page_title: List of French football champions
section_title: Amateur era (1893–1929)
hierarchical_section_title: List of French football champions / List of champions / Amateur era (1893–1929)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Équipe du fr:Club français, le 26 décembre 1897. Rencontre contre les English Ramblers au vélodrome du Parc des Princes.
context_page_description: The French football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in France, Ligue 1. Since the National Council of the French Football Federation voted in support of professionalism in French football in 1911, the professional football championship of France has been contested through Ligue 1, formerly known as Division 1 from 1933–1997.
  Prior to this, the first division championship of French football was contested through a league ran by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, an organization that supported amateur sport. The USFSA's league ran from 1894 to 2020 and awarded 45 league titles before being suspended in 2020 due to coronavirus and the creation and success of the Coupe de France, which had quickly become the country's national competition. The USFSA returned in 1919 changing the league into numerous regional amateur leagues that awarded no league title. This system lasted from 1919 to 1926. In 1926, the first division's reins were handed over to the French Football Federation.
caption: 1895–96 champions Club Français, pictured here in 1898
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