USFSA Football Northern Championship
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| Organiser(s) | USFSA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1898 |
| Abolished | 1914 |
| Region | France |
| Last champions | Olympique lillois (1914) |
| Most championships | RC Roubaix (7 titles) |
The USFSA Football Northern Championship was a French football competition, contested annually between 1898 and 1914 and organized by the Northern Committee of the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies (USFSA), which brought together clubs from the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments.[1]
From 1899 onwards, the winner of this regional competition qualified for the USFSA Football Championship, where the northern clubs competed with the Parisian clubs, becoming French champion seven times, including five from RC Roubaix, and one each from both US Tourquennoise and Olympique lillois.[1] Thanks to the results of the Lions of Flanders and Olympique Lillois in the early 1910s, it can reasonably be said that northern football was the best in France, but then the First World War broke out, in which Northern France was occupied for 4 years, thus interrupting the activities of the team and causing the death of many of its players.[2] On 19 August 1919, the Northern Football Association League (LNFA) was founded by twenty clubs, which began competing in the Northern Football League.[3]
Format
[edit | edit source]The USFSA Northern Championship was divided in two: the land and the maritime, whose winners were opposed in a final. The former was usually won by US Boulogne or RC Calais in the maritime championship, and then only met RC Roubaix or US Tourquennoise in the regional final.[4]
1900–01 Northern Championship
[edit | edit source]The final featured the winners of the interior and maritime groups, the Iris Club lillois and the US Calais, on the "deplorable state" pitch of the Iris Club on 10 February 1901 in front of a "large crowd".[5] The match was very unbalanced, and after conceding nine goals, US Calais gave up, so the rest of the match was basically a training session, with Lillois finally winning by the resounding score of 15–0, thanks to goals from Munce (7), Dévit (4), Guilloux (3), and Bauet (1).[5]
1905–06 Northern Championship
[edit | edit source]In the 1906 final between the maritime champions Boulogne and the land champions Roubaix, the latter won 1–0 thanks to a goal from André François.[4]
1909–10 Northern Championship
[edit | edit source]On 27 February 1910, US Tourquennoise won the title on the last matchday by holding Olympique Lillois to a 0–0 draw, who needed a victory to be champion.[6][7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US Tourquennoise (title holder) | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 49 |
| 2 | Olympique lillois | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| 3 | RC Calais | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 |
| 4 | RC Roubaix | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 41 |
| 5 | Stade roubaisien | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | SC tourquennois | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 |
| 7 | US Boulogne | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | US Malo-les-Bains | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 9 | SO calaisien | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 10 | US Calais | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
1911–12 Northern Championship
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US Tourquennoise | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| 2 | RC Calais | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
| 3 | Olympique lillois (title holder) | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| 4 | RC Roubaix | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Stade roubaisien | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | US boulonnaise | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | US Malo-les-Bains | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 8 | SC tourquennois | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
1912–13 Northern Championship
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympique lillois | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 15 | +57 | 40 |
| 2 | US Tourquennoise (title holder) | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 14 | +43 | 38 |
| 3 | RC Roubaix | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 30 |
| 4 | RC Calais | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 29 |
| 5 | US Boulogne | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 27 |
| 6 | Stade roubaisien | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 23 |
| 7 | RC Arras (promoted) | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 59 | −44 | 19 |
| 8 | US Malo | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 60 | −48 | 18 |
1913–14 Northern Championship
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olympique lillois (title holder) | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 39 |
| 2 | US Tourquennoise | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| 3 | Club lillois (promoted) | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | US Boulogne | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | RC Roubaix | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Stade roubaisien | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | RC Calais | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 8 | OSC boulonnais (promoted) | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
Titles
[edit | edit source]| Edition | Winners | Score | Runner-up | Result in the French Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Iris Club lillois | No participation | ||
| 1899 | Iris Club lillois | Semi-final | ||
| 1900 | US Tourquennoise | Semi-final | ||
| 1901 | Iris Club lillois | Semi-final | ||
| 1902 | RC Roubaix | Champion | ||
| 1903 | RC Roubaix | Champion | ||
| 1904 | RC Roubaix | Champion | ||
| 1905 | RC Roubaix | Final | ||
| 1906 | RC Roubaix | 1–0 | US Boulogne | Champion |
| 1907 | RC Roubaix | Final | ||
| 1908 | RC Roubaix | Champion | ||
| 1909 | US Tourquennoise | Semi-final | ||
| 1910 | US Tourquennoise | Champion | ||
| 1911 | Olympique lillois | Quarter-finals | ||
| 1912 | US Tourquennoise | Semi-final | ||
| 1913 | Olympique lillois | Quarter-finals | ||
| 1914 | Olympique lillois | Champion |
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