Season 1951/1952

Having finished the 1950/1951 season in 14th place in the First Division, Stade Rennais made wholesale changes to the squad during the close-season with numerous arrivals at the club. Indeed, Callichio and Vaast signed for the Red and Blacks, alongside local players Le Gall, Cueff and Lemaître, amongst others. Those players would compensate for the loss of some key players, such as Guérin, Hennequin, Rabstejenek and Taylor. Stade Rennais University Club, got their season off to a poor start, winning just two matches out of the their first ten games in the league, and found themselves at the foot of the table for a number of weeks. As of Matchday 24, however, Rennes restored some pride, winning four matches out of five, which lifted them back up to 13th in the table (which would be their best position of the season.) They would end up scaring themselves right to the end of the season, as they failed to win a single match in the last six. Rennes would end up 15th out of 18 teams, just a single point above the play-off place. The team finished with the 14th-ranked attack in the First Division, and the worst defence in the top flight, mainly down to thrashings, notably two 1-9 humblings at Nancy and Lille, and a 0-7 defeat at Nîmes.) Striker Jean Grumellon would finish the club's top-scorer with 15 goals (10th ranked in the league). In the French Cup, Rennes would still have a decent run, reaching the Quarter Finals before being knocked out by subsequent finalists Bordeaux in two tight affairs. Bordeaux would also go on to finish second in the league