Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two demonstration matches were held between the three club sides, and no medals were awarded. Despite this, the International Olympic Committee currently credits Great Britain, France and Belgium with gold, silver and bronze medals respectively as part of its attempt to reconcile early Olympic Games with the modern award scheme.

The football matches were held at the Velodrome Municipal de Vincennes in Paris.

1 Medal table
2 Medal summary
3 Events
- 3.1 Men's football
4 Rosters
5 References

[edit] Medal table

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	1	0	0	1
2	Image:Flag of France.svg France	0	1	0	1
3	Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium	0	0	1	1

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Upton Park F.C. Great Britain	Image:Flag of France.svg Club Française France	Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Université de Bruxelles Belgium

[edit] Events

[edit] Men's football

Place	Team	Nation	Record			Goals
Place	Team	Nation	Wins	Losses	Percent	For	Against
1	Upton Park F.C.	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	1	0	1.000	4	0
2	Club Française	Image:Flag of France.svg France	1	1	.500	6	6
3	Université de Bruxelles	Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Belgium	0	1	.000	2	6

October 20
Image:Flag of France.svg Club Française	0	-	4	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Upton Park F.C.	(att. 500)
				J. Nicholas 2, Arthur Turner, J. Zealey
October 23
Image:Flag of France.svg Club Française	6	-	2	Image:Flag of Belgium.svg Université de Bruxelles	(att. 1500)
Gaston Peltier (other scorers unknown)				W. Spanoghe, van Heuckelum

In the first game, the British squad had little difficulty defeating the French. Upton Park F.C. led 2-0 after the first half, getting two more goals in the second to win 4-0.

The second game was somewhat more eventful. Peltier scored in the first minute to give Club Française 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.

[edit] Rosters

[edit] Upton Park F.C.

[edit] Club Française

This team represented the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, an early French sports union.

[edit] Université de Bruxelles (Belgium)

[edit] References

RSSSF

Events at the 1900 Summer Olympics (Paris)
Archery • Athletics • Basque pelota • Cricket • Croquet • Cycling • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Golf • Gymnastics • Polo • Rowing • Rugby union • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Tug of war • Water polo

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