At the 1900 Summer Olympics 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 Velodrome Municipal de Vincennes, Paris
Results October 20 Club Francais Paris 0 - 4 Upton Park F.C. (att. 500) J. Nicholas 2, Arthur Turner, J. Zealey October 23 Club Francais Paris 6 - 2 Université de Bruxelles (att. 1500) Gaston Peltier (other scorers unknown) W. Spanoghe, van Heuckelum
Squads
J.H. Jones Claude Buckenham William Gosling Alfred Chalk J.E. Barridge William Quash Arthur Turner F.G. Spackman J. Nicholas James Zealley A. Haslam (capt.)
Club Française (France ) This team represented the USFSA (Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques), an early French sports union.
Lucien Huteau Louis Bach Pierre Allemane Virgile Gaillard Alfred Bloch Maurice Macaine Eugène Fraysse Georges Garnier Marcel Lambert R. Grandjean Fernand Canelle Duparc Gaston Peltier
Université de Bruxelles (Belgium ) Marcel Leboutte Raul Kelecom Ernest Moreau de Melen Alphonse Renier Georges Pelgrims Eugène Neefs Eric Thornton (English player) Albert Delbecque Emile Spannoghe Henrik van Heuckelum Lucien Londot
References RSSSF (http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1900f.html )
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