Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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.

Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	20–23 September 1900
Teams	3
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Upton Park FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Club Français
Third place	Université de Bruxelles
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	12 (6 per match)
← 1896 1904 →

France's representatives were determined by the USFSA, which elected the Parisian champion Club Français.^[1] 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.^[2][3] The team was reinforced with a few non-students. On the other hand, English club Upton Park F.C. represented Great Britain.^[1][3]

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.^[4] The Belgian team included one British and one Dutch player.

The football matches were held at the Vélodrome de Vincennes in Paris.^[1]

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.^[1]

16 September 1900  France vs   Switzerland

23 September 1900  France vs  Belgium

30 September 1900  France vs  Germany

7 October 1900  France vs  England

The match final schedule of the tournament.^[5]

Legend

M

Match

Thu 20	Fri 21	Sat 22	Sun 23
M1			M2

Venue

The Vélodrome de Vincennes hosted all the matches

Squads

Main article: 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.^[6]

20 September 1900

Club Français	0–4	Upton Park FC
	Report	Nicholas Turner 5' Zealley 7'

Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris

Attendance: 500

Referee: Maignard (France)

Team details

Club Français Upton Park 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 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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23 September 1900

Club Français	6–2	Université de Bruxelles
Peltier 1' ?	Report	Spanoghe van Heuckelum

Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Jack Wood (Great Britain)

Team details

Club Français Université de Bruxelles 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 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

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Upton Park FC	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	2
2	Club Français	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	2
3	Université de Bruxelles	1	0	0	1	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Medal summary

Medal table

Upton Park F.C. (left) represented Great Britain, winning the Gold medal

The French team was the Club Français wearing the USFSA uniform

The Belgian team selected by the Université de Bruxelles

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
2	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
3	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Great Britain (GBR) (Upton Park FC)[1][3] James Jones Claude Buckenham William Gosling Alfred Chalk Tom Burridge William Quash Richard Turner Fred Spackman John Nicholas Jack Zealley Henry Haslam	France (FRA) (Club Français)[1] Pierre Allemane Louis Bach Alfred Bloch Fernand Canelle René Ressejac-Duparc Eugène Fraysse Virgile Gaillard Georges Garnier René Grandjean Lucien Huteau Marcel Lambert Maurice Macaine Gaston Peltier	Belgium (BEL) (Université de Bruxelles)[3] Marius Delbecque Hendrik van Heuckelum (NED) Raul Kelecom Marcel Leboutte Lucien Londot Ernest Moreau de Melen Eugène Neefs Gustave Pelgrims Alphonse Renier Hilaire Spanoghe Eric Thornton (GBR) Coach:Frank König (SWI)[7]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in football