1969–70 French Division 1

AS Saint-Etienne won Division 1 season 1969/1970 of the French Association Football League with 56 points.

Participating teams

AC Ajaccio Angers SCO AS Angoulême SEC Bastia Bordeaux Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz FC Nantes

Nîmes Olympique Red Star Paris Stade Rennais UC FC Rouen AS Saint-Etienne RC Paris-Sedan FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg US Valenciennes-Anzin

Final table

Position	Club	Points	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	av. attendance	Europe, Ligue 2
1	AS Saint-Etienne	56	34	25	6	3	88	30	+58		Champion of France European Cup
2	Olympique de Marseille	45	34	18	9	7	75	41	+34		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	CS Sedan	42	34	17	8	9	54	42	+12		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
4	AS Angoulême	38	34	12	14	8	53	43	+10		Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	RC Strasbourg	36	34	15	6	13	65	55	+10
6	Bordeaux	36	34	13	10	11	54	48	+6
7	Angers SCO	35	34	13	9	12	53	53	0
8	FC Metz	34	34	13	8	13	50	44	+6
9	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	34	34	12	10	12	48	55	-7
10	FC Nantes	33	34	13	7	14	62	56	+6		UEFA Cup Winner's Cup (Runner-up of Coupe de France)
11	Nîmes Olympique	32	34	13	6	15	60	55	+5
12	FC Rouen	32	34	10	12	12	41	45	-4		Relegated to Division 2 (Gave up its professional status)
13	Red Star Paris	30	34	11	8	15	45	67	-22
14	Stade Rennais UC	29	34	9	11	14	52	73	-21
15	Olympique Lyonnais	28	34	12	4	18	57	78	-21
16	AC Ajaccio	26	34	11	4	19	34	51	-17		Will play in Division 1 season 1970/1971 due to expansion of the division 1 to 20 clubs
17	SEC Bastia	24	34	10	4	20	50	74	-24		Will play in Division 1 season 1970/1971 due to expansion of the division 1 to 20 clubs
18	US Valenciennes-Anzin	22	34	8	6	20	32	63	-31		Will play in Division 1 season 1970/1971 due to expansion of the division 1 to 20 clubs

(Victory:2 points, Draw:1 point, Defeat:0 points)

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1970/1971

• OGC Nice:Champion of Division 2
• AS Nancy:runner-up of Division 2
• Stade de Reims: 4th place in Division 2, but Olympique Avignonnais (3rd) was not financially strong enough to play in Division 1

Top goalscorers

Place	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Hervé Revelli	France	AS Saint-Etienne	28
2	Joseph Yegba Maya	Cameroon	Olympique de Marseille	24
3	Salif Keita	Mali	AS Saint-Etienne	21
4	Philippe Piat	France	RC Strasbourg	20
5	Wolfgang Kaniber	West Germany	RC Strasbourg	19
-	Adolf Scherer	Czechoslovakia	Nîmes Olympique	19
7	André Guy	France	Olympique Lyonnais	17
-	Charly Loubet	France	Olympique de Marseille	17
-	Bernard Blanchet	France	FC Nantes	17
-	Marc Molitor	France	RC Strasbourg	17
11	Daniel Rodighiéro	France	Stade Rennais UC	16
12	Gérard Grizetti	France	AS Angoulême	15
-	Marc-Kanyan Case	France	SEC Bastia	15
-	Jacques Bonnet	France	Nîmes Olympique	15
15	Philippe Gondet	France	FC Nantes	14
-	Serge Dellamore	France	Sedan	14

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References

1. (French) Football: D1 le classement des buteurs SAISON 1969-70