1900 Coupe Manier

The 1900 Coupe Manier was the 5th tournament of the Coupe Manier, a French national football cup restricted to clubs fielding no more than three foreign players.

The competition was held in a knock-out format on the road between 14 October and 23 December, and it was contested by 6 Parisian clubs, being won by Club Français after beating UA I arrondissement 1–0 in the final at Joinville-le-Pont, who thus won its fifth title in the competition.

Tournament
The six participants were Nationale de Saint-Mandé, Club Français, AS Française, Gallia Club, UA I arrondissement, and Paris Star, whose president, Mr. Manier, had created the competition in 1897. Due to being the founders of the tournament, Paris Star received a bye to the semifinals, just as Club Français, who got the bye due to being the reigning champions of the Championnat de Paris. In the preliminary rounds, which were held on 14 October, UA I arrondissement trashed Gallia 7–1, while Saint-Mandé defeated AS Française 4–1.

In the semifinals, which were held the following week on 21 October, UA I arrondissement defeated Paris Star in a thrilling 4–3 clash. Club Français was at the peak of its golden age which won two consecutive Paris Championships in 1899 and 1900, but Saint-Mandé strongly contested their bid for supremacy and managed to hold them to a goalless draw, which forced a replay that was played two months later on 16 December, in which Club Français confirmed their favoritism with a 4–0 win.

The final begins an hour late, the Association Football Commission having forgotten to appoint a referee. Fortunately, the Club Français player Jack Wood, who was used to refereeing, offered himself up to the task. The French Club won 1–0 in a match that ended in the growing darkness. Lucien Huteau, usually the goalkeeper, played the second half as a right winger due to the absence of Laisné, which means that Club Français played the entire first half with ten players before Weber came into play as a goalkeeper.

Results
