L'Amicale Française was a Mexican
football
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club based in
Mexico City
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, that played in the
1914–15 season of the
Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association and later played in the
1920–21 season of the Liga Nacional.
History
L'Amicale Française was founded in 1911 by the
French migrants that lived in
Mexico City
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.The club was not allowed to participate in the league until the 1914–1915 tournament. The club only participated in that tournament, playing 10 games with a record of 2 wins, 3 draws, and 5 losses, scoring 10 goals and allowing 10, finishing in 5th place with 7 points. The club fell apart because many players returned to France to defend their homeland. Emilio Spittalier, a former player and co-founder of the club who had originally migrated to Mexico in 1910, returned after fighting in France and helped revive the club. The club played one more tournament in 1920–21 in the Campeonato del Centenario tournament, to celebrated the 100–year Independence anniversary. The club would reach the semi-finals where they lost to
Asturias F.C. 5–3 in matches played on September 16 and 18. The club would struggle for a few years until 1924, when the club was dissolved. Many of the French players transferred to rival clubs'
México FC and
Germania FV
Germania Fußball-Verein was a football club based in Mexico City
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.
Primera Fuerza
From 1914–15
References
* Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano (Mexiko Stadt: B. Costa Amica, 1961), S. 88f
See also
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Football in Mexico
The most popular sport in Mexico is association football, known as wikt:fútbol, fútbol in Mexico. The top professional leagues in Mexico are Liga MX for men and Liga MX Femenil for women.
In Mexico, football became a professional men's spo ...
Defunct football clubs in Mexico City
Association football clubs established in 1911
French diaspora in North America
Primera Fuerza teams
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