CS Sedan has played 17 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1993/94: 5 in Ligue 1 and 12 in Ligue 2. Its last season in the divisions covered was 2012/13, in Ligue 2. Its best finish was 5th in Ligue 1, in 2000/01. Its biggest climb took five seasons: from 21st in Ligue 2 in 1994/95 to 7th in Ligue 1 in 1999/00. It has been promoted 3 times and relegated 4 times.
CS Sedan
last in the divisions covered in 2012/13
How high can CS Sedan realistically go?
CS Sedan was not in the divisions covered in 2025/26, so there is no current position to start from.
The story so far
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.
Against the money
No overall verdict: 4 seasons with published wage figures, fewer than the eight needed.
Season by season
| Season | Finish | Wage bill | Wage rank | Places above its money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/12 | 4th, Ligue 2 | €8.3m | 28th of 39 | +5.5 |
| 2010/11 | 5th, Ligue 2 | €7.8m | 26th of 37 | +4.3 |
| 2009/10 | 12th, Ligue 2 | €8.2m | 25th of 38 | -1.8 |
| 2008/09 | 9th, Ligue 2 | €7.5m | 26th 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.