Counting since their first top-flight game, September 4, 1938. France's oldest club waited six years after the professional league began for a debut — a 3–3 draw at Excelsior Roubaix in 1938; their lone Coupe de France came in 1959, won from the second division.
IN THE MEANTIME…
The Havrais have never won it all. This clock has been running since their first top-flight game.
They did win 1 Coupe de France title (1959). The Ligue 1 doesn't count those. Neither does the pain.
That's 88 top-flight seasons of waiting.
Since then: Disneyland opened, Friends premiered, and ChatGPT launched.
15 U.S. presidencies have started.
Michel Platini wouldn't be born for another 17 years.
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Coupe de France titles in 1959 don't hang in this rafter — the Ligue 1 doesn't count them.