French women's football championship 1974/75

The French women's football championship 1974/75 was the first play of this title after the official recognition of women's football by the French Football Association in 1970. The comparable competitions between the world wars remained unofficial, especially since they were organized by an all-women sports association.

The 1974/75 championship - there was no top league in France before 1992 - was played in a mixture of group play - and knockout mode ; In order to take part in the nationwide final round, the women's teams had to qualify at the regional level beforehand. The players from Stade Reims were the winners of this event and the first French women champions .

Preliminary round

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups from a regional point of view, in which each club competed once against each other. The two best in the group reached the quarter-finals. In the event of a tie - the two-point rule applied  - the better goal difference was decisive.

Group A

	US Fou	St. Rei	FC Rou	VGA StM
US Fourmies		:	0: 4	:
Stade Reims	9-0		:	10-0
FC Rouen	:	1: 3		4-0
VGA Saint-Maur	0: 1	:	:

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Gates	Pts.
1.	Stade Reims	3	3	0	0	22: 01	6-0
2.	FC Rouen	3	2	0	1	09: 03	4: 2
3.	US Fourmies	3	1	0	2	01:13	2: 4
4th	VGA Saint-Maur	3	0	0	3	00:15	0: 6

Group B

	FC Met	AS Val	FC Ven	FC Vit
FC Metz		1-0	:	:
AS Valentigney	:		:	0: 1
FC Vendenheim	3-0	6-0		:
FC Vitry	0: 1	:	1: 1

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Gates	Pts.
1.	FC Vendenheim	3	2	1	0	10: 01	5: 1
2.	FC Metz	3	2	0	1	02: 03	4: 2
3.	FC Vitry	3	1	1	1	02: 02	3: 3
4th	AS Valentigney	3	0	0	3	00: 08	0: 6

Group C

	SC CSC	Ol. Can	ARC Cav	AS Roma
SC Caluire Saint-Clair		3-0	:	:
Olympique Cannes-la-Bocca	:		2: 2	1: 5
ARC Cavaillon	0: 2	:		:
AS Romagnat	2: 5	:	1: 3

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Gates	Pts.
1.	SC Caluire Saint-Clair	3	3	0	0	10: 02	6-0
2.	ARC Cavaillon	3	1	1	1	05: 05	3: 3
3.	AS Romagnat	3	1	0	2	08: 09	2: 4
4th	Olympus. Cannes-Bocca	3	0	1	2	03:10	1: 5

Group D

	FC Ber	SC Cha	AC Lan	AS Orl
FC Bergerac		:	2: 1	9: 3
SC Challans	2: 8		:	:
AC Landouge	:	3: 3		:
Arago Sport Orléans	:	6: 2	4: 4

Pl.	society	Sp	G	U	V	Gates	Pts.
1.	FC Bergerac	3	3	0	0	19: 06	6-0
2.	Arago Sport Orléans	3	1	1	1	13:15	3: 3
3.	AC Landouge	3	0	2	1	08: 09	2: 4
4th	SC Challans	3	0	1	2	07:17	1: 5

Quarter finals

Quarter-finals and semi-finals were played in the first and second legs , although the away goals rule did not apply at the time.

FC Vendenheim - FC Rouen	0: 5	2: 2
Stade Reims - FC Metz	2: 1	5-0
FC Bergerac - ARC Cavaillon	1-0	2: 1
SC Caluire Saint-Clair - Arago Sport Orléans	2: 2	0: 1

Semifinals

Stade Reims - FC Rouen	2-0	2: 1
FC Bergerac - Arago Sport Orléans	1: 1	1: 2

Endgame

The game took place on May 31, 1975 in front of around 3,000 spectators at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims .

Stade Reims - Arago Sport Orléans

5: 0 (4: 0)

Constellations

• Reims: Marie-Louise Butzig - Patricia Mousel , Ghislaine Royer , Renée Delahaye , Marie-France Courtois - Betty Goret ( Claudine Dié ), Véronique Roy ( Nadine Juillard ), Anne O'Brien - Michèle Wolf , Dominique Dewulf , Marie-Bernadette Thomas ( Isabelle Musset )
  Trainer: Pierre Geoffroy
• Orléans: Nicole Ranoul - Baricault, Simon, Deschamps, Michèle Christophe - Abolivier (Thauvin), Romero, Cobret - Goury ( Monique Casella ), Isabelle Ledu , Maryse Casella
  Trainer: Bernard Ranoul

Gates

1: 0 Dewulf (13th)
2: 0 O'Brien (16th)
3: 0 Thomas (20th)
4: 0 Dewulf (25th)
5: 0 Wolf (64th)

literature

• Pascal Grégoire-Boutreau: Au bonheur des filles. Cahiers intempestifs, Saint-Étienne 2003, ISBN 2-911698-25-8

Web links

• 1974/75 season at rsssf.com

Notes and evidence

1. ↑ For these early championships, see the article Fémina Sport Paris .
2. ↑ Grégoire-Boutreau, p. 242
3. ↑ See the article “ Stade Reims 40 years ago first French champion ” from July 30, 2015 and the description of Ranoul's career from April 6, 2019, both at footofeminin.fr