1900 USFSA Football Championship

1900 USFSA Football Championship
Tournament details
CountryFrance France
Dates15 April – 6 May
Teams3
Defending championsLe Havre AC
Final positions
ChampionsLe Havre AC (2nd title)
Runner-upClub français
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored5 (2.5 per match)
← 1899
1901 →

The 1900 USFSA Football Championship was the 7th staging of the USFSA Football Championship.[1] It was won by Le Havre AC, thus being crowned the champions of France in back-to-back years.[2]

Participants

Teams Notes Jersey colour
Paris Club Français Champion of Paris
Tourcoing US Tourcoing Champion of the North
Normandy Le Havre AC Upper Normandy Champion

Tournament

Semifinals

On 15 April, Club Français was automatically qualified, while Le Havre defeated US Tourcoing by a score of 4–0,[1] thus setting a final between Le Havre and Club Français at Bécon-les-Bruyères on 6 May.[3]

Final

On 23 April 1900, Le Havre defeated Club Français in the final of the Challenge International du Nord in Tourcoing by a score of 3–2 after extra time. This final was held two weeks later, on 6 May, and the Le Havre team, composed mainly of British players, won again (1–0) to become French champions.[1][4]

Le Havre AC1–0Club Français
Richards 1–0'
Arthur Wood - A. Wilkes, Bacquart - C. Wilkes, Frank Mason, Henry Coulon - Richards, Teltow, Jimmy Carré, Georges Dubreuil, William Taylor
 Report
Huteau - Allemane, Bach - Lambert, Gaillard, F. Deslandes - Canelle, R. Deslandes, Peltier, A. Grandjean, M. Laisné
Referee: French

Winner

1900 USFSA Football Championship
Le Havre AC (2nd title)

References

  1. ^ a b c "France 1892-1919". RSSSF. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Historique du HAC" [History of HAC]. www.hac-foot.com (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Football Association". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). La Presse. 6 May 1900. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Histoire: la création du HAC, le plus ancien des clubs français" [History: the creation of HAC, the oldest French club]. www.hac-foot.com (in French). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2024.


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