Season 1932/1933

The inaugural 1932/1933 season was the first-ever year of professional football in France, and Stade Rennais Université Club took part in this new adventure. Twenty clubs were at the starting line, divided into two groups of ten teams. Stade Rennais found themselves in Group B, and they had a successful start to their historic first match, winning 2-1 against Metz. During the course fo the season, Rennes would prove to be ruthless at home (with just one defeat all season), but much less at ease away from home, winning just one game on their travels. After matchday 12, the Red and Blacks had a tally of seven wins, and five defeats, and found themselves second in the table at that point in time. Unfortunately, the wheels would fall off the wagon in the home straight for Rennes, and they went winless in their last six league games. They would end up in sixth place out of ten teams in their group, with the third-best attack, and the fifth-ranked defence. Two Rennes players finished in the Top-10 goalscorers of the league: Kaiser ended up equal top scorer in Division 1 with 15 goals (level with Mercier of Club Français), and his strike partner, Dominique ended up 10th with 11 goals to his name. In the French Cup, Rennes reached the Round of 16, where they were knocked out by the club, who would go on to finish top of Rennes' group, Olympique Antibes.