Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Men's football at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome de Vincennes
Date	October 20 October 23
Competitors	35 from 3 nations
Medalists
Upton Park F.C. Great Britain   Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques France   Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium
	1904»

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two demonstration matches were held between the three club sides, and no medals were awarded. Despite this, the International Olympic Committee currently credits Great Britain, France and Belgium with gold, silver and bronze medals respectively as part of its attempt to reconcile early Olympic Games with the modern award scheme.

The football matches were held at the Vélodrome de Vincennes in Paris.

Medal table

Position	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
2	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
3	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Upton Park F.C.  Great Britain (GBR)	USFSA XI  France (FRA)	Université de Bruxelles  Belgium (BEL)

Events

Men's football

Place	Team	Nation	Record			Goals
			Wins	Losses	Percent	For	Against
1	Upton Park	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1.000	4	0
2	USFSA XI	France (FRA)	1	1	.500	6	6
3	Université de Bruxelles	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	.000	2	6

20 September 1900	USFSA XI	0 – 4	Upton Park	Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris Attendance: 500 Referee: Maignard (France)
		Report	Nicholas  ??', ??' Turner  ??' Zealley  ??'

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23 September 1900	USFSA XI	6 – 2	Université de Bruxelles	Vélodrome de Vincennes, Paris Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jack Wood (England)
	Peltier  1'  ??'  ??'  ??'  ??'  ??'	Report	Spannoghe  ??' van Heuckelum  ??'

In the first game, the British squad had little difficulty defeating the USFSA XI. Upton Park led 2–0 after the first half, getting two more goals in the second to win 4–0.

The second game was somewhat more eventful. Gaston Peltier scored in the first minute to give the USFSA XI an early lead, but Université de Bruxelles scored twice to take a 2–1 first half lead. The French scored five goals in the second half, however, to take the match 6–2.

Squads

The French team selected by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques

• Main article: Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in football