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Heartbreak#13911.4

Norwich, Norwich · England · Championship

Major cups
2
last 1985
Top-4 finishes
2

Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1614Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.074/7579/8084/8589/9094/9599/0004/0509/1014/1519/20

Against expectation

Every English top-flight match this club has played, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 27 seasons from 1972-73 to 2021-22 it has fallen short of them by 8.1 match points.

Norwich City: surplus against expectation, 1972-73 to 2021-221972-73: −4.0 league points vs expected (32 on 36.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.0 match points1973-74: −2.6 league points vs expected (29 on 31.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points1975-76: +7.1 league points vs expected (42 on 34.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.6 match points1976-77: −0.3 league points vs expected (37 on 37.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.1 match points1977-78: +1.2 league points vs expected (40 on 38.8, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.6 match points1978-79: −0.6 league points vs expected (37 on 37.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.3 match points1979-80: +1.5 league points vs expected (40 on 38.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points1980-81: −2.3 league points vs expected (33 on 35.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.1 match points1982-83: +7.2 league points vs expected (54 on 46.8, 3 for a win) · bar height +2.4 match points1983-84: −4.0 league points vs expected (51 on 55.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.7 match points1984-85: −3.5 league points vs expected (49 on 52.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points1986-87: +14.7 league points vs expected (68 on 53.4, 3 for a win) · bar height +6.0 match points1987-88: −5.1 league points vs expected (45 on 50.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.9 match points1988-89: +9.8 league points vs expected (62 on 52.2, 3 for a win) · bar height +3.4 match points1989-90: −0.1 league points vs expected (53 on 53.1, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.6 match points1990-91: −3.9 league points vs expected (45 on 48.9, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.1 match points1991-92: −6.6 league points vs expected (45 on 51.6, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.2 match points1992-93: +19.4 league points vs expected (72 on 52.6, 3 for a win) · bar height +5.9 match points1993-94: −5.9 league points vs expected (53 on 58.9, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.1 match points1994-95: −10.4 league points vs expected (43 on 53.4, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.3 match points2004-05: −9.1 league points vs expected (33 on 42.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.6 match points2011-12: +1.8 league points vs expected (47 on 45.2, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points2012-13: +0.1 league points vs expected (44 on 43.9, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points2013-14: −9.0 league points vs expected (33 on 42.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.1 match points2015-16: −4.2 league points vs expected (34 on 38.2, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.8 match points2019-20: −14.5 league points vs expected (21 on 35.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −5.3 match points2021-22: −7.6 league points vs expected (22 on 29.6, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.6 match points
1972-73one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season2021-22
Best season against expectation
1992-93 +19.4 league pts
72 points on 52.6 expected as Norwich City
Worst season against expectation
2019-20 14.5 league pts
21 points on 35.5 expected as Norwich City

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1981-82 and three after; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable.

Norwich against expectation →How this is measured →

What the squad was worth

Total market value of the squad, EUR millions, by month; the player count beside it is the size of the priced squad.

How this is measured

Drawn as a step, not a curve: Transfermarkt reprices every squad in December and June (marked with a small tick on the axis) and revalues continuously between, so the line only moves when a real valuation changed, never by interpolation.

A month renders no value at all once the priced squad falls below 15 players, so a thin squad is never shown as a cheap one. The series is floored at July 2012on purpose: earlier Transfermarkt totals reflect which players happened to be priced yet rather than the squad’s real worth, and are excluded rather than shown misleadingly low.

Upstream (dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets) has been paused since July 2026, so the series ends where the source ends rather than where the season does.

Player valuations from Transfermarkt via github.com/dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets (CC0).

What the squad was worth€52m
Norwich City: squad value by month, 2012-07 to 2025-0409719512-1314-1516-1718-1920-2122-2324-25
Peak
€180m in Dec 2021 · 36 players valued
Most recent
€52m in Apr 2025 · 15 players valued

Norwichon the rankings →

The money ledger

Fees paid and received each season, and what the squad was worth once the trading is netted out.

How this is measured

Spent is the fees paid for players arriving, received the fees for players leaving, both in EUR millions by the July-to-June season of the move. A move with no fee on record (a free, a loan, an undisclosed sum) is counted, never priced: the small figure beside each total is the moves with a fee, plus those without (so 4+3 is four priced arrivals and three unpriced), and a quiet window is not mistaken for a cheap one. Wages are not here: they are estimates nobody licenses, and fees are documented.

Appreciationis the season’s change in squad value with the net spend taken out: buy 100m of players and finish 100m higher is zero; finish 120m higher and the club made 20m of players better, or the market repriced them. It needs a priced squad at both ends of the season (the same 15-player floor as the value chart), so it is blank rather than guessed for a season that lacks one.

The source has been paused since 6 July 2026, so the final row holds only the opening days of its window.

Transfer fees and player valuations from Transfermarkt via github.com/dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets (CC0).

The money ledger+€130m
Spent
€167m
37 arrivals with a fee
Received
€297m
26 departures with a fee
Net
+€130m
189 moves with no fee
Appreciation
+€79m
12 seasons with a priced squad

Grown or bought: in 2025-26, trading +€30m and appreciation . Over the last 5 seasons (2021-222025-26), trading +€60m and appreciation unpriced.

The director’s ledger: 39 arrivals graded since 2022-23, 82% EV-positive. €51m deployed for a 1.3× multiplier.

2025-26 spent €25m received €55m
in: Mathias Kvistgaarden €8m
unpriced
2024-25 spent €9m received €37m
in: José Córdoba €4m
unpriced
2023-24 spent €3m received €26m
in: Christian Fassnacht €3m
+€8m
squad gain
2022-23 spent €14m received €4m
in: Gabriel Sara €11m
−€33m
squad gain
2021-22 spent €49m received €38m
in: Christos Tzolis €11m
−€27m
squad gain
2020-21 spent €3m received €44m
in: Kieran Dowell €2m
+€27m
squad gain
2019-20 spent €1m received €1m
in: Sam Byram €1m
+€54m
squad gain
2018-19 spent €2m received €26m
in: Emiliano Buendía €2m
+€54m
squad gain
Show all 14 seasons
2017-18 spent €4m received €24m
in: Grant Hanley €4m
+€3m
squad gain
2016-17 spent €18m received €32m
in: Alex Pritchard €9m
−€6m
squad gain
2015-16 spent €19m received
in: Robbie Brady €10m
+€7m
squad gain
2014-15 spent €2m received €10m
in: Ignasi Miquel €2m
−€20m
squad gain
2013-14 spent €18m received
in: Ricky van Wolfswinkel €10m
−€5m
squad gain
2012-13 spent received
4 moves, no fee on record
+€17m
squad gain

Money against football

Every priced club-season in the six leagues: points against expectation across, squad value gained beyond the net spend up. This club’s seasons are joined.

Tap or drag on the plot: the nearest club-season, its points and its money.

the frontier: no other club-season beat it on both axes · this club, season by season, the largest dot the latest

Every club’s return on the transfer window →

Greatest games

Norwich City'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
11987-05-04First DivisionHL 0-1 v Evertongame score 72.6
21954-01-30FA Cup · Round 4AW 2-1 v Arsenalgame score 62.5
31993-10-19UEFA Cup · Second Round · 1st legAW 2-1 v Bayern Munichgame score 62.1
41989-04-15FA Cup · SemifinalsNL 0-1 v Evertongame score 61.4
51981-05-02First DivisionHL 2-3 v Leicester Citygame score 59.9
61935-01-30FA Cup · Round 4AW 2-1 v Leeds Unitedgame score 59.5
71992-04-05FA Cup · SemifinalsNL 0-1 v Sunderlandgame score 57.8
81993-11-24UEFA Cup · Third Round · 1st legHL 0-1 v Internazionalegame score 57.8
91974-12-10League Cup · East Anglia Derby · QuarterfinalsAW 2-1 v Ipswich Towngame score 57.8
101991-03-09FA Cup · QuarterfinalsHL 0-1 v Nottingham Forestgame score 57.1

Footprint

Tiers played
L1, L2, L3
Top-flight (L1) seasons
27
Lower-tier league seasons
73
First season
1921
Most recent season
2026
RivalriesEast Anglia Derbyvs Ipswich Towntwo-way

The Heartbreak Index11.4 · #139

The Damned · Major trophy, 1985

11.4
Heartbreak
#139
of 1,139 clubs
#71
in Football
10.1
agony · 1.3 despair
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19857.1
  • Major final appearance since 19853.6
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 2022 · relegated from the top flight, 2016 · relegated from the top flight, 2005 · relegated from the top flight, 2014

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

Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Levels 1 through 5 of the English pyramid. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

2027
Championship (2) · P14● live
7 P · 3-0-4 · 13:13 · 0
9
pts
2026
Championship (2) · P9
46 P · 19-8-19 · 63:56 · +7
65
pts
2025
Championship (2) · P13
46 P · 14-15-17 · 71:68 · +3
57
pts
2024
Championship (2) · P6PO
46 P · 21-10-15 · 79:64 · +15
73
pts
2023
Championship (2) · P13
46 P · 17-11-18 · 57:54 · +3
62
pts
2022
Premier League (1) · P20
38 P · 5-7-26 · 23:84 · -61
22
pts
2021
Championship (2) · P1
46 P · 29-10-7 · 75:36 · +39
97
pts
2020
Premier League (1) · P20
38 P · 5-6-27 · 26:75 · -49
21
pts
2019
Championship (2) · P1
46 P · 27-13-6 · 93:57 · +36
94
pts
2018
Championship (2) · P14
46 P · 15-15-16 · 49:60 · -11
60
pts
2017
Championship (2) · P8
46 P · 20-10-16 · 85:69 · +16
70
pts
2016
Premier League (1) · P19
38 P · 9-7-22 · 39:67 · -28
34
pts
Show all 101 seasons
2015
Championship (2) · P3
46 P · 25-11-10 · 88:48 · +40
86
pts
2014
Premier League (1) · P18
38 P · 8-9-21 · 28:62 · -34
33
pts
2013
Premier League (1) · P11
38 P · 10-14-14 · 41:58 · -17
44
pts
2012
Premier League (1) · P12
38 P · 12-11-15 · 52:66 · -14
47
pts
2011
Championship (2) · P2
46 P · 23-15-8 · 83:58 · +25
84
pts
2010
League One (3) · P1
46 P · 29-8-9 · 89:47 · +42
95
pts
2009
Championship (2) · P22
46 P · 12-10-24 · 57:70 · -13
46
pts
2008
Championship (2) · P17
46 P · 15-10-21 · 49:59 · -10
55
pts
2007
Championship (2) · P16
46 P · 16-9-21 · 56:71 · -15
57
pts
2006
Championship (2) · P9
46 P · 18-8-20 · 56:65 · -9
62
pts
2005
Premier League (1) · P19
38 P · 7-12-19 · 42:77 · -35
33
pts
2004
First Division (2) · P1
46 P · 28-10-8 · 79:39 · +40
94
pts
2003
First Division (2) · P8
46 P · 19-12-15 · 60:49 · +11
69
pts
2002
First Division (2) · P6PO
46 P · 22-9-15 · 60:51 · +9
75
pts
2001
First Division (2) · P15
46 P · 14-12-20 · 46:58 · -12
54
pts
2000
First Division (2) · P12
46 P · 14-15-17 · 45:50 · -5
57
pts
1999
First Division (2) · P9
46 P · 15-17-14 · 62:61 · +1
62
pts
1998
First Division (2) · P15
46 P · 14-13-19 · 52:69 · -17
55
pts
1997
First Division (2) · P13
46 P · 17-12-17 · 63:68 · -5
63
pts
1996
First Division (2) · P16
46 P · 14-15-17 · 59:55 · +4
57
pts
1995
Premier League (1) · P20
42 P · 10-13-19 · 37:54 · -17
43
pts
1994
Premier League (1) · P12
42 P · 12-17-13 · 65:61 · +4
53
pts
UC
1993
Premier League (1) · P3
42 P · 21-9-12 · 61:65 · -4
72
pts
UC
1992
First Division (1) · P18
42 P · 11-12-19 · 47:63 · -16
45
pts
FA SF
1991
First Division (1) · P15
38 P · 13-6-19 · 41:64 · -23
45
pts
1990
First Division (1) · P10
38 P · 13-14-11 · 44:42 · +2
53
pts
1989
First Division (1) · P4
38 P · 16-12-10 · 48:46 · +2
60
pts
FA SF
1988
First Division (1) · P14
40 P · 12-9-19 · 40:52 · -12
45
pts
1987
First Division (1) · P5
42 P · 17-17-8 · 53:51 · +2
68
pts
1986
Second Division (2) · P1
42 P · 25-9-8 · 84:37 · +47
84
pts
1985
First Division (1) · P20
42 P · 13-10-19 · 46:64 · -18
49
pts
Lg Cup
1984
First Division (1) · P14
42 P · 12-15-15 · 48:49 · -1
51
pts
1983
First Division (1) · P14
42 P · 14-12-16 · 52:58 · -6
54
pts
1982
Second Division (2) · P3
42 P · 22-5-15 · 64:50 · +14
71
pts
1981
First Division (1) · P20
42 P · 13-7-22 · 49:73 · -24
33
pts
1980
First Division (1) · P12
42 P · 13-14-15 · 58:66 · -8
40
pts
1979
First Division (1) · P16
42 P · 7-23-12 · 51:57 · -6
37
pts
1978
First Division (1) · P13
42 P · 11-18-13 · 52:66 · -14
40
pts
1977
First Division (1) · P16
42 P · 14-9-19 · 47:64 · -17
37
pts
1976
First Division (1) · P10
42 P · 16-10-16 · 58:58 · 0
42
pts
1975
Second Division (2) · P3
42 P · 20-13-9 · 58:37 · +21
53
pts
Lg Cup
1974
First Division (1) · P22
42 P · 7-15-20 · 37:62 · -25
29
pts
Lg Cup SF
1973
First Division (1) · P20
42 P · 11-10-21 · 36:63 · -27
32
pts
Lg Cup
1972
Second Division (2) · P1
42 P · 21-15-6 · 60:36 · +24
57
pts
Lg Cup SF
1971
Second Division (2) · P10
42 P · 15-14-13 · 54:52 · +2
44
pts
1970
Second Division (2) · P11
42 P · 16-11-15 · 49:46 · +3
43
pts
1969
Second Division (2) · P13
42 P · 15-10-17 · 53:56 · -3
40
pts
1968
Second Division (2) · P9
42 P · 16-11-15 · 60:65 · -5
43
pts
1967
Second Division (2) · P11
42 P · 13-14-15 · 49:55 · -6
40
pts
1966
Second Division (2) · P13
42 P · 12-15-15 · 52:52 · 0
39
pts
1965
Second Division (2) · P6
42 P · 20-7-15 · 61:57 · +4
47
pts
1964
Second Division (2) · P17
42 P · 11-13-18 · 64:80 · -16
35
pts
1963
Second Division (2) · P13
42 P · 17-8-17 · 80:79 · +1
42
pts
1962
Second Division (2) · P17
42 P · 14-11-17 · 61:70 · -9
39
pts
Lg Cup
1961
Second Division (2) · P4
42 P · 20-9-13 · 70:53 · +17
49
pts
1960
Third Division (3) · P2
46 P · 24-11-11 · 82:54 · +28
59
pts
1959
Third Division (3) · P4
46 P · 22-13-11 · 89:62 · +27
57
pts
FA SF
1958
Third Division South (3) · P8
46 P · 19-15-12 · 75:70 · +5
53
pts
1957
Third Division South (3) · P24
46 P · 8-15-23 · 61:94 · -33
31
pts
1956
Third Division South (3) · P7
46 P · 19-13-14 · 86:82 · +4
51
pts
1955
Third Division South (3) · P12
46 P · 18-10-18 · 60:60 · 0
46
pts
1954
Third Division South (3) · P7
46 P · 20-11-15 · 73:66 · +7
51
pts
1953
Third Division South (3) · P4
46 P · 25-10-11 · 99:55 · +44
60
pts
1952
Third Division South (3) · P3
46 P · 26-9-11 · 89:50 · +39
61
pts
1951
Third Division South (3) · P2
46 P · 25-14-7 · 82:45 · +37
64
pts
1950
Third Division South (3) · P11
42 P · 16-10-16 · 65:63 · +2
42
pts
1949
Third Division South (3) · P10
42 P · 16-12-14 · 67:49 · +18
44
pts
1948
Third Division South (3) · P21
42 P · 13-8-21 · 61:76 · -15
34
pts
1947
Third Division South (3) · P21
42 P · 10-8-24 · 64:100 · -36
28
pts
1940
Third Division South (3)
3 P · 1-1-1 · 4:4 · 0
-
pts
1939
Second Division (2) · P21
42 P · 13-5-24 · 50:91 · -41
31
pts
1938
Second Division (2) · P14
42 P · 14-11-17 · 56:75 · -19
39
pts
1937
Second Division (2) · P17
42 P · 14-8-20 · 63:71 · -8
36
pts
1936
Second Division (2) · P11
42 P · 17-9-16 · 72:65 · +7
43
pts
1935
Second Division (2) · P14
42 P · 14-11-17 · 71:61 · +10
39
pts
1934
Third Division South (3) · P1
42 P · 25-11-6 · 88:49 · +39
61
pts
1933
Third Division South (3) · P3
42 P · 22-13-7 · 88:55 · +33
57
pts
1932
Third Division South (3) · P10
42 P · 17-12-13 · 76:67 · +9
46
pts
1931
Third Division South (3) · P22
42 P · 10-8-24 · 47:76 · -29
28
pts
1930
Third Division South (3) · P8
42 P · 18-10-14 · 88:77 · +11
46
pts
1929
Third Division South (3) · P17
42 P · 14-6-22 · 69:81 · -12
34
pts
1928
Third Division South (3) · P17
42 P · 10-16-16 · 66:70 · -4
36
pts
1927
Third Division South (3) · P16
42 P · 12-11-19 · 59:71 · -12
35
pts
1926
Third Division South (3) · P16
42 P · 15-9-18 · 58:73 · -15
39
pts
1925
Third Division South (3) · P12
42 P · 14-13-15 · 53:51 · +2
41
pts
1924
Third Division South (3) · P11
42 P · 16-8-18 · 60:59 · +1
40
pts
1923
Third Division South (3) · P18
42 P · 13-10-19 · 51:71 · -20
36
pts
1922
Third Division South (3) · P15
42 P · 12-13-17 · 50:62 · -12
37
pts
1921
Third Division South (3) · P16
42 P · 10-16-16 · 44:53 · -9
36
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.

1985
League Cup
Won
1975
League Cup
Runner-up
1973
League Cup
Runner-up
1962
League Cup
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.

1993-94
UEFA Cup(UC)
Round of 16