Football Journey

II Division – group winners promoted to the top league.

Nord:

1.ASG Vorwärts Stralsund 38 26 15- 8- 3 44:15 +29 ++
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2.TSG Wismar 35 26 14- 7- 5 39:23 +16
3.BSG Chemie Wolfen 34 26 12-10- 4 32:23 + 9
Standing from left: Erich Lüdecke (Cheftrainer), Klaus Exner, Manfred Kupferschmied, Horst Krautzig, Werner Wehner, Dieter Paulo, Hans Böttcher, Manfred Duchrow, Lutz Grüneberg, Siegfried Becker.
Crouching: Peter Effenberger, Hans-Joachim Prinz, Dieter Schulz, Leonard Stark, Bernhard Hansch, Werner Grun, Klaus Stabach.
4.BSG Energie Cottbus 33 26 11-11- 4 41:27 +14
5.Berliner FC Dynamo II 30 26 11- 8- 7 46:38 + 8
6.SG Dynamo Schwerin 29 26 12- 5- 9 44:38 + 6
7.FC Vorwärts Berlin II 28 26 10- 8- 8 43:32 +11 (FC Vorwärts Frankfurt II)
8.BSG Stahl Brandenburg 27 26 12- 3-11 42:40 + 2
9.BSG Lokomotive Stendal 26 26 9- 8- 9 31:30 + 1
10.BSG K.K.W. Nord Greifswald 25 26 9- 7-10 32:35 – 3
11.ASG Vorwärts Cottbus 19 26 7- 5-14 33:41 – 8
12.FC Hansa Rostock II 18 26 6- 6-14 28:44 -16
13.BSG Post Neubrandenburg 16 26 6- 4-16 22:36 -14
14.BSG Motor WW Warnemünde 6 26 1- 4-21 12:67 -55
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15.BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt — — – – — — — —
16.BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe — — – – — — — —
Stahl Eissenhüttenstadt and BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe were disqualified
from the championship, because of political reasons. The decision in German:
“…Im Gegensatz zu der sich anbahnenden positiven Entwicklungen haben die
Funktionäre “…” bewusst das Status des DTSB, die Beschlüsse und Maßnahmen
des IV. Verbandstages der DDR sowie Satzungen und die Spielordnung des DFV der
DDR verletzt. Aus örtlichen, egoistischen Gründen wurden … unter grober
Verletzung der Prinzipien unserer sozialistischen Gesellschaft und unserer
sozialistischen Sportorganisation den Spielern und Fünktionären
ungerechtfertige materielle Vorteile gegenüber den andern Fussballsektionen
verschafft…
Es wurden finanzielle Mittel verschiedener Fonds der Betriebe unberechtigt
für sportliche Zwecke verausgabt.
Es wurden gesetzliche Arbeitszeitreglungen gröblich mißachtet…”
Sud:
1. FC Karl Marx Stadt 50 30 23- 4- 3 72:16 +56 ++
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2. SG Vorwärts Meiningen 38 30 13-12- 5 53:29 +24
3. BSG Motor Nordhausen-West 38 30 14-10- 6 52:36 +16
4. BSG Motor “WeMa” Plauen 38 30 17- 4- 9 46:35 +11
5. BSG Wismut Gera 35 30 12-11- 7 39:29 +10
6. Hallescher FC Chemie II 35 30 13- 9- 8 45:39 + 6
7. FSV Lokomotive Dresden 32 30 11-10- 9 37:32 + 5
8. FC Carl Zeiss Jena II 29 30 10- 9-11 39:40 – 1
9. BSG Chemie Böhlen 29 30 11- 7-12 40:44 – 4
10. BSG Kali-Werra Tiefenort 26 30 8-10-12 32:47 -15
11. SG Dynamo Eisleben 25 30 8- 9-13 38:45 – 7
12. SG Dynamo Dresden II 24 30 7-10-13 36:40 – 4
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13. BSG Chemie Leipzig II 23 30 8- 7-15 37:58 -21 —
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14. BSG Sachsenring Zwickau II 22 30 8- 6-16 37:62 -25
15. BSG Motor Steinach 21 30 8- 5-17 31:42 -11
16. BSG Chemie Glauchau 15 30 2-11-17 22:62 -40
III Division – Promoted to DDR-LIGA (II Division) :

BAB Lichtenberg 47 Berlin
BSG Einheit Pankow Berlin
BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe
BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost
ASG Vorwärts Löbau
BSG Wismut Pirna-Copitz
BSG Motor Sömmerda
BSG Motor Weimar
BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt
SG Dynamo Franfkurt
BSG Motor Hermsdorf
BSG Fortschritt Greiz
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau
BSG Motor Werdau
BSG Wismut Aue II
ASG Vorwärts Leipzig
BSG Lokomotive Leipzig-Ost
BSG Lokomotive/Vorwärts Halberstadt
1. FC Magdeburg II
ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg
BSG Nord “Motor Matern” Torgelow
BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf
BSG Motor Babelsberg
BSG Einheit Grevesmühlen
BSG Lokomotive Bergen (runners-up TSG Wismar II, so third placed Lokomotive
took the place instead).
BSG C/M Veritas Wittenberge
BSG Aufbau Boitzenburg
BSG Motor Suhl
BSG Lokomotive Meiningen

DDR – ranked 13th by UEFA. Last 2 relegated.

1 SG Dynamo Dresden (C) 26 18 3 5 56 29 +27 39

2 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 14 5 7 58 29 +29 33

3 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 10 10 6 35 29 +6 30

4 1. FC Magdeburg 26 10 7 9 37 38 −1 27

5 1. FC Union Berlin 26 8 11 7 27 33 −6 27

6 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 11 4 11 40 42 −2 26

7 FC Vorwärts Berlin 26 10 6 10 38 44 −6 26

8 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 10 5 11 31 25 +6 25

9 BFC Dynamo 26 10 5 11 31 29 +2 25

10 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 9 6 11 42 46 −4 24

11 BSG Wismut Aue 26 8 5 13 30 36 −6 21

12 Stahl Riesa 26 6 9 11 28 41 −13 21

13 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt (R) 26 6 9 11 28 44 −16 21

14 BSG Chemie Leipzig (R) 26 5 9 12 27 43 −16 19

Dynamo (Dresden) won their 2nd title after a long wait – since 1952-53.

Cup: Ajax – Sparta 2-2 (aet)

rep Ajax – Sparta 2-1
Sparta (Rotterdam) tried hard and lost only in the replay by a single goal – considering the strenght of Ajax, it was admirable effort.

Ajax prevailed with great difficulties. Standing from left: Sondergard, Rijnders, Stuy, Suurbier, Krol, Suurendonk. Front row: Keizer, Swart, Vasovic, Cruijff, van Dijk

This is not the team playing at the Cup final, but wonderful photo of Ajax in blue.

Ajax won their 6th Cup in 1971 and second consecutive one,but it was difficult victory, trailing twice in the first match, and opening the scores with quastionable penalty in the replay. Rinus Mischels was leaving, a few regulars were leaving, but the great squad was already at hand and going to win… everything. No need even to name the players – almost all of them are well known to young and old.

III Division. Last season of Tweede Divisie. 6 teams were promoted to the professional Eerste Divisie (Second Division) and the rest were relegated to amateur football. Promoted were De Volewijckers, PEC Zwolle, FC Eindhoven, Roda JC, Fortuna Vlaardingen, and VVV Venlo.

1 Volewijckers 32 20- 7- 5 47 65- 31 11- 4- 1 26 38-12 9- 3- 4 21 27-19

2 P.E.C. 32 17-11- 4 45 70- 36 11- 4- 1 26 46-16 6- 7- 3 19 24-20

3 Eindhoven 32 17-11- 4 45 45- 19 10- 5- 1 25 30-12 7- 6- 3 20 15- 7
4 Hermes D.V.S. 32 17- 6- 9 40 51- 29 12- 2- 2 26 36-10 5- 4- 7 14 15-19

5 Roda J.C. 32 12-15- 5 39 34- 27 10- 5- 1 25 22-11 2-10- 4 14 12-16

6 Spcl.Gooiland 32 11-11-10 33 41- 43 6- 6- 4 18 19-14 5- 5- 6 15 22-29
7 Fortuna Vlrd. 32 13- 7-12 33 39- 42 9- 4- 3 22 24-14 4- 3- 9 11 15-28

8 N.O.A.D. 32 10-12-10 32 44- 43 8- 3- 5 19 24-16 2- 9- 5 13 20-27
9 A.G.O.V.V. 32 12- 8-12 32 35- 41 5- 6- 5 16 17-15 7- 2- 7 16 18-26
10 Z.F.C. 32 9-12-11 30 42- 42 6- 6- 4 18 24-18 3- 6- 7 12 18-24
11 V.V.V. 32 11- 8-13 30 42- 46 5- 6- 5 16 18-18 6- 2- 8 14 24-28
12 R.C.H. 32 8-13-11 29 42- 40 6- 6- 4 18 29-20 2- 7- 7 11 13-20
13 Limburgia 32 7-14-11 28 31- 39 7- 6- 3 20 24-16 0- 8- 8 8 7-23
14 Baronie 32 7-10-15 24 38- 56 5- 8- 3 18 21-18 2- 2-12 6 17-38
15 R.B.C. 32 5-13-14 23 32- 57 5- 7- 4 17 24-21 0- 6-10 6 8-36

16 E.D.O. 32 6- 7-19 19 28- 59 4- 5- 7 13 15-24 2- 2-12 6 13-35
17 Spcl. Drente 32 3- 9-20 15 26- 55 3- 4- 9 10 14-25 0- 5-11 5 12-30

II Division. Because of the merger between ADO and Holland Sport the top three teams were promoted to First Division. After the end of the season G.V.A.V. was succeeded by FC Groningen, which took their place in First Division and G.V.A.V. returned to amateur football. No relegation this season due to the change of structure: Tweede Divisie was disbanded at the end of the season and 6 teams from Tweede Divisie were included in the Eerste Divisie, the rest going back to amateur football. Professional and amateur football were separated and thus no longer teams were relegated from second professional level (Eerste Divisie).

1 FC Den Bosch 30 18-10- 2 46 50- 18 9- 6- 0 24 29- 7 9- 4- 2 22 21-11

2 G.V.A.V. 30 16-11- 3 43 38- 7 9- 5- 1 23 23- 3 7- 6- 2 20 15- 4
3 Vitesse 30 16- 6- 8 38 54- 31 12- 2- 1 26 36- 5 4- 4- 7 12 18-26
4 Spcl. Cambuur 30 13-10- 7 36 43- 34 10- 3- 2 23 25-12 3- 7- 5 13 18-22
5 Blauw Wit 30 12- 7-11 31 44- 39 9- 2- 4 20 29-15 3- 5- 7 11 15-24

6 Heracles 30 10-11- 9 31 42- 40 6- 6- 3 18 21-13 4- 5- 6 13 21-27
7 H.V.C. 30 10-10-10 30 31- 39 8- 4- 3 20 22-17 2- 6- 7 10 9-22

8 Wageningen 30 9-11-10 29 42- 49 5- 6- 4 16 27-21 4- 5- 6 13 15-28
9 Heerenveen 30 7-14- 9 28 36- 37 5- 7- 3 17 24-17 2- 7- 6 11 12-20
10 Fortuna SC 30 9- 8-13 26 25- 33 8- 4- 3 20 19-11 1- 4-10 6 6-22

11 D.F.C. 30 9- 7-14 25 31- 42 5- 6- 4 16 20-15 4- 1-10 9 11-27

12 Helmond Sport 30 5-14-11 24 23- 32 5- 8- 2 18 12-10 0- 6- 9 6 11-22

13 Veendam 30 7-10-13 24 28- 38 6- 4- 5 16 19-15 1- 6- 8 8 9-23

14 Willem II 30 8- 8-14 24 27- 49 6- 4- 5 16 18-16 2- 4- 9 8 9-33
15 S.V.V. 30 5-13-12 23 34- 46 5- 7- 3 17 21-13 0- 6- 9 6 13-33
16 De Graafschap 30 7- 8-15 22 28- 42 5- 5- 5 15 21-20 2- 3-10 7 7-22

Holland – ranked 12th by UEFA. I Division.

1 Feijenoord 34 26- 5- 3 57 82- 25 14- 3- 0 31 48-10 12- 2- 3 26 34-15
2 Ajax 34 24- 5- 5 53 90- 20 15- 1- 1 31 63-11 9- 4- 4 22 27- 9
3 A.D.O. 34 21- 8- 5 50 62- 27 13- 4- 0 30 40- 5 8- 4- 5 20 22-22
4 P.S.V. 34 21- 7- 6 49 73- 25 12- 3- 2 27 41-12 9- 4- 4 22 32-13

5 FC Twente 34 19-10- 5 48 48- 18 12- 3- 2 27 31- 8 7- 7- 3 21 17-10
6 Sparta 34 16-13- 5 45 54- 34 11- 5- 1 27 31-12 5- 8- 4 18 23-22
7 Go Ahead 34 15- 8-11 38 49- 43 10- 5- 2 25 34-14 5- 3- 9 13 15-29
8 N.E.C. 34 12-10-12 34 43- 36 11- 5- 1 27 31- 6 1- 5-11 7 12-30
9 FC Utrecht 34 13- 7-14 33 46- 64 9- 4- 4 22 27-18 4- 3-10 11 19-46
10 Volendam 34 9-10-15 28 34- 48 8- 3- 6 19 22-19 1- 7- 9 9 12-29
11 Telstar 34 9- 9-16 27 32- 46 6- 5- 6 17 21-17 3- 4-10 10 11-29

12 D.W.S. 34 5-17-12 27 26- 54 4- 9- 4 17 13-16 1- 8- 8 10 13-38
13 M.V.V. 34 8-10-16 26 28- 42 6- 6- 5 18 21-15 2- 4-11 8 7-27

14 N.A.C. 34 7-10-17 24 40- 61 7- 2- 8 16 25-28 0- 8- 9 8 15-33
15 Holland Sport 34 5-14-15 24 34- 60 3- 8- 6 14 19-28 2- 6- 9 10 15-32
16 Excelsior 34 5-10-19 20 22- 66 4- 6- 7 14 15-23 1- 4-12 6 7-43
17 A.Z. ’67 34 3- 9-22 15 24- 76 2- 7- 8 11 15-26 1- 2-14 4 9-50
18 Haarlem 34 1-12-21 14 22- 64 1- 8- 8 10 15-29 0- 4-13 4 7-35

NB: A.D.O. and Holland Sport merge into FC Den Haag for 1971/72.
Feyenoord won 10th title.

Cup:

Sporting CP 4-1 SL Benfica
Benfica was unable to win a double and was actually destroyed at the Cup final. It was aging team on a downhill.

Sporting won the final against the archenemy and with inferior, compared to star-studded Benfica, squad.

Well done and 7th Cup.

Portugal: ranked 11th by UEFA. I Division. Next season the top league was increasing to 16 teams, so the last one was relegated and 3 teams were promoted from Second Division.

Total Home Away
Pd W D L G Pt W D L G W D L G
1 SL Benfica 26 18 5 3 62- 17 41 12 1 0 43- 5 6 4 3 19-12
2 Sporting CP 26 16 6 4 45- 14 38 11 1 1 33- 5 5 5 3 12- 9
3 FC Porto 26 16 5 5 44- 21 37 10 3 0 28- 7 6 2 5 16-14
Second row from left: Pedroto(treinador),Rebelo,Vaz,Cardoso,Pedro,Carriço,Correia,José Mendes,Joaquim Torres
Front: José Maria,Arcanjo,Arnaldo,Octávio,Vitor Baptista,Wagner,Guerreiro,Jacinto João.
4 VFC Setúbal 26 15 4 7 51- 16 34 11 2 0 38- 5 4 2 7 13-11

5 Académica 26 13 7 6 38- 24 33 10 3 0 27- 7 3 4 6 11-17

6 Boavista FC 26 9 4 13 18- 38 22 6 3 4 11-10 3 1 9 7-28

7 CF Belenenses 26 7 8 11 20- 27 22 6 4 3 15- 9 1 4 8 5-18
8 GD CUF 26 8 5 13 28- 37 21 7 2 4 18-11 1 3 9 10-26

9 FC Tirsense 26 6 8 12 24- 45 20 6 5 2 20-14 0 3 10 4-31

10 FC Barreirense 26 5 10 11 21- 31 20 4 5 4 12-14 1 5 7 9-17
11 SC Farense 26 7 6 13 15- 33 20 6 6 1 12- 6 1 0 12 3-27
12 VSC Guimarães 26 4 11 11 15- 27 19 3 6 4 9- 9 1 5 7 6-18
13 Leixões SC 26 7 5 14 22- 44 19 7 2 4 16- 8 0 3 10 6-36

14 Varzim SC 26 7 4 15 23- 52 18 7 1 5 18-16 0 3 10 5-36
II Division – winners promoted to First Division

Divisao Norte:

Beira Mar

Divisao Sul:

Atletico (Lisbon)

Uniao Tomar – 2ndin the championship and winning promotion play-off.

Benfica – champion of Portugal once again.

Cup: Final [Aug 7]

Spartak Moskva 2-2 SKA Rostov-na-Donu
[Galimzyan Husainov 6, Gennadiy Logofet 90 – Ricardas Kucinskas 3,
Anatoliy Zinchenko 68. Att: 100,000]

 

Final Replay [Aug 8]
SPARTAK Moskva 1-0 SKA Rostov-na-Donu
[Nikolai Kiselyov 55. Att: 50,000]

Spartak’s captain Galimzyan Husainov lifted the Cup.

After nerve-breaking final Spartak (Moskva) won their 9th Cup.

III Division: 124 played in 6 zones. Here are few of them.

Sudostroitel (Nikolaev) – 2^nd in Zone I

Lokomotiv (Vinnitza) – 7^th in Zone I

Iskra (Smolensk) – winner of Zone II

Spartak (Brest) – 9^th in Zone II

Dinamo (Bryansk) – 13^th in Zone II

Promotional tournament between the winners of the 5 third tier groups (zones) for 3 places in the Second Division. Krivbass (Krivoy Rog), the winner of Zone I (The Ukrainian Zone) for some reason did not play in the promotional tournament, but had a play-off against the 3rd- plced team in it after the tournament ended – possible reason for that strange arrangement could have been that the Ukrainian Zone was the toughest with 26 participants and Krivbass already played 50 championship games during the regular season.

Second League Final [Oct 31 – Nov 12, Sochi]

1.Zvezda Perm                    4   3  1  0  6-2   7  Promoted            [RUS]  
2.Avtomobilist Nalchik           4   1  3  0  2-1   5  Promoted            [RUS]  
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3.Iskra Smolensk                 4   1  2  1  2-3   4  Promotion Play-Off  [RUS]  
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4.Metallurg Lipetsk              4   1  1  2  3-4   3                      [RUS]  
5.Spartak Semipalatinsk          4   0  1  3  2-5   1                      [KAZ]  

Cross-Table:
                    1   2   3   4   5        
1.Zvezda Perm      xxx 0-0 3-1 1-0 2-1  
2.Avt Nalchik      0-0 xxx 0-0 1-1 1-0  
3.Iskra            1-3 0-0 xxx 1-0 0-0  
4.M Lipetsk        0-1 1-1 0-1 xxx 2-1  
5.Sp Semipalatinsk 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 xxx  

Promotion Play-Off [Nov 20, 24] 
KRIVBASS Krivoi Rog  3-1 2-0  Iskra Smolensk 
Promoted to Second Division:

Krivbass (Krivoy Rog)

Zvezda (Perm)

Avtomobilist (Nalchik)