# 1970–71 French Division 1

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

## 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Nîmes | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
| 20 | Sedan (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 28 | Relegation to French Division 2 |
* ↑ 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
* 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 | |

## 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 |