 P · 11-8-15 · 38:49 · -11
41
pts
2003
Bundesliga (1) · P18↓
34 P · 7-9-18 · 34:64 · -30
30
pts
2002
Bundesliga (1) · P13
34 P · 9-8-17 · 36:60 · -24
35
pts
2001
Bundesliga (1) · P14
34 P · 12-3-19 · 38:52 · -14
39
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.

1997
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up