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Fortuna Sittard

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Sittard-Geleen, Sittard-Geleen · Netherlands · Eredivisie

Major cups
2
last 1964
Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
4
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Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1605Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.059/6069/7079/8089/9099/0009/1019/20

Against expectation

Every Dutch top-flight match this club has played in the Eredivisie, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 37 seasons from 1956-57 to 2024-25 it has fallen short of them by −6.5 match points.

Fortuna Sittard: surplus against expectation, 1956-57 to 2024-251956-57: +8.4 league points vs expected (45 on 36.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +4.2 match points1957-58: +1.9 league points vs expected (40 on 38.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.9 match points1958-59: +4.6 league points vs expected (44 on 39.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.3 match points1959-60: −5.5 league points vs expected (30 on 35.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.7 match points1960-61: −6.4 league points vs expected (26 on 32.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.2 match points1961-62: −1.7 league points vs expected (31 on 32.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1962-63: +0.5 league points vs expected (28 on 27.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.3 match points1963-64: +2.7 league points vs expected (30 on 27.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1964-65: +1.6 league points vs expected (31 on 29.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points1965-66: −2.3 league points vs expected (26 on 28.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.2 match points1966-67: −4.3 league points vs expected (25 on 29.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.2 match points1967-68: −1.8 league points vs expected (25 on 26.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1982-83: +2.0 league points vs expected (33 on 31.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.0 match points1983-84: +1.0 league points vs expected (31 on 30.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1984-85: +3.3 league points vs expected (34 on 30.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.6 match points1985-86: +0.4 league points vs expected (34 on 33.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.2 match points1986-87: +0.4 league points vs expected (32 on 31.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.2 match points1987-88: +0.8 league points vs expected (35 on 34.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.4 match points1988-89: −0.6 league points vs expected (34 on 34.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.3 match points1989-90: +3.6 league points vs expected (38 on 34.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.8 match points1990-91: −4.1 league points vs expected (30 on 34.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.1 match points1991-92: −4.5 league points vs expected (25 on 29.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.2 match points1992-93: −5.5 league points vs expected (21 on 26.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.8 match points1995-96: −4.3 league points vs expected (31 on 35.3, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.8 match points1996-97: +4.7 league points vs expected (39 on 34.4, 3 for a win) · bar height +2.1 match points1997-98: +9.6 league points vs expected (48 on 38.4, 3 for a win) · bar height +2.7 match points1998-99: +2.9 league points vs expected (44 on 41.1, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.9 match points1999-00: −3.0 league points vs expected (38 on 41.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.1 match points2000-01: −6.0 league points vs expected (31 on 37.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.2 match points2001-02: −15.5 league points vs expected (17 on 32.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −5.1 match points2018-19: −7.2 league points vs expected (34 on 41.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.6 match points2019-20: −2.7 league points vs expected (26 on 28.7, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points2020-21: +4.0 league points vs expected (41 on 37.0, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.9 match points2021-22: −0.7 league points vs expected (35 on 35.7, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.7 match points2022-23: +0.3 league points vs expected (36 on 35.7, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.1 match points2023-24: +2.3 league points vs expected (38 on 35.7, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points2024-25: +3.5 league points vs expected (41 on 37.5, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.2 match points
1956-57one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season2024-25
Best season against expectation
1997-98 +9.6 league pts
48 points on 38.4 expected as Fortuna Sittard
Worst season against expectation
2001-02 −15.5 league pts
17 points on 32.5 expected as Fortuna Sittard

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.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.

2019-20 table not final: voided at the COVID-19 shutdown, 232 of 306 played.

Sittard-Geleen against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Fortuna Sittard'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
11984-05-02KNVB Beker · FinalNL 0-1 v Feyenoordgame score 59.4
21964-05-14KNVB Beker · FinalND 0-0 v ADO Den Haag(pens 4 / 3)game score 56.4
31957-04-22EredivisieHL 2-3 v Ajaxgame score 55.3
42001-05-06EredivisieAW 3-2 v Feyenoordgame score 52.0
51999-04-13KNVB Beker · SemifinalsAW 3-1 v PSV Eindhovengame score 50.2
61992-12-15KNVB Beker · Round of 16HL 0-1 v SC Heerenveengame score 49.9
71957-06-16KNVB Beker · FinalNW 4-2 v Feyenoordgame score 49.1
82022-05-07EredivisieAW 2-1 v FC Twentegame score 48.1
91967-05-01EredivisieHL 2-3 v Ajaxgame score 47.9
101998-02-10KNVB Beker · Round of 16AW 1-0 v Telstargame score 47.8

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
41
First season
1950
Most recent season
2026

The Heartbreak Index11.2 · #147

The Tortured · Major trophy, 1964

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agony
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 196412.2
  • Major final appearance since 19995.0
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1993 · relegated from the top flight, 2002 · lost the national cup final, 1999 · lost the national cup final, 1984

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

Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Eredivisie only. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

2027
Eredivisie (1) · P7● live
6 P · 3-1-2 · 12:14 · -2
10
pts
2026
Eredivisie (1) · P11
34 P · 11-6-17 · 49:63 · -14
39
pts
2025
Eredivisie (1) · P11
34 P · 11-8-15 · 37:54 · -17
41
pts
2024
Eredivisie (1) · P10
34 P · 9-11-14 · 37:56 · -19
38
pts
2023
Eredivisie (1) · P13
34 P · 10-6-18 · 39:62 · -23
36
pts
2022
Eredivisie (1) · P15
34 P · 10-5-19 · 36:67 · -31
35
pts
2021
Eredivisie (1) · P11
34 P · 12-5-17 · 50:58 · -8
41
pts
2020
Eredivisie (1) · P16
26 P · 6-8-12 · 29:52 · -23
26
pts
2019
Eredivisie (1) · P15
34 P · 9-7-18 · 50:80 · -30
34
pts
2002
Eredivisie (1) · P18↓
34 P · 3-8-23 · 27:71 · -44
17
pts
2001
Eredivisie (1) · P16PO
34 P · 8-7-19 · 31:64 · -33
31
pts
2000
Eredivisie (1) · P12
34 P · 10-8-16 · 47:54 · -7
38
pts
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1999
Eredivisie (1) · P10
34 P · 12-8-14 · 49:56 · -7
44
pts
KNVB
1998
Eredivisie (1) · P7
34 P · 14-6-14 · 51:53 · -2
48
pts
UC
1997
Eredivisie (1) · P11
34 P · 9-12-13 · 36:52 · -16
39
pts
1996
Eredivisie (1) · P13
34 P · 6-13-15 · 27:54 · -27
31
pts
1993
Eredivisie (1) · P16↓
34 P · 7-7-20 · 34:76 · -42
21
pts
1992
Eredivisie (1) · P14
34 P · 7-11-16 · 36:50 · -14
25
pts
1991
Eredivisie (1) · P12
34 P · 9-12-13 · 33:47 · -14
30
pts
1990
Eredivisie (1) · P7
34 P · 12-14-8 · 42:35 · +7
38
pts
1989
Eredivisie (1) · P8
34 P · 11-12-11 · 40:37 · +3
34
pts
1988
Eredivisie (1) · P8
34 P · 11-13-10 · 51:48 · +3
35
pts
1987
Eredivisie (1) · P9
34 P · 10-12-12 · 47:49 · -2
32
pts
1986
Eredivisie (1) · P8
34 P · 11-12-11 · 47:47 · 0
34
pts
1985
Eredivisie (1) · P7
34 P · 14-6-14 · 49:48 · +1
34
pts
CWC
1984
Eredivisie (1) · P12
34 P · 11-9-14 · 50:55 · -5
31
pts
KNVBCWC
1983
Eredivisie (1) · P8
34 P · 11-11-12 · 41:48 · -7
33
pts
1969
Eredivisie (1) · P18↓
34 P · 3-12-19 · 18:61 · -43
18
pts
1968
Eredivisie (1) · P17
as Fortuna '54 · 34 P · 6-13-15 · 37:70 · -33
25
pts
1967
Eredivisie (1) · P14
as Fortuna '54 · 34 P · 8-9-17 · 44:66 · -22
25
pts
1966
Eredivisie (1) · P9
as Fortuna '54 · 30 P · 9-8-13 · 36:54 · -18
26
pts
1965
Eredivisie (1) · P6
as Fortuna '54 · 30 P · 13-5-12 · 44:49 · -5
31
pts
CWC
1964
Eredivisie (1) · P7
as Fortuna '54 · 30 P · 10-10-10 · 50:48 · +2
30
pts
KNVBCWC
1963
Eredivisie (1) · P12
as Fortuna '54 · 30 P · 12-4-14 · 44:54 · -10
28
pts
1962
Eredivisie (1) · P12
as Fortuna '54 · 34 P · 11-9-14 · 57:61 · -4
31
pts
1961
Eredivisie (1) · P15
as Fortuna '54 · 34 P · 8-10-16 · 52:69 · -17
26
pts
1960
Eredivisie (1) · P14
as Fortuna '54 · 34 P · 11-8-15 · 67:81 · -14
30
pts
1959
Eredivisie (1) · P3
as Fortuna '54 · 34 P · 17-10-7 · 56:47 · +9
44
pts
1958
Eredivisie (1) · P4
as Fortuna '54 · 34 P · 16-8-10 · 72:53 · +19
40
pts
1957
Eredivisie (1) · P2
as Fortuna '54 · 34 P · 20-5-9 · 76:48 · +28
45
pts
KNVB
1950
Landskampioenschap (1) · P3
as Maurits · 10 P · 4-2-4 · 16:22 · -6
10
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.

1999
KNVB Beker
Runner-up
1984
KNVB Beker
Runner-up
1964
KNVB Beker
Won
1957
KNVB Beker
Won
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.

1984-85
Cup Winners Cup(CWC)
Quarter-final
1964-65
Cup Winners Cup(CWC)
Group stage