1894 USFSA Football Championship

USFSA Football Championship Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques logo.svg 150 1894 15 April – 6 May France 6 Standard Athletic Club 1 The White Rovers 5 25 1895 The 1894 USFSA Football Championship was the 1st staging of the USFSA Football Championship. This was the very first recognized football championship to be played in France. The tournament was held on the road between 15 April and 6 May 1894.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/franchamp.html Origins of the French League 2 June 2022 RSSSF 25 July 2022 The first competition featured just four Paris teams and was organized on a knockout basis with Standard Athletic Club becoming the French champions after beating The White Rovers 2–2 and 2–0 in the replay of the final.Football in France, a statistical record 1894–2003: Alex Graham (2004) Participants The first national championship in team sports in France was the high schools rugby football championship in 1891. Its success prompted the Parisian clubs to start a championship for football as well. So, in 1894, it was decided to hold a "championship" among the volunteering football clubs of the U.S.F.S.A. The tournament gathered six teams, of which 4 were clubs from Paris, thus making it seem more of a championship of Paris rather than a French championship. Teams Town Standard Athletic Club Paris International Athletic Club Paris White Rovers Paris Cercle athlétique de Neuilly Neuilly-sur-Seine Club Français Paris Cercle pédestre d'Asnières Asnières-sur-Seine Format The competition was played under a knockout cup system. Four clubs, Standard AC, International AC, White Rovers and CA Neuilly took part in a preliminary round, while Club Français and Cercle Pédestre d'Asnières received a bye to the semi-finals. All the matches took place on the Racing Club de France grounds in Levallois. The donator of the trophy was a wealthy sports-loving American businessman, James Gordon Bennett. Bracket N8 white-space:nowrap yes high First round Semi-finals #Final CP Asnières bye 15 April 1894 – Bécon-les-Bruyères Standard AC Forfeit International AC Club Français bye 15 April 1894 – Bécon-les-Bruyères White Rovers 13 CA Neuilly 0 22 April 1894 – Bécon-les-Bruyères Standard AC 5 CP Asnières 0 22 April 1894 – Bécon-les-Bruyères White Rovers 1 Club Français 0 29 April and 6 May 1894 – Bécon-les-Bruyères Standard AC 2 (2) White Rovers 2 (0) Results First round Bye (2): CP Asnières Club Français 15 April 1899 Standard AC Forfeit Report International Athletic Club Racing Club's ground Bécon-les-Bruyères Note: At the last moment, the International AC withdrew, without the reason being known. 15 April 1894 16:30 The White Rovers 13–0 Report Cercle Athlétique de Neuilly Racing Club's ground Bécon-les-Bruyères Neek Semi-finals 22 April 1894 Standard AC 5–0 Report CP Asnières Racing Club's ground Bécon-les-Bruyères Sleator 22 April 1900 The White Rovers 1–0 Report Club Français Mac Bain 75 Racing Club's ground Bécon-les-Bruyères Georges Caizac Note: Rovers were "not expecting so much resistance", but end up scoring fifteen minutes from the end of the match by Mac Bain, on a corner kick taken by J. Wood, slightly helped by the wind.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxkpjd&view=1up&seq=409 White Rovers 1–0 Club Français review babel.hathitrust.org 28 April 1894 25 July 2022 Final 29 April 1894 Standard AC 2–2 Report The White Rovers N. Tunmer A. Tunmer J. Wood Roscoe Racing Club's ground Bécon-les-Bruyères Daumay (Club Français) Replay 6 May 1894 Standard AC 2–0 Report The White Rovers Hunter 35Vines 88 Racing Club's ground Bécon-les-Bruyères Daumay (Club Français) Winner 1894 USFSA Football ChampionshipStandard AC References External links RSSSF Category:USFSA Football Championship 1 France