1970–71 French Division 1

Division Nationale
Season	1970–71
Champions	Marseille (3rd title)
Relegated	Strasbourg; Valenciennes; Sedan
European Cup	Marseille
Cup Winners' Cup	Rennes
UEFA Cup	Saint-Étienne; Nantes; Nîmes
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,108 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josip Skoblar (44)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

Olympique de Marseille won Division 1 season 1970/1971 of the French Association Football League with 55 points.

Participating teams[]

AC Ajaccio
Angers SCO
AS Angoulême
SEC Bastia
Bordeaux
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique de Marseille
FC Metz
AS Nancy
FC Nantes
OGC Nice
Nîmes Olympique
Red Star Paris
Stade de Reims
Stade Rennais UC
AS Saint-Etienne
CS Sedan
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
RC Strasbourg
US Valenciennes-Anzin

Metz

Nancy

Location of teams in 1970–71 Division 1

Final table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marseille (C)	38	23	9	6	94	48	+46	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Saint-Étienne	38	20	11	7	83	45	+38	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Nantes	38	17	12	9	61	41	+20	46
4	Nîmes	38	17	11	10	68	54	+14	45
5	Bordeaux	38	16	8	14	58	51	+7	40
6	Ajaccio	38	16	8	14	54	52	+2	40
7	Lyon	38	14	12	12	51	51	0	40
8	Metz	38	13	14	11	46	56	−10	40
9	Reims	38	14	11	13	54	44	+10	39
10	Sochaux	38	14	10	14	58	55	+3	38
11	Rennes	38	14	9	15	56	53	+3	37	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
12	Angers	38	15	5	18	61	66	−5	35
13	Nancy	38	12	11	15	45	56	−11	35
14	Nice	38	12	10	16	48	55	−7	34
15	Red Star	38	11	11	16	46	65	−19	33
16	Angoulême	38	10	12	16	30	47	−17	32
17	Bastia	38	12	8	18	52	83	−31	32
18	Strasbourg (R)	38	13	5	20	54	63	−9	31	Relegated to French Division 2
19	Valenciennes (R)	38	10	9	19	47	59	−12	29
20	Sedan (R)	38	10	8	20	42	64	−22	28

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Rennes qualified for 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1970–71 Coupe de France.

Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1971/1972

Results[]

Home \ Away	ACA	ANG	ASA	BAS	BOR	OL	OM	MET	NAL	NAN	NIC	NMS	RSFC	REI	REN	STE	SED	SOC	RCS	VAL
Ajaccio		0–0	0–0	6–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	5–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0
Angers	1–1		1–4	3–0	0–3	3–2	2–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	6–0	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	1–3	5–3
Angoulême	2–0	1–1		2–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
Bastia	1–4	2–0	3–1		2–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–6	2–2	4–2	4–0	2–2	3–1	1–0
Bordeaux	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–0		3–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	3–1	3–0	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–4	1–0
Lyon	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–2		1–4	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–1
Marseille	1–0	5–1	5–0	5–2	3–0	2–2		2–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–2	5–0	2–2	6–3	5–2
Metz	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	6–1	2–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	3–3	2–1	2–2
Nancy	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1		1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–2
Nantes	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	7–0		3–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Nice	2–3	2–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	3–1		3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	4–5	1–0	4–2
Nîmes	4–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	1–1		1–2	1–1	3–2	5–3	4–0	4–3	3–0	4–1
Red Star	3–0	0–5	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–4	0–0	3–1	0–3	0–0	1–2		2–1	1–5	1–1	4–2	0–0	2–1	3–2
Reims	1–0	3–1	2–0	5–2	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1		1–1	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0
Rennes	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	3–0	2–3	2–2	0–0	5–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–0		0–3	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–1
Saint-Étienne	5–2	3–1	1–0	6–0	2–3	1–0	2–1	6–0	4–1	2–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–0		8–0	1–0	2–1	4–0
Sedan	3–1	6–2	1–1	5–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	0–1	3–1		2–1	1–0	0–1
Sochaux	5–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–1		1–0	0–1
Strasbourg	3–0	6–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–4	1–0	3–0	2–1		0–0
Valenciennes	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	3–0

Source: RSSSF.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Josip Skoblar	Marseille	44
2	Salif Keïta	Saint-Étienne	42
3	Jacques Vergnes	Nîmes	27
4	Joseph Yegba Maya	Valenciennes	22
5	Fleury Di Nallo	Lyon	21
5	Philippe Piat	Sochaux	21
7	Vladica Kovačević	Angers	20
8	Marc Molitor	Strasbourg	17
9	Réginald Dortomb	Ajaccio	16
9	Serge Lenoir	Rennes	16

References[]

[table_note_res_CWC0.15257745708925-1] Rennes qualified for 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1970–71 Coupe de France.

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