Recreativo de Huelva

Heartbreak#3656.0

Huelva, Huelva · Spain · La Liga

Power-ranking history

Rank (1 = best)1367Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.079/8084/8589/9094/9599/0004/05

Against expectation

Every Spanish top-flight match this club has played in the Primera División, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 5 seasons from 1978-79 to 2008-09 it has fallen short of them by −8.7 match points.

1978-79 to 2008-09one bar per season · height in match points

Best season against expectation
2006-07 +6.5 league pts
54 points on 47.5 expected as Recreativo Huelva
Worst season against expectation
2008-09 −10.2 league pts
33 points on 43.2 expected as Recreativo Huelva

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.

Huelva against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Recreativo de Huelva'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
Atlético de Madrid
2010-01-14 · Copa del Rey · Round of 16 · 2nd leg, agg 4-5
63.9
game score
2
Villarreal
2008-01-09 · Copa del Rey · Round of 16 · 1st leg
57.8
game score
3
Villarreal
2008-01-16 · Copa del Rey · Round of 16 · 2nd leg, agg 1-2
55.6
game score
4
Sporting Gijon
2009-05-31 · LA Liga
53.1
game score
5
Atlético de Madrid
2003-01-22 · Copa del Rey · Quarterfinals · 1st leg
52.8
game score
6
CA Osasuna
2009-05-03 · LA Liga
52.5
game score
7
Real Madrid
2007-05-20 · LA Liga
52.0
game score
8
CA Osasuna
2020-01-21 · Copa del Rey · Third Round
51.6
game score
9
CA Osasuna
2008-04-05 · LA Liga
51.4
game score
10
Real Betis
2003-01-15 · Copa del Rey · Round of 16 · 2nd leg, agg 1-0
50.9
game score

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
5
First season
1979
Most recent season
2009

The Heartbreak Index6.0 · #365

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 1979

6.0
Heartbreak
#365
of 1,138 clubs
#233
in Football
6.0
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19799.1
  • Major final appearance since 20033.2
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 2003 · relegated from the top flight, 2009 · lost the national cup final, 2003 · relegated from the top flight, 1979

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

Season-by-season

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

2009
La Liga (1) · P20↓
38 P · 8-9-21 · 34:57 · -23
33
pts
2008
La Liga (1) · P16
38 P · 11-11-16 · 40:60 · -20
44
pts
2007
La Liga (1) · P8
38 P · 15-9-14 · 54:52 · +2
54
pts
2003
La Liga (1) · P18↓
38 P · 8-12-18 · 35:61 · -26
36
pts
Copa
1979
La Liga (1) · P18↓
34 P · 8-5-21 · 39:66 · -27
21
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.

2003
Copa del Rey
Runner-up