Football Journey

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.

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)