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SV Waldhof Mannheim

Heartbreak#5313.9

Mannheim, Rhine-Neckar · Germany · Bundesliga

Top-4 finishes
2

Power-ranking history

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Rank (1 = best)1181Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.084/8589/90

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 7 seasons from 1983-84 to 1989-90 it has beaten them by +0.4 match points.

Waldhof Mannheim: surplus against expectation, 1983-84 to 1989-901983-84: +1.0 league points vs expected (31 on 30.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.5 match points1984-85: +6.1 league points vs expected (37 on 30.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.1 match points1985-86: −0.4 league points vs expected (33 on 33.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.2 match points1986-87: −3.6 league points vs expected (28 on 31.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.8 match points1987-88: −1.0 league points vs expected (28 on 29.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points1988-89: +3.5 league points vs expected (31 on 27.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.7 match points1989-90: −4.9 league points vs expected (26 on 30.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.4 match points
1983-84one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1989-90
Best season against expectation
1984-85 +6.1 league pts
37 points on 30.9 expected as Waldhof Mannheim
Worst season against expectation
1989-90 −4.9 league pts
26 points on 30.9 expected as Waldhof Mannheim

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.

Rhine-Neckar against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

SV Waldhof Mannheim'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
11999-10-12DFB-Pokal · Third RoundHW 3-2 v Bayer Leverkusengame score 54.2
21990-05-05BundesligaHL 0-1 v Fortuna Düsseldorfgame score 53.5
31990-05-12BundesligaAL 0-1 v Hamburger SVgame score 52.9
41990-04-21BundesligaHL 1-2 v FC Homburggame score 51.8
52002-12-03DFB-Pokal · Round of 16AL 1-2 v Bayer Leverkusengame score 50.7
61984-03-31BundesligaAW 3-2 v Hamburger SVgame score 50.2
71988-05-06BundesligaAL 0-1 v VfL Bochumgame score 47.3
81988-03-18BundesligaAW 1-0 v Borussia Mönchengladbachgame score 47.1
91984-10-06BundesligaAW 2-1 v Bayern Munichgame score 47.1
101989-04-01BundesligaAW 2-1 v Borussia Dortmundgame score 46.9

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
7
Pre-Bundesliga national playoff appearances
5
First season
1934
Most recent season
1990

The Heartbreak Index3.9 · #531

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 1984

3.9
Heartbreak
#531
of 1,139 clubs
#338
in Football
3.9
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19846.3
  • Major final appearance since 19403.2
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1990 · lost the national cup final, 1940 · survived a relegation scare, 1987

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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.

1990
Bundesliga (1) · P17↓
34 P · 10-6-18 · 36:53 · -17
26
pts
1989
Bundesliga (1) · P12
34 P · 10-11-13 · 43:52 · -9
31
pts
1988
Bundesliga (1) · P16PO
34 P · 7-14-13 · 35:50 · -15
28
pts
1987
Bundesliga (1) · P14
34 P · 10-8-16 · 52:71 · -19
28
pts
1986
Bundesliga (1) · P8
34 P · 11-11-12 · 41:44 · -3
33
pts
1985
Bundesliga (1) · P6
34 P · 13-11-10 · 47:50 · -3
37
pts
1984
Bundesliga (1) · P11
34 P · 10-11-13 · 45:58 · -13
31
pts
1942
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1940
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
Pokal
1937
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1936
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
1934
Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft (1)
national playoff · knockout format, no match data
Domestic Cup Finals

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

1940
DFB-Pokal
Runner-up