European Player Of The Year

 

European Player of the Year. Strong competition, given the great performance of many not only in Europe, but at the 1970 World Cup as well.

Gigi Riva (Cagliari, Italy) was voted 3^rd with 65 points.

Bobby Moore (West Ham United, England) was second with 70 points.

Gerd Muller (Bayern, BRD) was voted best European player with 77 points. Well deserved award for sure. Interestingly, Muller was doubted before the World Cup:

Critics argued that combining him and Uwe Seeler would be counter-productive for both. But the duo shunt critics with great chemistry and mutual understanding.

Muller ended as best scorer of the World Cup and overall memorable performance.

Significantly, Muller was awarded before his teammate Franz Beckenbauer, who, so far, had more stellar career than the goal-scoring machine. Well, 1970 was Gerd Muller's year.

Golden Shoe

 

Golden Shoe – this was third issue and top European scorers were:

3^rd – Petar Zhekov (CSKA Septemvriisko zname, Bulgaria) – 31 goals in 30 matches.

2^nd – Carlo Devillet (CA Spora, Luxembourg) – 31 goals in 22 matches, thus ahead of Zhekov.

1^st – Gerd Muller (Bayern, BRD) – 38 goals.

Gerd Muller was the top scorer of Europe, but this award was not all for him.

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.

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 14th Cup.

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

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

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 13th 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.

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.