1969–70 French Division 1

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Division Nationale
Season1969–70
Dates5 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 played306
Goals scored973 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer Hervé Revelli
(28 goals)
1970–71

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

Contents

Participating teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Saint-Étienne (C)3425638830+5856Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Marseille 3418977541+3445Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3 RC Paris-Sedan 3417895442+1242
4 Angoulême 34121485343+1038
5 Strasbourg 34156136555+1036
6 Bordeaux 341310115448+636
7 Angers 34139125353035
8 Metz 34138135044+634
9 Sochaux 341210124855734
10 Nantes 34137146256+633Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round [a]
11 Nîmes 34136156055+532
12 Rouen (R)341012124145432Relegation to French Division 2 [b]
13 Red Star 341181545672230
14 Rennes 349111452732129
15 Lyon 341241857782128
16 Ajaccio 341141934511726Qualification to relegation play-offs, then spared from relegation [c]
17 Bastia (O)341042050742424Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Valenciennes 34862032633122Spared from relegation [c]
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; (O) Play-off winners; (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. 1 2 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

Home \ Away ACA ANG ASA BAS BOR OL OM MET NAN NMS RS REN ROU STE RPS SOC RCS VAL
Ajaccio 0–10–02–01–12–02–40–02–11–02–24–21–01–20–11–01–03–1
Angers 3–22–25–03–13–22–10–00–31–05–11–01–10–01–32–24–10–1
Angoulême 2–11–15–13–21–11–32–12–21–01–13–01–10–12–14–01–16–1
Bastia 2–03–11–12–22–43–22–23–22–53–04–00–20–12–32–02–13–1
Bordeaux 2–11–05–11–03–02–21–03–01–00–11–11–11–44–13–04–20–2
Lyon 2–12–11–22–11–31–02–42–53–02–04–43–01–74–22–20–11–0
Marseille 1–05–21–13–33–14–13–24–24–04–01–02–02–32–00–02–03–1
Metz 1–02–13–23–04–14–02–12–23–12–12–02–01–20–21–22–23–0
Nantes 5–01–01–12–11–15–22–11–01–01–16–10–22–22–21–20–11–2
Nîmes 2–01–12–24–13–05–21–12–14–21–32–36–11–35–12–03–22–1
Red Star 4–13–40–02–11–11–51–63–13–03–02–42–01–50–21–02–11–1
Rennes 0–11–02–03–10–04–31–12–01–21–12–21–11–03–32–44–51–1
Rouen 2–05–00–23–00–01–01–11–11–01–12–04–00–20–01–31–13–3
Saint-Étienne 3–11–21–14–22–06–02–12–02–32–10–08–25–03–12–03–01–0
RC Paris-Sedan 2–02–22–00–21–11–00–00–04–01–03–03–21–01–23–02–10–0
Sochaux 0–21–11–02–13–20–22–24–10–32–20–32–21–13–31–02–06–1
Strasbourg 2–04–13–14–03–12–12–32–02–14–15–01–13–21–12–32–24–2
Valenciennes 2–10–20–12–01–41–10–20–02–10–22–00–11–30–31–30–12–0
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification BAS NAN ACA OAV
1 Bastia 421185+35Qualification to French Division 1 0–04–2
2 Nancy 421154+152–03–1
3 Ajaccio 420285+34Qualification to French Division 2 [a] 3–04–0
4 Avignon 4103512721–42–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
Notes:
  1. Ajaccio were later reprived due to the expansion of Division 1.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [1]
1 Flag of France.svg Hervé Revelli Saint-Étienne 28
2 Flag of Cameroon.svg Joseph Yegba Maya Marseille 24
3 Flag of Mali.svg Salif Keita Saint-Étienne 21
4 Flag of France.svg Philippe Piat Strasbourg 20
5 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Kaniber Strasbourg 19
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adolf Scherer Nîmes
7 Flag of France.svg André Guy Lyon 17
Flag of France.svg Charly Loubet Marseille
Flag of France.svg Bernard Blanchet Nantes
Flag of France.svg Marc Molitor Strasbourg

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