1969–70 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1969–70
Dates5 August 1969 –
23 June 1970
ChampionsSaint-Étienne (6th title)
RelegatedRouen
European CupSaint-Étienne
Cup Winners' CupNantes
Inter-Cities Fairs CupMarseille
RC Paris-Sedan
Angoulême
Matches played306
Goals scored973 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorerHervé Revelli
(28 goals)

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
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:
  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.
  2. ^ Rouen were relegated to Division 2 because they gave up its professional status.
  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.

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

Results[edit]

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[edit]

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

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