US Suisse Paris
The Union Sportive Suisse de Paris (short U.S. Suisse ) is a French football club based in Paris, was its most successful period in the first third of the 20th century.
History
Founded in 1894 under the name of United Sports Club, the club that counted initially mainly in Paris working Britons to its members, the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques in stepped. The USFSA was at that time the only sport association in France, who received also association footballer. USC chose as the club colors of navy and light blue - just as the doyen of French football, the Le Havre AC - a tribute to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in football and rugby mother country England. A center, he used the Stade de la Porte Dauphine, in which the standard AC Paris was at home; against this opponent was referring to the United SC at the USFSA Championship 1895 00:13 defeat. It was not until the turn of the century, the club played a significant role in the during the " children's years of French football " still on Paris and the surrounding area bounded Association championships. 1900 was the third USC, 1902 after a Barrage match against Racing Club de France runner-up. In 1903 he managed to win in the Coupe Sheriff Dewar, a 1899-1909 discharged Cup competition in which - were allowed to participate also teams who had more than three foreigners in their ranks - in contrast to the coupe style. 1904 reached the USC as the Paris Masters after a 4-0 over Olympique Marseille even the national final, in which he, however, had to bow Racing Roubaix with 2:4 himself; in the Finalelf were still five British players. This team was one with Eugène Nicolaï also a Frenchman who came to two inserts in the young senior team the following year; he was the only French national player of the club.
1906 USC merged with FC Suisse, the association of several living in Paris, Swiss, and took the name Union Sportive Suisse. 1910 left this the USFSA, from which a number of footballers felt set back from the rugby, and, together with some other clubs, the Ligue de Football Association (LFA ). Association Champion was the USS but even there before. But she took with 47 other clubs in 1917 at the inaugural National Cup Competition ( Coupe Charles Simon ) in part, in which they repeatedly pushed forward far in the following years; 1918, 1925 and 1926, she reached in the eighth, in 1921 and 1927 even the quarterfinals. They gave in 1926 after three tight games (2-2, 3-3 - after each extension - and 3:5 ) FC Cette beaten and dragged considerable number of spectators in their new stadium at Porte Dorée. Besides making the " Swiss Paris " in international friendlies being talked about, such as 1923, when they reached 0-0 against Juventus. Therefore, the U.S. one years Suisse signed up after the introduction of professionalism in France (1932 ) for the second division. And although with François Hugues was a (although getting on in years) ex-national players in their ranks, they ended after 16 defeats, two draws and only one win the season 1933/34, on March 1, 1934 ahead of schedule and has since only in find amateurs. There, in the lowest leagues of Paris, but the club is still active in the 21st century.
League membership and achievements
Professional status, the U.S. Suisse only 1933/34, owned and never in the top division, Division 1 (since 2002 in Ligue 1 renamed) played.
- French Champion: None (but vice-champion of the USFSA 1904)
- French Cup Winner: None (but quarter-finalists in 1921, 1927)
- Winner of the Coupe Sheriff Dewar: 1903