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 (North, Center and South) 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 [fr]. 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]

League tables

Group North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lille (P, Q)	30	19	6	5	56	25	+31	44	1971–72 French Division 1 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	Entente BFN	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	1971–72 French Division 3 [fr]
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	1971–72 French Division 3 [fr]
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	1971–72 French Division 3 [fr]

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group Center

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (P, Q)	30	17	11	2	52	23	+29	45	1971–72 French Division 1 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	1971–72 French Division 3 [fr]

Source: Histoire du PSG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Group South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Monaco (P, Q)	30	22	3	5	71	23	+48	47	1971–72 French Division 1 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	1971–72 French Division 3 [fr]
16	Alès (R)	30	5	6	19	29	60	−31	16	1971–72 French Division 3 [fr]

Source: Footballdatabase.eu
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated