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The stadium, with a seating capacity of 47,929 spectators, has been the home of football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) since 1974. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Before the opening of the Stade de France in 1998, it was the home stadium of France's national football team and national rugby union team . [ 6 ]
In the summer of 1970, an ambitious group of businessmen decided to create a major team in the French capital. [1] [2] Guy Crescent and Pierre-Étienne Guyot chose to merge their virtual side, Paris FC, created in 1969, with Stade Saint-Germain of Henri Patrelle after the team from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 15 km west of Paris and founded in 1904, won promotion to Division 2.
The 2021–22 season was the 52nd season in the existence of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and the club's 48th consecutive season in the top flight of French football.In addition to the domestic league, Paris Saint-Germain participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Champions League, having lost the Trophée des Champions for the first time in nine years.
Last month's takeover of Paris FC by the Arnault family, who topped Forbes' list of richest billionaires in 2024 and own the luxury goods empire LVMH, looks set to buck that trend.
On 30 April 2020, Paris Saint-Germain were awarded the championship based on PPG ratio following the early cancellation of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They subsequently claimed both national cups to achieve a domestic treble .
The 2023–24 season was the 54th season in the history of Paris Saint-Germain and its 50th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the UEFA Champions League, and the Trophée des Champions.
Newcastle headed to Paris with a threadbare squad and very little hope of Champions League progression after successive defeats to Borussia Dortmund. Newcastle did enough to beat Paris Saint ...
The Paris Saint-Germain v İstanbul Başakşehir match was suspended after 14 minutes on 8 December 2020, with the score 0–0 at the time, as both teams left the pitch in protest after an alleged racist incident by a match official directed at the assistant manager Pierre Webó of İstanbul Başakşehir. [39]