Oxford University Association Football Club is an English

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club representing the

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. It is affiliated to

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as the Oxford University FA, and has representation on the

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equivalent to a County Football Association. Oxford University was one of the earliest winners of the

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, having achieved it in 1874 after beating the

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. The club currently plays in the BUCS Football League, the league system of

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(BUCS). In 2020, the club merged with Oxford University Women's Association Football Club (OUWAFC) to create one single entity.

History

Formed on 9 November 1871, the club was a giant of the 1870s, winning the

2–0 against

in 1874 and finishing the competition as runners-up in

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and

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, the last year they competed. The club merged with OUWAFC, the women's club, in 2020. The club left the Iffley Road rugby football ground, which it shared with Oxford University Rugby Football Club, in 1921 and moved to the nearby Iffley Road Stadium. The club

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of the 1950s was formed from the Oxford and

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teams. OUAFC has competed in the British University and College Sports (BUCS) leagues as well as contesting the annual Varsity Football Match against

International players

England

Twenty-two Oxford players were capped for

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, while registered with Oxford University A.F.C., including three of the team which took part in the first international match on 30 November 1872: Frederick Chappell, Arnold Kirke-Smith and Cuthbert Ottaway. The full list of England players (with the number of caps received while registered with Oxford University A.F.C.): * John Bain (1 cap) * Arthur Berry (1 cap) * Francis Birley (1 cap) * William Bromley-Davenport (2 caps) * Frederick Chappell (1 cap) * Edmund Currey (2 caps) * Reginald Erskine 'Tip' Foster (1 cap) *

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(1 cap) * Elphinstone Jackson (1 cap) * Robert Stuart King (1 cap) * Arnold Kirke-Smith (1 cap) * William Oakley (4 caps) * Cuthbert Ottaway (2 caps) * Percival Parr (1 cap) * George Raikes (4 caps) * William Rawson (2 caps) * Gilbert Oswald Smith (7 caps) * Robert Vidal (1 cap) * Percy Walters (2 caps) * Leonard Wilkinson (1 cap) * Claude Wilson (1 cap) * Charles Wreford-Brown (1 cap)

Wales

The following five players were capped for

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while registered with Oxford University A.F.C.: * Sydney Darvell (2 caps) * William Evans (2 caps) * Alexander Jones (1 cap) * Hugh Morgan-Owen (6 caps) * Morgan Morgan-Owen (11 caps)

Ireland

The following player was capped for Ireland while registered with Oxford University A.F.C.: * J.V. Nolan-Whelan (4 caps)

Honours

: 1874

References

External links

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