L'Amicale Française
L'Amicale Française was a former Mexican football team that played in the Primera Fuerza prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. The club was established in 1915.
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| Full name | L'Amicale Française | ||
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| Founded | 1911 | ||
| Dissolved | 1924 | ||
| Ground | Parque Asturias , Mexico City | ||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||
| League | Defunct | ||
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History
L'Amicale Française was founded in 1919 by the French migrants that lived in Mexico City.The club was not allowed to participate in the league until the 1914–1915 tournament. The club only participated in that tournament, playing 10 games with a record of 2 wins, 3 draws, and 5 losses, scoring 10 goals and allowing 10, finishing in 5th place with 7 points. The club fell apart because many players returned to France to defend their homeland. Emilio Spittalier, a former player and co-founder of the club who had originally migrated to Mexico in 1910, returned after fighting in France and helped revive the club. The club played one more tournament in 1920–21 in the Campeonato del Centenario tournament, to celebrated the 100–year Independence anniversary. The club would reach the semi-finals where they lost to Asturias F.C. 5–3 in matches played on September 16 and 18. The club would struggle for a few years until 1924, when the club was dissolved. Many of the French players transferred to rival clubs' México FC and Germania FV.
References
- "1914 STATS – All time Standings list from 1902". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de Oro del Fútbol Mexicano (Mexiko Stadt: B. Costa Amica, 1961), S. 88f