Football At The 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two demonstration matches were held between club sides, and no medals were awarded. Despite this, some medal tables credit Great Britain, France and Belgium with gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.

Venue

Results

colspan=6 style="background: lightblue;"|October 20
lign=right|Club Francais Paris align=center|0 align=center|- align=center|4 Upton Park F.C. (att. 500)
| | | |J. Nicholas 2, Arthur Turner, J. Zealey
olspan=6 style="background: lightblue;"|October 23
lign=right|Club Francais Paris align=center|6 align=center|- align=center|2 Universit de Bruxelles (att. 1500)
lign=right|Gaston Peltier (other scorers unknown) | | |W. Spanoghe, van Heuckelum

Squads

Upton Park F.C. (Great Britain)

Club Française (France)

This team represented the USFSA (Union des Socits Franaises de Sports Athltiques), an early French sports union.

Universit de Bruxelles (Belgium)

References

Olympics 1900

 

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