1896 USFSA Football Championship

USFSA Football Championship Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques logo.svg 200 1896 1896 Paris Football Championship 12 January – 11 March France 9 Club Français 1 The White Rovers 1895 1897 The 1896 USFSA Football Championship was the 3rd staging of the USFSA Football Championship. The tournament is also known as 1896 Paris Football Championship because only clubs from Paris participated.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran-prewwi.html#1896 France 1892-1919 2 February 2021 RSSSF 25 July 2022 24 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221124235925/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran-prewwi.html#1896 live It was played on neutral grounds, in a league system with Club Français being proclaimed champions of France after winning all of its 8 games and conceding just 2 goals. Table main WDL 2 Club Français The White Rovers Standard Athletic Club Football Club de Levallois Cercle Pédestre Asnières Paris Star Sporting Club Neuilly (WD) United Sport Club Union Athlétique du Premier Arrondissement CFR 8 0 0 33 2 TWR 7 0 1 36 6 SAC 5 0 2 24 11 FCL 2 3 3 11 6 CPA 3 0 4 10 8 PST 2 2 4 4 12 SCN 2 1 5 10 11 USC 2 0 6 12 20 UAP 0 2 6 2 66 complete 1896 USFSA QR yellow1 Champion C SC Neuilly dissolved at the end of the season. Summary This championship started in January sees the triumph of the Club Français which ends the season undefeated. Club goalkeeper Lucien Huteau conceded just two goals in eight matches: one against Rovers (4–1 victory on 23 February) and one against Standard (4–1 victory on 15 March).https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k58271675/f18.item Le Club Français est champion Club Français is champeon fr Gallica 19 March 1896 26 July 2022 In April 1896, Le Havre AC decided to challenge the new official French champions Club Français. Unfortunately, the USFSA didn't accept the challenge. References External links RSSSF Category:USFSA Football Championship 1 France