| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | France |
| Dates | 20–23 September 1900 |
| Teams | 3 |
| Venue | 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) |
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| Football at the1900 Summer Olympics |
At the1900 Summer Olympics, anassociation 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 theUSFSA, which elected theParisian championClub Français.[1] For Belgium, afterRacing Club de Bruxelles declined to participate, a student selection with players from theUniversité libre de Bruxelles was sent by the Federation.[2][3] The team was reinforced with a few non-students. On the other hand, English clubUpton Park F.C. representedGreat Britain.[1][3]
TheInternational 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 theVélodrome de Vincennes inParis.[1]
Originally there were four matches scheduled for the1900 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]
| M | Match |
| Thu 20 | Fri 21 | Sat 22 | Sun 23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | M2 |
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In the first game, the British squad had little difficulty defeating theClub Français (wearing theUSFSA 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, butUniversité 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]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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] |
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