Excelsior Roubaix

Heartbreak#5104.1

Roubaix, Lille · France · Ligue 1

Major cups
1
last 1933

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 6 seasons from 1932-33 to 1938-39 it has fallen short of them by −1.4 match points.

1932-33 to 1938-39one bar per season · height in match points

Best season against expectation
1932-33 +2.9 league pts
30 points on 27.1 expected as Excelsior Roubaix
Worst season against expectation
1938-39 −5.0 league pts
24 points on 29.0 expected as Excelsior Roubaix

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. 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.

Lille against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Excelsior Roubaix's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play. H, A and N mark home, away and a neutral venue; a ★ is a curated all-time classic (tap it for the model's own score).All-time board.

1
RC Lens
1939-03-19 · Division 1
55.9
game score
2
AS Cannes
1935-07-01 · Division 1
55.1
game score
3
SC Fives
1934-07-01 · Division 1
54.7
game score
4
Olympique Marseille
1939-02-12 · Division 1
54.6
game score
5
FC Sète
1939-01-15 · Division 1
54.3
game score
6
RC Strasbourg
1936-07-01 · Division 1
54.1
game score
7
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
1937-07-01 · Division 1
54.1
game score
8
FC Sète
1934-07-01 · Division 1
53.8
game score
9
FC Antibes
1936-07-01 · Division 1
53.5
game score
10
AS Cannes
1939-04-30 · Division 1
52.8
game score

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
7
First season
1933
Most recent season
1939

The Heartbreak Index4.1 · #510

The Tortured · Major trophy, 1933

4.1
Heartbreak
#510
of 1,138 clubs
#328
in Football
4.1
agony
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19336.3
  • Major final appearance since 19333.2
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1939 · survived a relegation scare, 1933

One formula, every club the site covers. See the whole board →

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.

1939
Division 1 (1) · P13↓
30 P · 8-8-14 · 60:71 · -11
24
pts
1938
Division 1 (1) · P6
30 P · 10-12-8 · 59:57 · +2
32
pts
1937
Division 1 (1) · P8
30 P · 13-5-12 · 72:60 · +12
31
pts
1936
Division 1 (1) · P9
30 P · 13-5-12 · 65:56 · +9
31
pts
1935
Division 1 (1) · P9
30 P · 13-5-12 · 51:48 · +3
31
pts
1934
Division 1 (1) · P5
26 P · 13-4-9 · 65:59 · +6
30
pts
1933
Division 1 (1) · P6
18 P · 5-8-5 · 32:37 · -5
18
pts
Coupe
Domestic Cup Finals

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

1933
Coupe de France
Won