Centreville A.C.

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Centreville A.C.
Full nameCentreville Athletic Club
Founded1895
Dissolved1899
League National Association Football League

Centreville Athletic Club (Centerville A.C.) of Bayonne, New Jersey was a U.S. soccer team which competed in the National Association Football League, winning two championships.

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History

In April 1895, the Centreville A.C. joined the newly establish National Association Football League (NAFBL), a professional soccer league encompassing northern New Jersey and New York City. [1] The team had been in existence previously as a recreational club. The first season in the NAFBL went well for Centreville as it took the title. [2] However, the records for the league's second season have not been fully reconstructed and the final standings are unknown. Centreville earned their second championship in the 1896–97 season. [3] The onset of a major recession combined with the Spanish–American War led to a suspension of the league in 1899. [4]

Year-by-year

YearLeagueReg. SeasonAmerican Cup
1895 NAFBL 1stDNE
1895/96 NAFBL?DNE
1896/97 NAFBL1stDNE
1897/98 NAFBL4thDNE
1898/99NAFBLDNF [a] DNE
Notes
  1. ↑ League folded before season completed

Honors

League Championship

References

  1. ↑ "Association Football Team" (PDF). The New York Times. April 14, 1895. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Season of the National Association Football League". The New York Sun . June 16, 1895. Retrieved May 31, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOOT BALL LEAGUE". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ Bailey, Tyler (January 16, 2026). "The Rise and Fall of American Soccer". Crossbar Soccer. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
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