Finland

 

Finland.

Reipas Lahti                22  14   4   4   45 -  28   32
MP Mikkeli                  22  12   5   5   60 -  31   29
HIFK Helsinki               22  10   8   4   60 -  34   28
KuPS Kuopio                 22  10   7   5   35 -  25   27
Standing from left:Raimo Bäckman, Pekka Pentti, Erkki Alaja, Markku Niininen, Esa Laakso, Juhani Sormunen, Juha Sarkanen, Harri Hyttinen, Hannu Bäckman. Front: Kalle Parma, Seppo Lehtinen, pertti Alaja, Juha Dahlund 
HJK Helsinki                22   9   7   6   37 -  26   25
KPV Kokkola                 22   8   7   7   40 -  31   23
TPS Turku                   22   9   5   8   35 -  34   23
Haka Valkeakoski            22   7   6   9   31 -  34   20
L-69 Lahti                  22   9   1  12   31 -  38   19
IKissat Tampere             22   8   2  12   28 -  42   18
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Into Kemi                   22   7   2  13   29 -  53   16
Elo Kuopio                  22   0   4  18   15 -  70    4

Promoted: MiPK Mikkeli, OTP Oulu, TPV Tampere, 
VPS Vaasa. Note: The champions of the 3 groups of Second Division were directly promoted. Second-placed teams went to promotion play-offs and the winner was promoted – it was OTP Oulu. Top league was extended from 12 to 14 teams for 1971 season, so 2 teams were relegated from First Division and 4 teams promoted from Second Division. 
Reipas Lahti won its 3rd – and last – title. Standing from left: huoltaja Arvo Lindqvist, lääkäri Jorma Pöntinen, Markku Kumpulampi, huoltaja Kosti Ukkola, Erkki Lehtinen, Ismo Niskakoski, valmentaja Keijo Hurri, Martti Hyvärinen, Raimo Hukka, Turo Flink, Olavi Litmanen, Kai Pahlman, Kari Horelli, päävalmentaja Martti Kosma, puheenjohtaja Martti Mikkonen.
Crouching: Lasse Hiltunen, Markku Repo, Erkki Kiiskilä, Pekka Kosonen, Timo Kautonen, Seppo Patrikainen, Pertti Tammisto, Mikko Kautonen, Olli Kautonen

Cup: MP Mikkeli - Reipas Lahti 4-1 aet.

First ever trophy for MP Mikkeli (full name Mikkelin Palloilijat).

DDR the Cup

 

Cup:

FC Vorwärts Berlin 4:2 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

Lokomotive (Leipzig) had rare achievement for the time: Second-division team reaching a cup final. They lost it, but won promotion to top flight – wonderful season overall.

At this poit Vorwaerts was still the most successful East German team, but the political winds were blowing in different direction already – the State Security Police was taking power from the Army, to which Vorwaerts belonged. This was the last triumph of Vorwaerts, which was to be moved from East Berlin to Frankfurt/Oder a year after they won the Cup.Yes, they got their own medicine, for originally they were moved from Leipzig to the capital. Anyway, theyr were still strong in 1970.

DDR II Division

 

II Division

Staffel Nord

 1. 1. FC Union Berlin (A)  30  19  5  6 58:17 +41 43:17

 2. BSG Lokomotive Stendal  30  18  6  6 62:25 +37 42:18

 3. Berliner FC Dynamo II  30  14  11  5 43:29 +14 39:21

 4. BSG Energie Cottbus   30  14  10  6 45:30 +15 38:22

 5. BSG Post Neubrandenburg  30  14  5  11 40:41  −1 33:27

 6. BSG KKW Nord Greifswald  30  11  10  9 40:41  −1 32:28

 7. FC Hansa Rostock II   30  12  7  11 40:36  +4 31:29

 8. ASG Vorwärts Stralsund  30  10  10  10 28:33  −5 30:30

 9. BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt II (N)[A 1]  30  8  11  11 30:33  −3 27:33

10. BSG Chemie Wolfen   30  8  11  11 32:37  −5 27:33

11. ASG Vorwärts Cottbus  30  7  13  10 31:46 −15 27:33

12. TSG Wismar   30  10  6  14 33:43 −10 26:34

13. FC Vorwärts Berlin II (N)  30  9  7  14 31:46 −15 25:35

14. SG Dynamo Schwerin  30  9  6  15 40:46  −6 24:36

15. ASG Vorwarts. Neubrandenburg 30  6  9  15 22:47 −25 21:39

16. 1. FC Magdeburg II (N)  30  4  7  19 30:72 −42 15:45

Staffel Süd

 1. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (A)  30  22  4  4 83:23 +60 48:12

 2. BSG Wismut Gera  30  21  5  4 47:16 +31 47:13

 3. BSG Sachsenring Zwickau II  30  15  4  11 52:46  +6 34:26

 4. BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort  30  13  8  9 32:37  −5 34:26

 5. BSG Chemie Böhlen 30  10  11  9 33:38  −5 31:29

 6. Hallescher FC Chemie II (N)  30  11  9  10 33:42  −9 31:29

 7. SG Dynamo Eisleben  30  8  14  8 36:31  +5 30:30

 8. FC Carl Zeiss Jena II  30  12  5  13 39:36  +3 29:31

 9. ASG Vorwärts Meiningen  30  10  8  12 51:38 +13 28:32

10. BSG Motor WEMA Plauen  30  6  16  8 39:42  −3 28:32

11. BSG Motor Nordhausen-West (N)  30  9  9  12 27:40 −13 27:33

12. FSV Lokomotive Dresden  30  8  10  12 38:41  −3 26:34

13. BSG Motor Steinach  30  10  5  15 39:44  −5 25:35

14. BSG Motor Eisenach  30  8  9  13 28:45 −17 25:35

15. BSG Motor Hermsdorf (N)  30  5  12  13 31:58 −27 22:38

16. ASG Vorwärts Leipzig  30  2  11  17 21:52 −31 15:45

DDR I Division

 

DDR. First Division

 1. FC Carl Zeiss Jena   26  16  7  3 50:16 +34 39:13

 2. FC Vorwärts Berlin (M)  26  12  8  6 43:34  +9 32:20

 3. SG Dynamo Dresden (N)  26  13  5  8 36:26 +10 31:21

 4. BSG Chemie Leipzig   26  11  8  7 33:27  +6 30:22

 5. BSG Sachsenring Zwickau  26  9  10  7 25:26  −1 28:24

 6. Berliner FC Dynamo   26  10  8  8 29:32  −3 28:24

 7. BSG Wismut Aue   26  10  7  9 31:34  −3 27:25

 8. 1. FC Magdeburg (P)   26  10  4  12 37:37  ±0 24:28

 9. FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt   26  8  8  10 32:40  −8 24:28

10. Hallescher FC Chemie  26  8  6  12 35:34  +1 22:30

11. BSG Stahl Riesa   26  9  4  13 31:35  −4 22:30

12. FC Hansa Rostock  26  7  7  12 22:33 −11 21:31

13. FC Karl-Marx-Stadt  26  7  5  14 27:42 −15 19:33

14. BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt (N)  26  5  7  14 21:36 −15 17:35

FC Carl Zeiss (Jena) triumphed with their 3^rd title... which was to be their last.

Sweden the Cup

 

Cup: 1969-70 Åtvidabergs FF - Sandvikens IF Uppsala 2-0 3.110

Atvidabergs FF won the Cup for the first time – this was their first ever trophy and the start of the most successful period in the history of the club.

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.