title: 1969–70 French Division 1
text: # 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
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Saint-Étienne (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 88 | 30 | +58 | 56 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
  | 2 | Marseille | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 45 | Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
  | 3 | RC Paris-Sedan | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 42 | Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
  | 4 | Angoulême | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 38 | Invited to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
  | 5 | Strasbourg | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 36 | |
  | 6 | Bordeaux | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 36 | |
  | 7 | Angers | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 35 | |
  | 8 | Metz | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 34 | |
  | 9 | Sochaux | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 34 | |
  | 10 | Nantes | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 33 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 11 | Nîmes | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 32 | |
  | 12 | Rouen (R) | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 32 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
  | 13 | Red Star | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 30 | |
  | 14 | Rennes | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 29 | |
  | 15 | Lyon | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 57 | 78 | −21 | 28 | |
  | 16 | Ajaccio | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 26 | Spared from relegation |
  | 17 | Bastia | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 50 | 74 | −24 | 24 | Spared from relegation |
  | 18 | Valenciennes | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 63 | −31 | 22 | Spared from relegation |
  
  * ↑ Nantes qualified for 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup as runners-up of the 1969–70 Coupe de France as cup winners Saint-Étienne also won the league and qualified for the European Cup.
  * ↑ Rouen were relegated to Division 2 because they gave up its professional status.
  * ↑ Ajaccio were originally relegated after relegation play-offs, when was played along with Bastia, and Valenciennes were originally directly relegated, but the clubs were spared from relegation due to expansion of the Division 1 to 20 clubs from the next season.
  
  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
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ACA | ANG | ASA | BAS | BOR | OL | OM | MET | NAN | NMS | RS | REN | ROU | STE | RPS | SOC | RCS | VAL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ajaccio | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
  | Angers | 3–2 | | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
  | Angoulême | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
  | Bastia | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
  | Bordeaux | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 |
  | Lyon | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 1–7 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
  | Marseille | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
  | Metz | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
  | Nantes | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
  | Nîmes | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
  | Red Star | 4–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
  | Rennes | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–5 | 1–1 |
  | Rouen | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
  | Saint-Étienne | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 8–2 | 5–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
  | RC Paris-Sedan | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
  | Sochaux | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 6–1 |
  | Strasbourg | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 4–2 |
  | Valenciennes | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Hervé Revelli | Saint-Étienne | 28 |
  | 2 | Joseph Yegba Maya | Marseille | 24 |
  | 3 | Salif Keita | Saint-Étienne | 21 |
  | 4 | Philippe Piat | Strasbourg | 20 |
  | 5 | Wolfgang Kaniber | Strasbourg | 19 |
  | 5 | Adolf Scherer | Nîmes | 19 |
  | 7 | André Guy | Lyon | 17 |
  | 7 | Charly Loubet | Marseille | 17 |
  | 7 | Bernard Blanchet | Nantes | 17 |
  | 7 | Marc Molitor | Strasbourg | 17 |
  