Counting since their first top-flight game, August 7, 1998. Lost 2–1 to Monaco on a 90th-minute Giuly goal in their 1998 debut; the Merlus lifted the 2002 Coupe de France days after being relegated.
IN THE MEANTIME…
The Merlus have never won it all. This clock has been running since their first top-flight game.
They did win 1 Coupe de France title (2002). The Ligue 1 doesn't count those. Neither does the pain.
That's 28 top-flight seasons of waiting.
Since then: the iPod was unveiled, Bitcoin mined its first block, and ChatGPT launched.
5 U.S. presidencies have started.
Kylian Mbappé hadn't been born yet.
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Coupe de France titles in 2002 don't hang in this rafter — the Ligue 1 doesn't count them.