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FC Rouen

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Rouen, Rouen · France · Ligue 1

Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
7

Power-ranking history

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Rank (1 = best)1475Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.064/6569/7074/7579/8084/85

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 19 seasons from 1935-36 to 1984-85 it has fallen short of them by −5.3 match points.

FC Rouen: surplus against expectation, 1935-36 to 1984-851935-36: +5.8 league points vs expected (35 on 29.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.9 match points1936-37: +4.8 league points vs expected (36 on 31.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.4 match points1938-39: −9.6 league points vs expected (21 on 30.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −4.8 match points1945-46: +3.7 league points vs expected (36 on 32.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.9 match points1946-47: −8.7 league points vs expected (23 on 31.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −4.3 match points1960-61: +9.3 league points vs expected (46 on 36.8, 2 for a win) · bar height +4.6 match points1961-62: −1.3 league points vs expected (38 on 39.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.6 match points1962-63: +2.5 league points vs expected (42 on 39.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.3 match points1963-64: −2.6 league points vs expected (32 on 34.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points1964-65: −2.7 league points vs expected (30 on 32.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.4 match points1965-66: −0.3 league points vs expected (34 on 34.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.1 match points1966-67: −0.5 league points vs expected (33 on 33.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.2 match points1967-68: +1.2 league points vs expected (35 on 33.8, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.6 match points1968-69: +5.9 league points vs expected (40 on 34.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.9 match points1969-70: −1.0 league points vs expected (32 on 33.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points1977-78: −14.0 league points vs expected (18 on 32.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −7.0 match points1982-83: +0.5 league points vs expected (32 on 31.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.2 match points1983-84: −0.0 league points vs expected (34 on 34.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.0 match points1984-85: −3.5 league points vs expected (29 on 32.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.7 match points
1935-36one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1984-85
Best season against expectation
1960-61 +9.3 league pts
46 points on 36.8 expected as FC Rouen
Worst season against expectation
1977-78 −14.0 league pts
18 points on 32.0 expected as FC Rouen

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.

1946-47 table not final: source 4 matchdays short (20 clubs at 34 of 38) and one round mis-dated.

Rouen against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

FC Rouen'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
11939-05-07Division 1HL 0-1 v FC Sètegame score 75.7
21939-03-26Division 1HL 2-3 v SC Fivesgame score 62.8
31925-05-10Coupe de France · FinalNL 2-3 v CASG Parisgame score 61.7
41946-02-24Division 1AW 3-2 v Olympique Marseillegame score 58.4
51947-03-20Division 1HL 2-3 v Olympique Marseillegame score 55.5
61938-10-23Division 1HL 1-2 v Olympique Marseillegame score 54.3
71939-03-19Division 1AL 0-1 v Olympique Marseillegame score 53.9
81939-02-26Division 1HL 0-1 v FC Antibesgame score 53.2
91947-04-03Division 1AL 1-2 v FC Girondins de Bordeauxgame score 52.2
101946-05-19Division 1AL 0-1 v Le Havre ACgame score 51.5

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
20
First season
1910
Most recent season
1985

The Heartbreak Index5.2 · #420

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 1927

5.2
Heartbreak
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#269
in Football
5.2
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19276.3
  • Major final appearance since 19643.2
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1970 · relegated from the top flight, 1947 · relegated from the top flight, 1978 · relegated from the top flight, 1985

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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.

1985
Division 1 (1) · P18↓
38 P · 8-13-17 · 28:46 · -18
29
pts
1984
Division 1 (1) · P14
38 P · 13-8-17 · 42:40 · +2
34
pts
1983
Division 1 (1) · P16
38 P · 11-10-17 · 45:54 · -9
32
pts
1978
Division 1 (1) · P20↓
38 P · 6-6-26 · 40:91 · -51
18
pts
1970
Division 1 (1) · P12↓
34 P · 10-12-12 · 41:45 · -4
32
pts
ICFC
1969
Division 1 (1) · P4
34 P · 16-8-10 · 44:43 · +1
40
pts
ICFC
1968
Division 1 (1) · P15
38 P · 15-5-18 · 48:51 · -3
35
pts
1967
Division 1 (1) · P16
38 P · 11-11-16 · 37:44 · -7
33
pts
1966
Division 1 (1) · P14
38 P · 10-14-14 · 41:62 · -21
34
pts
1965
Division 1 (1) · P16PO
34 P · 12-6-16 · 31:48 · -17
30
pts
1964
Division 1 (1) · P14
34 P · 12-8-14 · 50:51 · -1
32
pts
Lg Cup
1963
Division 1 (1) · P8
38 P · 18-6-14 · 59:57 · +2
42
pts
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1962
Division 1 (1) · P9
38 P · 14-10-14 · 57:56 · +1
38
pts
1961
Division 1 (1) · P4
38 P · 21-4-13 · 56:42 · +14
46
pts
1947
Division 1 (1) · P20↓
38 P · 7-10-21 · 37:63 · -26
24
pts
1946
Division 1 (1) · P7
34 P · 14-8-12 · 53:47 · +6
36
pts
1939
Division 1 (1) · P14
30 P · 6-9-15 · 31:48 · -17
21
pts
1938
Division 1 (1) · P4
30 P · 14-8-8 · 57:44 · +13
36
pts
1937
Division 1 (1) · P4
30 P · 15-5-10 · 62:48 · +14
35
pts
1929
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1927
Championnat de France (1) · P5
4 P · 0-2-2 · 2:6 · -4
6
pts
1914
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1913
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1912
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1911
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1910
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
Domestic Cup Finals

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

1964
Coupe de la Ligue
Runner-up
1925
Coupe de France
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 16