France I Division

 

France. Ranked 19^th by UEFA, believe it or not... but French football was not among the leading in Europe at the time and the 5-year point system used by UEFA place them down. Yet, France got 5 teams in the Europen tournaments whether Turkey had only 3, which presented more realistic view of football strenght. Last 3 teams – relegated to II Division.

  1 MARSEILLE     38  23- 9- 6  55   94- 48   
  2 ST ETIENNE    38  20-11- 7  51   83- 45   
 3 NANTES        38  17-12- 9  46   61- 41   
Standing from left: Kabyle, Betton, Landi, Canetti, Auge, Odasso.
Croching: Marcellin, Scherer, Vergnes, Mézy, Bonnet.
  4 NIMES         38  17-11-10  45   68- 54   
Second row from left: TEXIER, DUBOUIL, MADRONNET, PAPIN, MICHELENA, ROSTAGNI.
First row: PETYT, BURDINO, JENSEN, RUITER, WOJCIAK.
  5 BORDEAUX      38  16- 8-14  40   58- 51   
  6 AJACCIO       38  16- 8-14  40   54- 52   
  7 LYON          38  14-12-12  40   51- 51   
  8 METZ          38  13-14-11  40   46- 56   
  9 STADE REIMS   38  14-11-13  39   54- 44   
 10 SOCHAUX       38  14-10-14  38   58- 55   
Back row from left:  Alain Cosnard, Daniel Périault, Bernard Goueffic, René Cédolin, Marcel Aubour, Pierre Garcia
Front: François Simian, Velimir Naumovic, Serge Lenoir, André Guy, Robert Rico
 11 RENNES        38  14- 9-15  37   56- 53    
Standing from left:  Gallina, Bourdel, Lecoeur, Guillou, Fievet, Mouilleron.
Front: Poli, Edwige, Gaidoz, Kovacevic, Roy.
 12 ANGERS        38  15- 5-18  35   61- 66   
 13 NANCY         38  12-11-15  35   45- 56   
 14 NICE          38  12-10-16  34   48- 55   
 15 RED STAR      38  11-11-16  33   46- 65   
 16 ANGOULEME     38  10-12-16  32   30- 47    
 17 BASTIA        38  12- 8-18  32   52- 83   
 18 STRASBOURG    38  13- 5-20  31   54- 63   
Back row from left: KOCIK, LAWNICZAK, DUGUEYPEROUX, JOLIS.
Front: COUSTILLET, HOUEN, JOSEPH, GUINOT, KLOSE
 19 VALENCIENNES  38  10- 9-19  29   47- 59   
 20 SEDAN         38  10- 8-20  28   42- 64   


Olympique Marseille won their 3rd title – counting only professional league championships. The previous one came in 1947-48 – long wait indeed, but the squad appeared dominant and ready to stay on top long time. 

Turkey the Cup

 

Türkiye Kupası                                                  
Bursaspor - Eskişehirspor               1-0     0-2

Significant final: between neighbour-cities in Anatolia, each having fat chance for first ever trophy. Eskisehirspor already played and lost the Cup final in the previous year. This time they prevailed.

Bursaspor lost the final and had to wait 15 years for winning the Cup.

New winners of the Cup – no mistake this time, after losing the 1969-70 final.

Eskisehirspor crowned the strongest period in their history – 1968-75 – by winning the Cup: the only trophy ever won. They added the Presidential Cup – today's Turkish Supercup – played between the champion and the Cup winner this year as well.

Turkey II Division

 

II Division. Group winners promoted to I Division.

Group Red

1	Adanaspor	30	18	5	7	46:23	23	41
2.	Izmirspor	30	17	5	8	45:26	19	39
3.	Orduspor	30	14	8	8	31:21	10	36
4.	Sakaryaspor	30	13	9	8	27:19	8	35
5.	Gençlerbirliği Ankara (A)	30	11	12	7	26:14	12	34
6.	Kayserispor	30	13	7	10	24:18	6	33
7.	Denizlispor	30	15	3	12	32:25	7	33
8.	Trabzonspor	30	11	7	12	28:33	−5	31
9.	Antalyaspor	30	11	7	12	28:33	−5	29
10.	Hatayspor (N)	30	10	8	12	23:33	−10	28
11.	Ankara Güneşspor	30	11	5	14	32:35	−3	27
12.	Manisaspor	30	9	9	12	22:34	−12	27
13.	Afyonspor	30	10	5	15	25:40	−15	25
14.	Bandırmaspor	30	9	7	14	19:34	−15	25
15.	Beykozspor	30	9	4	17	32:46	−14	22
16.	Nazillispor	30	5	5	20	18:45	−27	15

Group White

1.	Giresunspor	30	14	12	4	29:12	17	40
2.	Balıkesirspor	30	16	7	7	33:13	20	39
3.	Şekerspor	30	12	13	5	27:17	10	37
4.	Kütahyaspor	30	10	13	7	29:25	4	33
5.	Sivasspor	30	14	5	11	26:24	2	33
6.	Zonguldakspor	30	15	3	12	32:31	1	33
7.	Aydınspor	30	10	12	8	33:22	11	32
8.	Uşakspor (N)	30	11	7	12	28:27	1	29
9.	Adana Demirspor	30	9	10	11	19:24	−5	28
10.	Toprak Ofisi SK	30	10	7	13	26:27	−1	27
11.	Kocaelispor	30	10	7	13	24:28	−4	27
12.	Feriköy SK	30	8	10	12	20:26	−6	26
13.	Tarsus İdman Yurdu	30	8	10	12	20:37	−17	26
14.	Altınordu Izmir (A)	30	8	9	13	30:32	−2	25
15.	Hacettepe GK	30	7	9	14	20:29	−19	23
16.	Galata SK	30	6	10	14	22:44	−22	22

Turkey I Division

 Turkey – ranked 18^th by UEFA. I Division.

                               G   W   D   L   F   A   P
 
 1 Galatasaray Istanbul       30  17   8   5  51  18  42 ECC
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 2 Fenerbahçe Istanbul (L)    30  14  13   3  43  23  41 UEFA Cup
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 3 Göztepe İzmir (C)          30  14   9   7  38  21  37
 4 Eskişehirspor              30  10  14   6  29  24  34 ECW
 5 Bursaspor                  30  11  12   7  25  25  34
 6 Beşiktaş Istanbul          30  10  13   7  31  20  33
 7 Istanbulspor               30  12   9   9  29  22  33
 8 Altay İzmir                30  12   8  10  32  22  32


 9 Ankaragücü                 30   7  17   6  18  17  31
10 Samsunspor                 30  10   9  11  29  33  29


11 Mersin İdmanyurdu          30  11   6  13  27  26  28
12 Karşıyaka İzmir (N)        30   8  11  11  15  27  27


13 Boluspor (N)               30   6  12  12  17  31  24
14 Vefa Istanbul              30   4  14  12  28  48  22
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15 Ankara Demirspor           30   3  12  15  17  37  18 Relegated
16 PTT Ankara                 30   5   5  20  16  51  15 Relegated



That was the 4th league title for Galatasaray.