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FC Martigues

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Marseille, Marseille · France · Ligue 1

Power-ranking history

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Rank (1 = best)1410Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.094/95

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 3 seasons from 1993-94 to 1995-96 it has fallen short of them by 4.0 match points.

FC Martigues: surplus against expectation, 1993-94 to 1995-961993-94: −6.2 league points vs expected (27 on 33.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.1 match points1994-95: +7.1 league points vs expected (51 on 43.9, 3 for a win) · bar height +2.3 match points1995-96: −6.9 league points vs expected (34 on 40.9, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.2 match points
1993-94one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1995-96
Best season against expectation
1994-95 +7.1 league pts
51 points on 43.9 expected as FC Martigues
Worst season against expectation
1995-96 6.9 league pts
34 points on 40.9 expected as FC Martigues

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.

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

FC Martigues'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
12003-03-15Coupe de France · QuarterfinalsHL 0-1 v Paris Saint-Germaingame score 50.4
21995-05-06Division 1HL 0-1 v OGC Nicegame score 45.0
31995-04-08Division 1AW 1-0 v SM Caengame score 45.0
41996-05-18Division 1HW 2-1 v En Avant Guingampgame score 44.9
51996-04-09Division 1HW 1-0 v Lille OSCgame score 42.6
61994-04-09Division 1HL 1-2 v FC Nantes Atlantiquegame score 42.2
71995-02-03Coupe de France · Round of 32HL 0-1 v Paris Saint-Germaingame score 42.0
81996-02-27Division 1HL 0-1 v Le Havre ACgame score 41.5
91995-04-01Division 1HW 2-1 v AJ Auxerregame score 41.3
101996-03-02Coupe de France · Round of 32AL 0-1 v Thouars Foot 79game score 41.0

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
3
First season
1994
Most recent season
1996

The Heartbreak Index2.2 · #812

The Blessed · Never won it, waiting since 1994

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agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19945.7
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1996

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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.

1996
Division 1 (1) · P20
38 P · 9-7-22 · 31:58 · -27
34
pts
1995
Division 1 (1) · P11
38 P · 13-12-13 · 37:49 · -12
51
pts
1994
Division 1 (1) · P18
38 P · 5-17-16 · 37:58 · -21
27
pts