1902 USFSA Football Championship

The 1902 USFSA Football Championship was the 9th staging of the USFSA Football Championship. The tournament was held on the road between 13 and 20 April 1902. This edition was contested by the four clubs who won their regional championship and it was played in a knock-out format, with only three games played (two semi-finals and a final).[1]

1902 USFSA Football Championship
Tournament details
CountryFrance
Dates13 – 20 April
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsRC Roubaix (1st title)
Runner-upRC de France
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored26 (8.67 per match)
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RC Roubaix, champion of the North, won the title by winning the final against Racing Club de France, champion of Paris, by scoring the winning goal in the sixth extra-time, after nearly three hours of play.[1]

Participants

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The four participants are the winners of France's regional championships:[1]

Teams Town
Racing Club de France Paris
Sport athlétique sézannais Champagne
Le Havre AC Normandie
RC Roubaix North

Note: Olympique de Marseille, champion of the Littoral, does not seem to want to compete in the French championship.[2]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsSemi-finals
 
      
 
13 April 1902 – Le Havre
 
 
Le Havre AC 1
 
20 April 1902 – Bécon-les-Bruyères
 
RC de France 5
 
RC Roubaix 4
 
13 April 1902 – Bécon-les-Bruyères
 
RC de France 3
 
RC Roubaix 12
 
 
SA sézannais 1
 

Results

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Semi-finals

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Le Havre AC1–5RC de France
Lelaumier   10' Report Aghad   43', 85'
Gorse   
Puget [de; fr; it]  
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: M. Garnier (Club Français)
RC Roubaix12–1SA sézannais
?      Report ?  

Final

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On the RC France side, the German Walter Aghad is replaced by Graham, while RC Roubaix team is unchanged.[1] The score is tied at one goal at halftime. Graham, with a knee injury, has to leave the field at the start of the second half, leaving RC de France to finish the match with ten men. Despite this, the Parisians netted twice and took the lead by three goals to one, but the Roubaix team also scored twice, equalizing two minutes from the end of the match thanks to a goal from Émile Sartorius.[1]

Referee Jack Wood decides to play extra time for fifteen minutes, with the winning goal. The match seemed endless, but RC Roubaix finally scored five minutes from the end of the sixth overtime, after almost three hours of play, thanks to a 50-yard shot from Peacock.[1]

RC Roubaix4–3RC de France
L. Dubly   10'
Hargrave  
Sartorius   88'
Peacock   175'
Report R. Matthey   20', ?'
Puget [de; fr; it]  

Winner

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1902 USFSA Football Championship
RC Roubaix

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "1902 French Football Championship". RSSSF. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Olympique de Marseille ne semble pas vouloir disputer le championnat de France" [Olympique de Marseille does not seem to want to compete in the French championship]. archive.wikiwix.com (in French). 28 February 1902. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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