Trieste, Trieste · Italy · Serie A

Top-4 finishes
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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 27 seasons from 1929-30 to 1958-59 it has fallen short of them by −4.8 match points.

1929-30 to 1958-59one bar per season · height in match points

Best season against expectation
1947-48 +15.3 league pts
45 points on 29.7 expected as Unione Triestina
Worst season against expectation
1946-47 −13.6 league pts
16 points on 29.6 expected as Unione Triestina

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.

Trieste against expectation →How this is measured →

Greatest games

Triestina'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
1936-04-26 · Serie A
73.0
game score
2
1949-06-05 · Serie A
63.9
game score
3
1954-05-30 · Serie A
63.2
game score
4
1939-04-30 · Serie A
63.0
game score
5
1934-04-22 · Serie A
61.0
game score
6
1957-06-16 · Serie A
60.0
game score
7
1938-01-30 · Serie A
59.1
game score
8
1935-04-21 · Serie A
58.8
game score
9
1943-03-21 · Serie A
58.6
game score
10
1935-04-14 · Serie A
58.3
game score

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
28
First season
1929
Most recent season
1959

The Heartbreak Index3.3 · #603

The Blessed · Never won it, waiting since 1929

3.3
Heartbreak
#603
of 1,138 clubs
#377
in Football
3.3
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19296.3
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1957 · relegated from the top flight, 1959 · league runner-up, 1948 · survived a relegation scare, 1953

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.

1959
Serie A (1) · P17↓
34 P · 6-11-17 · 34:56 · -22
23
pts
1957
Serie A (1) · P17↓
34 P · 9-11-14 · 33:42 · -9
29
pts
1956
Serie A (1) · P16
34 P · 10-10-14 · 27:44 · -17
30
pts
1955
Serie A (1) · P12
34 P · 9-12-13 · 34:52 · -18
30
pts
1954
Serie A (1) · P12
34 P · 9-10-15 · 42:64 · -22
28
pts
1953
Serie A (1) · P15
34 P · 10-10-14 · 47:54 · -7
30
pts
1952
Serie A (1) · P18PO
38 P · 11-10-17 · 47:68 · -21
32
pts
1951
Serie A (1) · P15
38 P · 10-10-18 · 45:67 · -22
30
pts
1950
Serie A (1) · P8
38 P · 14-12-12 · 50:59 · -9
40
pts
1949
Serie A (1) · P8
38 P · 13-12-13 · 59:59 · 0
38
pts
1948
Serie A (1) · P2
40 P · 17-15-8 · 51:42 · +9
49
pts
1947
Serie A (1) · P20
38 P · 5-8-25 · 32:79 · -47
18
pts