West Germany I Division

 

West Germany. Last 2 relegated.
 1. Borussia Mönchengladbach     34 23  5  6  71- 29  51
 2. Bayern München               34 22  4  8  88- 35  48
 3. Hertha BSC Berlin            34 20  5  9  67- 41  45
 4. 1. FC Köln                   34 20  3 11  83- 38  43
 5. Borussia Dortmund            34 14  8 12  60- 67  36
 6. VfB Stuttgart                34 14  7 13  59- 62  35
 7. Hamburger SV                 34 12 11 11  57- 54  35
 8. Eintracht Frankfurt          34 12 10 12  54- 54  34
 9. Schalke 04                   34 11 12 11  43- 54  34
10. 1. FC Kaiserslautern         34 10 12 12  44- 55  32
11. Werder Bremen                34 10 11 13  38- 47  31
12. Rot-Weiß Essen               34  8 15 11  41- 54  31
13. Hannover 1896                34 11  8 15  49- 61  30
14. MSV Duisburg                 34  9 11 14  35- 48  29
15. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen          34 11  6 17  48- 62  28
16. Eintracht Braunschweig       34  9 10 15  40- 49  28
17. TSV 1860 München             34  9  7 18  41- 56  25
18. Alemannia Aachen             34  5  7 22  31- 83  17


With this season started the greatest period in the history of the club – so far, Borussia had only one trophy: they won the German Cup in 1960. Along with Bayern (Munich), they were not among the original members of the Bundesliga, but after earning promotion (again along with Bayern) they quickly moved up until reacing the top in this season – first time (West) German champions and the winners, unlike some of the previous champions, did not look an accidental victors. The team was here to stay, having a great coach – Hennes Weisweiler – and bulk of players, soon to be world famous: Netzer, Vogts, Wimmer. One of the teams defining the 1970s has arrived.

Italy the Cup

 

Cup: Instead of classic final, there was final round-robin final tournament. Interestingly, not a single famous club reached it.

Final Group:
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( 7-5-70)(27-5-70) Varese   - Bologna   0-1 1-4
( 7-5-70)(27-5-70) Cagliari - Torino    1-0 3-4
(13-5-70)( 2-6-70) Bologna  - Cagliari  0-0 4-0
(13-5-70)( 3-6-70) Torino   - Varese    1-0 3-1
(20-5-70)(10-6-70) Varese   - Cagliari  1-1 0-0
(20-5-70)(10-6-70) Torino   - Bologna   1-0 0-2
Standing from left: Janich, Cresci, Mujesan, Roversi, Ardizzon, Adani. Crouching: Perani, Bulgarelli, Turra, Savoldi, Gregori.
1. FC Bologna(A)             6-9 (11- 2)  4 1 1
Back row from left: Petrini, Sattolo, Cereser, Fossati, Agroppi, Sala. Front: Puja, Mondonico, Carelli, Moschino, Poletti
2. AC Torino(A)              6-8 ( 9- 7)  4 0 2
3. US Cagliari(A)            6-5 ( 5- 9)  1 3 2
4. Varese(x)                 6-2 ( 3-10)  0 2 4

Cupwinners: FC Bologna. First Cup for this club. 

Italy III Division

 

Serie C. Three groups of 20 teams each, the champions promoted to Serie B, the last 3 – relegated. Only the winners here:

Novara - Girone A

Massese - Girone B

Casertana - Girone C

Italy II Division

 

  Serie B. Top 3 promoted Serie A, last 3 relegated to Serie C.                   
                    ;G     V  N  P    F   S   Pti
Standing from left:Giorgio Dellagiovanna  (capitano), Ariedo Braida, Dario Dolci, Mario Perego, Roberto Bettega, Pietro Carmignani; Crouching: Patrizio Bonafè, Italo Bonatti, Giorgio Morini, Angelo Rimbano, Riccardo Sogliano.  
 1.VARESE           38    16 17  5   41  21    49      Promoted 
 2.FOGGIA           38    16 16  6   42  25    48      Promoted
 3.CATANIA          38    15 18  5   34  19    48      Promoted
 4.Mantova          38    12 23  3   39  22    47
 5.Monza            38    15 15  8   30  19    45
 6.Reggina          38    13 15 10   39  34    41  
 7.Pisa             38    11 17 10   31  29    39
Front row from left: Castelletti, Pandrin, Landoni, Fontana, Germano,  Marchetti. Standing:
Benatti, Casisa, Marinai, Meregalli, Bellinazzi. 
 8.Ternana          38    10 19  9   30  31    39
 9.Livorno          38    11 16 11   26  25    38
10.Perugia          38    10 15 13   25  25    35  
11.Cesena           38     8 19 11   25  28    35
12.Modena           38     9 17 12   24  30    35
13.Como             38    11 12 15   33  44    34
14.Arezzo           38     5 24  9   15  27    34
15.Atalanta         38     8 17 13   30  29    33
16.Catanzaro        38     7 19 12   23  30    33
17.Taranto          38     8 17 13   27  35    33
18.Reggiana         38     6 21 11   22  31    33      Relegated  [*]
19.Piacenza         38     7  8 13   26  45    32      Relegated
20.Genoa            38     6 17 15   19  32    29      Relegated

[*] relegated on goal difference

Italy I Division

 

Italy. Last three relegated.

Serie A

 1.CAGLIARI         30    11  4  0    6  7  2     17 11  2    42  11     45
 2.Internazionale   30    11  4  0    5  5  5     16  9  5    41  19     41
 3.Juventus         30    10  4  1    5  4  6     15  8  7    43  20     38
 4.Milan            30     8  4  3    5  6  4     13 10  7    38  24     36
 5.Fiorentina       30     9  2  4    6  4  5     15  6  9    40  33     36
 6.Napoli           30     5  7  3    5  4  6     10 11  9    24  21     31
 7.Torino           30     6  4  5    5  4  6     11  8 11    20  31     30
Standing fron left: Governato, Chinaglia, Cucchi, Di Vincenzo, Facco, Papadopulo.
Crouching: Mazzola II, Massa, Fortunato, Soldo, Marchesi.
 8.Lazio            30    10  2  3    1  5  9     11  7 12    33  32     29
 9.L.R. Vicenza     30     9  3  3    2  4  9     11  7 12    32  31     29
Standing from left:  Janich,Vavassori,Cresci,Savoldi,Roversi, Ardizzon. First row: Perani,Bulgarelli,Mujesan,Gregori, Scala. 
10.Bologna          30     3  8  4    3  8  4      6 16  8    22  24     28
11.Roma             30     6  5  4    2  7  6      8 12 10    27  36     28
12.Verona           30     6  6  3    2  4  9      8 10 12    26  30     26
Standing fron left: Sabadini, Nielsen, Garbarini, Corni, Sabatini, Battara. Front: Francesconi, Salvi, Cristin, Frustalupi, Delfino.
13.Sampdoria        30     5  6  4    1  6  8      6 12 12    22  37     24
Standing from left:  Arturo Silvestri (coach), Giancarlo Bercellino, Bernardino Busi, Carlo Volpi, Claudio Turchetto, Ernesto Galli. Crouching: Antonello Cuccureddu, Adolfo Gori, Dino D'Alessi, Egidio Salvi, Mario Manera, Giampaoli Menichelli.
14.Brescia          30     1  7  7    4  3  8      5 10 15    20  35     20
Standing from left: Mario Giubertoni, Edoardo Reia, Enzo Ferrari, Gaetano Troja, Silvino Bercellino, Franco Landri. Front:Ido Sgrazzutti, Giorgio Constantini, Franco Causio, Carlo Lancini, Giovanni Ferretti.
15.Palermo          30     5  6  4    0  4 11      5 10 15    23  45     20
Standing from left: Cane', Spimi, Muccini, Colautti, Tentorio, Spalazzi. Crouching: Toffanin, Pienti, Diomedi, Fara, Loseto 
16.Bari             30     4  6  5    1  3 11      5  9 16    11  35     19

Cagliari in their greatest moment: first time Italian champions. Since no other Cagliari's vintage won anything, this squad is the best ever and it was serious squad, led by great Gigi Riva.

Standing fron left: Nenè, Albertosi, Domenghini, Niccolai, Tomasini, Riva. Crouching: Greatti, Martiradonna, Gori, Cera, Zignoli. That was the regular formation of the champions and it was no joke – 3 1968 European champipons, even if only Riva was with Cagliari at the time. Albertosi and Domenghini joined Cagliari in 1969. Six players – Albertosi, Domenghini, Niccolai, Riva, Cera and Gori – went to the 1970 World Cup and finished with silver medals. Brazilian midfielder Nene was already one of the last foreign players remaining in Italy, but he was kew player for Cagliari since 1964. Ricciotti Greatti and Mario Martiradonna should be mentioned as well – along with Gigi Riva they were milestones of the team and its rise, going all the way from 1963-64, when Cagliari was promoted for the first time to Serie A to the title. Well, that was the glory of Sardinia.