1st Division (Belgium) 1969/70

1st Division (Belgium) 1969/70
master	Standard Liege
European Cup of National Champions	Standard Liege
Trade fair trophy	ARA La Gantoise RSC Anderlecht SK Beveren-Waas
Cup winners	Club Bruges
European Cup Winners' Cup	Club Bruges
Relegated	KFC Beringen AS Ostend KM
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	667  (ø 2.78 per game)
Top scorer	Lothar Emmerich ( Beerschot VAV )
← First division 1968/69 First division 1970/71 →
Second division 1969/70 ↓

The First Division 1969/70 was the 67th season of the top Belgian division in men's football . It began on September 6, 1969 and ended on April 26, 1970.

mode

The 16 teams played against each other twice on a total of 30 match days, divided into a first and a second round. The two bottom of the table were relegated.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Standard Liège (M)	30th	22nd	5	3	064:240	+40	49:11
2.	Club Bruges (P)	30th	20th	5	5	075:360	+39	45:15
3.	ARA La Gantoise	30th	16	7th	7th	049:350	+14	39:21
4th	RSC Anderlecht	30th	15th	6th	9	064:290	+35	36:24
5.	SK Beveren-Waas	30th	14th	8th	8th	045:290	+16	36:24
6th	Beerschot VAV	30th	14th	7th	9	042:260	+16	35:25
7th	Lierse SK	30th	12	8th	10	039:420	−3	32:28
8th.	Royal Racing White	30th	10	10	10	036:410	−5	30:30
9.	Sporting Charleroi	30th	13	3	14th	042:430	−1	29:31
10.	KSV Waregem	30th	8th	9	13	035:510	−16	25:35
11.	RFC Liege	30th	8th	7th	15th	034:440	−10	23:37
12.	VV St. Truiden	30th	8th	7th	15th	036:570	−21	23:37
13.	Crossing Schaerbeek (N)	30th	8th	7th	15th	029:500	−21	23:37
14th	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	30th	6th	10	14th	026:450	−19	22:38
15th	KFC Beringen	30th	4th	10	16	027:490	−22	18:42
16.	AS Ostend KM (N)	30th	4th	7th	19th	024:660	−42	15:45

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd wins - 3rd goal difference

Belgian champion and participation in the 1970/71 European Cup

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1970/71

Participation in the trade fair cup 1970/71

Relegation to the second division

(M)	reigning Belgian champion
(P)	reigning Belgian cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

1969/70		SLÜ	FCB	GAN	AND	BEV	BEE	LIE	RRW	SPC	WAS	LÜT	TRU	CRO	USG	BRG	EAST
1.	Standard Liege		2-0	2: 1	1-0	3-0	2: 2	1-0	9-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	0: 3	2-0	5: 3	5-0
2.	Club Bruges	1-0		8-0	1-0	3: 2	2-0	4: 1	3-0	3: 1	4-0	5: 2	5-0	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	3-0
3.	ARA La Gantoise	0-0	2: 1		3: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	4: 1	3-0	3: 1	4: 1	2-0	1-0	4: 1	2: 2
4th	RSC Anderlecht	0: 2	1: 3	3: 1		5-0	0: 1	6-0	0-0	2-0	7: 1	2-0	4-0	4-0	2: 2	3-0	3-0
5.	SK Beveren-Waas	0-0	2: 3	1: 2	0-0		1-0	3-0	5: 2	3: 1	2-0	2-0	7: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	5: 1
6th	Beerschot VAV	3-0	3-0	1-0	1: 3	1-0		1: 1	5-0	2-0	1: 1	4-0	2-0	3: 1	1-0	3-0	0-0
7th	Lierse SK	0: 2	4-0	3: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 1		0-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1-0	2-0
8th.	Royal Racing White	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	0-0	1-0	3: 1		1: 1	2-0	0-0	0: 1	5: 1	2-0	3: 2	4-0
9.	Sporting Charleroi	2: 4	3: 1	1: 2	1: 3	1-0	1-0	2-0	0-0		3: 1	1-0	4: 3	6-0	2-0	0: 1	1-0
10.	KSV Waregem	0: 2	3: 4	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 4	1: 1	1-0		1-0	3: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1	2: 1
11.	RFC Liege	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 4	0: 1	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1-0		0: 2	4-0	4-0	3-0	1: 1
12.	VV St. Truiden	1: 3	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3-0	0: 1	0: 3	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2		4-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0
13.	Crossing Schaerbeek	3: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2-0	4: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1-0	1: 2		0-0	2: 1	2-0
14th	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	1: 2	2: 2	0: 4	1: 3	0: 1	0: 1	0-0	1-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1	0-0		1-0	3: 3
15th	KFC Beringen	1: 2	1: 1	1: 3	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 2	1-0	0-0	0-0		2-0
16.	AS Ostend KM	0: 3	0: 4	0-0	1: 3	0-0	1: 2	0: 3	4: 2	1: 3	1: 5	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	2-0

Web links

• Tables on belgianfootball.be
• History of Soccer
• Belgium soccer history

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1969/70 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved July 20, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Results 1969/70. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .