Season 1963/1964

After a previous season, which had started in promising fashion, but which finished disappointingly in 11th position after a poor run-in, Stade Rennais would gamble on stability, losing just two players from the squad, but recruiting only two in their place. So, striker Goujon and defender Ziemczak left the Red and Blacks, with Dubaële and Larmartine coming in to replace them. The First Division had been reduced to 18 teams, and Rennes got off to a reasonably good start to the 1963/1964 season, sitting in a creditable 5th place in the table after 13 games. But Rennes' away form would be a problem, winning only two league matches on their travels, and they would be too inconsistant in the rest of the season. 12 matchdays from the end, SRUC would still be in the race for a top-3 spot, but would end up slipping back to 11th following seven losses in the remaining fixtures. Rennes would end up with the 9th-ranked attack and 16th-rated defence in the First Division, a disappointing return, which would hasten the departure of Antoine Cuissard from the role of First Team Manager at the en1d of the season. In the French Cup, Rennes failed to get beyond the Round of 64, knocked out by Second Division outfit, Red Star.