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1900 USFSA Football Championship

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1900 USFSA Football Championship
Tournament details
CountryFrance
Dates15 April – 6 May
Teams3
Defending championsLe Havre AC
Final positions
ChampionsLe Havre AC (2nd title)
Runner-upClub français
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored5 (2.5 per match)
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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]

Participants

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Teams Notes Jersey colour
Paris Club Français Champion of Paris
Tourcoing US Tourcoing Champion of the North
Normandy Le Havre AC Upper Normandy Champion

Tournament

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Semifinals

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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

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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 AC1–0Club Français
Richards 1–0'
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

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1900 USFSA Football Championship
Le Havre AC (2nd title)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "France 1892-1919". RSSSF. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Historique du HAC" [History of HAC]. www.hac-foot.com (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Football Association". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). La Presse. 6 May 1900. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Histoire: la création du HAC, le plus ancien des clubs français" [History: the creation of HAC, the oldest French club]. www.hac-foot.com (in French). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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