Stade Helvétique de Marseille
| Full name | Stade Helvétique de Marseille |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) |
Les Helvétiques Les Suisses |
| Founded | 22 July 1904 |
| Dissolved | 1932 |
| Ground | Stade des Patronages |
Les Helvétiques
Stade Helvétique de Marseille, commonly abbreviated to Stade Helvétique or SH Marseille, was a French football club founded on 22 July 1904 under the name of La Suisse. On the 19th July 1907 the club was renamed to the Stade Helvétique de Marseille. The club was dissolved in 1932 due to the Wall Street Crash.
The club was created on the 22nd July, 1904 by a committee of the gymnastics from Switzerland who had existed in Marseille for nearly twenty years. They climbed to the first round of the Championnat du Littoral de l'USFSA in 1906 and after some recruits came to reinforce the team in 1908, the Helvétiques finally won their first local title in 1909 and thus played in their first Championnat de France USFSA. In the final, the club won against CA Paris (3-2), giving the strange spectacle of ten Swiss and an Englishman becoming champions of France. This was the first success of a club from Marseille against a Parisian club; the Stade Helvétique then became the leading club from Marseille, thus masking the other clubs in the city, Olympique included.
The following season, the club reached the Championnat de France final, again Their opponents, US Tourcoing, showed no mercy and thrashed the club 7-2.
In 1911, the Club found themselves in the National final again. At the Stade de l'Huveaune, the club beat Racing Club de France 3-2. In 1912, the club lifted its fourth consecutive Littoral title. Stade Raphaëlois, champion of the Côte d'Azur de l'USFSA and National champion that year, eliminated the club in two matches (0-0, 2-1).
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