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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.
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (French pronunciation: [paʁi sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain or simply PSG, is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1 , the top division of French football .
PSG's starting lineup ahead of a UEFA Champions League match away to Dynamo Kyiv during the 2012–13 season. Paris Saint-Germain Football Club is a French professional football club based in Paris, that currently plays in Ligue 1. Founded in 1970, following the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain, the club have completed 54 seasons, of which 51 have been played in the highest division ...
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 ]
Paris Saint-Germain played without a shirt sponsor until the 1972–73 season, when the club signed a deal with Canadian grocery store chain Montreal. [90] PSG then signed with Canadian soft-drink brand Canada Dry in 1973–74 what was the biggest contract in Division 2 history at the time.
While Paris St-Germain have enjoyed a near-uninterrupted stranglehold on French football since a Qatari takeover in 2011, the lower-league clubs that make up the rest of the city's footballing ...
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club was founded in 1970. [1] Since that time, PSG has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and 511 players have played in at least one match with the club's first team. [2] 151 of these players have graduated from the Paris Saint-Germain Academy. [3] [4]
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club holds many records, most notably being the most successful French club in history in terms of official titles won, with 50. [1] [2] [3] They are the record holders of all national competitions, having clinched 12 Ligue 1 championships, 15 Coupe de France, nine Coupe de la Ligue, and 12 Trophée des Champions.