In 1898, Sporting Club de Tourcoing launched an international competition for clubs from the North of France and Belgium, because the northern French clubs could not participate in the French (in fact Parisian) championship.
Later editions also included Dutch clubs (e.g. Prinses Wilhelmina 1905, G.V.C. 1906), Swiss clubs (Old Boys from Basel were the first, in 1905; Grasshopper withdrew from the 1907 semifinal) and English ones (as evidenced by the 1909, 1910 and 1912 winners).
1898 Léopold Club de Bruxelles 1899 Léopold Club de Bruxelles 1900 Le Havre Athletic Club Football Association 1901 Beerschot AC (Antwerpen) 1902 Antwerp FC 1903 Racing Club de Bruxelles 1904 Union Saint-Gilloise 1905 Union Saint-Gilloise 1906 Antwerp FC 1907 Union Saint-Gilloise 1908 Racing Club de Bruxelles 1909 Eastbourne FC 1910 Reigate Priory 1911 US Tourquennoise (Tourcoing) 1912 Cambridge Town 1913 unknown 1914 CASB (Paris) Number of Wins 3 Union Saint-Gilloise 2 Antwerp FC Léopold Club de Bruxelles Racing Club de Bruxelles 1 Beerschot AC Le Havre ACFA
Participants: French clubs: Iris Club Lillois Sporting Club de Tourcoing Union Sportive de Tourcoing Racing Club Roubaisien Union Sportive de Calais Le Havre Athlétic Club Football Association. Belgian clubs: Football Club Brugeois Daring (Bruxelles) Racing Club (Bruxelles) Léopold Club de Bruxelles Semifinals Léopold Club de Bruxelles 1-0 Iris Club Lillois RC Roubaisien 3-0 US Calais Final Léopold Club de Bruxelles 3-1 RC Roubaisien (Roubaix)
Semifinals [both in Tourcoing] Léopold Club de Bruxelles 3-1 Club Français FC Brugeois 1-0 Iris Club Lillois Final [in Tourcoing] Léopold Club de Bruxelles 4-1 FC Brugeois (Brugge)
Semifinals [Jan 14] Club Français bt Athletic and Running Club Bruxelles [Feb 4] Havre AC bt FC Brugeois Final [Apr 29, Tourcoing] Havre AC (Le Havre) 3-2 Club Français Paris
Preliminary Rounds [Jan 6] Club Français Paris 0-1 Standard AC Paris [Apr 21] Racing Club de France 2-1 Le Havre AC Semifinals [Apr 21] Beerschot AC (Antwerpen) 4-3 Standard AC Paris [may 5] Léopold Club de Bruxelles 3-1 Racing Club de France (Paris) Final [May 12, Tourcoing] Beerschot AC (Antwerpen) 2-0 Léopold Club de Bruxelles
Belgian Group [Mar 16] Antwerp FC w/o Cercle S.Brugeois [forfait Cercle] Athletic & Running CB w/o FC Brugeois [forfait Brugeois] [Mar 23] Antwerp FC 2-1 Athletic & Running CB [Mar 28] Léopold Club 1-3 Antwerp FC France Group [Jan 19] Club Français Paris 0-0 Le Havre AC [Mar 2] Le Havre AC 11-1 Club Français Paris [Mar 24] RC Roubaix 3-2 SC Tourquennois Semifinals [Apr 20] Racing Club de France o/w Antwerp FC [forfait Racing] [Apr 27] Beerschot AC w/o Le Havre AC [forfait Le Havre] Additional Semifinal [May 8] US Tourquennoise 1-3 Antwerp FC Final [May 25, Tourcoing] Antwerp FC 4-2 Beerschot AC (Antwerpen)
Belgian Group [Dec 21, 1902] Beerschot AC 2-3 Racing Club Bruxelles Union Saint Gilloise w/o FC Liégeois [forfait Liégeois] FC Courtraisien 0-13 Cercle S.Brugeois Antwerp FC o/w Daring Club Bruxelles [forfait Antwerp] [Dec 28, 1902] Union Saint Gilloise 7-1 Daring Club Bruxelles [Jan 11] Cercle S.Brugeois 1-2 Racing Club Bruxelles [Mar 8] Racing Club Bruxelles w/o Union Saint Gilloise [forfait Union] Quarterfinals [both in Tourcoing] [Mar 15] Olympique Lillois 2-4 Racing Club Bruxelles [Mar 22] Racing Club Roubaix 3-0 Antwerp FC Semifinals [both in Tourcoing] [Mar 29] Racing Club Roubaix w/o Standard AC Paris [forfait Standard] [Apr 19] Nationale de Sainte-Mandé 0-1 Racing Club Bruxelles Additional Semifinal [Apr 26] Racing Club Bruxelles 2-2 Union Saint Gilloise Final [May 3, Tourcoing] Racing Club de Bruxelles 4-0 Racing Club Roubaix
Belgian Group [Jan 10] CS Verviétois w/o Beerschot AC [forfait Beerschot] Cercle S.Brugeois w/o FC Courtraisien [forfait Courtraisien] [Jan 17] FC Brugeois w/o SC Mouscron [forfait Mouscron] Union Saint Gilloise 4-0 Daring Club Bruxelles [Feb 7] Olympia Club Bruxelles 1-2 Antwerp FC CS Verviétois 4-0 Cercle S.Brugeois [Mar 13] Antwerp FC 0-1 FC Brugeois [Mar 20] CS Verviétois 1-0 Antwerp FC France Group Gallia Club Paris 1-1 Cercle Athlétique Paris United SC Paris 11-0 Stade Français Cercle Athlétique Paris 4-2 Gallia Club Paris US Calais 3-0 Olympique Lillois Racing Club Roubaix 3-1 US Tourcoing Racing Club France (Paris) 2-1 Cercle Athlétique Paris [Feb 16] FC Paris 4-2 Gallia Club Paris Quarterfinals [both in Tourcoing] [Mar 20] Union Saint Gilloise 8-0 Iris Stade Lillois [Mar 27] CS Verviétois 0-1 United Sports Club Paris Racing Club France (Paris) bye Rcing Club Roubaix bye Semifinals [both in Tourcoing] [Apr ?] Racing Club France (Paris) lt United SC Paris [Apr 24] Racing Club Roubaix o/w Union Saint Gilloise [forfait Roubaix] Final [May 8, Tourcoing] Union Saint-Gilloise 5-0 United Sports Club (Paris)
NB: for the first time Swiss clubs entered. France Group [Oct 30, 1904] FC Paris 8-1 Stade Français Paris Gallia Club Paris w/o United Sports Club [forfait United] Paris Semifinals [Nov 6, 1904] Racing Club France (Paris) 2-1 Gallia Club Paris FC Paris 2-1 US Parisienne North France Group [Feb 19] US Tourquennoise 4-2 Olympique Lillois Switzerland Group [Apr 2] Old Boys (Basel) 3-1 Grasshopper Club Zürich [Apr 9] Old Boys (Basel) 2-1 Servette FC (Genève) Semifinals [both in Tourcoing] [Apr 16] Union Saint Gilloise 2-1 Old Boys (Basel) [Apr 30] Racing Club France (Paris) 1-2 Prinses Wilhelmina Final [May 21, Tourcoing] Union Saint-Gilloise 3-1 Prinses Wilhelmina (Enschede)
Semifinals
[May 13]
Antwerp FC 2-1 Iris Stade Lillois [*]
[May 20]
US Tourquennois (Tourcoing) 4-0 G.V.C. (Wageningen)
[*] possibly a temporary combination of Iris Club Lillois (founded 1898)
and Stade Lillois (founded 1899)
Final [May 27, Tourcoing]
Antwerp FC 3-2 US Tourquennois (Tourcoing) [aet]
Quarterfinals [Mar 10] Olympique Lillois 1-0 Iris Stade Lillois Semifinals [May 9] Olympique Lillois (Lille) w/o Grasshopper-Club Zürich [May 12] Union Saint-Gilloise 3-1 RC de France Paris Final [May 26] Union Saint-Gilloise 4-0 Olympique Lillois (Lille)
France - North Group [Mar 15] Olympique Lillois 9-0 Iris Stade Lillois [Mar 22] Racing Club Roubaix 3-2 SC Tourquennois [Mar 29] US Tourquennoise 5-0 Racing Club Roubaix France - Paris Group [Feb 23] Racing Club Paris 4-2 US Parisienne CA XIV Arrondisement 4-0 Association S.Française France - Semifinals [Apr 5] Olympique Lillois 5-2 Cercle Athlétique du XIV Arrondisement US Tourquennoise w/o Racing Club de France (Paris) [forfait Racing] Semifinals [May 17] Olympique Lillois 0-2 Union Saint-Gilloise [May 24] Racing Club de Bruxelles 4-2 US Tourquennoise (Tourcoing) Final [May 31] Racing Club de Bruxelles 1-0 Union Saint-Gilloise
French Group [Feb 14] Racing Club Roubaix 3-2 SC Tourquennois [Feb 21] Cercle Athlétique Paris 2-1 Red Star Paris Association Sp. Française w/o Racing Club de France (Paris) [forfait Racing] [Mar 7] Association Sp. Française 3-2 Cercle Athlétique Paris Semifinals Eastbourne FC 2-0 Le Havre Sports Racing Club Roubaix 1-1 Association Sp. Française Final Eastbourne FC 5-1 Racing Club Roubaix
Semifinals Cercle Athlétique Paris 7-0 SC Tourcoing Reigate Priory 3-0 Kent Artillery Third Regiment Final Reigate Priory 3-0 Cercle Athlétique Paris
French Semifinals [Apr 23] US Tourquennoise 4-0 Association Sp. Française Final US Tourquennoise 2-1 Cambridge Town
Groupe France - Paris Group Final [Mar 31] Racing Club France (Paris) 6-3 Gallia Club Paris Semifinals [both in Tourcoing] [Apr 21] Cambridge Town 5-2 Racing Club France (Paris) [date?] US Tourquennoise 3-1 Olympique Lillois Final Cambridge Town 4-1 US Tourquennoise
French Group [Apr 20] Club Français Paris 9-0 Gallia Club Paris [Apr 27] Club Français Paris 3-2 Racing Club France (Paris) Semifinals Club Français Paris 4-3 Cambridge Town other semifinal not known Final not known
Groupe France [May 4] Red Star Paris w/o FC Etoile Levallois [forfait Etoile] Semifinal [?!] Stade Français Paris 5-1 Racing Club Roubaix [Stade possibly should read Club] Final CASB Paris 7-0 Club Français Paris
Thanks to Hans Schöggl
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