Tournament details | |
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Country | France |
Dates | 15 April – 6 May |
Teams | 3 |
Defending champions | Le Havre AC |
Final positions | |
Champions | Le Havre AC (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Club français |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 2 |
Goals scored | 5 (2.5 per match) |
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]
Teams | Notes | Jersey colour |
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Club Français | Champion of Paris | |
US Tourcoing | Champion of the North | |
Le Havre AC | Upper Normandy Champion |
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]
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 AC | 1–0 | Club Français |
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Richards 1–0' Arthur Wood - A. Wilkes, Bacquart - C. Wilkes, Frank Mason, Henry Coulon - Richards, Teltow, Jimmy Carré, Georges Dubreuil, William Taylor | Report |
1900 USFSA Football Championship |
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Le Havre AC (2nd title) |
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