Sampierdarenese

Heartbreak#6123.2

Genoa, Genoa · Italy · Serie A

Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
1

Against expectation

Every Italian top-flight match this club has played in the Serie A, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 4 seasons from 1934-35 to 1945-46 it has fallen short of them by −5.6 match points.

1934-35 to 1945-46one bar per season · height in match points

Best season against expectation
1935-36 +1.2 league pts
27 points on 25.8 expected as Sampierdarenese
Worst season against expectation
1945-46 −8.5 league pts
14 points on 22.5 expected as Sampierdarenese

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.

1945-46 table not final: two regional groups (Alta Italia, Centro-Sud) plus a final round.

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Greatest games

Sampierdarenese'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
1939-04-16 · Serie A
58.9
game score
2
1942-05-10 · Serie A
58.1
game score
3
1939-04-02 · Serie A
57.7
game score
4
1940-05-19 · Serie A
56.1
game score
5
1938-04-17 · Serie A
55.8
game score
6
1943-03-28 · Serie A
55.1
game score
7
1942-04-26 · Serie A
54.2
game score
8
1939-04-21 · Serie A
53.6
game score
9
1939-04-30 · Serie A
52.8
game score
10
1940-03-24 · Serie A
52.5
game score

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
15
First season
1900
Most recent season
1946

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Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1929 · relegated from the top flight, 1940 · relegated from the top flight, 1946 · survived a relegation scare, 1942

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

Season-by-season

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

1946
Divisione Nazionale (1) · P14↓
26 P · 5-5-16 · 19:53 · -34
15
pts
1943
Serie A (1) · P16
as Liguria · 30 P · 7-7-16 · 36:66 · -30
21
pts
1942
Serie A (1) · P11
as Liguria · 30 P · 10-7-13 · 39:56 · -17
27
pts
1940
Serie A (1) · P15↓
as Liguria · 30 P · 7-10-13 · 25:44 · -19
24
pts
1939
Serie A (1) · P6
as Liguria · 30 P · 12-7-11 · 35:34 · +1
31
pts
1938
Serie A (1) · P11
as Liguria · 30 P · 8-8-14 · 33:42 · -9
24
pts
1929
Divisione Nazionale (1) · P10↓
as La Dominante · 30 P · 8-7-15 · 38:68 · -30
23
pts
1928
Divisione Nazionale (1) · P10
as La Dominante · 20 P · 4-6-10 · 26:40 · -14
14
pts
1927
Divisione Nazionale (1) · P5
18 P · 9-2-7 · 31:36 · -5
20
pts
1926
Prima Divisione (1) · P6
22 P · 10-3-9 · 38:43 · -5
23
pts
1925
Prima Divisione (1) · P10
24 P · 7-6-11 · 24:32 · -8
20
pts
1924
Prima Divisione (1) · P9
22 P · 9-0-13 · 21:32 · -11
18
pts