1970–71 French Division 1
| 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 | 1108 (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
Results
League 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 | 1971–72 European Cup |
| 2 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 83 | 45 | +38 | 51 | 1971–72 UEFA Cup |
| 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 | 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup 1 |
| 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 | 1971–72 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
1 Rennes qualified for 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the 1970–71 Coupe de France.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1971/1972
Result table
| Home ╲ Away | ACA | ANG | ANG | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | a | a | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lyon | a | a | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | a | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nantes | a | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nice | a | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nîmes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Red Star | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reims | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rennes | a | |||||||||||||||||||
| Saint-Étienne | a | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sedan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sochaux | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strasbourg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Valenciennes |
Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Nationality | 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 | |
| Philippe Piat | Sochaux | 21 | ||
| 7 | Vladica Kovačević | Angers | 20 | |
| 8 | Marc Molitor | Strasbourg | 17 | |
| 9 | Réginald Dortomb | Ajaccio | 16 | |
| Serge Lenoir | Rennes | 16 | ||
| 11 | Félix Burdino | Bordeaux | 14 | |
| Milan Galić | Reims | 14 | ||
| Bent Jensen | Bordeaux | 14 | ||
| Charly Loubet | Marseille | 14 | ||
| Ruiter | Bordeaux | 14 |