| Season | 1969–70 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 August 1969 – 23 June 1970 |
| Champions | Saint-Étienne (6th title) |
| Relegated | Rouen |
| European Cup | Saint-Étienne |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Nantes |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Marseille RC Paris-Sedan Angoulême |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 973 (3.18 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hervé Revelli (28 goals) |
1970–71 → | |
AS Saint-Etienne wonDivision 1 season 1969/1970 of theFrench Association Football League with 56 points.
| 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 toEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Marseille | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 45 | Invited toInter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 3 | RC Paris-Sedan | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 42 | |
| 4 | Angoulême | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 38 | |
| 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 toCup Winners' Cup first round[a] |
| 11 | Nîmes | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 32 | |
| 12 | Rouen(R) | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 32 | Relegation toFrench Division 2[b] |
| 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 | Qualification torelegation play-offs, then spared from relegation[c] |
| 17 | Bastia(O) | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 50 | 74 | −24 | 24 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 32 | 63 | −31 | 22 | Spared from relegation[c] |
Promoted fromDivision 2, who will play inDivision 1 season 1970/1971
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAS | NAN | ACA | OAV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bastia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | Qualification toFrench Division 1 | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | ||
| 2 | Nancy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | |||
| 3 | Ajaccio | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | Qualification toFrench Division 2[a] | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Avignon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | — |