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33-557: The USFSA , the sports governing body in France , only managed amateur sports, so not boxing or cycling , which had the Union Vélocipédique de France (UVF). However, some UVF clubs founded sports sections other than cycling, and as a result, they left this federation and founded the FCAF, which was initially entirely devoted to cycling, but quickly opened up to athletic sports and set up

66-605: A coup d'état on the part of the Marshal. However, the May 1877 crisis eventually ended in MacMahon's demise and in the victory of the Republicans over the monarchist Orleanists and Legitimists . The rejection (1880) of article 7 of Ferry's Education Act , by which the profession of teaching would have been forbidden to members of non-authorized congregations, was due to his intervention. He

99-591: A member of the Académie Française and a life senator , and in 1876, on the resignation of Jules Dufaure , was summoned to form a cabinet. He replaced anti-republican functionaries in the civil service by republicans, and held his own until 3 May 1877, when he adopted a motion carried by a large majority in the Chamber inviting the cabinet to use all means for the repression of clerical agitation. His clerical enemies then induced Marshal MacMahon to take advantage of

132-560: A one off game between Racing Club de France and Stade Français . The game was refereed by Pierre de Coubertin and saw Racing win 4–3. Racing were awarded the Bouclier de Brennus , which is still awarded to the winners of the French championship today. The trophy was the idea of de Coubertin, who commissioned Charles Brennus, a member of the USFSA and a professional engraver , to design it. In 1894

165-781: A score of 4–2. The CA Vitry won the Paris championship on 1 May 1910. In the semifinals on 8 May 1910, CA Vitry defeated VGA Médoc 5–1 in Bordeaux , while RC Saint-Quentin, champion of Aisne , was set to face Iris Club Croisien, champion of North, in Cambrai , but Iris did not appear and Saint-Quentin thus won by forfeit. In the final on 22 May 22, CA Vitry won the title with a 4–2 win over Saint-Quentin. Union des Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s Fran%C3%A7aises de Sports Athl%C3%A9tiques The Union of French Athletic Sports Societies ( French : Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques (USFSA) )

198-527: A vote on the press law carried in Jules Simon's absence from the Chamber to write him a letter regretting that he no longer preserved his influence in the Chamber, and thus practically demanding his resignation. His resignation in response to this act of the president, known as the " Seize Mai ", which he might have resisted by an appeal to the Chamber, proved his ruin, and he never again held office. He justified his action by his fear of providing an opportunity for

231-605: The Comité Français Interfédéral (CFI). The CFI organised the Trophée de France which would challenge the USFSA equivalent, the Coupe National , as the recognised French championship. In 1907 the USFSA fell out with FIFA when the latter refused to admit the (English) Amateur Football Association . FIFA only recognised one national association per country, and so stood by the (English) Football Association , whereupon

264-635: The Comité pour la Propagation des Exercises Physiques . This group was also known as the Comité Jules Simon . The USFSA was founded in November 1890 when these two groups merged. Initially the USFSA was centred in Paris but its membership soon expanded to include sports clubs from throughout France. In 1891 when the USFSA organised its first athletics championship, Henri Didon , as honorary president, announced that

297-575: The FCAF Football Championship in 1906. The FCAF French Football Championship is a French football competition organized by the French Cycling and Athletics Federation (FCAF). It was contested by the clubs affiliated to this federation, which were mainly located in the North, Gironde , and the Paris region, and it was held annually between 1905 and 1914. In 1907, the FCAF became a member of

330-648: The French Interfederal Committee (CFI) and the winner of the FCAF Football Championship competed for the Trophée de France , a competition organized by the CFI. In the semifinals, Star Club de Caudry beats Iris Club Croisien (1–0) at Sin-le-Noble . In the final on 16 May 1909, SC Caudry won the title after defeating the Association sportive d' Alfortville , the champions of the Paris region, by

363-763: The Fédération Gymnastique et Sportive des Patronages de France (FGSPF), led by Charles Simon and Henri Delaunay and supported by the Catholic Church , also began organising competitions. In 1906 the Fédération Cycliste et Amateur de France (FCAF), a forerunner of the Fédération Française de Cyclisme also began to organise a football championship. In 1907 the FGSPF and the FCAF, together with several regional organisations that also organised football formed

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396-632: The Liberté de penser , with the intention of throwing off the yoke of Cousin, but he retired when Jacques allowed the insertion of an article advocating the principles of collectivism, with which he was at no time in sympathy. In 1848 he represented the Côtes-du-Nord in the National Assembly, and next year entered the Council of State , but was retired on account of his republican opinions. His refusal to take

429-480: The history of philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure . At this period he edited the works of Nicolas Malebranche (2 vols, 1842), of René Descartes (1842), Bossuet (1842) and of Antoine Arnauld (1843), and in 1844–1845 appeared the two volumes of his Histoire de l'école d'Alexandrie . He became a regular contributor to the Revue des deux mondes , and in 1847, with Amédée Jacques and Émile Saisset , founded

462-467: The École Normale Supérieure in Paris . There he came in contact with Victor Cousin , who sent him to Caen and then to Versailles to teach philosophy. He helped Cousin, without receiving any recognition, in his translations from Plato and Aristotle , and in 1839 became his deputy in the chair of philosophy at the University of Paris , with the meagre salary of 83 francs per month. He also lectured on

495-511: The French school of Athens should spend some time. He retained office until a week before the fall of Thiers in 1873. He was regarded by the monarchical right as one of the most dangerous obstacles in the way of a restoration, which he did as much as any man (except perhaps the comte de Chambord himself) to prevent, but by the extreme left he was distrusted for his moderate views, and Gambetta never forgave his victory at Bordeaux. In 1875, he became

528-439: The USFSA also organised the first recognised French football championship . The first competition featured just four Paris teams and was organised on a knockout basis with Standard Athletic Club beating White Rovers 2–0 after a replay. However, by 1896 it featured a league with nine teams and after 1899 the winners of a Paris League played off against the champions of other French regions and cities. In 1899 Le Havre AC became

561-598: The USFSA emblem) during the FIFA Centennial celebration match against Brazil at Stade de France in May 2004. Jules Simon Jules François Simon ( French pronunciation: [ʒyl simɔ̃] ; 31 December 1814 – 8 June 1896) was a French statesman and philosopher, and one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans in the Third French Republic . Simon was born at Lorient . His father

594-471: The USFSA football committee had also become a CFI affiliate and in 1919 the CFI was reorganised as the French Football Federation . 1919 was also the last year that the USFSA organized the Coupe National as a national football championship. As a tribute to the USFSA, the members of the France national football team wore a reproduction of the kit worn in their first match in 1904 (displaying

627-480: The USFSA football committee, was one of the principal movers behind the foundation of FIFA . He also served as its first president. On 29 December 1885 Georges de Saint-Clair, the secretary-general of Racing Club de France and delegates from Stade Français had formed the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Course a Pied . Then on 1 June 1888 Pierre de Coubertin , with the support of Jules Simon and Henri Didon , formed

660-599: The USFSA left FIFA. They were replaced as France's representative by the CFI. As a result, they also lost the right to select the national team . USFSA along with the AFA and Bohemian ČSF founded the UIAFA in March 1909, and two years later, they organized the 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament , where the USFSA team was knocked-out in the semifinals by the Bohemian team. By 1913, however,

693-468: The first club from outside Paris to be declared French football champions . In 1900 the USFSA sent players from Parisian Club Français to represent France at the 1900 Summer Olympics . On 1 May 1904 the USFSA also selected the first official France national football team . They held Belgium to a 3–3 draw in Brussels In the same year, Robert Guérin , secretary of the USFSA football committee,

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726-544: The growth of sport in France , the USFSA also helped pioneer the development of international sport. Among its founding members were Pierre de Coubertin , founder of the modern Olympic Games. In 1900, together with the Union Vélocipédique de France , it was also one of two federations that represented France at the inaugural meeting of the Union Cycliste Internationale . Then in 1904 Robert Guérin , secretary of

759-429: The hostility of Dupanloup , who presided over the commission appointed to consider his draft of an elementary education bill. The reforms he was actually able to carry out were concerned with secondary education. He encouraged the study of living languages, and limited the attention given to the making of Latin verse; he also encouraged independent methods at the École Normale, and set up a school at Rome where members of

792-603: The ministry of the Interior, though nominally given to Arago, was really in Simon's hands. Defeated in the département of the Seine, he sat for the Marne in the National Assembly, and resumed the portfolio of Education in the first cabinet of Adolphe Thiers 's presidency. He advocated free primary education yet sought to conciliate the clergy by all the means in his power; but no concessions removed

825-571: The oath of allegiance to the government of Louis Napoleon after the coup d'état was followed by his dismissal from his professorship, and he devoted himself to philosophical and political writings of a popular order. Le Devoir (1853), which was translated into modern Greek and Swedish, was followed by La Religion naturelle (1856, Eng. trans., 1887), La Liberté de conscience (1857), La Liberté politique (1859), La Liberté civile (1859), L'Ouvrière (1861), L'Ecole (1864), Le Travail (1866), L'Ouvrier de huit ans (1867) and others. In 1863 he

858-498: The organisation's motto would be Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger). In 1924 this motto would be adopted by the Olympic movement. The Olympic symbol of five interlinking rings was also based on a design used by the USFSA. Teams representing the organisation wore a uniform based on the colours of the flag of France . This included a white shirt with two interlinking rings, one red and one blue. The two rings represented

891-464: The peace. But at Bordeaux, Gambetta, who had issued a proclamation excluding from the elections those who had been officials under the Empire, was all-powerful. Pretending to dispute Jules Simon's credentials, he issued orders for his arrest. Meanwhile, Simon had found means of communication with Paris, and on 6 February was reinforced by Eugène Pelletan , E. Arago and Garnier-Pages . Gambetta resigned, and

924-473: The two groups that had merged to form the USFSA while the Olympic version represented five continents. Pierre de Coubertin also hoped that the USFSA would be responsible for organising the 1900 Paris Olympics . However a dispute, which saw de Coubertin resign as USFSA secretary general in April 1899, meant this never happened On 20 March, 1892 the USFSA organised the first ever French rugby union championship,

957-602: Was a former sports governing body in France . During the 1890s and early 1900s it organised numerous sports including athletics , cycling , field hockey , fencing , croquet , and swimming . However it is perhaps best known for being the principal governing body of both football and rugby union until it was effectively replaced by the French Football Federation and the French Rugby Federation . The USFSA rejected any form of professionalism and were strong advocates of amateur sport . As well as contributing to

990-403: Was a linen-draper from Lorraine , who renounced Protestantism before his second marriage with a Catholic Breton . Jules Simon was the son of this second marriage. The family name was Suisse, which Simon dropped in favour of his third forename. By considerable sacrifice he was enabled to attend a seminary at Vannes , and worked briefly as usher in a school before, in 1833, he became a student at

1023-462: Was also one of the principal movers behind the foundation of FIFA . He also served as its first president. However the USFSA did not have a monopoly on organising football in France . Between 1896 and 1907 the Fédération des Sociétés Athlétiques Professionnelles de France (FSAPF), who as their name suggests advocated professionalism , also organised a championship. Then in 1905 a rival organisation

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1056-662: Was in fact one of the chief of the left centre Opportunist Republicans faction, opposed in the same faction to Jules Grévy and also to the Radical Gambetta. He was director of Le Gaulois from 1879 to 1881, and his influence in the country among moderate republicans was retained by his articles in Le Matin from 1882 onwards, in the Journal des Débats , which he joined in 1886, and in Le Temps from 1890. His own accounts of some of

1089-642: Was returned to the Corps Législatif for the 8th circonscription of the Seine département , and supported "les Cinq" (Darimon, Favre , Hénon, Ollivier and Picard ) in their opposition to the government. He became minister of instruction in the Government of National Defense on 5 September 1870. After the capitulation of Paris in January 1871 he was sent down to Bordeaux to prevent the resistance of Léon Gambetta to

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