Coupe Henri Fraeys 1902-1903

Friendly tournament instituted by Cercle Sportif Brugeois. It was also referred to as "Coupe des Flandres" or "Championnat des Flandres belges et de la Flandre française".
After Cercle won it for the second time in succession, they obtained possession of the trophy and it was not contested anymore after the second edition.

Palmares

Ed. Season    Winners                             Runners-Up
 1  1902      CS Brugeois                     2-1 Olympique Lillois
 2  1903      CS Brugeois                     6-2 US Tourquennoise 

Number of Wins (2; lost finals between square brackets)

 2      Cercle Sportif Brugeois (Brugge)

   [ 1] Olympique Lillois (Lille)
   [ 1] US Tourquennoise (Tourcoing)

1902

Participants (4):
Belgian club:
Cercle Sportif Brugeois (Brugge)
French clubs:
Iris-Club Lillois (Lille)
Olympique Lillois (Lille)
Union Sportive Tourquennoise (Tourcoing)    

NB: all matches in Brugge.

Semi-finals
[Mar 2]
Iris-Club Lillois           0-4 US Tourquennoise          
[Mar 9]
CS Brugeois                 1-1 Olympique Lillois
[Apr 13]
CS Brugeois                 6-1 Olympique Lillois           [replay Mar 9]
  [after this match, for which the final score was also reported as 6-2,
   it was announced CS Brugeois would play the final on Apr 20 against
   US Tourquennoise, but apparently Olympique Lillois obtained an extra
   chance]

Extra Semi-final [May 11]
Olympique Lillois           1-0 US Tourquennoise          

Final [May 25]
CS Brugeois                 2-1 Olympique Lillois

1903

Participants (10):
Belgian clubs:
Cercle Sportif Brugeois (Brugge)
Cercle Sportif Brugeois II (Brugge)
Association Athlétique La Gantoise (Gent)
Football Club Yprois (Ieper)
Football Club Courtraisien (Kortrĳk)
Sporting Club Courtraisien (Kortrĳk)
NB: CS Brugeois II admitted after the first round draw.
French clubs:
Iris-Club Lillois (Lille)
Racing Club Roubaisien (Roubaix)
Sporting-Club Tourquennois (Tourcoing) 
Union Sportive Tourquennoise (Tourcoing)    
NB: SC Tourquennois admitted after the first round draw.

NB: all matches in Brugge.

First Round
CS Brugeois                 w/o Iris Club Lillois           [ICL forfeited]
  [postponed from Feb 15; apparently not refixtured]
SC Courtraisien             w/o Racing Club Roubaisien      [RCR forfeited]
[Mar 1]
FC Courtraisien             3-4 FC Yprois                   [aet (2x10 minutes)]
[Mar 8]
AA La Gantoise              2-9 US Tourquennoise          

NB: after the draw for the first round, two additional teams were 
    admitted: SC Tourquennois and CS Brugeois II.

Intermediate Rounds
[Mar 29]
CS Brugeois                 w/o SC Tourquennois             [SCT forfeited]
[May 3]
CS Brugeois                 6-0 FC Yprois                 

Semi-finals
[Apr 26]
CS Brugeois II              2-4 US Tourquennoise            [also reported 3-5]
[May 17]
CS Brugeois                 6-0 SC Courtraisien  

Final [May 24]
CS Brugeois                 6-2 US Tourquennoise

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