1970–71 French Division 2

Division 2
Season	1970–71
Champions	Paris Saint-Germain
Promoted	Paris Saint-Germain AS Monaco Lille
Relegated	Grenoble Alès Havre Strasbourg Reserves Sochaux Reserves Merlebach
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 French Division 2 season was the 30th season since its establishment.^[1] It was constituted by three geographic groups (South, Center and North) with 16 clubs each. The winners of each group won promotion to the 1971–72 French Division 1.^[2] Additionally, the winners met once in the championship play–offs. The club with most points was crowned champion and awarded the trophy.^[3]

On the other hand, the bottom club of each group and the worst 15th placed club were relegated to the 1971–72 French Division 3. Meanwhile, all reserves teams were relegated at the end of the season, regardless of their final position, due to the creation of the Division 3, which would also serve as the top league for amateur clubs and the club's reserves sides.^[4]

The season began on 23 August 1970 and ended on 12 June 1971. The winter break was in effect from 27 December 1970 to 10 January 1971. Two points were awarded for a win, with no points for a loss. If the match was drawn, each team received one point.^[2]

Regular season

South Group


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monaco (P) (Q)	30	22	3	5	71	23	+48	47	Promotion to 1971–72 French Division 1 Qualification to the championship play–offs
2	Avignon	30	17	6	7	53	25	+28	40
3	Aix	30	17	4	9	50	32	+18	38
4	Cannes	30	14	10	6	43	28	+15	38
5	Toulon	30	13	5	12	37	37	0	31
6	Toulouse	30	12	6	12	37	33	+4	30
7	Gueugnon	30	12	6	12	40	45	−5	30
8	Gazélec Ajaccio	30	9	10	11	26	26	0	28
9	Sète	30	11	6	13	34	43	−9	28
10	Montpellier	30	11	6	13	33	44	−11	28
11	La Ciotat	30	9	9	12	35	45	−10	27
12	UMS Montélimar	30	10	7	13	31	43	−12	27
13	Arles-Avignon	30	9	8	13	33	38	−5	26
14	Béziers Hérault	30	10	6	14	34	44	−10	26
15	Grenoble (R)	30	7	6	17	25	45	−20	20	Relegation to 1971–72 French Division 3
16	Alès (R)	30	5	6	19	29	60	−31	16	Relegation to 1971–72 French Division 3

Source: LFP

Rules for classification:

1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Center Group


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (P) (Q)	30	17	11	2	52	23	+29	45	Promotion to 1971–72 French Division 1 Qualification to the championship play–offs
2	Rouen	30	16	9	5	53	25	+28	41
3	Limoges	30	13	10	7	50	35	+15	36
4	Montluçon	30	13	9	8	56	39	+17	35
5	Brest	30	11	13	6	49	39	+10	35
6	Lorient	30	13	8	9	44	31	+13	34
7	Quevilly	30	11	12	7	44	36	+8	34
8	Blois	30	13	8	9	33	35	−2	34
9	Le Mans	30	9	11	10	36	40	−4	29
10	Châteauroux	30	6	12	12	32	40	−8	24
11	Quimper	30	7	10	13	24	45	−21	24
12	Bourges	30	7	9	14	28	46	−18	23
13	Laval	30	7	9	14	30	49	−19	23
14	Caen	30	8	6	16	29	46	−17	22
15	Poitiers	30	4	14	12	25	44	−19	22
16	Le Havre (R)	30	6	7	17	37	49	−12	19	Relegation to 1971–72 French Division 3

Source: LFP

Rules for classification:

North Group


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lille (P) (Q)	30	19	6	5	56	25	+31	44	Promotion to 1971–72 French Division 1 Qualification to the championship play–offs
2	Chaumont	30	17	8	5	42	19	+23	42
3	Lens	30	18	5	7	52	34	+18	41
4	Boulogne	30	15	9	6	54	40	+14	39
5	RC Fontainebleau	30	9	14	7	43	31	+12	32
6	Dunkerque	30	11	10	9	42	36	+6	32
7	Strasbourg Reserves (R)	30	12	7	11	43	45	−2	31	Relegation to 1971–72 French Division 3
8	Mulhouse	30	9	11	10	32	37	−5	29
9	Besançon	30	9	10	11	40	41	−1	28
10	Amiens	30	9	10	11	39	50	−11	28
11	Troyes	30	8	11	11	31	33	−2	27
12	RC Joinville	30	9	9	12	36	51	−15	27
13	Sochaux Reserves (R)	30	8	7	15	33	48	−15	23	Relegation to 1971–72 French Division 3
14	Cambrai	30	6	10	14	44	52	−8	22
15	AS Creil	30	8	5	17	32	47	−15	21
16	Merlebach (R)	30	2	10	18	27	57	−30	14	Relegation to 1971–72 French Division 3

Source: LFP

Rules for classification:

Championship play–offs

Lille v AS Monaco

28 May 1971

Lille	2–2	AS Monaco
Deferrez 25' André Loup 44'	Report	Petit 32' Dell'Oste 46'

Stade Henri-Jooris, Lille
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Roger Machin

AS Monaco v Paris Saint-Germain

6 June 1971

AS Monaco	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain
Floch 9' Dell'Oste 24'	Report	Alain Piana 13' (o.g.) Bras 54'

Stade Louis II, Monaco
Attendance: 1,905
Referee: Gaston Eyroulet

Paris Saint-Germain v Lille

12 June 1971

Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Lille
Béreau 1' Jacky Rémond 20' Guignedoux 68' Prost 80'	Report	Bajić 52' Dubaële 88'

Stade Georges Lefèvre, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Attendance: 4,755
Referee: André Petit

Championship table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	3
2	Monaco	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
3	Lille	2	0	1	1	4	6	−2	1

Source: Footballdatabase.eu

Rules for classification:

References

↑ "Palmarès: Les champions de France depuis 1934/1935". LFP. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Calendrier / Resultats: 1970/1971". LFP. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
↑ "Finale de la Ligue 2 1971". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
↑ "Classement: 1971/1972". LFP. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

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