Camp des Loges

History

The Stade Georges Lefèvre Training Center was inaugurated on 21 June 1904, under the name of Stade des Loges, to coincide with the foundation of now-dissolved French football club Stade Saint-Germain that same year.{{cite news | access-date = 10 June 2021}}

In 1945, following the death of Stade Saint-Germain player Georges Lefèvre during World War II in 1940, the Stade des Loges changed its name to Stade Georges Lefèvre in his honor. Its main football stadium, the homonymously called Stade Georges Lefèvre, has a seating capacity of 2,164 spectators distributed over three stands, but can hold more people standing up. In 1970, following the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Camp des Loges became the club's training ground. Since then, the site also serves as the headquarters of the Association Paris Saint-Germain.{{cite news

PSG's male team conducted their first training session on the pitches of the Camp des Loges on 28 July 1970. Former club president Guy Crescent, who was in attendance that day, famously declared to the press, "From now on, you belong to a family. Paris Football Club and Stade Saint-Germain are over. We are now Paris Saint-Germain!"{{cite news | access-date = 24 June 2023}} Camp des Loges was also the training facility of the women's team from 1971 until 2012, when they moved to Bougival, and of the club's academy starting on 4 November 1975.{{cite news | access-date = 24 January 2023}}{{cite news | access-date = 20 April 2017}}{{cite news | access-date = 15 January 2024}}

Renovations on the Camp des Loges began in January 2008 and finished on 4 November 2008, at a cost of €5m.{{cite news | url-status = dead | url-status = dead | access-date = 14 January 2024}}

The women's team briefly returned to Camp des Loges in June 2023, before definitely moving into Campus PSG in January 2024.{{cite news | access-date = 14 January 2024}}{{cite news | access-date = 19 January 2024}} The club's academy also moved to the new site that month.{{cite news | access-date = 14 January 2024}} Rugby union club Stade Français became the new tenants of the Camp des Loges in October 2024. However, the Association Paris Saint-Germain would continue to have its headquarters at the ground.{{cite news | access-date = 19 January 2024}}

Facilities

The Camp des Loges has facilities for track and field, field hockey, football, rugby sevens, beach volleyball and other beach sports, tennis, and padel spread over 12 hectares. Additionally, the complex has three stands for football, rugby and hockey; one club-house with a restaurant; locker rooms and sanitaries; and lighting for night sessions.{{cite news | archive-date = 18 January 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240118163724/https://prepare.paris2024.org/fr/training-camp/stade-georges-lefevre/ | url-status = dead

• One 400 metres athletics track with eight lanes.
• One jumping area for practicing high jump, triple jump and long jump.
• One area for practicing steeplechase.
• One 140 metres throwing area for practicing shot put.
• One archery range.
• One water-based hockey pitch.
• One sand-dressed hockey pitch.
• Five football pitches (three synthetic pitches and two grass pitches).
• One dedicated grass pitch for goalkeeper training.
• One synthetic pitch for rugby, renovated in 2018.
• Three beach volleyball fields.
• One beach sports field.
• 21 tennis courts, four covered.
• One mini tennis court.
• One tennis backboard wall.
• Two padel courts.

Former and current tenants

References

References

1. (2 October 2024). "Le Camp des Loges, nouveau centre d'entraînement du SFP". [[Stade Français]].