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)
Average goals/game	2.92
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

Ajaccio

Angers

Angoulême

Bastia

Bordeaux

Lyon

Marseille

Metz

Nancy

Nantes

Nice

Nîmes

Red Star

Reims

Rennes

St-Étienne

Sedan

Sochaux

Strasbourg

Valenciennes

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Location of teams in 1970–71 Division 1

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	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
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	Relegation 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: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

• Lille OSC
• AS Monaco
• Paris Saint-Germain Football Club

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: Footballdatabase.eu
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
	Philippe Piat	Sochaux
7	Vladica Kovačević	Angers	20
8	Marc Molitor	Strasbourg	17
9	Réginald Dortomb	Ajaccio	16
	Serge Lenoir	Rennes

References

• Division 1 season 1970-1971 at pari-et-gagne.com