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FC Sète

Heartbreak#3376.5

Sète, Montpellier · France · Ligue 1

League titles
2
last 1939
Major cups
4
last 1939
Top-2 finishes
3
Top-4 finishes
8

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 15 seasons from 1932-33 to 1953-54 it has beaten them by +4.4 match points.

FC Sete: surplus against expectation, 1932-33 to 1953-541932-33: +6.0 league points vs expected (34 on 28.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.0 match points1933-34: +3.1 league points vs expected (36 on 32.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.6 match points1934-35: −0.6 league points vs expected (32 on 32.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.3 match points1935-36: −1.2 league points vs expected (30 on 31.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.6 match points1936-37: +8.8 league points vs expected (41 on 32.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +4.4 match points1938-39: +5.8 league points vs expected (42 on 36.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.9 match points1945-46: −7.1 league points vs expected (32 on 39.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.6 match points1946-47: −3.8 league points vs expected (28 on 31.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.9 match points1947-48: −1.0 league points vs expected (26 on 27.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points1948-49: −0.3 league points vs expected (29 on 29.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.1 match points1949-50: +1.5 league points vs expected (29 on 27.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.7 match points1950-51: +0.4 league points vs expected (30 on 29.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.2 match points1951-52: +5.1 league points vs expected (36 on 30.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.5 match points1952-53: −0.6 league points vs expected (33 on 33.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.3 match points1953-54: −7.2 league points vs expected (22 on 29.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.6 match points
1932-33one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1953-54
Best season against expectation
1936-37 +8.8 league pts
41 points on 32.2 expected as FC Sete
Worst season against expectation
1953-54 −7.2 league pts
22 points on 29.2 expected as FC Sete

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.

Montpellier against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

FC Sète'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
11939-04-30Division 1HW 2-1 v FC Sochaux-Montbéliardgame score 78.8
21949-06-01Division 1HL 1-2 v Stade Reimsgame score 75.9
31939-05-07Division 1AW 1-0 v FC Rouengame score 75.7
41939-04-08Division 1HL 1-2 v Olympique Marseillegame score 70.9
51934-05-06Coupe de France · FinalNW 2-1 v Olympique Marseillegame score 69.2
61942-05-17Coupe de France · FinalNL 0-2 v Red Stargame score 61.6
71924-04-13Coupe de France · FinalNL 2-3 v Olympique Marseillegame score 61.5
81948-05-16Division 1AW 2-1 v AS Cannesgame score 60.6
91953-05-17Division 1HL 0-1 v RC Parisgame score 59.6
101946-03-24Division 1AW 2-1 v Olympique Marseillegame score 59.4

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
16
First season
1907
Most recent season
1954

The Heartbreak Index6.5 · #337

The Tortured · Major trophy, 1939

6.5
Heartbreak
#337
of 1,139 clubs
#212
in Football
6.5
agony
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19396.3
  • Major final appearance since 19423.2
  • League title since 19391.6
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1954 · lost the national cup final, 1942 · survived a relegation scare, 1951 · survived a relegation scare, 1950

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.

1954
Division 1 (1) · P18↓
34 P · 6-10-18 · 38:71 · -33
22
pts
1953
Division 1 (1) · P10
34 P · 13-7-14 · 42:49 · -7
33
pts
1952
Division 1 (1) · P10
34 P · 14-8-12 · 54:56 · -2
36
pts
1951
Division 1 (1) · P15
34 P · 12-6-16 · 47:53 · -6
30
pts
1950
Division 1 (1) · P14
34 P · 12-5-17 · 59:72 · -13
29
pts
1949
Division 1 (1) · P14
34 P · 10-9-15 · 34:58 · -24
29
pts
1948
Division 1 (1) · P16
34 P · 11-4-19 · 59:85 · -26
26
pts
1947
Division 1 (1) · P13
38 P · 12-11-15 · 64:79 · -15
35
pts
1946
Division 1 (1) · P13
34 P · 13-6-15 · 63:65 · -2
32
pts
1939
Division 1 (1) · P1★
30 P · 19-4-7 · 65:36 · +29
42
pts
1938
Division 1 (1) · P3
30 P · 16-9-5 · 52:28 · +24
41
pts
1937
Division 1 (1) · P10
30 P · 11-8-11 · 46:48 · -2
30
pts
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1936
Division 1 (1) · P7
30 P · 14-4-12 · 49:48 · +1
32
pts
1935
Division 1 (1) · P4
30 P · 13-10-7 · 52:45 · +7
36
pts
1934
Division 1 (1) · P1★
26 P · 14-6-6 · 69:52 · +17
34
pts
Coupe
1933
Division 1 (1) · P4
18 P · 8-4-6 · 32:32 · 0
20
pts
1914
Championnat de France (1)
as Olympique de Cette · national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1913
Championnat de France (1)
as Olympique de Cette · national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1912
Championnat de France (1)
as Olympique de Cette · national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1911
Championnat de France (1)
as Olympique de Cette · national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1910
Championnat de France (1)
as Olympique de Cette · national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1909
Championnat de France (1)
as Olympique de Cette · national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1907
Championnat de France (1)
as Olympique de Cette · 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.

1942
Coupe de France
Runner-up
1934
Coupe de France
Won
1930
Coupe de France
Won
1929
Coupe de France
Runner-up
1924
Coupe de France
Runner-up
1923
Coupe de France
Runner-up