Chanllenge International du Nord
Founded1898
Abolished1914
RegionEurope
Last championsCASG Paris (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (3 titles)

The Challenge international du Nord (Northern International Challenge) was an annual football tournament featuring clubs from Northern France and Belgium as they could not play in the French Championship. Later teams from Switzerland, Netherlands and England were invited to play. It was hosted in the Lille area (Roubaix, Tourcoing and Lille) between 1898 and 1914 in different formats.

The Tournament

The tournament format changed over the years, originally being played between a French group of teams and a Belgium group, with the semi-finals being played between a French and a Belgian team.

From 1905, the tournament was opened to clubs from the Netherlands, Prinses Wilhelmina en 1905 and GVC Wageningen. Also from Switzerland, BSC Old Boys and Grasshoppers. Between 1909 and 1914, the tournament was exclusively played between French clubs and amateur clubs from England .

Awards

With the exception of Le Havre AC in 1900, the clubs from Belgium won trophies between 1898 and 1908 . Royale Union Saint-Gilloise being the most successful reaching four finals in five years and winning three of them (1904, 1905, 1907).

Tournament History
Edition Year Winner Finalist Score Notes
1 1898Belgium Léopold Club de Bruxelles (1)France RC Roubaix3–1
2 1899Belgium Léopold Club de Bruxelles (2)Belgium FC Bruges4–1
3 1900France Le Havre AC (1)France Club français3–2
4 1901Belgium Beerschot AC (1)Belgium Léopold Club de Bruxelles2–0
5 1902Belgium Antwerp FC (1)Belgium Beerschot AC4–2
6 1903Belgium Racing Club de Bruxelles (1)France RC Roubaix4–0
7 1904Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise (1)France United Sports Club5–0
8 1905Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise (2)Netherlands Enschedese Football Club Prinses Wilhelmina3–1
9 1906Belgium Antwerp FC (2)France US Tourcoing3–2
10 1907Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise (3)France Olympique Lillois4–0
11 1908Belgium Racing Club de Bruxelles (2)Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise1–0
12 1909England Eastbourne FC (1)France RC Roubaix5–1
13 1910England Reigate Priory F.C. (1)France CA Paris3–0
14 1911France US Tourcoing (1)England Cambridge Town F.C.2–1
15 1912England Cambridge Town F.C. (1)France US Tourcoing4–1
16 1913France US Tourcoing (2)France Club françaisUnknown
17 1914France CASG Paris (1)France Club français7–0

Sources

  • RSSSF et archives Pages de Foot
  • Olivier Chovaux, 50 ans de football dans le Pas-de-Calais, Arras, Artois Presses Université, 2001
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