1900 USFSA Football Championship

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1900 USFSA Football Championship
Union des societes francaises de sports athletiques logo.svg
Tournament details
CountryFrance
Dates15 April – 6 May
Teams3
Defending champions Le Havre AC
Final positions
Champions Le Havre AC (2nd title)
Runner-up Club 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]

Contents

Participants

TeamsNotesJersey colour
Flag of Paris with coat of arms.svg Club Français Champion of Paris
Flag of Tourcoing.svg US Tourcoing Champion of the North
Flag of Normandie.svg 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 AC 1–0 Club Français
Richards Soccerball shade.svg1–0'
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)

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