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Heartbreak#4894.5

France · Ligue 1

League titles
1
last 1907
Major cups
1
last 1907
Top-2 finishes
5
Top-4 finishes
7

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 28 seasons from 1932-33 to 1989-90 it has fallen short of them by −0.3 match points.

Racing Club de France: surplus against expectation, 1932-33 to 1989-901932-33: −2.9 league points vs expected (23 on 25.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.5 match points1933-34: +6.6 league points vs expected (37 on 30.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.3 match points1934-35: +8.1 league points vs expected (44 on 35.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +4.0 match points1935-36: +1.6 league points vs expected (37 on 35.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.8 match points1936-37: −7.2 league points vs expected (26 on 33.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.6 match points1938-39: +6.7 league points vs expected (38 on 31.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.3 match points1945-46: −1.4 league points vs expected (35 on 36.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.7 match points1946-47: −6.6 league points vs expected (27 on 33.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.3 match points1947-48: +3.3 league points vs expected (37 on 33.7, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.7 match points1948-49: +0.0 league points vs expected (36 on 36.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.0 match points1949-50: −0.2 league points vs expected (36 on 36.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.1 match points1950-51: −3.6 league points vs expected (32 on 35.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.8 match points1951-52: −2.5 league points vs expected (30 on 32.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.2 match points1952-53: −1.4 league points vs expected (28 on 29.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.7 match points1954-55: +3.5 league points vs expected (34 on 30.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.7 match points1955-56: +4.0 league points vs expected (39 on 35.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.0 match points1956-57: +4.4 league points vs expected (42 on 37.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.2 match points1957-58: −5.3 league points vs expected (33 on 38.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.7 match points1958-59: +5.2 league points vs expected (49 on 43.8, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.6 match points1959-60: +2.5 league points vs expected (49 on 46.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.3 match points1960-61: +6.1 league points vs expected (56 on 49.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.0 match points1961-62: −0.2 league points vs expected (48 on 48.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.1 match points1962-63: −5.1 league points vs expected (41 on 46.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.5 match points1963-64: −5.4 league points vs expected (31 on 36.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.7 match points1984-85: −7.2 league points vs expected (26 on 33.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −3.6 match points1986-87: +3.6 league points vs expected (36 on 32.4, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.8 match points1988-89: −5.0 league points vs expected (29 on 34.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.5 match points1989-90: −2.3 league points vs expected (30 on 32.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.2 match points
1932-33one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1989-90
Best season against expectation
1934-35 +8.1 league pts
44 points on 35.9 expected as Racing Club de France
Worst season against expectation
1984-85 −7.2 league pts
26 points on 33.2 expected as Racing Club de France

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.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.

1946-47 table not final: source 4 matchdays short (20 clubs at 34 of 38) and one round mis-dated.

Paris against expectation →How this is measured →

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
2
First season
1897
Most recent season
1911

The Heartbreak Index4.5 · #489

The Tortured · Major trophy, 1907

4.5
Heartbreak
#489
of 1,139 clubs
#314
in Football
4.5
agony
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19076.3
  • Major final appearance since 19073.2
  • League title since 19071.9

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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.

1911
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1908
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1907
Championnat de France (1)★
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1903
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1902
Championnat de France (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1898
Championnat de France (1) · P4
10 P · 3-2-5 · 11:31 · -20
8
pts
1897
Championnat de France (1) · P4
8 P · 4-1-3 · 17:13 · +4
9
pts