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Karlsruher SC

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Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe · Germany · Bundesliga

Major cups
2
last 1956
Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
3

Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1420Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.059/6064/6569/7074/7579/8084/8589/9094/9599/0004/05

Against expectation

Every German top-flight match this club has played in the Bundesliga, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 24 seasons from 1963-64 to 2008-09 it has fallen short of them by −8.6 match points.

Karlsruher SC: surplus against expectation, 1963-64 to 2008-091963-64: −3.9 league points vs expected (24 on 27.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.9 match points1964-65: −2.9 league points vs expected (24 on 26.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.4 match points1965-66: −3.2 league points vs expected (24 on 27.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.6 match points1966-67: +5.1 league points vs expected (31 on 25.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.6 match points1967-68: −9.9 league points vs expected (17 on 26.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −4.9 match points1975-76: −0.1 league points vs expected (30 on 30.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.0 match points1976-77: −1.1 league points vs expected (28 on 29.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points1980-81: +1.9 league points vs expected (32 on 30.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.9 match points1981-82: −2.6 league points vs expected (27 on 29.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points1982-83: −6.5 league points vs expected (21 on 27.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.2 match points1984-85: −3.3 league points vs expected (22 on 25.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.7 match points1987-88: +1.4 league points vs expected (29 on 27.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.7 match points1988-89: +2.9 league points vs expected (32 on 29.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1989-90: +2.5 league points vs expected (32 on 29.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.2 match points1990-91: +0.8 league points vs expected (31 on 30.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.4 match points1991-92: +3.2 league points vs expected (35 on 31.8, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.6 match points1992-93: +5.8 league points vs expected (39 on 33.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.9 match points1993-94: +3.0 league points vs expected (38 on 35.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.5 match points1994-95: +0.3 league points vs expected (36 on 35.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.1 match points1995-96: +2.3 league points vs expected (48 on 45.7, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.0 match points1996-97: −0.3 league points vs expected (49 on 49.3, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.2 match points1997-98: −7.6 league points vs expected (38 on 45.6, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.3 match points2007-08: −2.3 league points vs expected (43 on 45.3, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.6 match points2008-09: −7.9 league points vs expected (29 on 36.9, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.2 match points
1963-64one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season2008-09
Best season against expectation
1992-93 +5.8 league pts
39 points on 33.3 expected as Karlsruher SC
Worst season against expectation
1967-68 −9.9 league pts
17 points on 26.9 expected as Karlsruher SC

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.

1991-92 table not final: source truncated on 1992-04-25, last 4 matchdays absent, 340 of 380.

Karlsruhe against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Karlsruher SC'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
11994-04-23BundesligaAW 2-1 v MSV Duisburggame score 69.1
21996-05-25DFB-Pokal · FinalNL 0-1 v 1. FC Kaiserslauterngame score 68.7
31997-02-19DFB-Pokal · QuarterfinalsHW 1-0 v Bayern Munichgame score 65.0
41960-10-05DFB-Pokal · FinalNL 2-3 v Borussia Mönchengladbachgame score 61.9
51955-05-21DFB-Pokal · FinalNW 3-2 v FC Schalke 04game score 61.8
61992-12-01DFB-Pokal · QuarterfinalsHD 1-1 v Eintracht Frankfurt(pens 3 / 5)game score 60.7
71995-03-08DFB-Pokal · QuarterfinalsAL 1-2 v 1. FC Kölngame score 59.8
81994-03-16UEFA Cup · Quarterfinals · 2nd leg, agg 2-1HW 1-0 v Boavista FCgame score 59.0
91985-06-01BundesligaAW 4-3 v 1. FC Kölngame score 57.7
101994-04-12UEFA Cup · Semifinals · 2nd leg, agg 1-1HD 1-1 v SV Austria Salzburggame score 56.6

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
24
Pre-Bundesliga national playoff appearances
3
First season
1956
Most recent season
2009
RivalriesBadener Derbyvs SC Freiburgtwo-way

The Heartbreak Index9.0 · #218

The Tortured · Major trophy, 1956

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agony
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19567.7
  • Major final appearance since 19963.3
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 2009 · lost the national cup final, 1996 · relegated from the top flight, 1998 · relegated from the top flight, 1985

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Season-by-season

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

2009
Bundesliga (1) · P17↓
34 P · 8-5-21 · 30:54 · -24
29
pts
2008
Bundesliga (1) · P11
34 P · 11-10-13 · 38:53 · -15
43
pts
1998
Bundesliga (1) · P16↓
34 P · 9-11-14 · 48:60 · -12
38
pts
UC
1997
Bundesliga (1) · P6
34 P · 13-10-11 · 55:44 · +11
49
pts
UCUC
1996
Bundesliga (1) · P7
34 P · 12-12-10 · 53:47 · +6
48
pts
PokalUC
1995
Bundesliga (1) · P8
34 P · 11-14-9 · 51:47 · +4
36
pts
UC
1994
Bundesliga (1) · P6
34 P · 14-10-10 · 46:43 · +3
38
pts
UC
1993
Bundesliga (1) · P6
34 P · 14-11-9 · 60:54 · +6
39
pts
UC
1992
Bundesliga (1) · P8
38 P · 16-9-13 · 48:50 · -2
41
pts
1991
Bundesliga (1) · P13
34 P · 8-15-11 · 46:52 · -6
31
pts
1990
Bundesliga (1) · P10
34 P · 10-12-12 · 32:39 · -7
32
pts
1989
Bundesliga (1) · P11
34 P · 12-8-14 · 48:51 · -3
32
pts
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1988
Bundesliga (1) · P15
34 P · 9-11-14 · 37:55 · -18
29
pts
1985
Bundesliga (1) · P17↓
34 P · 5-12-17 · 47:88 · -41
22
pts
1983
Bundesliga (1) · P17↓
34 P · 7-7-20 · 39:86 · -47
21
pts
1982
Bundesliga (1) · P14
34 P · 9-9-16 · 50:68 · -18
27
pts
1981
Bundesliga (1) · P10
34 P · 9-14-11 · 56:63 · -7
32
pts
1977
Bundesliga (1) · P16↓
34 P · 9-10-15 · 53:75 · -22
28
pts
1976
Bundesliga (1) · P15
34 P · 12-6-16 · 46:59 · -13
30
pts
1968
Bundesliga (1) · P18↓
34 P · 6-5-23 · 32:70 · -38
17
pts
1967
Bundesliga (1) · P13
34 P · 11-9-14 · 54:62 · -8
31
pts
1966
Bundesliga (1) · P16
34 P · 9-6-19 · 35:71 · -36
24
pts
1965
Bundesliga (1) · P15
30 P · 9-6-15 · 47:62 · -15
24
pts
1964
Bundesliga (1) · P13
30 P · 8-8-14 · 42:55 · -13
24
pts
1960
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
Pokal
1958
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1956
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
Pokal
Domestic Cup Finals

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

1996
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up
1960
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up
1956
DFB-Pokal
Won
1955
DFB-Pokal
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.

1997-98
UEFA Cup(UC)
Round of 16
1996-97
UEFA Cup(UC)
Round of 16
1993-94
UEFA Cup(UC)
Semi-final