Division 1 1969/70

Division 1 1969/70
master	AS Saint-Etienne
European Cup of National Champions	AS Saint-Etienne
Trade fair trophy	Olympique Marseille CS Sedan AS Angouleme
Cup winners	AS Saint-Etienne
European Cup Winners' Cup	FC Nantes
Relegation ↓	AC Ajaccio SEC Bastia
Relegated	FC Rouen
Teams	18th
Games	306 + 8 relegation games
Gates	973  (ø 3.18 per game)
Top scorer	André Guy , ( Olympique Lyon )
← Division 1 1968/69 Division 1 1970/71 →
Division 2 1969/70 ↓

The Division 1 1969/70 was the 32nd of professional French football league. AS Saint-Étienne became champions for the fourth time in a row , winning their sixth title since 1957 .

The first game day was August 5, 1969, the last game day was June 23, 1970. There was a “winter break” between December 22 and January 24.

societies

The clubs that had finished the previous season no worse than in 16th place were eligible to participate, as well as a direct climber from the second division and the winner of the relegation , in which a second division had also prevailed. Thus, the following teams played for the championship title this season:

• two clubs from the northern border region ( US Valenciennes-Anzin , CS Sedan ^(a) ),
• one from Île-de-France ( Red Star FC ),
• three from the northeast ( FC Sochaux , Racing Strasbourg , FC Metz ),
• four from the northwest ( FC Rouen , Stade Rennes UC , promoted SCO Angers , FC Nantes ),
• two from the southwest ( Girondins Bordeaux , relegation winner AS Angoulême ),
• four from the southeast (defending champions AS Saint-Étienne , Olympique Lyon , Olympique Nîmes , Olympique Marseille ),
• two from Corsica ( AC Ajaccio , SEC Bastia ).

^(a)CS Sedan emerged from the merger between Racing Paris and UA Sedan-Torcy, which was dissolved before the start of the season .

Season course

At the beginning of this season, a major new regulation came into force: From July 1, 1969, player contracts were no longer "for (almost) lifetime", but only for a limited period ( contrat à temps , initially for at least four years). The players' union UNFP and its early protagonists had fought for this success for more than a decade.

For Rethacker, "the championship course can be illustrated in a single game", namely the match between Marseille and Saint-Étienne on August 27, 1969. In a crowded Stade Vélodrome with spectators who had advanced to the sidelines, the guests were at halftime back with 0: 2, but had turned the game - strengthened by the self-confidence that had grown from an 8: 2 over Rennes in the previous week - in the final quarter of an hour. When the referee did not recognize a goal from Marseilles shortly before the final whistle and part of the audience stormed onto the lawn, the referee broke off the match; it was then rated by the FFF association with the result at that point in time (2: 3), and a few days later the verts - the players of the ASSE are still referred to as "Greens" - also the local rival Lyon, who after the 2. Matchday was even leader of the table, on whose course a solid lesson (7: 1). After the first half of the season, Saint-Étienne had nine points ahead of second, Bordeaux, and had not yet lost a game. The fact that they suffered three defeats in the back series, two of them at home, did not prevent them from being eleven points ahead of runner-up Marseille in the end. The Verts had also won the cup , their second doublé after 1968 , and qualified for the 1970/71 European Cup.

In addition, two strong climbers, Angoulême in fourth and Angers in seventh, shaped the picture this season; an even stronger response, however, evoked what happened after the 34th matchday. In the barrages for promotion or stay in class, Bastia and AS Nancy had won against Ajaccio and Olympique Avignon , while second division champions OGC Nice had qualified directly; then FC Rouen withdrew from professional operations for financial reasons. During the summer break, the association then decided at short notice to increase the league to 20 participants, which meant that Ajaccio and bottom Valenciennes could continue to belong to Division 1 - but not Avignon. Instead, the responsible FFF subdivision brought promotion to the second division fourth Stade Reims , to everyone's surprise, but in view of its great past also to the delight of the public: a major daily newspaper described Stade's return to the first division as “the return of the most beautiful Exhibit at the Museum of French Football ”.

Closing table

Paris Angers Strasbourg Sochaux St. Etienne Marseille Angoulême Bordeaux Rouen Bastia Nantes Valenciennes Nîmes Lyon Metz Ajaccio Rennes Sedan

Division 1 venues in 1969/70

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS Saint-Etienne (M)	34	25th	6th	3	088:300	+58	56:12
2.	Olympique Marseille (P)	34	18th	9	7th	075:410	+34	45:23
3.	CS Sedan	34	17th	8th	9	054:420	+12	42:26
4th	AS Angoulême (N, R)	34	12	14th	8th	053:430	+10	38:30
5.	Racing Strasbourg	34	15th	6th	13	065:550	+10	36:32
6th	Girondins Bordeaux	34	13	10	11	054:480	+6	36:32
7th	SCO Angers (N)	34	13	9	12	053:530	± 0	35:33
8th.	FC Metz	34	13	8th	13	050:440	+6	34:34
9.	FC Sochaux	34	12	10	12	048:550	−7	34:34
10.	FC Nantes	34	13	7th	14th	062:560	+6	33:35
11.	Olympique Nîmes	34	13	6th	15th	060:550	+5	32:36
12.	FC Rouen	34	10	12	12	041:450	−4	32:36
13.	Red Star FC	34	11	8th	15th	045:670	−22	30:38
14th	Stade Rennes UC	34	9	11	14th	052:730	−21	29:39
15th	Olympique Lyon	34	12	4th	18th	057:780	−21	28:40
16.	AC Ajaccio	34	11	4th	19th	034:510	−17	26:42
17th	SEC Bastia	34	10	4th	20th	050:740	−24	24:44
18th	US Valenciennes-Anzin	34	8th	6th	20th	032:630	−31	22:46

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

French football champion and participation in the 1970/71 European Cup

Participation as a cup finalist in the 1970/71 European Cup Winners' Cup

Participation in the trade fair cup 1970/71

Withdrawal for financial reasons to Division 2 1970/71

Participation in the relegation round

(M)	reigning French champion
(P)	reigning French cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from Division 2 1968/69
(R)	Relegation winner

Crosstab

	AC Yes	SCO Age	AS Ago	SEC Bas	Gi. boron	Ol. Lyo	Ol. Mar	FC Met	FC Nan	Ol. Nîm	FC RSt	SUC Ren	FC Rou	AS StÉ	CS Sed	FC Soc	RC Str	US Val
AC 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
SCO 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
AS 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
SEC 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
Girondins 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
Olympique 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
Olympique 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
FC 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
FC 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
Olympique 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 FC	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
Stade Rennes UC	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
FC 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
AS Saint-Etienne	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
CS 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
FC 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
Racing 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
US 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

Relegation round

The two clubs in Division 1 each played two relegation games against the second division. There were no matches between teams from the same league. By increasing to 20 clubs for the following season, the three best teams qualified for Division 1.

table Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points  1. SEC Bastia (D1)  4th  2  1  1 008: 500  +3 05: 30  2. AS Nancy (D2)  4th  2  1  1 005: 400  +1 05: 30  3. AC Ajaccio D1  4th  2  0  2 008: 500  +3 04: 40  4th Olympique Avignon (D2)  4th  0  1  3 005:120  −7 01: 70 Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored qualified for Division 1 1970/71

Crosstab BAS NAN AJA AVI SEC Bastia 0-0 - 4: 2 AS Nancy 2-0 3: 1 - AC Ajaccio - 3-0 4-0 Olympique Avignon 1: 4 - 2-0

The AS Saint-Étienne championship team

1.

AS Saint-Etienne

Goal : Georges Carnus (30 / -), Gérard Migeon (4 / -) Defense : Bernard Bosquier (34/2), Georges Polny (28/2), Vladimir Durković (24 / -), Francis Camerini 22 / -), Roland Mitoraj (19 / -), Gérard Farison (10 / -), José Pelletier (2 / -), Pierre Repellini (1 / -) Midfield : Georges Bereta (32/9), Jean-Michel Larqué (28/9), Aimé Jacquet (23/4), Robert Herbin (18/4), José Broissart (15/2) Attack : Salif Keïta (32/21), Hervé Revelli (30/26), Spasoje Samardžić (14/3), Patrick Parizon (10 / -), Patrick Revelli (2/2), Christian Sarramagna (1 / -) Trainer : Albert Batteux

There were also two own goals.

Most successful goal scorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Hervé Revelli	AS Saint-Etienne	28
2	Joseph Yegba Maya	Olympique Marseille	24
3	Salif Keita	AS Saint-Etienne	21st
4th	Wolfgang Kaniber	Racing Strasbourg	20th
	Philippe Piat	Racing Strasbourg	20th
	Adolf Scherer	Olympique Nîmes	20th
7th	Bernard Blanchet	FC Nantes	17th
	André Guy	Olympique Lyon	17th
	Charly Loubet	Olympique Marseille	17th
	Marc Molitor	Racing Strasbourg	17th
11	Selemir Milošević	Red Star FC	16
	Daniel Rodighiéro	Stade Rennes UC	16
13	Marc-Kanyan Case	SEC Bastia	15th
	Gérard Grizzetti	AS Angoulême	15th
15th	Jacques Bonnet	Olympique Nîmes	14th
	Serge Dellamore	CS Sedan	14th
	Philippe Gondet	FC Nantes	14th

See also

• Division 2 1969/70
• Coupe de France 1969/70

literature

• Hubert Beaudet: Le Championnat et ses champions. 70 ans de Football en France. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2002, ISBN 2-84253-762-9
• Sophie Guillet / François Laforge: Le guide français et international du football éd. 2009. Vecchi, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-7328-9295-5
• Jean-Philippe Rethacker: La grande histoire des clubs de foot champions de France. Sélection du Reader's Digest, Paris / Bruxelles / Montréal / Zurich 2001, ISBN 2-7098-1238-X

Web links

• Statistics on lfp.fr

Notes and evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Guillet / Laforge, p. 169
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rethacker, p. 118
3. ↑ Beaudet, p. 100
4. ↑ Beaudet, p. 102
5. ↑ quoted from Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau / Tony Verbicaro: Stade de Reims - une histoire sans fin. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2001, ISBN 2-911698-21-5 , p. 143
6. ↑ Guillet / Laforge, p. 169, supplemented from Stéphane Boisson / Raoul Vian: Il était une fois le Championnat de France de Football. Tous les joueurs de la première division de 1948/49 à 2003/04. Neofoot, Saint-Thibault o. J.
7. ^ Frédéric Parmentier: AS Saint-Étienne, histoire d'une légende. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2004, ISBN 2-911698-31-2 , p. 293
8. ↑ Appearances Ligue 1 1969/70. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved February 15, 2018 .