Season 1962/1963

At the beginning of the 1962/1963 season, Stade Rennais would see lots of major changes during the close season to its playing staff. Out went key players such as Dombeck, Hernas and the talented goalscorer Mahi. Rennes replaced them numerically and quality-wise by recruiting some good players with First Division experience, such as Jubert, Loncle and D'Arménia. As with the previous season, where Rennes spent a lot of the season in the fight for a top-three finish, the Red and Blacks began the new season perfectly, and were straight away one of the front-runners in the championship, going top of the table after a run
of seven unbeaten games to start the league campaign. However, as of matchday 11, Rennes purring motor began to splutter, and they had slipped to 11th in the table by matchday 23. Still within shooting distance of the top, Rennes tried to climb back up to the top three places, going ten games without defeat. Alas, it wouldn't be enough to claim a European spot at the end of the season, Stade Rennais finishing 11th, after failing to win any of their last five games in the run-in. Rennes ended up with the fourth-ranked attack, but the 16th-rated defence in the First Division, and was the only team to beat all of the top three teams at home. Jubert finished top-scorer for the season with 17 goals (11th ranked in the First Division.) In the French Cup, the Red and Blacks fell at the first hurdle, beaten over two legs by Stade Français.