Football Journey

II Division
Serie I

1 ASA Târgu Mureș (C, P) 30 18 6 6 66 27 +39 42 Promovarea în Divizia A

2 Sportul Studențesc 30 18 5 7 42 27 +15 41

3 Metalul Târgoviște 30 16 2 12 37 39 −2 34

4 Progresul Brăila 30 14 5 11 32 26 +6 33

5 FC Galați 30 14 5 11 37 33 +4 33

6 Dunărea Giurgiu 30 13 6 11 29 31 −2 32

7 Metalul București 30 11 9 10 33 22 +11 31

8 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 30 12 6 12 31 35 −4 30

9 Portul Constanța 30 11 7 12 23 29 −6 29

10 CFR Pașcani 30 11 6 13 39 41 −2 28

11 ȘN Oltenița 30 11 6 13 28 39 −11 28

12 Știința Bacău 30 10 7 13 37 34 +3 27

13 Poiana Câmpina 30 11 5 14 35 34 +1 27

14 Politehnica Galați 30 12 3 15 32 33 −1 27

15 Metrom Brașov (R) 30 9 9 12 23 30 −7 27

16 Flacăra Moreni (R) 30 1 9 20 20 64 −44 11

Serie II

1 Crișul Oradea (C, P) 30 18 8 4 46 21 +25 44 Promovarea în Divizia A

2 Politehnica Timișoara 30 16 10 4 48 22 +26 42

3 CSM Sibiu 30 14 5 11 48 37 +11 33

4 Corvinul Hunedoara 30 13 7 10 39 30 +9 33

5 Minerul Anina 30 14 3 13 32 33 −1 31

6 Olimpia Satu Mare 30 13 4 13 35 28 +7 30

7 Metalurgistul Cugir 30 11 8 11 30 41 −11 30

8 Olimpia Oradea 30 12 5 13 33 33 0 29

9 CFR Arad 30 11 6 13 23 34 −11 28

10 Minerul Baia Mare 30 12 3 15 44 36 +8 27

11 Gloria Bistrița 30 10 7 13 29 38 −9 27

12 Gaz Metan Mediaș 30 10 7 13 28 41 −13 27

13 Electroputere Craiova 30 8 10 12 28 45 −17 26

14 CSM Reșița 30 10 5 15 36 42 −6 25

15 UM Timișoara (R) 30 7 10 13 26 33 −7 24

16 Vagonul Arad (R) 30 9 6 15 28 39 −11 24

Romania – ranked 17th by UEFA. Last 2 relegated.

1. DINAMO BUCUREŞTI 30 13 10 7 49 31 36
2. UFC Rapid Bucureşti 30 12 11 7 35 25 35
3. Steaua Bucureşti 30 11 11 8 46 27 33
4. UTA (Arad) 30 14 5 11 49 35 33
5. Steagul roşu Braşov 30 13 7 10 32 29 33
6. Universitatea Craiova 30 12 8 10 29 32 32
7. Petrolul Ploieşti 30 10 11 9 33 35 31
8. Politehnica Iaşi 30 13 4 13 50 41 30
9. FC Argeş Piteşti 30 11 8 11 41 44 30
10. Sport Club Bacău 30 13 4 13 37 41 30

Standing from left: Stoica, Antonescu, Ştefănescu, Mareş, Badea, Pleşa
Front: Oprea, Tufan, Caraman, Constantinescu I, Tănase, Kallo
11. Farul Constanţa 30 11 8 11 39 45 30
12. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 30 10 9 11 36 35 29
13. Jiul Petroşani 30 12 4 14 28 35 28
14. CFR Cluj-Napoca 30 9 8 13 33 52 26
15. PROGRESUL BUCUREŞTI 30 8 9 13 34 39 25 – relegated
16. CFR TIMIŞOARA 30 7 5 18 21 26 19 – relegated
Dinamo (Bucharest) won their 6th title.

Wales – ranked 16^th, even when the Welsh Federation participated only in the Cup Winners Cup.

 Cardiff City AFC       1-0 3-1 Wrexham AFC              

Wrexham lost both legs. Well… the Third Division team was more or less expected to lose to Second Division team.

Cardiff City won their 16^th Welsh Cup. Five years in a row Cardiff City domonated at home. And the continous success was not over yet.

Cup: Levski-Spartak Sofia – Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3-0

Strong team, led by Christo Bonev, and having wonderful season, alas, no match for Levski-Spartak at the final.

The winning eleven .

That was the squad for 1970-71 – full of national team players, yet, the forced merger between Levski and Spartak left bitter taste and problems. And to put a particularly sour note on the season was the deat h of beloved stars Asparoukhov and Kotkov in a car crash. No real joy this season, even with a trophy.

II Division. Winners of each group promoted. 
Group North

1. ЖСК Спaртак Варна 34 23 8 3 79:21 54

2. Бенковcки/Бдин Видин 34 23 5 6 63:27 51

3. Академик Свищов 34 17 6 11 46:33 40

4. Добруджа Толбухин 34 17 5 12 57:43 39

5. Септ. слава Михайловград 34 13 10 11 39:33 36

6. Кърпачев Ловеч 34 13 8 13 36:39 34

7. Локомотив Русе 34 13 7 14 37:35 33

8. Локомотив Мездра 34 11 10 13 41:41 32

9. Доростол Силистра 34 12 8 14 34:41 32

10. Дунав Лом 34 13 5 16 43:51 31

11. Чавдар Троян 34 11 8 15 28:40 30

12. Светкавица Търговище 34 12 6 16 34:46 30

13. Раковски Севлиево 34 12 6 16 40:54 30

14. Ангел Кънчев Трявна 34 10 10 14 38:52 30

15. Локомотив Горна Оряховица 34 12 5 17 32:45 29

16. Левски Лясковец 34 11 7 16 37:54 29

17. Миньор Чипровци 34 8 10 16 40:52 26

18. Димитър Ватев Белослав 34 10 6 18 28:45 26

 

• след 2 рия кръг през август, отборът на “Бенковски” Видин променя името си на “Бдин”

  Group South

1 Берое Стара Загора 34 23 9 2 90:21:00 55

2 Перник 34 17 9 8 63:31:00 43

3 Марица  Пазарджик 34 16 10 8 49:34:00 42

4 Димитър Канев Хасково 34 17 7 10 52:42:00 41

5 Пирин Благоевград 34 13 11 10 56:37:00 37

6 Велбъжд Кюстендил 34 16 4 14 53:42:00 36

7 Ботев Свиленград 34 14 6 14 45:50:00 34

8 Арда Кърджали 34 13 8 13 44:50:00 34

9 Гoрубсо Мадан 34 12 10 12 33:41:00 34

10 Сливенски текстилец Сливен 34 10 13 11 38:34:00 33

11 Сливнишки герой Сливница 34 13 7 14 49:57:00 33

12 Родопа Смолян 34 11 9 14 40:41:00 31

13 Локомотив Бургас 34 10 11 13 27:37:00 31

14 Балкан Ботевград 34 10 11 13 47:59:00 31

15 Димитровгрaд 34 12 5 17 43:54:00 29

16 Асеновец Асенoвград 34 12 5 17 42:58:00 29

17. Енергетик Гълъбово 34 10 7 17 35:59 27

18. Сливен 34 6 0 28 17:76 12

– преди началото на сезона, отпадналият от “А” РФГ “Кракра” Перник променя името си на “Перник”

– през зимната пауза отборите на “Текстилец” и “Сливен” се обединяват под името “Сливенски текстилец” . Обединеният отбор приема точковият актив на “Текстилец”, който е по-напред в класирането, а на “Сливен”, до края на сезона се приписват служебни загуби. След краят на шампионата, отборът се преименува на “Сливен”.

Third Division winners, promoted to Second Division:

To South Group:

Zone Vitosha: Minyor (Bukhovo)

Zone Zagore: Yavorov (Chirpan)

Zone Trakia: Torpedo (Karlovo)

To Northern Group:

Zone Miziya: Metallurg (Eliseyna)

Zone Cherno more: Ludogoretz (Razgrad)

Zone Yantra: Volov (Shumen)

Bulgaria – 15th in the UEFA ranking. At the end of the season it was decided that the ZhSK-Slavia (Sofia) merger would be dissolved, with Slavia and Lokomotiv both getting a place in “A” RFG. Because of this it was decided that the group would be expanded to 18 teams, with only one team relegated from “A” RFG at the end of this season.

“A” RFG – Final Table:

M W D L GD Pts

1. CSKA Septemvriysko zname (Sofia) 30 21 6 3 74:21 48 Champions [ECC]
2. Levski-Spartak (Sofia) 30 21 6 3 59:22 48 [CWC]
3. Botev (Vratsa) 30 17 4 9 51:31 38 [UEFA]
4. Lokomotiv (Plovdiv) 30 14 7 9 55:42 35 [UEFA]
5. Trakia (Plovdiv) 30 13 6 11 53:50 32
6. ZhSK-Slavia (Sofia) 30 12 7 11 53:41 31
7. Cherno more (Varna) 30 11 6 13 37:42 28

8. Chardafon-Orlovets (Gabrovo) 30 11 6 13 42:52 28 [+]
9. Spartak (Pleven) 30 10 7 13 46:47 27
Unsure about the season, but from the period – the only problematic player is Traycho Spassov. Standing from left:Георги Сапинев, Димитър Митов, Кирил Белчински, Младен Пенев, Борис Манов-Бурето. Crouching: Сашо Паргов, Михаил Шалдупов, Георги Богданов, Киро Миланов, Иван Кючуков, Трайчо Спасов.
10. Marek (Stanke Dimitrov) * 30 9 9 12 37:41 27
Left to right: Здравко Душанов /ст. треньор/, Петър Колев /пом. треньор/, Любен Марков, Игнат Младенов, Георги Георгиев, Стоян Маринов, Иван Въжаров, Тодор Тодоров, Димитър Андонов, Никола Христов, Огнян Илиев, Слави Дамянов, Желязко Свирчев, Сашо Манолов, Цвятко Станков, Наско …., Костадин Димитров, Шамси Сюлейманов, Добри Добчев, Ремзи Нуриев и Благой Далев.
11. Dunav (Ruse) 30 10 7 13 32:45 27
12. Etar (Veliko Tarnovo) 30 10 7 13 33:49 27
13. Nikolay Laskov (Yambol) 30 8 9 13 26:47 25 [+]
14. Akademik (Sofia) 30 6 11 13 33:41 23
15. Chernomorets (Burgas) 30 6 7 17 33:66 19
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16. Maritsa (Plovdiv) 30 4 9 17 28:55 17 Relegated

* – city’s contemporary name: Stanke Dimitrov -> Dupnitsa.

Cup:

Sloboda (Tuzla) - CRVENA ZVEZDA 0:4
CRVENA ZVEZDA - Sloboda 2:0

Too bad – Sloboda reached the final, but was outclassed and destroyed by superior opponent.

The winners: standing from left: Ratomir Dujkovic,Petar Krivokuca,Vladislav Bogicevic,Milovan Djoric,Mihalj Keri,Sava Karapandzic,Kiril Dijcinovski,Branko Klenkovski,Bosko Kajganic.

First row: Slobodan Jankovic,Zoran Antonijevic,Stanislav Karasi,Jovan Acimovic,Aleksandar Panajotovic,Miodrag Novkovic,Stevan Ostojic,Trifun Mihailovic,Dragan Dzajic.

Given the strenght of the squad, Crvena zvezda had surprisingly weak season, but compensated by winning the cup final.

Second consecutive Cup and 9^th altogether.

Third and lower leagues – they were many, organized by each republic of Yugoslavia. Here are a few pictures of lower leagues’ teams:

Pelister (Bitola)

FK Vrbas – amateur champion of Yugoslavia.

Radnicki (Belgrade)

Polet (Nakovo)

Zmaj (Makarska)

Radnicki (Lukavac)

FK Ovce Pole (Sveti Nikole)

FK Madzari (Skopje)

Partizan (Skopje)

FK Loznica

Metohija (Prizren)

OFK Mladenovac

Mladost (Rogatica)

Jadran (Ploce)

Hajduk (Orasje)

Pobeda (Valandovo). Standing from left: Petar Todorov, Risto Božinov, Lazar Atanasov, Mitko Delev, Risto Andonov, Đorđe Janov, Mile Boev,
Crouching: Slobodan Čurlinov, Simo Džonov, Vase Sapundžiev, Riste Tančev, Ivan Zanov.

Metalac (Sisak). Back row from left: Medarević, Jandraš, Greić, Čučković, Marković, Radišić
Front: Senzen, Vuksanović, Herceg, Prpić, Cvjetičanin.

II Division

II LIGA ZAPAD 1970/71

 1.Rijeka                         30 22  4  4 68:16 48 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
  2.Rudar            Ljubija       30 21  3  6 49:20 45 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3.Zagreb                         30 19  5  6 63:27 43
 4.Sibenik                        30 17  8  5 51:27 42
 5.Varteks          Varazdin      30 13  5 12 45:31 31
 6.Ljubljana                      30 11  9 10 40:33 31
 7.Orijent          Rijeka        30  9 10 11 36:38 28
 8.Split                          30  8 11 11 39:41 27
 9.Karlovac                       30  9  8 13 32:55 26
10.Tresnjevka       Zagreb        30  9  7 14 30:44 25
11.Zeleznicar       Maribor       30  9  7 14 31:49 25
12.Mura             Murska Sobota 30  7 10 13 29:43 24
13.Jedinstvo        Bihac         30  7  9 14 32:47 23
14.Zagrebacki Plavi Zagreb*       30  8  6 16 31:55 22
15.Rovinj                         30  7  7 14 27:46 21 RELEGATED
16.Metalac          Zagreb        30  5  9 16 27:58 19 RELEGATED
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Jedinstvo (Zagreb) changed name to Zagrebacki Plavi
Promoted  from 3rd league: Istra (Pula), Kozara (Bosanska Gradiska), Merkator (Ljubljana) and Junak (Sinj)

 

II LIGA SEVER 1970/71

 1.Proleter   Zrenjanin      30 14 11  5 53:28 39 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
Osijek – dark shorts -vs Radnicki (Sid)
 2.Osijek                    30 13 11  6 46:28 37 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3.Spartak    Subotica       30 13  9  8 40:28 35
 4.Vozdovacki Beograd        30 14  7  9 38:30 35
 5.Borovo                    30 11 10  9 30:21 32
 6.Galenika   Zemun          30 12  8 10 47:44 32
 7.Dinamo     Pancevo        30 11 10  9 34:38 32
 8.Dinamo     Vinkovci       30 10 10 10 39:35 30
 9.Backa      Backa Palanka  30 10  9 11 39:34 29
10.Hajduk     Kula           30 10  9 11 43:44 29
11.Metalac    Valjevo        30 10  8 12 25:41 28
12.Jedinstvo  Brcko          30  9  9 12 32:35 27
13.Metalac    Osijek         30  9  8 13 32:48 26
14.Novi Sad                  30  9  7 14 32:41 25
15.Belisce                   30  6 13 11 29:45 25 RELEGATED
16.BSK        Slavonski Brod 30  3 13 14 19:38 19 RELEGATED
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Relegated from 1st league: Crvenka
Promoted from 3rd league: Macva (Sabac), Radnik (Bijeljina), 
Srem (Sremska Mitrovica)
II LIGA ISTOK 1970/71

 1.Vardar      Skopje             30 19 5  6 46:18 43 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 2.Borac       Cacak              30 17 9  4 40:13 43 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
Standing from left: Đorđioski, Istatov, Mirčeski, Mečev, Koneski, Angeleski,
Front: Badrljica, Trajkov, Gligoroski, Mitrev, Nikoloski.
 3.Pobeda      Prilep             30 14 7  9 47:38 35
 4.Napredak    Krusevac           30 12 8 10 43:32 32
 5.Trepca      Kosovska Mitrovica 30 13 6 11 48:46 32
 6.Rabotnicki  Skopje             30 12 5 13 50:46 29
 7.MIK         Skopje             30 13 3 14 42:52 29
 8.Sloboda     Titovo Uzice       30 10 8 12 36:33 28
 9.Sloga       Kraljevo           30 9 10 11 37:41 28
10.Radnicki    Pirot              30 10 8 12 30:36 28
11.Dubocica    Leskovac           30 12 4 14 33:40 28
12.FAP         Priboj             30 10 7 13 33:41 27
13.Teteks      Tetovo             30 10 7 13 36:44 27
14.Bregalnica  Stip               30 10 7 13 24:37 27
15.Pristina                       30  9 8 13 44:44 26
16.Zeleznicar  Nis                30  5 8 17 22:50 18 RELEGATED
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Relegated from 1st league: Bor
Promoted from 3rd league: Sumadija (Arandjelovac), 

Standing from left:Lazarević, Ilevski, Milošević, Novaković, Simovski, D. Cvetkovski, Đ. Cvetkovski, Ivanovski, Cvetinić;
Sitting: Tr: Petaković, Božinovski, Boškovski, "Moce", Trajkovski, Milan Vukelić, Sekulov, Ivanovski, Georgievski, pom.tr. Šutevski. 
Kumanovo and Vlaznimi (Djakovica)
II LIGA JUG 1970/71

 1.Sutjeska      Niksic      30 18  8  4 67:22 44 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
Back row from left: Savkovic, Ivanovic, Vujacic, Mitrovic, Folic, Kovacevic,
Crouching: Sakovic, Jovetic, Perovic, Todorovic, Ceric 
 2.Buducnost     Titograd    30 15  8  7 48:20 38 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
 3.Bosna         Visoko      30 16  5  9 42:35 37
 4.Borac         Travnik     30 12 10  8 39:38 34
 5.Rudar         Kakanj      30 12  8 10 48:46 32
 6.Lovcen        Cetinje     30 12  6 12 42:37 30
 7.Pofalicki     Sarajevo    30  9 10 11 28:34 28
 8.Igman         Konjic      30 11  6 13 39:43 28
 9.OFK Titograd              30  9 10 11 25:30 28
10.Leotar        Trebinje    30 10  8 12 39:49 28
11.GOSK          Dubrovnik   30  9  9 12 36:35 27
12.Famos         Hrasnica    30  9  9 12 32:36 27
13.Iskra         Danilovgrad 30 10  7 13 27:42 27
14.Borac         Capljina    30  9  9 12 26:47 27
15.UNIS          Vogosca     30 10  5 15 47:46 25
16.Bosna         Sarajevo    30  6  8 16 30:54 20 RELEGATED
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Promoted from 3rd league: Neretva (Metkovic), 
Lokomotiva (Mostar), Radnik (Hadzici) and Bokelj (Kotor)

 

PROMOTION PLAY-OFF

Semifinals

Jun 20
Borac    - Sutjeska  1:0
Proleter - Rudar     5:0
Osijek   - Rijeka    1:1
Vardar   - Buducnost 3:0

Jun 27
SUTJESKA  - Borac    3:1
Rudar     - PROLETER 1:0
Rijeka    - OSIJEK   1:1 (Osijek won on penalties)
Buducnost - VARDAR   1:1


Finals

Jul 4
Osijek   - Vardar    0:1
Sutjeska - Proleter  2:0
 
Jul 11
VARDAR   - Osijek    1:0
Proleter - SUTJESKA  1:1

Vardar (Skoplje) and 
Sutjeska (Niksic) promoted to 1st league.

 

Yugoslavia – ranked 14th by UEFA. Last 2 relegated.

Standing from left: Trener Luštica, Jovanić, Buljan, Bošković, Vukčević, Pavlica, Gluić, Sirković, Nadoveza, Lemešić, Peruzović, Katalinić, Beara;
Front: Holcer, Smolčić, Jerković, Vardić, Zrilić, Boljat, Hlevnjak, Džoni, Žutelija, Bonačić, Soldo.

Hajduk Split 34 18 13 3 61 31 49
Back row from left: Trener Ribar, Selimović, Sprečo, Mujkić, Bukal, Katalinski, Janković, Kojović, Šerbo, Bećirspahić, Radović, Osim;
Front: M.Šljivo, Bajić, Hadžiabdić, Deraković, Bratić, Lazarević, Hrvat, Kadrić, Jelušić, Todorović.
2. Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 34 18 9 7 59 34 45

3. Dinamo Zagreb 34 17 9 8 55 32 43
Standing from left: Tr. Drenovac, Mešanović, Đorđević, Mitrović, Vlaović, Stepanović, Krivokuća, Vukašinović, Borota, Jokić, tr. Mihajlović;
Sitting: Mihajlović, Turudija, Zec, Santrač, Lukić, Petković, Tričković, Stojanović.
4. OFK Beograd 34 15 8 11 54 44 38
5. Partizan Beograd 34 14 10 10 44 34 38
6. C.Zvezda Beograd 34 14 8 12 62 46 36
7. Olimpija Ljubljana 34 13 10 11 47 35 36
8. Velez Mostar 34 14 8 12 52 48 36
9. Celik Zenica 34 14 8 12 35 32 36
10. Sloboda Tuzla 34 9 14 11 23 29 32
11. Radnicki Nis 34 11 9 14 38 43 31

12. Sarajevo 34 9 11 14 42 51 29
Standing from left: Vabič, Simeunović, Filipović, Rosignoli, Rašević, Bolfek, Perazić, Horvatič, trener Omeragić;
Crouching:Janković, Kobešćak, Maras, Prosen, Horjak, Koblencer, Radić, Klančnik.
13. Maribor 34 9 11 14 33 48 29

14. Borac Banja Luka 34 9 11 14 47 66 29
15. Vojvodina Novi Sad 34 10 9 15 38 43 28

16. Radnicki Kragujevac 34 9 10 15 29 50 28

17. Bor 34 9 8 17 43 66 26
Standing from left: Jovanic, Svilar, Milovanovic, Jovovic, Bacic, Santa, Savic, trener Petrovic,
Crouching: Cabarkapa, Ostojic, Beslin, Basta, Pusibrk
18. Crvenka 34 8 7 19 28 58 23
___Hajduk won their 6th title after waiting 16 years for success.