1970–71 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season1970–71
ChampionsMarseille (3rd title)
RelegatedStrasbourg
Valenciennes
Sedan
European CupMarseille
Cup Winners' CupRennes
UEFA CupSaint-Étienne
Nantes
Nîmes
Matches played380
Goals scored1,108 (2.92 per match)
Average goals/game2.92
Top goalscorerJosip Skoblar (44)

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1970/1971 of the French Association Football League with 55 points.

Participating teams

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Location of teams in 1970–71 Division 1

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marseille (C) 38 23 9 6 94 48 +46 55 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Saint-Étienne 38 20 11 7 83 45 +38 51 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Nantes 38 17 12 9 61 41 +20 46
4 Nîmes 38 17 11 10 68 54 +14 45
5 Bordeaux 38 16 8 14 58 51 +7 40
6 Ajaccio 38 16 8 14 54 52 +2 40
7 Lyon 38 14 12 12 51 51 0 40
8 Metz 38 13 14 11 46 56 −10 40
9 Reims 38 14 11 13 54 44 +10 39
10 Sochaux 38 14 10 14 58 55 +3 38
11 Rennes 38 14 9 15 56 53 +3 37 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
12 Angers 38 15 5 18 61 66 −5 35
13 Nancy 38 12 11 15 45 56 −11 35
14 Nice 38 12 10 16 48 55 −7 34
15 Red Star 38 11 11 16 46 65 −19 33
16 Angoulême 38 10 12 16 30 47 −17 32
17 Bastia 38 12 8 18 52 83 −31 32
18 Strasbourg (R) 38 13 5 20 54 63 −9 31 Relegation to French Division 2
19 Valenciennes (R) 38 10 9 19 47 59 −12 29
20 Sedan (R) 38 10 8 20 42 64 −22 28
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Rennes qualified for 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1970–71 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1971/1972

Results

Home \ Away ACA ANG ASA BAS BOR OL OM MET NAL NAN NIC NMS RSFC REI REN STE SED SOC RCS VAL
Ajaccio 0–0 0–0 6–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0
Angers 1–1 1–4 3–0 0–3 3–2 2–1 5–0 2–1 0–1 6–0 1–2 3–1 0–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 5–3
Angoulême 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
Bastia 1–4 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–6 2–2 4–2 4–0 2–2 3–1 1–0
Bordeaux 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 3–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–0
Lyon 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–1
Marseille 1–0 5–1 5–0 5–2 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 5–0 2–2 5–0 2–2 6–3 5–2
Metz 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 6–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–3 2–1 2–2
Nancy 3–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–2
Nantes 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 7–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0
Nice 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 4–5 1–0 4–2
Nîmes 4–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 5–3 4–0 4–3 3–0 4–1
Red Star 3–0 0–5 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–4 0–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–5 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–1 3–2
Reims 1–0 3–1 2–0 5–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0
Rennes 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 2–3 2–2 0–0 5–1 4–0 1–3 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–1
Saint-Étienne 5–2 3–1 1–0 6–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 6–0 4–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 8–0 1–0 2–1 4–0
Sedan 3–1 6–2 1–1 5–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Sochaux 5–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1
Strasbourg 3–0 6–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–4 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0
Valenciennes 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 3–0
Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Skoblar Marseille 44
2 Mali Salif Keïta Saint-Étienne 42
3 France Jacques Vergnes Nîmes 27
4 Cameroon Joseph Yegba Maya Valenciennes 22
5 France Fleury Di Nallo Lyon 21
France Philippe Piat Sochaux
7 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vladica Kovačević Angers 20
8 France Marc Molitor Strasbourg 17
9 France Réginald Dortomb Ajaccio 16
France Serge Lenoir Rennes

References