Turkey the Cup

 

The Cup final was played in two legs and Goztepe was able to win second Cup in a row.                                         
Eskişehirspor   - Göztepe İzmir              2-1        1-3     
Eskisehirspor had strong season, but finished second best in both championship and Cup competition. 

Goztepe (Izmir) triumphed as a Turkish Cup winner. This was their second Cup, but consecutive. They also won the Turkish Supercup, but unfortunately 1970 was the last successful year for the club – after that and so far: nothing. 
The winners deserve a second look.

Turkey II Division

 

Turkey II Division. 2 groups of 16 teams each. 

Group Red

Standing from left: Erdinç Ersarıoğlu, Ekrem Güçsav, Erol Baş, Cengiz Kocatoros, Atilla Biçer, Saim Çınar.

Crouching: Burhan Gürel, Bedri Damla, Ceyhan Elyaban, Günay Üçer, Uğur Kayacan.

1. Karşıyaka SK 30 18 6 6 29:19 10 42

2 Adanaspor 30 14 11 5 37:20 17 39

3. Denizlispor 30 14 9 7 28:16 8 37

4. Trabzonspor 30 15 6 9 46:27 19 36

5. İzmirspor (A) 30 11 9 10 25:25 ±0 31

6. Antalyaspor 30 12 7 11 30:35 −5 31

7. Kayserispor 30 11 8 11 31:25 6 30

8. Orduspor 30 11 7 12 29:32 −3 29

9. Sakaryaspor 30 10 7 13 27:24 3 27

10. Manisaspor 30 9 9 12 30:35 −5 27

11. Nazillispor (N) 30 9 9 12 28:38 10 27

12. Beykozspor 30 8 9 13 17:21 −4 25

13. Ankara Güneşspor 30 9 7 14 23:35 −12 25

14. Afyonspor 30 8 9 13 20:32 −12 25

15. Bandırmaspor 30 7 11 12 13:24 −11 25

16. Düzcespor 30 9 6 15 31:36 −5 24

Group White

1. Boluspor 30 18 10 2 44:11 33 46

2. Balıkesirspor 30 19 8 3 46:15 31 46

3. Kütahyaspor 30 18 4 8 52:22 30 40

4. Giresunspor 30 16 4 10 36:22 14 36

5. Sivasspor 30 14 6 10 30:20 10 34

6. Zonguldakspor 30 14 5 11 37:31 6 33

7. Aydınspor 30 12 8 10 32:29 3 32

8. Şekerspor (A) 30 9 12 9 33:23 10 30

9. Adana Demirspor 30 11 8 11 24:30 −6 30

10. Kocaelispor 30 9 8 13 26:35 −9 26

11. Tarsus İdman Yurdu (N) 30 11 4 15 25:37 −12 26

12. Toprak Ofisi SK 30 10 5 15 30:43 −13 25

13. Feriköy SK 30 7 8 15 19:34 −15 22

14. Hacettepe GK 30 6 8 16 18:41 −23 20

15. Galata SK 30 5 9 16 28:51 −23 19

16. Ülküspor 30 5 5 20 14:50 −36 15

Promoted from the 2.Lig:                                                        
        Boluspor                                                
        Karşıyaka İzmir 

Turkey I Division

 

Turkey. I Division
 1 Fenerbahçe Istanbul         30  17  10   3  31   6  44 ECC
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 2 Eskişehirspor               30  14   9   7  46  26  37 Fairs Cup *
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 3 Altay İzmir                 30  13  10   7  27  17  36
 4 Mersin İdmanyurdu           30  12  12   6  32  27  36
 5 Göztepe İzmir (C)           30  12  11   7  33  29  35 ECW
 6 Samsunspor (N)              30  11   9  10  24  28  31
 7 Bursaspor                   30  10  10  10  26  20  30
 8 Galatasaray Istanbul (L)    30  10  10  10  27  21  30
 9 Beşiktaş Istanbul           30  10  10  10  26  26  30
10 Istanbulspor                30  10   9  11  30  27  29
11 Ankaragücü (N)              30   7  13  10  19  23  27
12 Ankara Demirspor            30   6  14  10  25  31  26
13 Vefa Istanbul               30   7  11  12  19  28  25
14 PTT Ankara                  30   7  11  12  21  34  25
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15 Ankara Gençlerbirliği       30   7   8  15  17  33  22 Relegated
16 Altınordu İzmir             30   5   7  18  16  43  17 Relegated

*Note: UEFA changed the eligibility rule for the Fairs Cup. Cities with
a national fair also qualified for the Fairs Cup.
Fenerbahce won its 6th League title. If counting the former national championships - 15th title. Thanks to the Romanian invasion: coach Traian Ionescu, midfielder Ion Nunweiller and goalkeeper Illie Datcu (who will take Turkish citizenship and remain with the club after retirement as a coach under his new Turkish name   İlyas Datça). 

Bulgaria the Cup

 

Cup:Because of the 1970 World Cup both the championship and the final phase of the Cup tourbnament were played late in the summer – the Cup final almost at the end of August. Practically, at the time when the clubs had their new squads for 1970-71 season.

 Levski-Spartak Sofia - CSKA 'Septemvriisko zname' Sofia                 2-1

CSKA lost the Cup. The squad here is from the semi-fnal against Cherno More (Varna), which they won. At the final almost CSKA used almost the same players. 
Levski-Spartak ended the 1969-70 season with a double. Sitting from left: I. Zdravkov, St. Pavlov, B. Mikhailov, P. Kirilov, St. Peshev, Al. Kostov, G. Asparoukhov, I. Stoyanov. Middle row: R. Vytlacil – coach, M. Gaydarski, Y. Kirilov, G. Todorov, St. Aladzhov, G. Tzvetkov, Kr. Bogdanov, Tzv. Vesselinov, V. Mitkov, G. Kamenski, Y. Arssov – assistant coach. Top row: D. Zhechev, N. Kotkov, P. Panov, K. Ivkov, Sl. Stoilov.  
This was the second spell for the coach who made Czechoslovakia silver medallist at 1962 World Cup Rudolf Vytlacil and it was again a success: the Czech made Levski champion in 1965 and now again. But he was leaving... unfortunately. 

Bulgaria III Division

 

Third Division. Divided into 6 Zones, each of 16 teams. Yet, this season was plagued by expulsions during the season: at the end of half-season all groups featured 16 teams. In the spring of 1970 three Zones – Zagore, Yantra, and Miziya lost 4 teams for unknown reasons. The most curious disappearance happened in Zona Zagore – the strong and aiming at promotion Neftokhimik – or Neftokhim? - from Bourgas was out. If Second Division left few picures of the participants, Third level left almost nothing:
Rozova dolina (Kazanlak)in dark shirts against ZSK Slavia (Sofia) was practically everything. Anyhow, the season finished and there were winners promoted to Second Division: the winners going to the Northern Group of Second Division: 
Zona Cherno More – 
Vatev (Beloslav)
Zona Yantra – Chernolometz (Popovo)
Zona Miziya - 
Minyor (Chiprovtrzi)
To the Southern Group of Second Division: 
Zona Vitosha – Slivnishki geroy (Slivnitza)
Zona Zagore – Energetik (Galabovo)
Zona Trakia - 
Botev (Svilengrad).