1898 USFSA Football Championship

Football tournament season

1898 USFSA Football Championship1898 Paris Football Championship

Tournament details
Country| France
Teams| 6
Final positions
Champions| Standard Athletic Club (4th title)
Runner-up| Club Français

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The 1898 USFSA Football Championship was the 5th staging of the USFSA Football Championship.[1]

It was played on neutral grounds, in a league system with Standard Athletic Club being proclaimed champions of France after beating Club Français 3–2 in a play-off title-decider, since they had finished level on 18 points.[1][2]

## Table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Standard Athletic Club | 10  | 9  | 0  | 1  | 50  | 5  | +45  | 18  | Champion
2  | Club Français | 10  | 9  | 0  | 1  | 27  | 6  | +21  | 18  |
3  | United Sport Club | 10  | 5  | 1  | 4  | 10  | 22  | −12  | 11
4  | Racing Club de France | 10  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 11  | 31  | −20  | 8
5  | Paris Star | 10  | 2  | 1  | 7  | 3  | 37  | −34  | 5
6  | The White Rovers (WD)[a] | 10  | 0  | 0  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

Source: 1898 USFSA
Notes:

1. ^ The White Rovers withdrew

## Play-off

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The Standard AC team on the day of the final The Club Français team on the day of the final

Standard AC and Club Français competed head-to-head for the title and both teams finished tied on 18 points, which meant that the title had to be decided in a playoff match that was held on 3 April 1898 at the Vélodrome de Courbevoie, which Standard won 3–2, thus winning for the second year straight.[1][2]

3 April 1898

Standard AC| 3–2| Club Français

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Courbevoie, France

## Winner

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1898 USFSA Football Championship

Standard AC

## References

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1. ^ a b c "1898-99 season in France". RSSSF. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
2. ^ a b "Le championnat de France de football association" [The French association football championship]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). La Vie au grand air. 15 April 1898. p. 12. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

## External links

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* RSSSF

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points