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Grenoble Foot

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Grenoble, Grenoble · France · Ligue 1

Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1633Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.009/10

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 4 seasons from 1960-61 to 2009-10 it has fallen short of them by 8.5 match points.

Grenoble Foot 38: surplus against expectation, 1960-61 to 2009-101960-61: −2.0 league points vs expected (31 on 33.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.0 match points1962-63: −2.3 league points vs expected (28 on 30.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.1 match points2008-09: −3.8 league points vs expected (44 on 47.8, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points2009-10: −14.8 league points vs expected (23 on 37.8, 3 for a win) · bar height −5.5 match points
1960-61one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season2009-10
Best season against expectation
1960-61 2.0 league pts
31 points on 33.0 expected as Grenoble Foot 38
Worst season against expectation
2009-10 14.8 league pts
23 points on 37.8 expected as Grenoble Foot 38

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.

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Greatest games

Grenoble Foot'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
12005-03-02Coupe de France · Round of 16AW 3-1 v Lille OSCgame score 55.8
22023-02-28Coupe de France · QuarterfinalsAL 1-2 v Olympique Lyonnaisgame score 51.9
32010-01-26Coupe de France · Round of 32AL 3-4 v Vannes OCgame score 46.6
42009-03-03Coupe de France · Round of 16AD 1-1 v Dijon FCO(pens 4 / 2)game score 46.0
51961-05-27Division 1AL 0-1 v US Valenciennesgame score 45.5
61963-03-24Division 1AW 1-0 v Olympique Lyonnaisgame score 43.4
72000-01-22Coupe de France · Round of 64HL 1-2 v AS Saint-Étiennegame score 43.1
82010-01-23Coupe de France · Round of 64HW 3-2 v Montpellier HSCgame score 43.1
92009-04-21Coupe de France · SemifinalsHL 0-2 v Stade Rennais FCgame score 42.9
101961-05-11Division 1AL 1-2 v Toulouse FCgame score 42.8

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
4
First season
1913
Most recent season
2010

The Heartbreak Index3.1 · #615

The Blessed · Never won it, waiting since 1961

3.1
Heartbreak
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#380
in Football
3.1
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19616.3
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 2010 · relegated from the top flight, 1961 · relegated from the top flight, 1963

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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.

2010
Ligue 1 (1) · P20
38 P · 5-8-25 · 31:61 · -30
23
pts
2009
Ligue 1 (1) · P13
38 P · 10-14-14 · 24:37 · -13
44
pts
1963
Division 1 (1) · P17
as FC Grenoble · 38 P · 7-14-17 · 36:61 · -25
28
pts
1961
Division 1 (1) · P17
as FC Grenoble · 38 P · 8-15-15 · 47:55 · -8
31
pts
1913
Championnat de France (1)
as FC Grenoble · national playoff · knockout format, no match data