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

France II Division

 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.

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, 12th placed Rouen gave up its professional status and was relegated. Three teams were promoted from Second Division. 

Belgium the Cup

 

Cup: Club Brugge 6-1 Daring

FC Brugge received the Cup.

Predictably, Second Division Daring lost the final. Would have been great if they won, alas, they were no match...

FC Brugge won the Cup for the second time. Hard to believe today, but this was only 3^rd trophy for the club at the time (1 title and 2 Cups).

Belgium II Division

 

Second Division. Top 2 teams promoted to First Division. 
   1  KFC Diest                         30 17  8  5  58  33 39
 2  R. Antwerp FC                     30 16  7  7  33  25 39
Standing from left: Wauters, De Vlegelaer, Cuypers, Van Achter, Van Cappelen, Coclet; Crouching: De Schutter, Randoux, Coppens, Foulon et Svahn.
   3  Daring Club de Bruxelles          30 16  9  5  49  29 37
   4  Berchem Sport                     30 15  9  6  49  36 36
 5  KFC Turnhout                      30 13  7 10  27  21 36
Standing from left: Henk Van Nee , Zdenko Vukasovic , John Bogaert , Jules Verriest , Roger Verkeyn , Franky Simon , Albert Antjon, Urbain Braems
Front: Luc Vercammen , Willy Van Acker , Carlos De Steur , Brian Etheridge , Geo Carvalho, Eric Buyse 
   6  KSV Cercle Brugge                 30 15 10  5  32  33 35
   7  K.Waterschei SV Thor Genk         30 12  7 11  32  23 35
   8  ROC Charleroi                     30 13 12  5  34  31 31
   9  RFC Malinios                      30 10 10 10  51  35 30
Standing from left:  Eddy Smets , Jean Joostens , Pierre Van Roy , Walter Sneyers , Walter Van Dijck, Frans Valkenborgh
Assis de g à d : Cyrille Van Herle , Armand De Vos , Leo Ouwens , Robert Stuer, Gaston Franck
  10  KRC Mechelen                      30 12 14  4  42  39 28
  11  SV Sottegem                       30 10 13  7  29  42 27
  12  R. Tilleur FC                     30 10 14  6  41  39 26
  13  K.St.-Niklaase SK                 30  9 13  8  29  41 26
  14  RCS Verviétois                    30  8 13  9  26  33 25
  15  Patro Eisden                      30  7 14  9  32  48 23
  16  RRC Tournaissien                  30  2 25  3  14  70  7

Remarks
        R. Daring Club de Bruxelles becomes R. Daring Club de Molenbeek
        R. FC Malinois becomes KV Mechelen      
        RC Jette merged with R. Stade de Bruxelles to become Racing Jet de Bruxelles