Hungary

 

Hungary decided to move back to traditional Autumn-Spring season and 1970 championship was short – it was just spring championship, organized unusually and without relegation.

                 Group A
 1.Ú.Dózsa      14  11  1  2   37:13  23
 2.MTK          14   8  2  4   19:12  18
 3.Vasas SC     14   7  4  3   19:13  18
 4.Diósgyőr     14   7  4  3   16:13  18
 5.Tatabánya    14   4  4  6   15:17  12
 6.Videoton     14   3  2  9   16:28   8
 7.Komlói B.    14   3  2  9   14:26   8
 8.Rába ETO     14   3  1 10    9:23   7

Group B

 1.FTC          14   8  4  2   17: 8  20
 2.Bp.Honvéd    14   8  2  4   26: 9  18
 3.Csepel SC    14   6  5  3   18: 6  17
 4.Pécsi Dózsa  14   6  4  4   18:11  16
 5.Dunaújváros  14   4  4  6   15:22  12
 6.Haladás VSE  14   3  5  6   13:22  11
 7.Salgót. BTC  14   3  4  7   14:25  10
 8.SZEOL        14   3  2  9   15:33   8

The winner of each group received 8 points,whilst the remaining teams got
7-1 points according their standing.These points were added to the final table
of 1970-1971 championship.

                       Final
The teams that finished on the same place played against each other and the
results determined their final position.


Play off matches


for  1st place  Újpesti Dózsa       - F.T.C.          3-2 and 1-1
for  3rd place  M.T.K.              - Budap. Honvéd   1-3 and 1-3


for  5th place  Vasas               - Csepel          4-0 and 1-2
for  7th place  Diósgyőr            - Pécsi Dózsa     1-4 and 3-5

for  9th place  Tatabánya           - Dunaújváros     0-0 and 2-1
for 11th place  Videoton Szekesfeh. - Szomb. Haladás  7-1 and 1-3
for 13nd place  Komló Bányasz       - Salgótarjan BTC 3-1 and 1-2
for 15nd place  Rába ETO Győr       - SZEOL           2-0 and 1-3

No relegation|

Ujpesti Dozsa (Budapest) – champion.

Romania the Cup

 

Cup: Big derby at the final in which the Army prevailed over the Police.

Steaua București 2-1 Dinamo București

From left: Stefan Onisie (antrenor), Creiniceanu, Ciugariu, Iordanescu, Voinea, Suciu, Cristache, Negrea, Stefan Covaci - coach, Dumitriu III, Vigu, Dumitru Nicolae, Naom.

Steaua won its 10^th Cup. The strong squad was due to their coach Stefan Covaci – better known as Stefan Kovacs - or Istvan Kovacs: ethnic Hungarian, the spelling of his name depends on the language used – either Romanian or Hungarian – and since his success led him to the great Ajax of the early 1970, internationally he was known as Stefan Kovacs – a combination of Romanian first name and Hungarian last name. The other big name in the team was Florea Voinea, already aging star of the 1960s, who went to play in France and here is the story of his transfer:  in June 1970 dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu went on a visit in France, invited by president Georges Pompidou. Pampidou took him to see Nîmes, a town where the communists were constantly winning the elections, there Ceaușescu talked to the mayor who complained about the poor results of the local football team, Nîmes Olympique so Ceaușescu told him that he was going to send two Romanian footballers to the club. The club sent scouts to see the 1970 Cupa României final which was won with 2–1 by Steaua București against Dinamo București, both of Steaua București's goals being scored by Voinea, and they selected Voinea from Steaua and Ion Pârcălab from Dinamo to come and play for Nîmes Olympique, where in the 1971–72 season they helped the team finish second in the championship, each of them scoring 11 goals.

Romania

 

Romania.

 1. UTA (ARAD)                     30  13   2   0  35  13    5   1   9  19  29   39
Second row from left:  M.Barbulescu (antrenor principal), Ion Pop, Iordan Angelescu, Necula Raducanu, Ramureanu, Nicolae Lupescu, Dan Coe, Cristescu (antrenor secund)
Front: Ilie Greavu, Strat, Constantin Nasturescu, Sandu Neagu, Constantin Dinu, Ion Dumitru, Teo Codreanu, Petreanu 
 2. UFC Rapid Bucureşti            30  11   2   2  27  14    3   7   5  12  17   37


 3. Steaua Bucureşti               30   8   4   3  37  17    6   2   7  19  20   34
 4. Universitatea Craiova          30  12   2   1  29   9    1   5   9  11  28   33
 5. Dinamo Bucureşti               30  10   1   4  34  17    4   3   8  17  24   32
 6. Farul Constanţa                30  10   3   2  29  10    3   3   9  16  30   32
 7. Jiul Petroşani                 30  12   3   0  23   6    2   1  12  14  31   32
Standing from left: Ivăncescu, Jenei, Olteanu, Adamache, Albu, Cadar, Balint, Florescu. Crouching: Gergely, Necula, Dumitriu II, Pescaru, Drăgoi, Gyorffy, Rusu, Cojocaru.
 8. Steagul roşu Braşov            30  11   1   3  31  15    1   5   9   7  26   30
 9. Dinamo Bacău                   30   9   6   0  26  11    1   4  10  11  31   30
10. FC Argeş Piteşti               30  10   3   2  36  16    1   4  10  15  31   29
11. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca      30   7   5   3  25  14    2   5   8  15  23   28
12. Politehnica Iaşi               30  11   2   2  28  10    1   1  13   9  29   27
13. Petrolul Ploieşti              30   9   4   2  25  16    1   3  11  11  26   27
14. CFR Cluj-Napoca                30   8   6   1  17   9    2   1  12  12  36   27
15. CRIŞUL ORADEA                  30   9   2   4  27  15    1   4  10  11  29   26
16. ASA TÂRGU-MUREŞ                30   5   5   5  17  13    0   2  13   6  36   17

Second Division winners, promoted to First Division: Seria I – Progresul (Bucharest) and Seria II – CFR (Timisoara). 
UTA Arad – champion for second consecutive season. Crouching from left: Urmează Dembrovschi, Axente, Gornea, Bătrîna, Pojoni. Standing: Domide, Şchiopu, Lereter, Petescu, Brosovszky, Biro, Fl. Dumitrescu.
UTA won their 6th and last title.

Yugoslavia the Cup

 

Cup: Winner decided in overtime in the second match.

Olimpija - CRVENA ZVEZDA 2:2

CRVENA ZVEZDA - Olimpija 1:0 (aet)

Olimpija (Ljubljana) lost the final after all, but since Crvena zvezda was champion got the Yugoslavian spot in the Cup Winners Cup.

Swell season for Crvena zvezda (Belgrade) ending with a double.

Yugoslavia II Division

 

II Division: No direct promotion – playoffs between the top 2 teams from each league instead for 2 promotions.

II LIGA ZAPAD 1969/70

 1 Rijeka                30 24  5  1 74:11 53 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF


 2 Borac      Banja Luka 30 20  7  3 82:29 47 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3 Rudar      Ljubija    30 14 10  6 38:22 38
 4 Orijent    Rijeka     30 16  3 11 48:30 35
 5 Karlovac              30 14  4 12 40:42 32
Standing from left: Sertić, Lepan, Pavičić, Ivančić, Fak, Kiner, Župan, Ujević.
Front: Špehar, Mihoci, Cinkuš, Vidaković, Ličina, Došen, Kotoran 
 6 Jedinstvo  Zagreb     30 12  6 12 36:40 30
 7 Zeleznicar Maribor    30 10  9 11 42:39 29
 8 Tresnjevka Zagreb     30 14  1 15 38:66 29
 9 Metalac    Zagreb     30 11  7 12 43:60 29
10 Ljubljana             30 13  2 15 47:54 28
11 Sibenik               30 12  3 15 40:41 27
12 Split                 30  9  8 13 33:40 26
13 Varteks    Varazdin   30  9  8 13 43:54 26
14 Zadar                 30  8  8 14 33:51 24 RELEGATED
15 BSK        Banja Luka 30  6  8 16 22:56 20 RELEGATED
Second row from left:  stoje: Rod, Lacković, Petrinec, Sumor, Škrinjar, Lipovac
Crouching: Habek, Ivić, Benić, Haraminčić, Mušović
16 Lokomotiva Zagreb     30  2  7 21 26:72 11 RELEGATED
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Relegated from 1st league: Zagreb
Promoted from 3rd league: Rovinj, Mura (Murska Sobota) and Jedinstvo (Bihac)
II LIGA SEVER 1969/70

 1 Osijek                    30 17  8  5 60:21 42 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 2 Crvenka                   30 16 10  4 52:24 42 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
Standing from left: Laslo Seleš, Milan Vujin, Milenko Rus, Milutin Bajac, Jovo Kovrlija, Radivoje Drašković. 
First row: Petar Mićić, Radomir Miškov, Nenad Bjeković, Slobodan Stojović, Petar Rašić.
 3 Proleter   Zrenjanin      30 17  7  6 65:38 41
 4 Belisce                   30 12  8 10 42:43 32
 5 Dinamo     Pancevo        30 11  9 10 39:34 31
 6 Backa      Backa Palanka  30 12  7 11 38:40 31
Back row from left: Zenunović, Jesenković, Sirćo, Omeragić, Ćenanović, Mandić, Bukurecki;
Front: J. Marić , Braunović, Suljaković, Ćosović 
 7 JedinstvO  Brcko          30 11  8 11 30:28 30
Dinamo (stripes) on the left vs Jedinstvo (Brcko)
 8 Dinamo     Vinkovci       30 10  9 11 38:41 29
 9 Metalac    Valjevo        30 10  9 11 34:42 29
10 Borovo                    30  9 10 11 29:40 28
11 Spartak    Subotica       30  7 13 10 31:31 27
12 Novi Sad                  30 11  5 14 40:58 27
13 Metalac    Osijek         30 10  6 14 34:47 26
14 BSK        Slavonski Brod 30  7 10 13 32:41 24
15 Vozdovacki Beograd        30  7 10 13 33:44 24
16 Radnicki   Beograd        30  5  7 18 28:53 17 RELEGATED
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Promoted from 3rd league: Hajduk (Kula) and Galenika (Zemun)


II LIGA ISTOK 1969/70

 1 Sloga      Kraljevo           30 17  4  9 46:28 38 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 2 Borac      Cacak              30 14 10  6 40:22 38 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3 Pristina                      30 15  7  8 57:35 37
 4 Sloboda    Titovo Uzice       30 14  9  7 40:20 37
 5 Napredak   Krusevac           30 15  7  8 35:27 37
 6 Bregalnica Stip               30 15  4 11 43:34 33 (-1)
 7 Dubocica   Leskovac           30 14  5 11 46:41 33 
 8 Radnicki   Pirot              30 10 11  9 42:37 31
 9 Rabotnicki Skopje             30 11  8 11 44:39 30
10 Pobeda     Prilep             30  9 10 11 38:37 28
Standing from left: Delibašić, Đukić, Veljković, Džakaj, Mušikić, Novaković;
Crouching: Mrđa, Mađuni, Đurica, Ganić, Pindović.
11 Trepca     Kosovska Mitrovica 30 11  5 14 43:42 27
12 Zeleznicar Nis                30 10  7 13 36:44 27
13 Teteks     Tetovo             30 10  5 15 34:57 25
14 Buducnost  Pec                30  8  5 17 27:46 21 RELEGATED
15 EI Mladost Nis                30  5 10 15 22:48 20 RELEGATED
16 Tikves     Kavadarci          30  6  4 20 27:63 16 RELEGATED
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Relegated from 1st league: Vardar (Skopje)
Promoted from 3rd league: MIK (Skopje) and FAP (Priboj)


II LIGA JUG 1969/70

 1 Sutjeska     Niksic       30 22  4  4 67:13 48 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 2 Buducnost    Titograd     30 19  8  3 61:15 46 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3 Pofalicki    Sarajevo     30 14  7  9 40:23 35
 4 GOSK         Dubrovnik    30 15  3 12 51:51 33
 5 Rudar        Kakanj       30 13  6 11 40:35 32
 6 Lovcen       Cetinje      30 10  9 11 33:33 29
 7 OFK Titograd              30 11  7 12 40:42 29
 8 Leotar       Trebinje     30 13  2 15 35:41 28
 9 Borac        Capljina     30 11  6 13 39:43 28
10 Borac        Travnik      30  7 13 10 33:35 27
11 Bosna        Visoko       30 10  7 13 29:39 27
12 Famos        Hrasnica     30  9  8 13 37:42 26
13 Bosna        Sarajevo     30  7 11 12 28:38 25
14 Jedinstvo    Bijelo Polje 30  8  7 15 34:51 23 RELEGATED
15 Lokomotiva   Mostar       30  7  9 14 26:49 23 RELEGATED
16 Tara         Titograd     30  8  5 17 32:85 21 RELEGATED
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Promoted from 3rd league: Igman (Konjic), UNIS (Vogosca) and Iskra (Danilovgrad)


PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
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Semifinals:
Rijeka   - CRVENKA            0:0 and 2:2 (Crvenka won on penalties) 
SLOGA    - Buducnost          2:0 and 0:2 (Sloga won on penalties)
Osijek   - BORAC (Banja Luka) 1:1 and 1:2
Sutjeska - BORAC (Cacak)      1:0 and 0:2

Finals:
CRVENKA            - Sloga         3:0 and 1:3
BORAC (Banja Luka) - Borac (Cacak) 1:0 and 1:0

Promoted to 1st league: 
Borac (Banja Luka) and 
Crvenka