1969–70 French Division 1

Division 1

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
Goals scored	973
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

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: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champion; (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

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

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References

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