Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics
{{Short description|International football competition in France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
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|dates= 20–23 September 1900
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|champion_other={{flagicon|GBR}} Upton Park FC
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|second_other={{flagicon|FRA}} Club Français
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{{Football and futsal at the Olympics|1900}}
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, an association football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two matches were held between the three club sides, and no medals were awarded.
France's representatives were determined by the USFSA, which elected the Parisian champion Club Français. For Belgium, after Racing Club de Bruxelles declined to participate, a student selection with players from the Université libre de Bruxelles was sent by the Federation.[http://en.espn.co.uk/olympic-sports/sport/story/162086.html Great Britain's first home Olympic football adventure] by Jon Carter, ESPN, 26 June 2012[https://medium.com/@paulbrownUK/before-the-world-cup-who-were-footballs-earliest-world-champions-8aebac11429a Before the World Cup: Who were football’s earliest world champions?] by Paul Brown on Medium Sports, 6 June 2018 The team was reinforced with a few non-students. On the other hand, English club Upton Park F.C. represented Great Britain.
The International Olympic Committee credits Great Britain, France and a "Mixed Team" with gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, as part of its attempt to reconcile early Olympic Games with the modern award scheme.{{cite web|title=Paris 1900 Football Men Results|url=https://www.olympic.org/paris-1900/football/football-men |website=Olympics.com|access-date=2 August 2021}} The Belgian team included one British and one Dutch player.
The football matches were held at the Vélodrome de Vincennes in Paris.[https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1900f.html Games of the II. Olympiad - Football Tournament] by Søren Elbech and Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF
Competition schedule
Originally there were four matches scheduled for the 1900 Olympics, all including a French team. As Switzerland and Germany eventually did not send a team, the match involving France and England was moved forward to 20 September.
16 September 1900 {{Fb|FRA}} vs {{Fb|SWI}}
23 September 1900 {{Fb|FRA}} vs {{Fb|BEL}}
30 September 1900 {{Fb|FRA}} vs {{Fb|GER|variant=empire}}
7 October 1900 {{Fb|FRA}} vs {{Fb|ENG|variant=}}
The match final schedule of the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1900f.html |title=Games of the II. Olympiad Football Tournament |website=RSSSF.com |publisher=The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. |date=12 May 2022 |access-date=13 July 2021}}
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Venue
File:Btv1b8433332t-p014 (cropped)1A Square.jpg hosted all the matches]]
Squads
{{Main|Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads}}
Matches
In the first game, the British squad had little difficulty defeating the Club Français (wearing the USFSA uniform). Upton Park led 2–0 after the first half, getting two more goals in the second to win 4–0. Gaston Peltier scored in the first minute to give the USFSA XI an early lead, but Université de Bruxelles scored twice to take a 2–1 first half lead. The French scored five goals in the second half, however, to take the match 6–2.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Football, Men – Match #2 |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/33503 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.olympedia.org}}
{{football box
| date = 20 September 1900
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| team1 = Club Français {{flagicon|FRA}}
| score = 0–4
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1900f.html Report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|GBR}} Upton Park FC
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| goals2 = Nicholas {{goal}} {{goal}}
Turner {{goal|5}}
Zealley {{goal|7}}
| stadium = Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris
| attendance = 500
| referee = Maignard (France)
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| GK | Lucien Huteau | |
| RB | Louis Bach | |
| LB | Pierre Allemane | |
| RH | Virgile Gaillard | |
| CH | Alfred Bloch | |
| LH | Maurice Macaire | |
| OR | Eugène Fraysse (capt.) | |
| IR | René Garnier | |
| CF | Marcel Lambert | |
| IL | René Grandjean | |
| OL | Fernand Canelle |
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| GK | James Jones | |
| RB | Claude Buckenham | |
| LB | William Gosling | |
| RH | Alfred Chalk | |
| CH | T. E. Burridge | |
| LH | William Quash | |
| OR | Richard Turner | |
| IR | F. G. Spackman | |
| CF | John Nicholas | |
| IL | Jack Zealley | |
| OL | Henry Haslam (capt.) |
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{{football box
| date = 23 September 1900
| time =
| team1 = Club Français {{flagicon|FRA}}
| score = 6–2
| report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1900f.html Report]
| team2 = {{flagicon|BEL}} Université de Bruxelles
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| stadium = Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris
| attendance = 1,500
| referee = Jack Wood (Great Britain)
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| GK | Lucien Huteau | |
| RB | Louis Bach | |
| LB | Pierre Allemane | |
| RH | Virgile Gaillard | |
| CH | Alfred Bloch | |
| LH | Maurice Macaire | |
| OR | René Ressejac-Duparc | |
| IR | René Garnier (capt.) | |
| CF | Gaston Peltier | |
| IL | Marcel Lambert | |
| OL | Fernand Canelle |
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| GK | Eric Thornton | |
| RB | Marius Delbecque | |
| LB | Hendrik van Heuckelum | |
| RH | Lucien Londot | |
| CH | Ernest Moreau de Melen | |
| LH | Raul Kelecom | |
| OR | Eugène "Edmond" Neefs | |
| IR | Camille Van Hoorden | |
| CF | Gustave Pelgrims (capt.) | |
| IL | Alphonse Renier | |
| OL | Hilaire Spanoghe |
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= Final ranking =
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|team2=FRA|name_FRA={{flagicon|FRA}} Club Français
|team3=BRU|name_BRU={{flagicon|BEL}} Université de Bruxelles
|win_UPT=1|draw_UPT=0|loss_UPT=0|gf_UPT=4|ga_UPT=0
|win_FRA=1|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=6|ga_FRA=6
|win_BRU=0|draw_BRU=0|loss_BRU=1|gf_BRU=2|ga_BRU=6
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Medal summary
=Medal table=
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|image1 = Upton Park FC en 1900.jpg
|caption1 = Upton Park F.C. (left) represented Great Britain, winning the Gold medal
|image2 = France football 1900.jpg
|caption2 = The French team was the Club Français wearing the USFSA uniform
|image3 = 1900 Belgian Olympic Football Team.jpg
|caption3 = The Belgian team selected by the Université de Bruxelles
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! Position ! Country |align=center bgcolor=gold| Gold |align=center bgcolor=silver| Silver |align=center bgcolor=cc9966| Bronze ! Total | |||||
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| 1 | align=left| {{FlagIOCteam|GBR|1900 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2 | align=left| {{FlagIOCteam|FRA|1900 Summer}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 3 | align=left| {{FlagIOCteam|BEL|1900 Summer}} | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |