1969-70 Club Football

The completed 1969-70 season: the club power ranking and UEFA country coefficients, the European and continental competitions with qualifying, group, league-phase and knockout results, every final domestic table across the confederations, and every cup final.

491 clubs ranked · 51 leagues · 12 cup finals

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1969-70Club football

Club power ranking

Score = 0.65 form + 0.35 five-year pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Filter by country (ordered by coefficient rank), or switch to the country coefficient table.

World #1 · Champion of the season

Celtic

Scotland · score 1.139 · form 1.00 · pedigree 1.00 · 36-4-8 in 48

★ Division One★ Scottish League Cup

Ranked #1 in the season power ranking.

Overachiever

Chelsea

form 0.90 vs ped 0.20 · +0.70

Underachiever

Real Madrid

form 0.58 vs ped 0.85 · -0.27

Biggest riser

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

▲ 119 places

Biggest faller

TSV 1860 München

▼ 165 places

Best outside top 5

Feyenoord

#3 · Netherlands

Best outside the 8

Standard Liège

#5 · Belgium

Top 10 by league

England 3Scotland 2Netherlands 2Italy 2Belgium 1

Country100 shown

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Celtic▲1

Scotland · 48 P · 36-4-8 · +0.05 trophy

1.139

score

Leeds United▲1

England · 62 P · 33-19-10 · +0.02 trophy

1.027

score

Feyenoord▲41

Netherlands · 43 P · 28-12-3 · +0.12 trophy

0.846

score

Manchester City▲34

England · 60 P · 29-14-17 · +0.06 trophy

0.818

score

Standard Liège▲18

Belgium · 36 P · 25-6-5 · +0.03 trophy

0.775

score

Internazionale▲6

Italy · 40 P · 22-10-8

0.773

score

AC Milan▼6

Italy · 34 P · 16-10-8 · +0.03 trophy

0.757

score

Rangers▲1

Scotland · 38 P · 20-8-10

0.754

score

Ajax▲7

Netherlands · 47 P · 36-6-5 · +0.04 trophy

0.748

score

Manchester United▼2

England · 59 P · 23-23-13

0.738

score

Bayern Munich▼5

Germany · 38 P · 23-5-10

0.729

score

Real Madrid▼7

Spain · 37 P · 18-9-10 · +0.01 trophy

0.716

score

Everton▲8

England · 47 P · 31-9-7 · +0.06 trophy

0.697

score

Chelsea▲11

England · 54 P · 29-16-9 · +0.01 trophy

0.671

score

Liverpool▼11

England · 54 P · 27-13-14

0.651

score

Fiorentina▲4

Italy · 36 P · 19-7-10

0.638

score

CF Barcelona▼7

Spain · 36 P · 17-10-9

0.616

score

Arsenal▲4

England · 60 P · 20-23-17 · +0.05 trophy

0.606

score

FC Schalke 04▲53

Germany · 44 P · 16-14-14

0.583

score

Ferencvárosi TC▼13

Hungary · 34 P · 16-9-9 · +0.03 trophy

0.572

score

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1	▲1	Celtic	Scotland	48	36	4	8	1.00	1.00	+0.05	score 1.139
2	▲1	Leeds United	England	62	33	19	10	0.87	1.00	+0.02	score 1.027
3	▲41	Feyenoord	Netherlands	43	28	12	3	0.71	0.46	+0.12	score 0.846
4	▲34	Manchester City	England	60	29	14	17	0.74	0.48	+0.06	score 0.818
5	▲18	Standard Liège	Belgium	36	25	6	5	0.67	0.74	+0.03	score 0.775
6	▲6	Internazionale	Italy	40	22	10	8	0.76	0.67	—	score 0.773
7	▼6	AC Milan	Italy	34	16	10	8	0.66	0.85	+0.03	score 0.757
8	▲1	Rangers	Scotland	38	20	8	10	0.69	0.82	—	score 0.754
9	▲7	Ajax	Netherlands	47	36	6	5	0.69	0.60	+0.04	score 0.748
10	▼2	Manchester United	England	59	23	23	13	0.69	0.82	—	score 0.738
11	▼5	Bayern Munich	Germany	38	23	5	10	0.66	0.85	—	score 0.729
12	▼7	Real Madrid	Spain	37	18	9	10	0.58	0.85	+0.01	score 0.716
13	▲8	Everton	England	47	31	9	7	0.98	0.00	+0.06	score 0.697
14	▲11	Chelsea	England	54	29	16	9	0.90	0.20	+0.01	score 0.671
15	▼11	Liverpool	England	54	27	13	14	0.69	0.57	—	score 0.651
16	▲4	Fiorentina	Italy	36	19	7	10	0.73	0.28	—	score 0.638
17	▼7	CF Barcelona	Spain	36	17	10	9	0.61	0.63	—	score 0.616
18	▲4	Arsenal	England	60	20	23	17	0.61	0.27	+0.05	score 0.606
19	▲53	FC Schalke 04	Germany	44	16	14	14	0.57	0.37	—	score 0.583
20	▼13	Ferencvárosi TC	Hungary	34	16	9	9	0.64	0.33	+0.03	score 0.572
21	▼8	ŠK Slovan Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	32	16	12	4	0.57	0.46	+0.04	score 0.567
22	▲7	Cagliari	Italy	34	18	12	4	0.77	0.00	+0.06	score 0.562
23	▲44	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany	36	24	5	7	0.76	0.00	+0.06	score 0.553
24	▼13	Benfica	Portugal	33	23	4	6	0.60	0.40	+0.01	score 0.547
25	▲10	Hibernian	Scotland	34	19	6	9	0.72	0.21	—	score 0.546
26	▼7	Juventus	Italy	34	17	9	8	0.69	0.28	—	score 0.544
27	▼13	Newcastle United	England	52	21	16	15	0.69	0.27	—	score 0.543
28	▲6	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	35	14	8	13	0.53	0.51	—	score 0.526
29	▲46	Atlético de Madrid	Spain	30	18	6	6	0.70	0.00	+0.06	score 0.515
30	–	Budapest Honvéd FC	Hungary	30	18	8	4	0.77	0.00	+0.01	score 0.507
31	▼16	Újpesti Dózsa	Hungary	36	22	8	6	0.76	0.00	+0.01	score 0.501
32	▼15	Atlético Bilbao	Spain	32	17	8	7	0.67	0.16	—	score 0.490
33	·	Derby County	England	52	27	12	13	0.75	0.00	—	score 0.487
34	▲15	Dinamo Zagreb	Yugoslavia	40	15	14	11	0.43	0.46	—	score 0.484
35	▲95	Coventry City	England	45	19	12	14	0.74	0.00	—	score 0.481
36	▼8	CSKA Sofia	Bulgaria	32	22	5	5	0.56	0.31	+0.01	score 0.479
37	▲55	Hertha BSC Berlin	Germany	45	25	9	11	0.72	0.00	—	score 0.467
38	▲13	Bologna	Italy	33	9	16	8	0.58	0.17	+0.01	score 0.455
39	▼15	Vasas SC	Hungary	30	18	3	9	0.69	0.00	—	score 0.445
40	▲59	Sporting Clube de Portugal	Portugal	33	24	6	3	0.62	0.00	+0.04	score 0.438
41	▲66	FC Spartak Moscow	Soviet Union	18	14	3	1	0.62	0.00	+0.03	score 0.435
42	▲11	FK Partizan	Yugoslavia	36	17	12	7	0.48	0.34	—	score 0.433
43	▲42	1. FC Köln	Germany	38	23	3	12	0.65	0.00	+0.01	score 0.433
44	▲32	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	22	12	9	1	0.54	0.14	—	score 0.430
45	▲3	Győri ETO FC	Hungary	34	14	10	10	0.55	0.20	—	score 0.429
46	▲95	Stoke City	England	46	16	16	14	0.65	0.00	—	score 0.425
47	▼21	Kilmarnock	Scotland	40	15	11	14	0.55	0.18	—	score 0.424
48	▲119	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	East Germany	34	22	8	4	0.60	0.00	+0.03	score 0.419
49	▲102	Aberdeen	Scotland	37	17	7	13	0.62	0.00	+0.01	score 0.418
50	▼8	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	36	13	10	13	0.52	0.23	—	score 0.417
51	▼5	Legia Warszawa	Poland	34	22	8	4	0.59	0.00	+0.03	score 0.416
52	▼2	Valencia	Spain	35	17	6	12	0.57	0.10	+0.01	score 0.415
53	▲7	Heart of Midlothian	Scotland	34	13	12	9	0.63	0.00	—	score 0.407
54	▼15	Tottenham Hotspur	England	47	18	11	18	0.62	0.00	—	score 0.405
55	▲18	Górnik Zabrze	Poland	35	17	12	6	0.60	0.00	+0.01	score 0.399
56	▲34	PFC Levski Sofia	Bulgaria	36	27	5	4	0.55	0.00	+0.04	score 0.395
57	▲7	Slavia Sofia	Bulgaria	34	17	9	8	0.47	0.26	—	score 0.395
58	▲28	Dundee FC	Scotland	34	15	6	13	0.59	0.00	—	score 0.386
59	▼7	SSC Napoli	Italy	36	13	13	10	0.59	0.00	—	score 0.385
60	▼28	Dundee United	Scotland	36	16	6	14	0.59	0.00	—	score 0.384
61	▼2	AS Saint-Étienne	France	41	29	6	6	0.46	0.00	+0.09	score 0.383
62	▲67	RFC Bruges	Belgium	34	22	5	7	0.57	0.00	+0.01	score 0.383
63	▲7	Burnley	England	50	15	18	17	0.60	0.00	—	score 0.380
64	·	Sevilla FC	Spain	30	14	7	9	0.58	0.00	—	score 0.380
65	▲36	Wolverhampton Wanderers	England	46	14	16	16	0.60	0.00	—	score 0.379
66	▼23	Hamburger SV	Germany	35	12	11	12	0.52	0.11	—	score 0.377
67	▲45	Morton	Scotland	34	15	5	14	0.58	0.00	—	score 0.375
68	▼5	Torino FC	Italy	30	11	8	11	0.57	0.00	—	score 0.369
69	▲12	Pécsi Dózsa	Hungary	30	13	6	11	0.56	0.00	—	score 0.365
70	▼32	Csepel SC	Hungary	30	11	10	9	0.56	0.00	—	score 0.365
71	▼35	Dunfermline Athletic	Scotland	40	17	9	14	0.56	0.00	—	score 0.364
72	▼14	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	38	23	6	9	0.48	0.03	+0.04	score 0.362
73	▲4	Real Sociedad	Spain	30	15	3	12	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.358
74	▼28	Real Zaragoza	Spain	30	13	7	10	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.358
75	▲34	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	41	24	8	9	0.53	0.00	+0.01	score 0.354
76	▼5	VFC Vitória Setúbal	Portugal	32	19	5	8	0.54	0.00	—	score 0.354
77	▲11	RSC Anderlecht	Belgium	42	23	6	13	0.54	0.00	—	score 0.352
78	·	Lazio	Italy	30	11	7	12	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.347
79	▲104	Vicenza	Italy	30	11	7	12	0.55	0.00	—	score 0.347
80	▲65	Nottingham Forest	England	47	12	19	16	0.56	0.00	—	score 0.342
81	▼48	AS Roma	Italy	38	11	16	11	0.52	0.00	—	score 0.336
82	▼42	FC Spartak Trnava	Czechoslovakia	34	17	11	6	0.51	0.00	—	score 0.333
83	▲145	La Gantoise	Belgium	30	16	7	7	0.51	0.00	—	score 0.332
84	▼10	VfB Stuttgart	Germany	38	15	9	14	0.51	0.00	—	score 0.330
85	▼38	West Bromwich Albion	England	52	19	11	22	0.52	0.00	+0.01	score 0.328
86	▲62	Dinamo Tbilisi	Soviet Union	18	8	9	1	0.50	0.00	—	score 0.327
87	·	Motherwell	Scotland	34	11	10	13	0.53	0.00	—	score 0.325
88	▼32	Airdrieonians	Scotland	34	12	8	14	0.53	0.00	—	score 0.325
89	▲73	Fenerbahçe SK	Turkey	30	17	10	3	0.41	0.09	+0.03	score 0.324
90	▲28	Inter Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	30	14	8	8	0.49	0.00	—	score 0.321
91	–	AC Sparta Praha	Czechoslovakia	32	15	8	9	0.49	0.00	—	score 0.317
92	▲6	FC Twente	Netherlands	36	18	8	10	0.48	0.00	—	score 0.315
93	▲56	Ruch Chorzów	Poland	30	13	11	6	0.48	0.00	+0.01	score 0.314
94	▼39	St. Johnstone	Scotland	36	12	9	15	0.51	0.00	+0.01	score 0.314
95	▼12	Panathinaikos	Greece	36	27	6	3	0.39	0.09	+0.03	score 0.314
96	▲19	CSKA Moscow	Soviet Union	18	9	6	3	0.48	0.00	—	score 0.314
97	▲87	Sparta Rotterdam	Netherlands	34	16	9	9	0.48	0.00	—	score 0.313
98	▲54	KSK Beveren	Belgium	30	14	8	8	0.47	0.00	—	score 0.306
99	▲59	FK Velež	Yugoslavia	34	17	9	8	0.47	0.00	—	score 0.306
100	▲28	FK Željeznicar	Yugoslavia	34	17	9	8	0.47	0.00	—	score 0.306

1969-70 Elo race

Every club's Elo each Friday of the season, from the first league match to the Friday after the Champions League final. Drag the slider to see the table on any Friday.

End of the season, Fri, 8 May 1970

Throughfull season

Leeds UnitedMilanAjaxInterBayern MunichGladbachThe 20 highest peaks of the season, tap or drag any point

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Ajax

Netherlands

1660

Leeds United

England

1647

Bayern Munich

Germany

1645

Internazionale

Italy

1645

AC Milan

Italy

1640

Feyenoord

Netherlands

1635

+18

Everton

England

1634

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Germany

1628

Celtic

Europe only

1610

-18

Fiorentina

Italy

1606

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1	Ajax	1660	0	Netherlands
2	Leeds United	1647	0	England
3	Bayern Munich	1645	0	Germany
4	Internazionale	1645	0	Italy
5	AC Milan	1640	0	Italy
6	Feyenoord	1635	+18	Netherlands
7	Everton	1634	0	England
8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1628	+6	Germany
9	Celtic	1610	-18	Europe only
10	Fiorentina	1606	0	Italy
11	Cagliari	1604	+4	Italy
12	Chelsea	1598	0	England
13	Juventus	1593	0	Italy
14	1. FC Köln	1577	+6	Germany
15	Hertha BSC Berlin	1568	+7	Germany
16	Liverpool	1567	0	England
17	Benfica	1562	0	Europe only
18	Dynamo Kyiv	1562	0	Europe only
19	Ferencvárosi TC	1561	0	Europe only
20	AS Saint-Étienne	1559	0	France

Source: Citizen of Nowhere club Elo, one rating across leagues and Europe. A club's rating is its value after its last match on or before each Friday, through 2026-10-22.

European & continental competitions

European Cup1970UEFAWinner: Feyenoord

Final2

CelticFeyenoord★

Semi-finals2

Leeds UnitedLegia Warszawa

Quarter-finals4

FC Viktoria FrankfurtFiorentinaGalatasaray SKStandard Liège

Round of 168

AC MilanAS Saint-ÉtienneBenficaDynamo KyivFC Spartak TrnavaFerencvárosi TCReal MadridRed Star Belgrade

Group stage16

Avenir BeggenBayern MunichCSKA SofiaFC BaselFC Dinamo CityFC Lyn OsloFK Austria WienHibernians FCKR ReykjavíkKjøbenhavns BoldklubLinfield FCOlympiakos Nicosia FCPanathinaikosUT AradWaterford UnitedÖsters IF

Qualifying1▾

TPS Turku

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1970UEFAWinner: Arsenal

Final2

Arsenal★RSC Anderlecht

Semi-finals2

AjaxInternazionale

Quarter-finals4

FC Carl Zeiss JenaFCM BacăuHertha BSC BerlinNewcastle United

Round of 168

Dunfermline AthleticFC BarcelonaFC RouenKilmarnockSSC NapoliSouthamptonVFC Vitória SetúbalÚjpest FC

Group stage16

CagliariCharleroiClub BruggeColeraine FCFC Hansa RostockFC PortoGwardia WarszawaGyőri ETO FCJuventusLiverpoolPFC Slavia SofiaRuch ChorzówSkeid FotballSporting Clube de PortugalVSC Vitória GuimarãesVfB Stuttgart

Qualifying32▾

AC Sparta PrahaAltay IzmirAris ThessalonikiBoldklubben 1909CE SabadellDundalk FCDundee UnitedFC Baník OstravaFC Girondins de BordeauxFC MetzFC TwenteFC ZürichFK PartizanFK VojvodinaFloriana FCGlentoran FCHannover 96Hvidovre IFJeunesse d'EschLASK LinzLausanne-SportsLokomotiv PlovdivMalmö FFNK ZagrebPanionios NFCRapid BucureştiRosenborg BKTSV 1860 MünchenUD Las PalmasValenciaValur ReykjavíkWeiner SK

Cup Winners Cup1970UEFAWinner: Manchester City

Final2

Górnik ZabrzeManchester City★

Semi-finals2

AS RomaFC Schalke 04

Quarter-finals4

AcadémicaDinamo ZagrebGöztepe ASPFC Levski Sofia

Round of 168

Cardiff CityFC MagdeburgFC St. GallenIFK NorrköpingLierse SKOlympique MarseillePSV EindhovenRangers

Group stage16

APOEL FCArds FCAthletic BilbaoBoldklubben FremFK Dukla PragueKuPSMTK Hungária FCMjøndalen IFOlympiakos CFPSK Rapid WienShamrock RoversSliema Wanderers FCSteaua BucureştiUnion LuxembourgÍBVŠK Slovan Bratislava

Qualifying1▾

FC Torpedo Moscow

Copa Libertadores1 competition

Copa Libertadores1969CONMEBOLWinner: Estudiantes de La Plata

Final2

Estudiantes de La Plata★Nacional

Semi-finals2

PeñarolUniversidad Católica

Quarter-finals5

Cerro PorteñoDeportivo CaliDeportivo PetareOlimpiaSantiago Wanderers

Round of 168

Barcelona GuayaquilBolívarDeportivo QuitoJuan AurichLitoralSporting CristalUnión Dep. CanariasUnión Magdalena

Other competitions4 competitions

Asian Champion Club Tournament1970AFCWinner: Esteghlal

Final2

Esteghlal★Hapoel Tel-Aviv

CONCACAF Champions Cup1969CONCACAFWinner: Cruz Azul

Final2

CSD ComunicacionesCruz Azul★

African Cup of Champions1969CAFWinner: Ismaily SC

Final2

Ismaily SC★TP Mazembe

Intercontinental Cup1969FIFAWinner: AC Milan

Final2

AC Milan★Estudiantes de La Plata

Final domestic tables

Against expectation

Match points earned minus expected, over the season.

How this is measured

Every match in these leagues is scored against a pre-game probability, and a club's surplus is the match points it took (a win 1, a draw 0.5) minus the points that model expected of it. Zero is a club that finished exactly where its results said it should.

Surplus is comparable within a league and only loosely across leagues, because league size and era differ.

1969-70 covers 6 leagues: Primera División (Spain), Serie A (Italy), Bundesliga (Germany), Ligue 1 (France), Eredivisie (Netherlands), English top flight (England). A club whose season the ledger does not carry has no figure here, and none is guessed.

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

Beat expectation by most

Hertha BSC

Bundesliga · Germany

+5.59

pts vs exp

Fell short by most

Alemannia Aachen

Bundesliga · Germany

−6.55

pts vs exp

Historical results compiled by James Curley, github.com/jalapic/engsoccerdata

England

First Division1970Tier 1

Second Division1970Tier 2

Third Division1970Tier 3

Fourth Division1970Tier 4

Scotland

Division One1970Tier 1

Scottish Division Two1970Tier 2

Italy

Serie A1970Tier 1

Serie B1970Tier 2

Germany

Bundesliga1970Tier 1

Regionalliga Süd1970Tier 2

Spain

La Liga1970Tier 1

Segunda Division1970Tier 2

Portugal

Primeira Divisão1970Tier 1

II Divisão1970Tier 2

Netherlands

Eredivisie1970Tier 1

Eerste Divisie1970Tier 2

France

Division 11970Tier 1

Division 21970Tier 2

Cup competitions

Chelsea

FA Cup · England · v Leeds United

Manchester City

League Cup · England · v West Bromwich Albion

AS Saint-Étienne

Coupe de France · France · v FC Nantes

Kickers Offenbach

DFB-Pokal · Germany · v 1. FC Köln

Bologna

Coppa Italia · Italy · v Torino FC

Ajax

KNVB Beker · Netherlands · v PSV Eindhoven

Benfica

Taca de Portugal · Portugal · v Sporting Clube de Portugal

Aberdeen

Scottish Cup · Scotland · v Celtic

Celtic

Scottish League Cup · Scotland · v St. Johnstone

Real Madrid

Copa del Rey · Spain · v Valencia

Leeds United

Community Shield · England · v Manchester City

AS Saint-Étienne

Trophee des Champions · France · v Olympique Marseille

Competition	Country	Winner	Final
FA CupDomestic cup	England	Chelsea	v Leeds United
League CupDomestic cup	England	Manchester City	v West Bromwich Albion
Coupe de FranceDomestic cup	France	AS Saint-Étienne	v FC Nantes
DFB-PokalDomestic cup	Germany	Kickers Offenbach	v 1. FC Köln
Coppa ItaliaDomestic cup	Italy	Bologna	v Torino FC
KNVB BekerDomestic cup	Netherlands	Ajax	v PSV Eindhoven
Taca de PortugalDomestic cup	Portugal	Benfica	v Sporting Clube de Portugal
Scottish CupDomestic cup	Scotland	Aberdeen	v Celtic
Scottish League CupDomestic cup	Scotland	Celtic	v St. Johnstone
Copa del ReyDomestic cup	Spain	Real Madrid	v Valencia
Community ShieldSuper cup	England	Leeds United	v Manchester City
Trophee des ChampionsSuper cup	France	AS Saint-Étienne	v Olympique Marseille

← 1968-69 All seasons 1970-71 →

Club power ranking: 0.65 opponent- & stage-weighted quality per match + 0.35 pedigree + current-season coefficient, less a losing-record penalty. Country coefficients are the full 5-year UEFA window (the era's team-coefficient method).