| Season | 1970–71 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Spartak Trnava |
| Relegated | Škoda Plzeň TJ Gottwaldov |
| European Cup | Spartak Trnava |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Škoda Plzeň |
| UEFA Cup | VSS Košice Sklo Union Teplice |
| Top goalscorer | Jozef Adamec Zdeněk Nehoda (16 goals each) |
1971–72 → | |
Statistics ofCzechoslovak First League in the 1970–71 season.
It was contested by 16 teams, andFC Spartak Trnava won the championship.Jozef Adamec andZdeněk Nehoda were the league's top scorers with 16 goals each.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartak Trnava(C) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 40 | Qualification forEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | VSS Košice | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 36 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Sklo Union Teplice | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 35 | |
| 4 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 35 | |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 34 | |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 32 | |
| 7 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 30 | |
| 8 | Tatran Prešov | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 30 | |
| 9 | ZVL Žilina | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 29 | |
| 10 | TŽ Třinec | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 29 | |
| 11 | Jednota Trenčín | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 29 | |
| 12 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 29 | |
| 13 | Dukla Prague | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 28 | |
| 14 | Lokomotíva Košice | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 26 | |
| 15 | Škoda Plzeň(R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 54 | −24 | 22 | Cup Winners' Cup and relegation toSecond League[a] |
| 16 | TJ Gottwaldov(R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 16 | Relegation toCzechoslovak Second League |