Holland Sport

Heartbreak#6982.5

Rotterdam-The Hague, Rotterdam-The Hague · Netherlands · Eredivisie

Power-ranking history

Rank (1 = best)1295Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.069/70

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 3 seasons from 1968-69 to 1970-71 it has fallen short of them by −0.6 match points.

1968-69 to 1970-71one bar per season · height in match points

Best season against expectation
1968-69 +3.4 league pts
33 points on 29.6 expected as Holland Sport
Worst season against expectation
1970-71 −5.3 league pts
24 points on 29.3 expected as Holland Sport

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.

Rotterdam-The Hague against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Holland Sport's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play. H, A and N mark home, away and a neutral venue; a ★ is a curated all-time classic (tap it for the model's own score).All-time board.

1
1959-05-18 · Eredivisie
54.8
game score
2
1959-05-31 · Eredivisie
52.9
game score
3
1969-05-15 · Eredivisie
49.4
game score
4
1959-05-03 · Eredivisie
47.5
game score
5
1971-04-18 · Eredivisie
46.3
game score
6
1970-03-30 · Eredivisie
43.8
game score
7
1959-04-05 · Eredivisie
42.2
game score
8
1970-03-22 · Eredivisie
41.0
game score
9
1969-04-13 · Eredivisie
40.8
game score
10
1969-04-20 · Eredivisie
40.5
game score

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
4
First season
1959
Most recent season
1971

The Heartbreak Index2.5 · #698

The Blessed · Never won it, waiting since 1959

2.5
Heartbreak
#698
of 1,138 clubs
#432
in Football
2.5
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19596.3
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1971 · relegated from the top flight, 1959

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.

1971
Eredivisie (1) · P15↓
34 P · 5-14-15 · 34:60 · -26
24
pts
1970
Eredivisie (1) · P9
34 P · 13-7-14 · 48:63 · -15
33
pts
1969
Eredivisie (1) · P10
34 P · 12-9-13 · 32:45 · -13
33
pts
1959
Eredivisie (1) · P18↓
34 P · 7-4-23 · 54:111 · -57
18
pts