1969–70 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season	1969–70
Dates	5 August 1969 –; 23 June 1970
Champions	Saint-Étienne (6th title)
Relegated	Rouen
European Cup	Saint-Étienne
Cup Winners' Cup	Nantes
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Marseille; RC Paris-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

Location of teams in 1969–70 Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint-Étienne (C)	34	25	6	3	88	30	+58	56	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Marseille	34	18	9	7	75	41	+34	45	Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	RC Paris-Sedan	34	17	8	9	54	42	+12	42
4	Angoulême	34	12	14	8	53	43	+10	38
5	Strasbourg	34	15	6	13	65	55	+10	36
6	Bordeaux	34	13	10	11	54	48	+6	36
7	Angers	34	13	9	12	53	53	0	35
8	Metz	34	13	8	13	50	44	+6	34
9	Sochaux	34	12	10	12	48	55	−7	34
10	Nantes	34	13	7	14	62	56	+6	33	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
11	Nîmes	34	13	6	15	60	55	+5	32
12	Rouen (R)	34	10	12	12	41	45	−4	32	Relegation to French Division 2^[b]
13	Red Star	34	11	8	15	45	67	−22	30
14	Rennes	34	9	11	14	52	73	−21	29
15	Lyon	34	12	4	18	57	78	−21	28
16	Ajaccio	34	11	4	19	34	51	−17	26	Spared from relegation^[c]
17	Bastia	34	10	4	20	50	74	−24	24
18	Valenciennes	34	8	6	20	32	63	−31	22

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Nantes qualified for 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1969–70 Coupe de France as cup winners Saint-Étienne also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.
^ Rouen were relegated to Division 2 because they gave up its professional status.
^ Ajaccio were originally relegated after relegation play-offs, when was played along with Bastia, and Valenciennes were originally directly relegated, but the clubs were spared from relegation due to expansion of the Division 1 to 20 clubs from the next season.

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	RPS	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
RC Paris-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: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[1]
1	Hervé Revelli	Saint-Étienne	28
2	Joseph Yegba Maya	Marseille	24
3	Salif Keita	Saint-Étienne	21
4	Philippe Piat	Strasbourg	20
5	Wolfgang Kaniber	Strasbourg	19
5	Adolf Scherer	Nîmes	19
7	André Guy	Lyon	17
	Charly Loubet	Marseille
	Bernard Blanchet	Nantes
	Marc Molitor	Strasbourg

References

^ (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1969-70

Division 1 season 1969-1970 at pari-et-gagne.com

[table_note_res_CWC0.59033832214323-1] Nantes qualified for 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1969–70 Coupe de France as cup winners Saint-Étienne also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.

[table_note_res_R0.59033832214323-2] Rouen were relegated to Division 2 because they gave up its professional status.

[table_note_res_D10.59033832214323-3] Ajaccio were originally relegated after relegation play-offs, when was played along with Bastia, and Valenciennes were originally directly relegated, but the clubs were spared from relegation due to expansion of the Division 1 to 20 clubs from the next season.

[4] (in French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1969-70

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League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '69 '70 Mitropa Cup