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 -------------------------------------------------------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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------
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 -------------------------------------------------------
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 -------------------------------------------------------
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 ------------------------------------------------------- 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