Football Journey: 2025

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Malta

Malta.


1. Floriana              14  9  4   1  19   7  22   
2. Sliema Wanderers      14  7  5   2  24   9  19   
3. Hibernians            14  7  3   4  19  10  17   
4. Valletta              14  6  5   3  13   6  17   
5. Gzira United          14  6  1   7  13  18  13   
6. Qormi                 14  4  4   6  12  16  12   
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7. Hamrun Spartans       14  3  5   6  11  19  11     
8. Msida St. Joseph's    14  0  1  13   8  34   1

Floriana won 21^st title.

Cup: Hibernians 2-1 Valletta

Hibernians won their 2^nd Cup.

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Portugal the Cup

Cup: SL Benfica                   3-1 Sporting CP
Sporting was unable to win a double. 
Benfica, the classier team anyway, took revenge for the lost championship by winnu=ing the Cup. It was their 14^th Cup.

Jose Augusto started the season as a player and finished it coaching the team.

Monday, October 6, 2025

Portugal II Division

Second Division. Group winners promoted to First Division.

II Divisão Norte

Pos Equipa J V E D GM GS Diff Pts

1 Tirsense 26 17 4 5 50 26 +24 38

2 Sanjoanense 26 12 8 6 46 27 +19 32

3 Famalicão 26 11 10 5 56 31 +15 32

4 Salgueiros 26 12 7 7 50 32 +18 31

5 Beira Mar 26 11 8 7 42 24 +18 30

6 Marinhense 26 8 8 10 34 32 +2 24

7 União Lamas 26 8 8 10 28 33 -5 24

8 Penafiel 26 10 4 12 36 42 -6 24

9 Vizela 26 8 8 10 30 43 -13 24

10 Torres Novas 26 11 2 13 32 53 -24 24

11 Gouveia 26 9 4 13 32 41 -9 22

12 Sporting Espinho 26 7 8 11 32 45 -13 22

13 Académico Viseu 26 6 7 13 23 43 -20 19

14 Leça 26 4 10 12 22 38 -16 18

II Divisão Sul

Pos Equipa J V E D GM GS Diff Pts

1 Farense 26 13 8 5 47 20 +27 34

2 Sesimbra 26 13 7 6 42 27 +15 33

3 Atlético 26 13 6 7 38 21 +17 32

4 Torreense 26 14 3 9 55 30 +25 31

5 Montijo 26 13 5 8 35 30 +5 31

6 Portimonense 26 10 9 7 33 29 +4 29

7 Oriental 26 10 9 7 29 21 +8 29

8 Peniche 26 10 6 10 33 30 +3 26

9 Seixal 26 7 12 7 23 32 -9 26

10 Sintrense 26 10 5 11 36 35 +1 25

11 Luso Barreiro 26 6 8 12 22 40 -18 20

12 Tramagal 26 6 8 12 20 35 -15 20

13 União Santarém 26 7 5 14 29 52 -23 19

14 Lusitano Évora 26 3 3 20 19 59 -40 9

Friday, October 3, 2025

Portugal I Division

Portugal. First Division

                                  Total                Home             Away
                         Pd  W  D  L    G    Pt    W  D  L   G      W  D  L   G
 1 Sporting CP           26 21  4  1  61- 17 46   12  1  0 36- 7    9  3  1 25-10
 2 SL Benfica            26 17  4  5  58- 14 38   10  2  1 39- 3    7  2  4 19-11
 3 VFC Setúbal           26 16  4  6  58- 26 36   11  1  1 36-10    5  3  5 22-16
 4 FC Barreirense        26 11  6  9  42- 33 28    7  4  2 29-13    4  2  7 13-20
 5 VSC Guimarães         26 12  4 10  38- 36 28   10  1  2 27- 9    2  3  8 11-27
 6 Varzim SC             26 10  8  8  31- 26 28    5  5  3 20-13    5  3  5 11-13
 7 CF Belenenses         26  9  5 12  23- 34 23    7  1  5 14-11    2  4  7  9-23
 8 GD CUF                26  9  5 12  24- 38 23    5  2  6 13-19    4  3  6 11-19
 9 FC Porto              26  8  6 12  30- 37 22    6  3  4 19-13    2  3  8 11-24
Second row from left: Viegas,Rui Rodrigues,Alhinho,Artur,Araujo,Gervásio.
Crouching: Mário Campos,Manuel António,Vitor Campos,Nene,Serafim.
10 Académica             26  8  6 12  42- 46 22    7  1  5 28-16    1  5  7 14-30
11 Leixões SC            26 10  1 15  33- 47 21    9  0  4 25-14    1  1 11  8-33
12 Boavista FC           26  6  6 14  35- 61 18    6  6  1 24-15    0  0 13 11-46

13 SC Braga              26  6  5 15  25- 52 17    5  4  4 17-15    1  1 11  8-37
Standing from left:  Fernando; Totói; João Carlos; Alberto; Carlos Nunes; Segorbe; Ferreira Pinto; Kiki; Carlos Pereira; Dui; Conhé 
Front: Raúl; Faustino; Armando Luís; Leitão; Tito; Vieira; Cláudio; Caetano.
14 União de Tomar        26  5  4 17  20- 53 14    4  3  6 15-20    1  1 11  5-33
Last 2 relegated.
Sporting Lisbon won their 13^th title in style. Second row from left: Manuel Marques (massagista), Manaca, Pedras, Caló, Carvalho, Fernando Vaz (treinador), Pedro Gomes, Hilário, Celestino, José Morais, José Carlos, Damas.

Crouching: Gonçalves, Chico Faria, Lourenço, Dani, Marinho, Peres, Nélson, Dinis, Alexandre Baptista.

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

France the Cup

Cup:

AS Saint-Etienne         5-0 FC Nantes 

Nantes, although having a number of strong players, was utterly destroyed by St. Etienne. 


St. Etienne won its 6^th title and 3^rd Cup – this was their second double, but more significantly 4^th consecutive title.

Monday, September 29, 2025

II Division. Because of enlargement of First Division for the next season – from 18 to 20 teams and the technical relegation of Rouen, 3 teams were promoted – the usual 2 top-positioned teams plus Stade Reims. Reims went up because Olympique Avignon was not financially strong enough to play top league football.


 1. OGC Nice                   30-46  (54-18)  19  8  3  Promoted    
 2. AS Nancy-Lorraine          30-45  (77-31)  20  5  5  Promoted    
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 3. Olympique Avignon          30-40  (60-26)  16  8  6          
 4. Stade Reims                30-37  (44-31)  16  5  9  Promoted    
 5. FC Grenoble                30-36  (55-36)  13 10  7          
 6. US Boulogne                30-34  (38-35)  14  6 10          
Standing from left: Gilbert PLANTE, H. BENTOUMI, Guy CALLEJA, Paul PARIGI, Jeannot ALLEMAND, Jean Pierre CARAYON.
Crouching: Pierrot CAU, Paul MANON, Rodolphe CADILE, Jeanjean MARCIALIS, Charles TAMBOUEON. 
 7. Gazelec Ajaccio            30-29  (42-39)  12  5 13          
 8. AS Monaco                  30-28  (38-44)  10  8 12          
 9. US Dunkerque               30-27  (30-42)  10  7 13          
10. AS Aix-en-Provence         30-25  (36-64)   9  7 14          
11. FC Lorient                 30-25  (32-37)   9  7 14          
Standing from left: Pantelic, Artelesa, Lavagne, Géri, Kula, Maccagno
Front: Donnat, Le Louet, De Bourgoing, Abossolo, Tokoto
12. Paris-Neuilly              30-25  (28-37)   7 11 12  Namechange      
13. AS Cannes                  30-24  (28-49)   8  8 14          
Standing from left: Cornu, Ségarra, Borgoni, Hugon, Roubaud, El Kaïm, Valls, Dessons
Crouching: Jean Luciano, Alérini, Guidicelli, Agostini, Loup, Dalger, Luiggi 
14. SC Toulon                  30-20  (32-51)   8  4 18          
15. RCFC Besancon              30-20  (30-53)   8  4 18          
16. FC Limoges                 30-19  (32-63)   7  5 18          

Racing Football Club de Paris-Neuilly – or RFC Paris-Neuilly, or just Paris-Neuilly, was founded in 1969 and took the place of Battailon de Joinville, a military club, which was degraded to amateur status. However, after the 1969-70 season ended RFC Paris-Neuilly fused with CO Joinville into Racing Paris-Joinville. 
The Division 2 will be split into three groups.

Friday, September 26, 2025

France I Division

France. I Division.

                       T O T A L               H O M E               A W A Y
  1 ST ETIENNE    34  25- 6- 3  56   88- 30   13- 2- 2  28  47-14   12- 4- 1  28  41-16
  2 MARSEILLE     34  18- 9- 7  45   75- 41   13- 3- 1  29  44-16    5- 6- 6  16  31-25
  3 SEDAN         34  17- 8- 9  42   54- 42   10- 5- 2  25  26-10    7- 3- 7  17  28-32
  4 ANGOULEME     34  12-14- 8  38   53- 43    9- 6- 2  24  36-18    3- 8- 6  14  17-25
  5 STRASBOURG    34  15- 6-13  36   65- 55   12- 3- 2  27  46-20    3- 3-11   9  19-35

  6 BORDEAUX      34  13-10-11  36   54- 48   11- 3- 3  25  33-16    2- 7- 8  11  21-32
  7 ANGERS        34  13- 9-12  35   53- 53    9- 5- 3  23  33-20    4- 4- 9  12  20-33
  8 METZ          34  13- 8-13  34   50- 44   12- 2- 3  26  37-17    1- 6-10   8  13-27
  9 SOCHAUX       34  12-10-12  34   48- 55    7- 6- 4  20  30-26    5- 4- 8  14  18-29
 10 NANTES        34  13- 7-14  33   62- 56    8- 5- 4  21  33-19    5- 2-10  12  29-37
 11 NIMES         34  13- 6-15  32   60- 55   11- 3- 3  25  46-24    2- 3-12   7  14-31
 12 ROUEN         34  10-12-12  32   41- 45    7- 7- 3  21  26-14    3- 5- 9  11  15-31
 13 RED STAR      34  11- 8-15  30   45- 67    8- 3- 6  19  30-32    3- 5- 9  11  15-35
 14 RENNES        34   9-11-14  29   52- 73    6- 7- 4  19  29-25    3- 4-10  10  23-48
 15 LYON          34  12- 4-18  28   57- 78    9- 2- 6  20  33-33    3- 2-12   8  24-45
 16 AJACCIO       34  11- 4-19  26   34- 51    9- 4- 4  22  23-15    2- 0-15   4  11-36
 17 BASTIA        34  10- 4-20  24   50- 74    9- 3- 5  21  36-27    1- 1-15   3  14-47
 18 VALENCIENNES  34   8- 6-20  22   32- 63    5- 2-10  12  14-25    3- 4-10  10  18-38
Due to changes for 1970-71 – extended top division and creation of three Second Division groups, no team was directly relegated this season. However, 12^th placed Rouen gave up its professional status and was relegated. Three teams were promoted from Second Division.