Football Journey

II Division. Split into 3 groups which champions were promoted to First Division. That's also the season of creation of Paris Saint Germain, a long and confusing story, which, in short, left the season and the promotion officially to Paris FC, but Paris St. Germain claims it in its own history, although the official situation of PSG more or less begins in 1972 and starts from Third Division. Records keep Paris FC in Second and First Divisions between 1970 and 1972, even if the club started the campaign in 1970-71 as Paris Saint Germain. 
(group A)

 1. Olympique Lille            30-44  (56-25)  19  6  5  Promoted    
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 2. ECAC Chaumont              30-42  (42-19)  17  8  5          
Standing from left: JANIZEWSKI – DEROUCK – MOREL – TEMPET J-JACQUES – CIESELSKI - LANNOY - SOWINSKI - BOCQUILLON
Crouching: VASSEL - GOUDAL - COUSTILLET - ELIE – ZURASZEK - HEDE
 3. RC Lens                    30-41  (52-34)  18  5  7          
 4. US Boulogne                30-39  (54-40)  15  9  6          
 5. Entente                    30-32  (43-31)   9 14  7  2b      
Back row from left: Bonnet, Plet,Gerez,Noleau,Bourgeois, Martin,Gérez,Lévin .
Front: Mallet,Sandor,Fairise, Camara, Gayet,Skornik,Gorce.
 6. US Dunkerque               30-32  (42-36)  11 10  9          
 7. Pierrots                   30-31  (43-45)  12  7 11  Amat    
 8. FC Mulhouse                30-29  (32-37)   9 11 10          
 9. RCFC Besancon              30-28  (40-41)   9 10 11          
10. AC Amiens                  30-28  (39-50)   9 10 11          
Standing from left:  Fievet, Artelesa, Grégoire, Cordier, Formici, Jacques.
First row: Buret, Dumas, Gérard Pleimelding, Rachic, Puciberg.
11. AS Troyes                  30-27  (31-33)   8 11 11          
12. Paris-Joinville            30-27  (36-51)   9  9 12  2b      
13. FC Sochaux Montbeliard II  30-23  (33-48)   8  7 15  Amat    
14. Cambrai                    30-22  (44-52)   6 10 14          
15. AS Creil                   30-21  (32-47)   8  5 17          
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16. US Merlebach               30-14  (27-57)   2 10 18  Relegated    

From Div1: CS Sedan-Ardennes                                
From Div3: Mouzon and AC Evreux                              
From 2b to 2a: Quevilly Paris, Stade Malherbe Caen              
               and FC Rouen                                      


(group B)

 1. Paris FC                   30-45  (52-23)  17 11  2  Promoted    
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 2. FC Rouen                   30-41  (53-25)  16  9  5  2a      
 3. FC Limoges                 30-36  (52-35)  13 10  7          
 4. Etoile Montlucon           30-35  (56-39)  13  9  8          
 5. Stade Brest                30-35  (49-39)  11 13  6          
 6. FC Lorient                 30-34  (44-31)  13  8  9          
 7. Quevilly Paris             30-34  (44-36)  11 12  7  2a      
 8. AAJ Blois                  30-34  (33-35)  13  8  9          
 9. US Le Mans                 30-29  (36-40)   9 11 10          
10. Berrichonne Chateauroux    30-24  (32-40)   6 12 12          
11. Stade Quimper              30-24  (24-45)   4 16 10          
12. Stade Laval                30-23  (30-49)   7  9 14          
13. FC Bourges                 30-23  (28-48)   7  9 14          
14. Stade Poitiers             30-22  (25-44)   4 14 12          
15. Stade Malherbe Caen        30-22  (29-46)   8  6 16  2a      
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16. AC Le Havre                30-19  (37-49)   6  7 17          

From Div1: US Valenciennes                                  
From Div3: Mantes-la-Ville and ES La Rochelle                
From 2a to 2b: Entente and Paris-Joinville                       


(group C)

 1. AS Monaco                  30-47  (71-23)  22  3  5  Promoted    
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 2. Olympique Avignon          30-40  (53-25)  17  6  7          
 3. AS Aix-en-Provence         30-38  (50-32)  17  4  9          
 4. AS Cannes                  30-38  (43-28)  14 10  6          
 5. SC Toulon                  30-31  (37-37)  13  5 12          
 6. FC Toulouse                30-30  (36-33)  12  6 12          
Standing from left: Nowacki (gardien rempl) - Emorine (entre les 2, M.Berthommier) - Barek - Dessoly - JC Berthommier.
Crouching: A.Delblouwe -G.Berthommier - J.Duch (rempl) - G .Duch-Chassin - M.Delblouwe - G.Bernard - Dut.
 7. FC Gueugnon                30-30  (40-45)  12  6 12          
 8. Gazelec Ajaccio            30-28  (26-26)   9 10 11          
 9. FC Sete                    30-28  (33-43)  11  6 13          
10. Littoral Montpellier       30-28  (33-43)  11  6 13          
11. La Ciotat                  30-27  (35-45)   9  9 12          
12. US Montelimar              30-27  (31-43)  10  7 13          
13. AC Arles                   30-26  (33-38)   9  8 13          
14. AS Beziers                 30-26  (33-42)  10  6 14          
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15. FC Grenoble                30-20  (25-45)   7  6 17  Relegated    
16. Olympique Ales             30-16  (29-60)   5  6 19  Relegated    

From Div1: RC Strasbourg                                    
From Div3: CS Cuiseaux-Louhans and FC Martigues

France. Ranked 19th 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.

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.

II Division. Group winners promoted to I Division.
Group Red

1 Adanaspor 30 18 5 7 46:23 23 41
2. Izmirspor 3017 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 – ranked 18th 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.

Cup:

Final [Jul 4, stadionul 23 August, București; att: 50.000]
Steaua București 3-2 Dinamo București
[Tătaru 23, 30, 80; Lucescu 2, 58]

Dinamo was unable to win a double.

Steaua saved the season by winning the Cup.

II Division
Serie I

1 ASA Târgu Mureș (C, P) 30 18 6 6 66 27 +39 42 Promovarea în Divizia A

2 Sportul Studențesc 30 18 5 7 42 27 +15 41

3 Metalul Târgoviște 30 16 2 12 37 39 −2 34

4 Progresul Brăila 30 14 5 11 32 26 +6 33

5 FC Galați 30 14 5 11 37 33 +4 33

6 Dunărea Giurgiu 30 13 6 11 29 31 −2 32

7 Metalul București 30 11 9 10 33 22 +11 31

8 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 30 12 6 12 31 35 −4 30

9 Portul Constanța 30 11 7 12 23 29 −6 29

10 CFR Pașcani 30 11 6 13 39 41 −2 28

11 ȘN Oltenița 30 11 6 13 28 39 −11 28

12 Știința Bacău 30 10 7 13 37 34 +3 27

13 Poiana Câmpina 30 11 5 14 35 34 +1 27

14 Politehnica Galați 30 12 3 15 32 33 −1 27

15 Metrom Brașov (R) 30 9 9 12 23 30 −7 27

16 Flacăra Moreni (R) 30 1 9 20 20 64 −44 11

Serie II

1 Crișul Oradea (C, P) 30 18 8 4 46 21 +25 44 Promovarea în Divizia A

2 Politehnica Timișoara 30 16 10 4 48 22 +26 42

3 CSM Sibiu 30 14 5 11 48 37 +11 33

4 Corvinul Hunedoara 30 13 7 10 39 30 +9 33

5 Minerul Anina 30 14 3 13 32 33 −1 31

6 Olimpia Satu Mare 30 13 4 13 35 28 +7 30

7 Metalurgistul Cugir 30 11 8 11 30 41 −11 30

8 Olimpia Oradea 30 12 5 13 33 33 0 29

9 CFR Arad 30 11 6 13 23 34 −11 28

10 Minerul Baia Mare 30 12 3 15 44 36 +8 27

11 Gloria Bistrița 30 10 7 13 29 38 −9 27

12 Gaz Metan Mediaș 30 10 7 13 28 41 −13 27

13 Electroputere Craiova 30 8 10 12 28 45 −17 26

14 CSM Reșița 30 10 5 15 36 42 −6 25

15 UM Timișoara (R) 30 7 10 13 26 33 −7 24

16 Vagonul Arad (R) 30 9 6 15 28 39 −11 24

Romania – ranked 17th 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 – 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 domonated at home. And the continous success was not over yet.

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 deat h of beloved stars Asparoukhov and Kotkov in a car crash. No real joy this season, even with a trophy.