French Amateur Cycling Federation
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|founded = 1905
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|headquarters = Paris
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The French Cycling and Athletics Federation ({{Langx|fr|Fédération Cycliste des Amateurs de France}}, FCAF) is a French sports federation from the early 20th century.{{cite web |url=http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/getpart.php?id=lyon2.2000.poyer_a&part=30027 |title=2-2. Des rivaux dispersés |trans-title=2-2. Rivals scattered. |website=theses.univ-lyon2.fr |accessdate=3 November 2024 |archive-date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715170343/http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/getpart.php?id=lyon2.2000.poyer_a&part=30027 |url-status=live }} Named the French Amateur Cycling Federation when it was created, it became the French Cycling and Athletics Federation in 1911.
The USFSA, the sports governing body in France, only managed amateur sports, so not boxing or cycling, which had the Union Vélocipédique de France (UVF).{{cite web |url=https://www.chroniquesbleues.fr/Pierre-Cazal-l |title=Pierre Cazal: "l’historien a le devoir de sortir de l’oubli des matches qui ont été écartés" |trans-title=Pierre Cazal: "The historian has the duty to bring out of oblivion the matches that have been discarded" |language=fr |website=www.chroniquesbleues.fr |date=10 March 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024 }} However, some UVF clubs founded sports sections other than cycling, and as a result, they left this federation and founded the FCAF, which was initially entirely devoted to cycling, but quickly opened up to athletic sports and set up the FCAF Football Championship in 1906.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran-prewwi.html |title=France 1892-1919 |publisher=RSSSF |date=29 August 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024 |archive-date=5 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205152228/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran-prewwi.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://books.openedition.org/pur/170227 |title=Le front intérieur du sport français et européen pendant la Grande Guerre |trans-title=The home front of French and European sport during the Great War |language=fr |website=books.openedition.org |page=323-337 |accessdate=3 November 2024 }}
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FCAF Football Championship
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The FCAF French Football Championship is a French football competition organized by the French Cycling and Athletics Federation (FCAF). It was contested by the clubs affiliated to this federation, which were mainly located in the North, Gironde, and the Paris region, and it was held annually between 1905 and 1914. In 1907, the FCAF became a member of the French Interfederal Committee (CFI) and the winner of the FCAF Football Championship competed for the Trophée de France, a competition organized by the CFI.
= 1908–09 season =
In the semifinals, Star Club de Caudry beats Iris Club Croisien (1–0) at Sin-le-Noble.{{Cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624137d/f5.item.zoom |title=La Championnat de France (F.C.A.F.) |trans-title=The French Championship (F.C.A.F.) |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |date=11 May 1909 |accessdate=10 November 2024 |archive-date=10 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110190041/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624137d/f5.item.zoom |url-status=live }} In the final on 16 May 1909, SC Caudry won the title after defeating the Association sportive d'Alfortville, the champions of the Paris region, by a score of 4–2.{{Cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624144j/f5.item.zoom |title=La Championnat de la F.C.A.F |trans-title=The FCAF Championship |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |page=7 |date=18 May 1909 |accessdate=10 November 2024 |archive-date=10 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110190106/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4624144j/f5.item.zoom |url-status=live }}
= 1909–10 season =
The CA Vitry won the Paris championship on 1 May 1910.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625692n/f7.item.zoom |title=Football Association |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=L'Auto |page=7 |date=1910 |access-date=3 November 2024 |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111082154/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625692n/f7.item.zoom |url-status=live }}
In the semifinals on 8 May 1910, CA Vitry defeated VGA Médoc 5–1 in Bordeaux, while RC Saint-Quentin, champion of Aisne, was set to face Iris Club Croisien, champion of North, in Cambrai, but Iris did not appear and Saint-Quentin thus won by forfeit.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625699j/f7.item.zoom |title=La Championnat de France de la F.C.A.F: Semi-finale |trans-title=The F.C.A.F French Championship: Semi-final |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |date=9 May 1910 |access-date=3 November 2024 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130073008/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625699j/f7.item.zoom |url-status=live }} In the final on 22 May 22, CA Vitry won the title with a 4–2 win over Saint-Quentin.{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4625713c/f7.item.zoom |title=La Championnat de France de la F.C.A.F: Finale |trans-title=The F.C.A.F French Championship: Final |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |date=23 May 1910 |access-date=3 November 2024 }}
Titles
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| 1905–06
| SM Puteaux |
| 1906–07
| SM Puteaux (2) |
| 1907–08
| SM Puteaux (3) |
| 1908–09 |
| 1909–10
| CA Vitry |
| 1910–11
| CA Vitry (2) |
| 1911–12 |
| 1912–13
| VGA Médoc (2) |
| 1913–14
| VGA Médoc (3){{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k570869n.image.r=matin.f5.langFR |title=La VGA Médoc est championne sans avoir disputé la moindre rencontre |trans-title=The VGA Médoc is champion without having played a single match |language=fr |website=gallica.bnf.fr |publisher=Le Matin |page=5 |date=27 April 1914 |access-date=3 November 2024 |archive-date=13 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213061224/http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k570869n.image.r=matin.f5.langFR |url-status=live }} |
References
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Category:Defunct sports governing bodies in France
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