Patronage Olier

Patronage Olier
Full namePatronage Olier
Founded1895
GroundStade Châtenay-Malabry
LeagueFGSPF Football Championship

The Patronage Olier is a football club founded in 1895, and located in Paris, France.[1]

History

The Olier Patronage team around 1910.

In 1895, Abbot Gaston Simard de Pitray, a Sulpician, founded a football team that he placed under the patronage of Jean-Jacques Olier, priest of Saint-Sulpice, in 1641, hence its name as Patronage Olier.[1] Being one of the many Catholic clubs affiliated with the Gymnastic and Sports Federation of French Patronages (FGSPF), Patronage Olier won the FGSPF Football Championship in 1908, beating Cadets de Bretagne 8–0 in the final held in Rennes on 26 April.[2] This victory allowed the club to compete in the 1908 Trophée de France, in which they defeated the Bordeaux champion of FASO (Montrepos Athletic Society) in the semifinals by a score of 12–2.[3] In the final on 3 May 1908, Patronage Olier defeated the Parisian champion of the FCAF, the SM de Puteaux, by a score of 3–0, with goals scored by Carlier, Bienvenu and Eugène Maës.[4]

Patronage Olier won its second FGSPF championship in 1910, beating Bons Gars Bordeaux 11–0 in the final held in Bordeaux.[5] The club then won the 1910 Trophée de France, beating CA Vitry 2–0 in the final on 29 May, courtesy of goals from Maës and Darlavoix (own goal).[6] Patronage Olier won its third and final FGSPF championship in 1914, beating Bons Gars Bordeaux 3–1 in the final held in Paris.[7] In the subsequent Trophée de France, the club was knocked out in the semifinals by VGA Médoc (2–3).[8]

Patronage Olier was one of the 48 clubs that participated in the inaugural Coupe de France in 1917–18, making its debut on 4 November 1917, which ended in a 2–1 loss to Paris Star.[9]

In 1941, Gaston de Pitray handed the keys of the PO to Maurice Perrenet, a Sulpician like him, who continued Gaston de Pitray's work until his retirement in 1974.[1]

Notable players

On 9 May 1909, Henri Guerre and Ernest Tossier became the first (and only) players in the club's history to play for the French national team, earning their first and final international cap for the Blues in a friendly match against Belgium at Brussels, which ended in a 2–5 loss.[10]

Eugène Maës began his career at Patronage Olier, playing with them for five years between 1905 and 1910; he went on to score 14 goals for the French national team between 1911 and 1914, becoming the country's all-time top scorer at the time.[11]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c "Notre Organisation – Jeunesse Sportive et Culturelle Pitray Olier" [Our Organization – Sports and Cultural Youth Pitray Olier]. site.le-po.com (in French). Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. ^ "La vie sportive - Football association" [Sporting life - Association football]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 27 April 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Association football - Un succés du Patronage Olier" [Football Association - A success of Patronage Olier]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 21 April 1908. p. 6. Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Association football - La finale du Trophée de France" [Football Association - The Trophée de France final]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 4 May 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  5. ^ "1909/10 season in France". RSSSF. 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  6. ^ "La F.G.S.P.F gagne de Trophée de France du C.F.I." [The FGSPF won the CFI's Trophée de France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 30 May 1910. p. 7. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. ^ "1913/14 season in France". RSSSF. 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Lillois et Bordelais disputeront la finale du Trophée de France" [Lillois and Bordelais will play the final of the Trophée de France]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 20 April 1914. p. 5. Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Coupe de France de Football 1917-1918". www.statfootballclubfrance.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 11 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Patronage Olier, Paris, football club". eu-football.info (in French). Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Les premiers Bleus: Eugène Maës, le goleador foudroyé" [The first Blues: Eugène Maës, the thunderstruck goal scorer]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.