The 1896 USFSA Football Championship was the 3rd staging of the USFSA Football Championship. The tournament is also known as 1896 Paris Football Championship due to the fact that only clubs from

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

participated. It was played on neutral grounds, in a league system with

Club Français Club Français was a French association football club based in Paris which was founded in 1890. Club Français won the 1896 USFSA Football Championship and Coupe de France Final 1931. In 1900 the USFSA elected players from Club Français to ...

being proclaimed champions of France after winning all of its 8 games and conceding just 2 goals.

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Summary

This championship started in January sees the triumph of the

which ends the season undefeated. Club goalkeeper

Lucien Huteau Lucien Paul Noël Huteau (26 May 1878 – 16 February 1975) was a French football player who competed in the 1900 Olympic Games. In Paris he won a silver medal as a member of Club Française club team. He was born in Paris Paris () ...

conceded just two goals in eight matches: one against Rovers (4–1 victory on 23 February) and one against Standard (4–1 victory on 15 March). In April 1896, Le Havre AC decided to challenge the new official French champions Club Français. Unfortunately, the

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didn't accept the challenge.

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USFSA Football Championship 1

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