Romania I Division

 

Romania – ranked 17^th by UEFA. Last 2 relegated.

 
 1. DINAMO BUCUREŞTI               30  13  10   7   49  31   36
 2. UFC Rapid Bucureşti            30  12  11   7   35  25   35
 3. Steaua Bucureşti               30  11  11   8   46  27   33
 4. UTA (Arad)                     30  14   5  11   49  35   33
 5. Steagul roşu Braşov            30  13   7  10   32  29   33
 6. Universitatea Craiova          30  12   8  10   29  32   32
 7. Petrolul Ploieşti              30  10  11   9   33  35   31
 8. Politehnica Iaşi               30  13   4  13   50  41   30
 9. FC Argeş Piteşti               30  11   8  11   41  44   30
10. Sport Club Bacău               30  13   4  13   37  41   30

Standing from left: Stoica, Antonescu, Ştefănescu, Mareş, Badea, Pleşa
Front: Oprea, Tufan, Caraman, Constantinescu I, Tănase, Kallo

11. Farul Constanţa                30  11   8  11   39  45   30
12. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca      30  10   9  11   36  35   29
13. Jiul Petroşani                 30  12   4  14   28  35   28
14. CFR Cluj-Napoca                30   9   8  13   33  52   26
15. PROGRESUL BUCUREŞTI            30   8   9  13   34  39   25 - relegated
16. CFR TIMIŞOARA                  30   7   5  18   21  26   19 - relegated
Dinamo (Bucharest) won their 6th title.

Wales

 

Wales – ranked 16^th, even when the Welsh Federation participated only in the Cup Winners Cup.

 Cardiff City AFC       1-0 3-1 Wrexham AFC              

Wrexham lost both legs. Well... the Third Division team was more or less expected to lose to Second Division team.

Cardiff City won their 16^th Welsh Cup. Five years in a row Cardiff City dominated at home. And the continous success was not over yet.

Bulgaria the Cup

 

Cup: Levski-Spartak Sofia - Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3-0

Strong team, led by Christo Bonev, and having wonderful season, alas, no match for Levski-Spartak at the final.

The winning eleven .

That was the squad for 1970-71 – full of national team players, yet, the forced merger between Levski and Spartak left bitter taste and problems. And to put a particularly sour note on the season was the death of beloved stars Asparoukhov and Kotkov in a car crash. No real joy this season, even with a trophy.

Bulgaria II Division

 

II Division. Winners of each group promoted. 
Group North

1. ЖСК Спaртак Варна 34 23 8 3 79:21 54

2. Бенковcки/Бдин Видин 34 23 5 6 63:27 51

3. Академик Свищов 34 17 6 11 46:33 40

4. Добруджа Толбухин 34 17 5 12 57:43 39

5. Септ. слава Михайловград 34 13 10 11 39:33 36

6. Кърпачев Ловеч 34 13 8 13 36:39 34

7. Локомотив Русе 34 13 7 14 37:35 33

8. Локомотив Мездра 34 11 10 13 41:41 32

9. Доростол Силистра 34 12 8 14 34:41 32

10. Дунав Лом 34 13 5 16 43:51 31

11. Чавдар Троян 34 11 8 15 28:40 30

12. Светкавица Търговище 34 12 6 16 34:46 30

13. Раковски Севлиево 34 12 6 16 40:54 30

14. Ангел Кънчев Трявна 34 10 10 14 38:52 30

15. Локомотив Горна Оряховица 34 12 5 17 32:45 29

16. Левски Лясковец 34 11 7 16 37:54 29

17. Миньор Чипровци 34 8 10 16 40:52 26

18. Димитър Ватев Белослав 34 10 6 18 28:45 26

• след 2 рия кръг през август, отборът на "Бенковски" Видин променя името си на "Бдин"

  Group South

1 Берое Стара Загора 34 23 9 2 90:21:00 55

2 Перник 34 17 9 8 63:31:00 43

3 Марица  Пазарджик 34 16 10 8 49:34:00 42

4 Димитър Канев Хасково 34 17 7 10 52:42:00 41

5 Пирин Благоевград 34 13 11 10 56:37:00 37

6 Велбъжд Кюстендил 34 16 4 14 53:42:00 36

7 Ботев Свиленград 34 14 6 14 45:50:00 34

8 Арда Кърджали 34 13 8 13 44:50:00 34

9 Гoрубсо Мадан 34 12 10 12 33:41:00 34

10 Сливенски текстилец Сливен 34 10 13 11 38:34:00 33

11 Сливнишки герой Сливница 34 13 7 14 49:57:00 33

12 Родопа Смолян 34 11 9 14 40:41:00 31

13 Локомотив Бургас 34 10 11 13 27:37:00 31

14 Балкан Ботевград 34 10 11 13 47:59:00 31

15 Димитровгрaд 34 12 5 17 43:54:00 29

16 Асеновец Асенoвград 34 12 5 17 42:58:00 29

17. Енергетик Гълъбово 34 10 7 17 35:59 27

18. Сливен 34 6 0 28 17:76 12

- преди началото на сезона, отпадналият от "А" РФГ "Кракра" Перник променя името си на "Перник"

- през зимната пауза отборите на "Текстилец" и "Сливен" се обединяват под името "Сливенски текстилец" . Обединеният отбор приема точковият актив на "Текстилец", който е по-напред в класирането, а на "Сливен", до края на сезона се приписват служебни загуби. След краят на шампионата, отборът се преименува на "Сливен".

Third Division winners, promoted to Second Division:

To South Group:

Zone Vitosha: Minyor (Bukhovo)

Zone Zagore: Yavorov (Chirpan)

Zone Trakia: Torpedo (Karlovo)

To Northern Group:

Zone Miziya: Metallurg (Eliseyna)

Zone Cherno more: Ludogoretz (Razgrad)

Zone Yantra: Volov (Shumen)

Bulgaria I Division

 

Bulgaria - 15^th in the UEFA ranking. At the end of the season it was decided that the ZhSK-Slavia (Sofia) merger would be dissolved, with Slavia and Lokomotiv both getting a place in "A" RFG. Because of this it was decided that the group would be expanded to 18 teams, with only one team relegated from "A" RFG at the end of this season.

                           "A" RFG - Final Table:

                                        M    W   D   L    GD    Pts

 1. CSKA Septemvriysko zname (Sofia)   30   21   6   3   74:21   48      Champions  [ECC]
 2. Levski-Spartak (Sofia)             30   21   6   3   59:22   48      [CWC]
 3. Botev (Vratsa)                     30   17   4   9   51:31   38      [UEFA]
 4. Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)                30   14   7   9   55:42   35      [UEFA]
 5. Trakia (Plovdiv)                   30   13   6  11   53:50   32
 6. ZhSK-Slavia (Sofia)                30   12   7  11   53:41   31

 7. Cherno more (Varna)                30   11   6  13   37:42   28


 8. Chardafon-Orlovets (Gabrovo)       30   11   6  13   42:52   28 [+]
 9. Spartak (Pleven)                   30   10   7  13   46:47   27
Unsure about the season, but from the period – the only problematic player is Traycho Spassov. Standing from left:Георги Сапинев, Димитър Митов, Кирил Белчински, Младен Пенев, Борис Манов-Бурето. Crouching: Сашо Паргов, Михаил Шалдупов, Георги Богданов, Киро Миланов, Иван Кючуков, Трайчо Спасов. 
10. Marek (Stanke Dimitrov) *          30    9   9  12   37:41   27
Left to right: Здравко Душанов /ст. треньор/, Петър Колев /пом. треньор/, Любен Марков, Игнат Младенов, Георги Георгиев, Стоян Маринов, Иван Въжаров, Тодор Тодоров, Димитър Андонов, Никола Христов, Огнян Илиев, Слави Дамянов, Желязко Свирчев, Сашо Манолов, Цвятко Станков, Наско …., Костадин Димитров, Шамси Сюлейманов, Добри Добчев, Ремзи Нуриев и Благой Далев. 
11. Dunav (Ruse)                       30   10   7  13   32:45   27
12. Etar (Veliko Tarnovo)              30   10   7  13   33:49   27
13. Nikolay Laskov (Yambol)            30    8   9  13   26:47   25 [+]
14. Akademik (Sofia)                   30    6  11  13   33:41   23
15. Chernomorets (Burgas)              30    6   7  17   33:66   19
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16. Maritsa (Plovdiv)                  30    4   9  17   28:55   17      Relegated

* - city's contemporary name: Stanke Dimitrov -> Dupnitsa.

Yugoslavia the Cup

 

Cup:

Sloboda (Tuzla) - CRVENA ZVEZDA 0:4
CRVENA ZVEZDA - Sloboda 2:0

Too bad – Sloboda reached the final, but was outclassed and destroyed by superior opponent.

The winners: standing from left: Ratomir Dujkovic,Petar Krivokuca,Vladislav Bogicevic,Milovan Djoric,Mihalj Keri,Sava Karapandzic,Kiril Dijcinovski,Branko Klenkovski,Bosko Kajganic.

First row: Slobodan Jankovic,Zoran Antonijevic,Stanislav Karasi,Jovan Acimovic,Aleksandar Panajotovic,Miodrag Novkovic,Stevan Ostojic,Trifun Mihailovic,Dragan Dzajic.

Given the strenght of the squad, Crvena zvezda had surprisingly weak season, but compensated by winning the cup final.

Second consecutive Cup and 9^th altogether.

Yugoslavia III & Lower Divisions

 

Third and lower leagues – they were many, organized by each republic of Yugoslavia. Here are a few pictures of lower leagues' teams:

Pelister (Bitola)

FK Vrbas – amateur champion of Yugoslavia.

Radnicki (Belgrade)

Polet (Nakovo)

Zmaj (Makarska)

Radnicki (Lukavac)

FK Ovce Pole (Sveti Nikole)

FK Madzari (Skopje)

Partizan (Skopje)

FK Loznica

Metohija (Prizren)

OFK Mladenovac

Mladost (Rogatica)

Jadran (Ploce)

Hajduk (Orasje)

Pobeda (Valandovo). Standing from left: Petar Todorov, Risto Božinov, Lazar Atanasov, Mitko Delev, Risto Andonov, Đorđe Janov, Mile Boev,
Crouching: Slobodan Čurlinov, Simo Džonov, Vase Sapundžiev, Riste Tančev, Ivan Zanov.

Metalac (Sisak). Back row from left: Medarević, Jandraš, Greić, Čučković, Marković, Radišić
Front: Senzen, Vuksanović, Herceg, Prpić, Cvjetičanin.