FC Istres has played 12 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1993/94: 1 in Ligue 1 and 11 in Ligue 2. Its last season in the divisions covered was 2013/14, in Ligue 2. Its best finish was 20th in Ligue 1, in 2004/05. It has been promoted 3 times and relegated 4 times.
FC Istres
last in the divisions covered in 2013/14
How high can FC Istres realistically go?
FC Istres was not in the divisions covered in 2025/26, so there is no current position to start from.
The story so far
Final position each seasonRinged dots are titles
How to read this chart
Every club in the divisions covered is placed on one ladder each season: the champions are 1st, and the top club of the second division comes straight after the bottom club of the first. Shaded bands are the divisions. Hover over or tap a dot for the season.
12seasons since 1993/94
1seasons in Ligue 1
0league titles
0top-four finishes
3promotions
4relegations
Against the money
No overall verdict: 3 seasons with published wage figures, fewer than the eight needed.
€4.8mwage bill, 2011/12
39thhighest of 39 clubs with published accounts
10thfinish in Ligue 2, 2011/12
Where FC Istres finishedWhere its wage bill normally finishes
Season by season
| Season | Finish | Wage bill | Wage rank | Places above its money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/12 | 10th, Ligue 2 | €4.8m | 39th of 39 | +3.9 |
| 2010/11 | 11th, Ligue 2 | €4.3m | 37th of 37 | +2.7 |
| 2009/10 | 16th, Ligue 2 | €4.7m | 38th of 38 | -1.4 |
How do we know?
For every season, we compare each club's wage bill with the average in the top two divisions, and work out the finish that wage bill usually brings, allowing for differences between seasons and assuming a bigger wage bill never lowers the expected finish. The gap between that and the actual finish, averaged over the seasons, is the figure above. An overall verdict needs at least eight seasons, and a signed number is given only when the gap is clearly larger than chance.
Wage bills are total payroll including social charges from the DNCG's published club accounts, checked against each report's own cost totals. Group (consolidated) accounts are left out.
On average, most of a big over-performance fades: clubs that finished at least four places above their money (on average 6.4 places) were +2.7 places the next season, so about 57% of it disappeared and the rest persisted. Some clubs beat their money season after season. It mixes good management, luck and resources the measure cannot see, so it is not a score for how well a club is run.
Sources
- Final tables to 2025/26. Positions are worked out from match results.
- Relegations include dropping out of the divisions covered.
- All figures can be downloaded on the data page. Spotted a mistake? Report it with a source.