Gallia Club Paris

The Gallia Club Paris was a French football club. Their most successful period had the " taps " - les coqs after the Gallic emblem - between the beginning of the 20th century and the first years after the First World War.

History

The Gallia Club emerged from the AS Charenton founded in 1896, the football matches played only sporadically and at varying places in the east of Paris. Around the turn of the century drew Georges Bayrou from the Languedoc to the capital tied up in the ASC his football boots and took over together with other players, the organization of the club, which they in Gallia Club renamed and, as a member of the USFSA, the then single sports federation in France the footballers recorded, anmeldeten. That player also exercised official activities at the same time, in the early years of this sport was not unusual. 1902 Gallia Club rose to the highest league in Paris, and in 1903 played the teams of the club regularly on a terrain in the Bois de Vincennes. In November 1903 Gallia won the Coupe style, a cup competition, the (mainly based in Paris and its neighboring municipalities) participants were not allowed more than three foreign footballers muster in their ranks. Between 1906 and 1920 the club took a total of six French A-National player out (see below ).

The season 1904/ 05 ended Gallia surprising as First prize of the Paris League and qualified for the final round of matches for the title of a French USFSA federation master, the les Coqs after victories over U.S. Saint -Servan (3:1), SOE Toulouse (5: 0) and the champion of the previous three years, Racing Roubaix (1-0 aet), brought to the capital. In a comparison match against Étoile des Deux Lacs, the title holder of the Catholic Association, then they lost 1-2. This was the only season in which the Gallia Club against the strong rivals Paris in the USFSA (previously particular Club Français, standard AC, Racing Club de France, United SC, and later still CAP, Stade Français, Française AS and CASG ) enforce could and could play for the national title. Bayrou, also captain of the eleven champions 1905, pulled during the 1908/ 09 season back to southern France.

In the first four sweeps of 1917 created the French National Cup competition Gallia Club was represented, was 1918 and 1919 respectively, in the round of 32 teams and reached the second round in 1920 even where he retired against CASG Paris. Three years later, Gallia formed a syndicate with the CA Paris and came again in the top 16 teams; this time the FC Rouen was the one opponent who "CAP Gallia " the catchment denied the quarterfinals. Mid-1920s, merged with Stade d' Ivry the Coqs and appeared in 1926 together with them one last time in the main round of the national cup, where, however, their first game at the same time it was also the last. After the name of Gallia Club Paris finally disappeared.

For the club key players

Indicated only the number of matches in each case during her time at the Gallia Club.

  • Georges Bayrou, the Olympic football tournament in 1908 an international match
  • Philippe Bonnardel, 1920 two matches
  • Sadi Dastarac, the Olympic football tournament in 1908 an international match
  • Émile Fontaine, 1904 ( unofficial ) match for the USFSA selection
  • Albert Jouve, 1906 an international match
  • Jean Loubière, 1914 an international match
  • Paul Nicolas, 1917 ( unofficial ) match for the USFSA selection
  • Louis Olagnier, 1920 an international match
  • Maurice Pefferkorn, later respected journalist with L'Auto and its successor L' Équipe

Achievements

  • French Champion ( USFSA ): 1905
  • Winner of the Coupe style: 1903/ 04
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