1969–70 in Belgian football

none September 2024 Belgium no 1969–70 1968–69 1970–71 yes The 1969–70 season was the 67th season of competitive football in Belgium. Standard Club Liégeois won their 5th Division I title.http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1969-1970FR.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060357/http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1969-1970FR.pdf 16 July 2011 FA website RSC Anderlechtois reached the final of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and Standard Club Liégeois reached the quarter-finals of the European Champion Clubs' Cup. This was the first time a Belgian club reached the final of a European club competition. RFC Brugeois won the Belgian Cup final against Division II club R Daring Club Molenbeek (6-1). The Belgium national football team finished their 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign and qualified for the 1970 FIFA World Cup finals in Mexico. They won 1 game out of 3 in the first round and finished 3rd of their group.http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110118021247/http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html 18 January 2011 FA website Overview Belgium was already qualified for the World Cup finals, and lost their last qualifying game 4-0 in Yugoslavia. For the finals, Belgium was drawn in Group 1 with host Mexico as well as Soviet Union and El Salvador. They won the first game 3-0 against El Salvador but then lost to Soviet Union and Mexico and so finished 3rd of their group. Mexico and Soviet Union qualified for the quarter-finals. At the end of the season, K Beringen FC and ASV Oostende KM were relegated to Division II and were replaced by KFC Diest and R Antwerp FC from Division II. The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (VV Patro Eisden and RRC Tournaisien) were relegated to Division III and were replaced by RAA Louviéroise and AS Eupen from Division III. The bottom club of each Division III league (RA Marchiennoise des Sports, KVC Zwevegem Sport, RRFC Montegnée and ACV Brasschaat) were relegated to Promotion and were replaced by R Léopold Club Bastogne, FC Dessel Sport, SV Oudenaarde and KSK Tongeren from Promotion. National team DateVenueOpponentsScore*CompBelgium scorers19 October 1969Skopje City Stadium, Skopje (A)Yugoslavia0-4WCQ5 November 1969Estadio Azteca, Mexico City (A)Mexico0-1F25 February 1970Stade Emile Versé, Brussels (H)England1-3FJean Dockx3 June 1970Estadio Azteca, Mexico City (N)El Salvador3-0WCFRWilfried Van Moer (2), Raoul Lambert6 June 1970Estadio Azteca, Mexico City (N)Soviet Union1-4WCFRRaoul Lambert11 June 1970Estadio Azteca, Mexico City (N)Mexico0-1WCFR * Belgium score given first Key H = Home match A = Away match N = On neutral ground F = Friendly WCQ = World Cup qualification WCFR = World Cup first round o.g. = own goal European competitions Standard Club Liégeois beat 17 Nëntori Tirana of Albania in the first round of the 1969–70 European Champion Clubs' Cup (won 3-0 at home, drew 1-1 away) and Real Madrid CF of Spain in the second round (won 1-0 at home, 3-2 away). In the quarter-finals, Standard Club Liégeois lost to Leeds United (lost both legs 0-1) as they did the previous season in the first round of the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. K Lierse SK eliminated APOEL FC of Cyprus in the first round of the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup (won 10-1 at home, 1-0 away) but lost in the second round to Manchester City FC (lost 0-3 at home, 0-5 away). The 3 Belgian clubs who entered the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup were qualified for the first time as the highest-placed teams in the last championship who did not qualify for the other 2 European competitions. In the first round, R Charleroi SC defeated NK Zagreb of Yugoslavia (won 2-1 at home, 3-1 away), RSC Anderlechtois defeated Valur of Iceland (won 6-0 away, 2-0 at home) and RFC Brugeois defeated CE Sabadell FC of Spain (lost 0-2 away, won 5-1 at home). In the second round, RSC Anderlechtois beat Coleraine FC of Northern Ireland (won 6-1 at home, 7-3 away), but R Charleroi SC lost to FC Rouen of France on away goals (won 3-1 at home, lost 0-2 away) and RFC Brugeois lost to Ujpest FC of Hungary, also on away goals (won 5-2 at home, lost 0-3 away). In the third round, RSC Anderlechtois beat Dunfermline Athletic FC of Scotland on away goals (won 1-0 at home, lost 2-3 away) and in the quarter-finals Newcastle United FC, again on away goals (won 2-0 at home, lost 1-3 away). RSC Anderlechtois became the 3rd Belgian club to reach the semifinals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup after RU Saint-Gilloise and RFC Liégeois, and became the first Belgian club to reach a European competition final after they beat FC Internazionale (lost 0-1 at home, won 2-0 away). In the 1970 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, RSC Anderlechtois captained by Paul Van Himst lost to Arsenal FC (won 3-1 at home, lost 0-3 away). Honours CompetitionWinnerDivision IStandard Club LiégeoisCupRFC BrugeoisDivision IIKFC DiestDivision IIIRAA Louviéroise and AS EupenPromotionR Léopold Club Bastogne, FC Dessel Sport, SV Oudenaarde and KSK Tongeren Final league tables Premier Division 1969–70 Belgian First Division 1969-70 Top scorer: West German Lothar Emmerich (K Beerschot VAV) with 29 goals 1969 Golden Shoe: Wilfried Van Moer (Standard Club Liégeois) References Category:Football in Belgium by season Belgian Football Football