1969–70 French Division 1

Division Nationale

Season	1969–70
Dates	5 August 1969 – 23 June 1970
Champions	Saint-Étienne (5th title)
Relegated	Rouen
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Nantes
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Marseille Sedan Angoulême
Matches played	306
Goals scored	973 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hervé Revelli (28 goals)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1969/1970 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.

Participating teams

• AC Ajaccio
• Angers SCO
• AS Angoulême
• SEC Bastia
• Bordeaux
• Olympique Lyonnais
• Olympique de Marseille
• FC Metz
• FC Nantes
• Nîmes Olympique
• Red Star Paris
• Stade Rennais UC
• FC Rouen
• AS Saint-Etienne
• RC Paris-Sedan
• FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
• RC Strasbourg
• US Valenciennes-Anzin

Ajaccio

Angers

Angoulême

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Nantes

Nîmes

Red Star

Rennes

Rouen

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1969–70 Division 1

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AS Saint-Etienne (C)	34	25	6	3	88	30	+58	56	European Cup
2	Olympique de Marseille	34	18	9	7	75	41	+34	45	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	CS Sedan	34	17	8	9	54	42	+12	42
4	AS Angoulême	34	12	14	8	53	43	+10	38
5	RC Strasbourg	34	15	6	13	65	55	+10	36
6	Bordeaux	34	13	10	11	54	48	+6	36
7	Angers SCO	34	13	9	12	53	53	0	35
8	FC Metz	34	13	8	13	50	44	+6	34
9	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	34	12	10	12	48	55	−7	34
10	FC Nantes	34	13	7	14	62	56	+6	33	UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (Runner-up of Coupe de France)
11	Nîmes Olympique	34	13	6	15	60	55	+5	32
12	FC Rouen (R)	34	10	12	12	41	45	−4	32	Relegated to Division 2 (Gave up its professional status)
13	Red Star Paris	34	11	8	15	45	67	−22	30
14	Stade Rennais UC	34	9	11	14	52	73	−21	29
15	Olympique Lyonnais	34	12	4	18	57	78	−21	28
16	AC Ajaccio	34	11	4	19	34	51	−17	26	Will play in 1970–71 Division 1 due to expansion of the division 1 to 20 clubs
17	SEC Bastia	34	10	4	20	50	74	−24	24
18	US Valenciennes-Anzin	34	8	6	20	32	63	−31	22

Source:
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1970/1971

• OGC Nice: Champion of Division 2
• AS Nancy: runner-up of Division 2
• Stade de Reims: 4th place in Division 2, but Olympique Avignonnais (3rd) was not financially strong enough to play in Division 1

Results

Home \ Away	ACA	ANG	ASA	BAS	BOR	OL	OM	MET	NAN	NMS	RS	REN	ROU	STE	SED	SOC	RCS	VAL
Ajaccio		0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1
Angers	3–2		2–2	5–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	4–1	0–1
Angoulême	2–1	1–1		5–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	6–1
Bastia	2–0	3–1	1–1		2–2	2–4	3–2	2–2	3–2	2–5	3–0	4–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	3–1
Bordeaux	2–1	1–0	5–1	1–0		3–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–4	4–1	3–0	4–2	0–2
Lyon	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–3		1–0	2–4	2–5	3–0	2–0	4–4	3–0	1–7	4–2	2–2	0–1	1–0
Marseille	1–0	5–2	1–1	3–3	3–1	4–1		3–2	4–2	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1
Metz	1–0	2–1	3–2	3–0	4–1	4–0	2–1		2–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	3–0
Nantes	5–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	6–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–2
Nîmes	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–0	5–2	1–1	2–1	4–2		1–3	2–3	6–1	1–3	5–1	2–0	3–2	2–1
Red Star	4–1	3–4	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–5	1–6	3–1	3–0	3–0		2–4	2–0	1–5	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1
Rennes	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	4–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2		1–1	1–0	3–3	2–4	4–5	1–1
Rouen	2–0	5–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–0		0–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	3–3
Saint-Étienne	3–1	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–0	6–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	8–2	5–0		3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0
Sedan	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–2		3–0	2–1	0–0
Sochaux	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	4–1	0–3	2–2	0–3	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–0		2–0	6–1
Strasbourg	2–0	4–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–2		4–2
Valenciennes	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–1	2–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Hervé Revelli	France	AS Saint-Etienne	28
2	Joseph Yegba Maya	Cameroon	Olympique de Marseille	24
3	Salif Keita	Mali	AS Saint-Etienne	21
4	Philippe Piat	France	RC Strasbourg	20
5	Wolfgang Kaniber	West Germany	RC Strasbourg	19
-	Adolf Scherer	Czechoslovakia	Nîmes Olympique	19
7	André Guy	France	Olympique Lyonnais	17
-	Charly Loubet	France	Olympique de Marseille	17
-	Bernard Blanchet	France	FC Nantes	17
-	Marc Molitor	France	RC Strasbourg	17
11	Daniel Rodighiéro	France	Stade Rennais UC	16
12	Gérard Grizetti	France	AS Angoulême	15
-	Marc-Kanyan Case	France	SEC Bastia	15
-	Jacques Bonnet	France	Nîmes Olympique	15
15	Philippe Gondet	France	FC Nantes	14
-	Serge Dellamore	France	Sedan	14

See also

• 1969–70 Coupe de France
• 1969–70 French Division 2