Sweden II Division

 

Second Division. Divided into 4 groups of 12 teams each. The group winners proceeded to promotion playoffs and the top 2 teams were promoted to First Division.

Some participants:

IK Sleipner - 6^th in Svealand group.

IF Saab - 3^rd in Norra Gotaland group.

Halsingborgs IF – second in Sodra Gotaland group.

Kalmar FF - 7^th in Sodra Gotaland group.

Promotion group: IFK Lulea – champion of Norrland group, Snadvikens IF – champion of Svealand group, Skovde AIK – champion of Norra Gotaland group, Landskrona BoIS – champion of Sodra Gotaland group.

1 Landskrona BoIS 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4 Promoted

2 IFK Luleå 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4 Promoted

3 Sandvikens IF 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 2

4 Skövde AIK 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2

Sweden I Division

 

Sweden.

Malmö FF.....................22 11 7 4 30-20 29 (+10)

Åtvidabergs FF...............22  12  4  6   40-29   28  (+11)
Djurgårdens IF...............22   8  8  6   35-29   24  (+ 6)
IF Elfsborg..................22   8  8  6   30-31   24  (- 1)
Hammarby IF..................22   8  7  7   33-32   23  (+ 1)
IFK Norrköping...............22   7  8  7   33-22   22  (+11)
Östers IF....................22   7  7  8   29-30   21  (- 1)
Örebro SK....................22   9  2 11   31-24   20  (+ 7)
Top row from left: Olavus Olsson, Jim Nildén, Göran Åberg, Kent Persson, Lennart Söderberg, Jan Nilsson. Middle row: lagledaren Lennart Hemming, Dag Szepanski, Owe Ohlsson, Ronny Gustafsson, Arne Lundqvist, Björn Lundberg, Kurt Andersson, tränaren Torsten Lindberg. Sitting: Roland Grip, Roland Lundblad, Lars Johansson, Paolo Bruschi, Jörgen Bengtsson, Lars-Tony Hedström.
AIK..........................22   7  6  9   17-24   20  (- 7)
Örgryte IS...................22   6  8  8   25-35   20  (-10)
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IFK Göteborg.................22   6  5 11   28-36   17  (- 8)
GAIS.........................22   5  6 11   27-46   16  (-19)

Malmo FF won their 8^th title.

Denmark

 

Denmark. Division One, "1. division"

No. Team                G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
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 1  B 1903              22   11    5    6    56    36   27
 2  AB                  22   10    7    5    46    30   27
 3  Hvidovre IF         22   11    4    7    30    23   26 
 4  Vejle B             22   10    3    9    45    39   23
 5  B 1901              22    8    7    7    31    35   23
Standing from left: Bent Johansen, Jørgen Johansen, John Christensen, Kjeld Jensen, Jørgen Storm, Werner Loft, Benny Pilmark, Henning Petersen, Arne Nielsen, Erik Hansen
Crouching: Hening Hansen, Ole Schmidt, Ole Stender, Erik Nielsen, Tage Rasmussen, Orla Münzberg
 6  BK Frem             22    8    6    8    32    35   22
 7  Brønshøj Boldklub   22    8    6    8    28    35   22
 8  AaB                 22    9    3   10    34    29   21 
 9  Randers Freja       22    8    5    9    30    36   21
10  KB                  22    6    7    9    24    26   19
11  B 1913              22    6    6   10    24    37   18 
12  Horsens fS          22    4    7   11    20    39   15
  
Relegated:   B 1913 and Horsens fS
Promoted:    B 1909 and Køge Boldklub
  
Before opening the 1971 season the "goal-quotient" rule was
abandoned, placement now being decided by goal difference.

Cup: AaB 2-1 Lyngby BK

Standing from left: Træner Pieter Kraak, holdleder Ejvind Poulsen, Per Haugaard, Kurt Berthelsen, Erling Andersen, Ole Storch, Finn Jønson, Ove Flindt Bjerg, Jørgen Christensen
Front: Karsten Jensen, Arne Toft, John Andersen, Kaj Paulsen, Børge Bach Andreasen, Claus Johansen.

AaB Aalborg won their second Cup.

Poland the Cup

 

Cup:

Górnik Zabrze            3-1 Ruch Chorzów

Ruch – the losers.

Gornik won the Cup for the 4^th time, but its was also third consecutive victory.

Poland

 Poland. Last two teams relegated.

division 1
                           pl pts   w  d  l  gf ga   
c  1 LEGIA WARSZAWA        26  40  17  6  3  43 17
u  2 Ruch Chorzów          26  35  12 11  3  42 20
u  3 Górnik Zabrze         26  35  13  9  4  35 20
   4 Polonia Bytom         26  31  11  9  6  27 22
   5 Zagłębie Sosnowiec    26  27  11  5 10  36 32
   6 Gwardia Warszawa      26  26   9  8  9  26 23
   7 GKS Katowice          26  26   8 10  8  19 18
Left to right: Sputo, Skupnik, Michaliszyn, Studnicki, Sarnat, Musiał, Stroniarz, Wójcik, Kmiecik, Lendzion, Gonet, Polak, Płonka, Kotlarczyk. 
   8 Wisła Kraków          26  24   7 10  9  20 28
   9 Stal Rzeszów          26  23   9  5 12  30 36
Standing from left: Trener Burda, Strzelczyk, Kliński, Stanek, Ochman, Matysek, Pytlos, Bykowski, Nowak, Cygan. Crouching: Bednarek, Jerzy Wilim, Mandziara, Jan Wilim, Powieczko, Plicko.
  10 Szombierki Bytom      26  22   7  8 11  25 33 
  11 Zagłębie Wałbrzych    26  22   6 10 10  20 28
  12 Pogoń Szczecin        26  21   6  9 11  21 31
r 13 Odra Opole            26  21   6  9 11  22 36
Second row from left: Michał Matyas (trener), Henryk Jałocha, Andrzej Rewilak, Dominik Kubik, Kazimierz Jałocha, Andrzej Joczys, Jerzy Mikołajczyk, Jan Antczak, Stanisław Chemicz, Janusz Duda. Crouching: Tomasz Niemiec, Antoni Zuśka, Andrzej Spiżak, Ryszard Sarnat, Stanisław Szymczyk, Zbigniew Stroniarz 
r 14 Cracovia Kraków       26  11   2  7 17  16 38

division 2. Top two teams promoted.
                                pl pts   w  d  l  gf ga 
p  1 ROW RYBNIK                 30  48  19 10  1  60 13
p  2 STAL MIELEC                30  43  16 11  3  40 15
   3 ŁKS Łódź                   30  38  15  8  7  33 25
   4 Śląsk Wrocław              30  37  15  7  8  39 21
   5 MZKS Arka Gdynia           30  33  13  7 10  32 28
   6 Urania Ruda Śląska         30  30   9 12  9  30 29
Back row from left: Hermet, Klimaszka, Ligus, Pielczyk, Koterba, Kolb, Witek, Jan Kłosek, Kitel, Strączek, Wapiennik – trener, Mroczkowski, Bugdol. Crouching: Deutscher, Kretek, Ginter Lazar, Szof, Wygnał, Kowalik, Ryszard Majkowski, Liszka.
   7 Unia Racibórz              30  30  11  8 11  26 33
   8 Garbarnia Kraków           30  28  11  7 12  29 28
   9 Zawisza Bydgoszcz          30  28   7 14  9  20 26
  10 Hutnik Kraków              30  28   7 14  9  22 31
  11 Olimpia Poznań             30  28   7 14  9  19 29
  12 Motor Lublin               30  28  10  8 12  27 33
r 13 Unia Tarnów                30  23   7  9 14  23 32
r 14 Górnik Wałbrzych           30  22   6 10 14  20 36
r 15 Włókniarz Pabianice        30  18   5  8 17  19 39
r 16 Arkonia Szczecin           30  17   5  7 18  24 40

Promoted from III Division: STAR Starachowice, PIAST Gliwice, WARTA Poznań, START Łódź
Legia won its 4th title.

Czechoslovakia the Cup

 

Cup: Big surprise at the final.

 TJ Gottwaldov         3-3 0-0 Slovan Bratislava          [4-3 pen]

Slovan was considered the obvious winner, yet they lost the final and were unable to collect a double.

TJ Gottwaldov barely escaped relegation from the First Division, but performed very well in the Cup – first they won the Czech Cup and at the final for the Czechoslovak Cup prevailed over the strongest team in the country. Yes, after shoot-out, but their victory was kind of a miracle. It was the first trophy in the already long history of the club and for a second success had to wait 46 years.

Czechoslovakia

 

Czechoslovakia. The last 2 in the league were relegated and the top two in the Second Division promoted.

1. Slovan Bratislava        30 16 11  3  39-15  43
 2. Spartak Trnava           30 15 10  5  55-23  40
 3. Sparta Praha             30 15  8  7  40-25  38
 4. Inter Bratislava         30 14  8  8  45-32  36
 5. Sklo Union Teplice       30 11 11  8  26-19  33
 6. Lokomotiva Kosice        30 12  8 10  36-25  32
 7. Dukla Praha              30 10 12  8  34-31  32
 8. VSS Kosice               30 10 10 10  32-31  30
 9. Tatran Presov            30  9 12  9  22-22  30
10. Jednota Trencin          30  8 11 11  35-29  27
11. Banik Ostrava            30  7 12 11  26-32  26
12. ZVL Zilina               30  9  8 13  34-42  26
13. Slavia Praha             30  7 12 11  29-42  26
14. TJ Gottwaldov            30  8  7 15  28-45  23
15. SONP Kladno              30  7  7 16  29-61  21
16. Bohemians Praha          30  3 11 16  23-59  17
Promoted from Second Division: Skoda Plzen and  
TZ Trinec

Slovan (Bratislava) won their 7^th title – if 2 Czechoslovak amateur victories are counted – and their first since 1954-55. The club just entered its arguably most successful period.