1969–70 French Division 1

32nd season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 5 August 1969 –23 June 1970 1969–70 Saint-Étienne (6th title) Rouen European Cup Saint-Étienne Cup Winners' Cup Nantes Inter-Cities Fairs Cup MarseilleRC Paris-SedanAngoulême Hervé Revelli(28 goals) 306 973 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 France 350 right Location of teams in 1969–70 Division 1 France 41.92667 8.73694 Ajaccio bottom France 47.460427 -0.530804 Angers right France 45.641894 0.176128 Angoulême bottom France 42.7008 9.4503 Bastia bottom France 44.829242 -0.598253 Bordeaux left France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 47.255631 -1.525375 Nantes bottom France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes left France 48.9000 2.3333 Red Star bottom France 48.1147 -1.6794 Rennes right France 49.4439 1.1033 Rouen top France 45.460767 4.490117 St-Étienne left France 49.7025 4.9411 RC Paris-Sedan right France 47.512311 6.811345 Sochaux bottom France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 50.348925 3.526847 Valenciennes left League table main WDL QR 2 STE Saint-Étienne OM Marseille SED RC Paris-Sedan ASA Angoulême RCS Strasbourg BOR Bordeaux ANG Angers MET Metz SOC Sochaux NAN Nantes NMS Nîmes ROU Rouen RED Red Star REN Rennes OL Lyon ACA Ajaccio BAS Bastia VAL Valenciennes 25 6 3 88 30 C 18 9 7 75 41 17 8 9 54 42 12 14 8 53 43 15 6 13 65 55 13 10 11 54 48 13 9 12 53 53 13 8 13 50 44 12 10 12 48 55 13 7 14 62 56 13 6 15 60 55 10 12 12 41 45 R 11 8 15 45 67 9 11 14 52 73 12 4 18 57 78 11 4 19 34 51 10 4 20 50 74 O 8 6 20 32 63 green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ICFC ICFC ICFC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round 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. CWC red1 Relegation to French Division 2 Rouen were relegated to Division 2 because they gave up its professional status. R red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs, then spared from relegation 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. REP red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs O inherit Spared from relegation D1 REP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete 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 Results main FBR grey ACA ANG ASA BAS BOR OL OM MET NAN NMS RS REN ROU STE RPS SOC RCS VAL 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Rennes 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 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 Saint-Étienne 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 RC Paris-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 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 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 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 complete Relegation play-offs main WDL 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points 2 true August 2025 BAS, NAN, ACA, OAV complete 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 1 5 4 2 0 2 8 5 1 0 3 5 12 0-0 4-2 2-0 3-1 3-0 4-0 1-4 2-0 Bastia Nancy Ajaccio Avignon Q D1 D1 D2 D2 green1 Qualification to French Division 1 Qualification to French Division 2 Ajaccio were later reprived due to the expansion of Division 1. Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goalsfr Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1969-701FRA Hervé RevelliSaint-Étienne28 2CMR Joseph Yegba MayaMarseille243MLI Salif KeitaSaint-Étienne214FRA Philippe PiatStrasbourg205FRG Wolfgang KaniberStrasbourg19TCH Adolf SchererNîmes7FRA André GuyLyon17FRA Charly LoubetMarseilleFRA Bernard BlanchetNantesFRA Marc MolitorStrasbourg Attendances # Club Average 1 Marseille 17,451 2 Strasbourg 14,008 3 Saint-Étienne 13,201 4 Nantes 11,853 5 Girondins 8,623 6 Stade rennais 8,241 7 Metz 8,208 8 Olympique lyonnais 7,726 9 Nîmes 7,214 10 Red Star 6,430 11 Rouen 6,083 12 Angers 5,918 13 Angoulême 4,995 14 Paris-Sedan 4,616 15 Sochaux 4,366 16 Valenciennes 3,394 17 Bastia 3,102 18 Ajaccio 2,020 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1970.htm References Division 1 season 1969-1970 at pari-et-gagne.com 1969–70 1 France