1970–71 in Belgian football
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The 1970–71 season was the 68th season of competitive football in Belgium. Standard Club Liégeois won their 6th Division I title.http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1970-1971FR.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060451/http://www.footbel.com/documents/COMPETITIES/Eindklassementen/S1970-1971FR.pdf |date=2011-07-16 }} FA website RFC Brugeois reached the quarter-finals of the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup. K Beerschot VAV won the Belgian Cup final against K Sint-Truidense VV (2-1 after extra time).[https://web.archive.org/web/20060317165402/http://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/bekerfinales/heren_2.html] FA Website The Belgium national football team started their UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying campaign as they were drawn in Group 5 with Portugal, Scotland and Denmark. They won all of their first 4 games and finished the season at the top of Group 5, 2 points ahead of Portugal with 2 matches to go.http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118021247/http://www.footbel.com/fr/nationale_elftallen/statistieken_1/per_datum.html |date=2011-01-18 }} FA website
Overview
At the end of the season, R Charleroi SC and ARA La Gantoise were relegated to the Division II, to be replaced by KSV Cercle Brugge and KV Mechelen from Division II.
The bottom 2 clubs in Division II (ASV Oostende KM and KSV Sottegem) were relegated to Division III, to be replaced by KSK Tongeren and K Boom FC from Division III.
The bottom club of each Division III league (VC Westerlo, RC Tirlemont, Kortrijk Sport and R Jet de Bruxelles) were relegated to the Promotion, to be replaced by R Herve FC, Wavre Sports, K Helzold FC and KSC Lokeren from Promotion.
National team
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| November 15, 1970
|Heysel Stadium, Brussels (H) |1-2 |F |
| November 25, 1970
|Klokke Stadion, Bruges (H) |2-0 |ECQ |Johan Devrindt (2) |
| February 3, 1971
|Stade de Sclessin, Liège (H) |3-0 |ECQ |Ronnie McKinnon (o.g.), Paul Van Himst (2) |
| February 17, 1971
|Stade Emile Versé, Brussels (H) |3-0 |ECQ |Raoul Lambert (2), André Denul |
| May 20, 1971
|Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (A) |4-0 |F |André Denul, Paul Van Himst, Léon Semmeling, Wilfried Van Moer |
| May 26, 1971
|Idrætspark, Copenhagen (A) |2-1 |ECQ |Johan Devrindt (2) |
Key
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- N = On neutral ground
- F = Friendly
- ECQ = European Championship qualification
- o.g. = own goal
European competitions
Standard Club Liégeois beat Rosenborg BK of Norway in the first round of the 1970–71 European Champion Clubs' Cup (won 2-0 away, 5-0 at home) but lost in the second round to Legia Warsaw of Poland (won 1-0 at home, lost 0-2 away).
RFC Brugeois eliminated Kickers Offenbach of West Germany in the first round of the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup (lost 1-2 away, won 2-0 at home) and FC Zürich of Switzerland in the second round (won 2-0 at home, lost 1-2 away). In the quarter-finals, Bruges lost to future winner Chelsea FC after extra time (won 2-0 at home, lost 0-4 away).
The 3 Belgian clubs who entered the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup were ARA La Gantoise, RSC Anderlechtois and KSK Beveren.
In the first round, RSC Anderlechtois beat NK Željezničar of Yugoslavia (won 4-3 away, 5-4 at home) and KSK Beveren beat Wiener Sportclub of Austria (won 2-0 away, 3-0 at home), but ARA La Gantoise lost to Hamburger SV of West Germany (lost 0-1 at home, 1-7 away).
In the second round, RSC Anderlechtois beat Akademisk Boldklub of Denmark (won 3-1 away, 4-0 at home), while KSK Beveren beat Valencia CF of Spain (won 1-0 away, drew 1-1 at home).
Both clubs exited at the third round, RSC Anderlechtois to Vitoria FC of Portugal (won 2-1 at home, lost 1-3 away after extra time) and KSK Beveren to Arsenal FC (lost 0-4 away, drew 0-0 at home).
Honours
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| Division III
|KSK Tongeren and K Boom FC |
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Final league tables
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- 1970-71 Top scorer: West German Erwin Kostedde (Standard Club Liégeois) with 26 goalshttp://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/topschutters.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929031900/http://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/topschutters.html |date=2011-09-29 }} FA Website
- 1970 Golden Shoe: Wilfried Van Moer (Standard Club Liégeois)http://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/gouden_schoen.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929031908/http://www.footbel.com/fr/Competitites/statistieken/gouden_schoen.html |date=2011-09-29 }} FA Website
References
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