USA Clichy

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USA Clichy
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Full nameUnion sportive et amicale de Clichy
Short nameUSA Clichy
Founded1900
GroundStade municipal Nelson Paillou
League USFSA Paris championship  [ fr ]

The Union sportive et amicale de Clichy, abbreviated to USA Clichy, is a French Association football club founded in 1900, and located in Clichy, in Hauts-de-Seine. [1]

History

US Clichy during a 3-0 victory in a friendly match against US Tourquennoise in Levallois on 19 March 1911. US Clichy - US tourquennoise en 1911.JPEG
US Clichy during a 3–0 victory in a friendly match against US Tourquennoise in Levallois on 19 March 1911.

The Union sportive de Clichy was founded in 1900, and following its creation, the club registered with the USFSA; it adopted the red and black colors, in homage to the Paris Commune. [2]

From 1909 to 1914, the club competed in the first series of the USFSA Paris championship  [ fr ], and during this period, Clichy never Clichy because of the dominated of the likes of Racing Club de France, CASG Paris, and AS Française. However, US Clichy finished runner-up in Paris in the 1910–11 season, being the only club not to lose to the champion, RC France. [3] The club also played in the Coupe Dewar, a Parisian competition in which it reached the finals in 1911, and in 1914, losing the former in extra-time (0–1) to Club athlétique de Paris 14  [ fr ], [4] and the latter 5–1 to the same club. [5]

L'Auto efore the start of the 1913–14 season, USA Clichy merged with another Clichy club, the Sporting Club amical, and took the name of Union sportive et amicale de Clichy. [2] USA Clichy was one of the 48 clubs that participated in the inaugural Coupe de France in 1917–18, being knocked out in the round of 16 by AS Française (13–0). [6] Two years later, the club reached the quarter-finals of the competition after beating Étoile des Deux Lacs, ASPO Châteauroux and FC Rouennais, but then lost to Le Havre AC in Rouen by the score of 3–2. [7]

USA Clichy was one of the first clubs registered with the French Football Federation in 1919, and its affiliation number is therefore n°5. [8] In 2015–16, the club played in the Promotion d’Honneur de Paris.

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References

  1. "USA Clichy - Historique" [USA Clichy - History]. archive.wikiwix.com (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 "USA Clichy - Historique" [USA Clichy - History]. archive.wikiwix.com (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  3. "La vie sportive - Football association" [Sporting life - Association football]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 6 January 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  4. "Le C.A. XIVe gagne la Dewar" [The C.A. XIVth wins the Dewar]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 22 May 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  5. "Le lundi sportif - Football association" [Sports Monday - Association Football]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 16 March 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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  7. "Coupe de France de Football 1919-1920". www.statfootballclubfrance.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  8. "USA Clichy". www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 December 2024.