1969–70 French Division 1
Appearance
Season | 1969–70 |
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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
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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:
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
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] |
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1 | ![]() |
Saint-Étienne | 28 |
2 | ![]() |
Marseille | 24 |
3 | ![]() |
Saint-Étienne | 21 |
4 | ![]() |
Strasbourg | 20 |
5 | ![]() |
Strasbourg | 19 |
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Nîmes | ||
7 | ![]() |
Lyon | 17 |
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Marseille | ||
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Nantes | ||
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Strasbourg |
References
[edit]- Division 1 season 1969-1970 at pari-et-gagne.com