Camp des Loges

The Camp des Loges is the training ground of French football club Paris Saint-Germain's female and academy teams. Located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just west of Paris, the current version of the Camp des Loges opened in November 2008. It is the second to have been built on the site, the first opening its doors in 1904.

Camp des Loges
LocationSaint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris Region
TypeTraining ground
Construction
Opened21 June 1904
4 November 2008
Construction cost€5m (2008)
Tenants
Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (1970–2023)
Paris Saint-Germain Academy (1975–present)
Paris Saint-Germain Féminine (2023–present)

The sports venue also used to host training sessions of PSG's male side from their foundation in 1970 until 2023, when they moved to Campus PSG. Following the club's expected complete relocation to this facility in 2024, including its women's and youth outfits, French professional rugby union club Stade Français will become the new tenants of the Camp des Loges.

Development

The first Camp des Loges opened in June 1904. Originally, it was a military camp reserved for soldiers of the French Army. In 1970, following the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain, it became the club's training ground.[1] PSG's male team conducted their first training session on the pitches of the Camp des Loges on July 28, 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!"[2] The venue also turned into the training facilities of the Paris Saint-Germain Academy when it opened on November 4, 1975.[1][2]

Construction of a new Camp des Loges began in January 2008, on the same site as the old one. The first stone was laid in July 2008, being completed on October 24, 2008. At a cost of €5m, it was inaugurated on November 4, 2008.[2][3] On September 12, 2013, the club signed a sponsorship contract with international communications company Ooredoo. As part of the deal, the Camp des Loges was renamed Ooredoo Training Centre.[2][4]

PSG's male team trained one last time at the Camp des Loges on June 2, 2023, on the eve of the last match of the 2022–23 season against Clermont, which saw them lift the 11th league title in the club's history, a record in France. They moved to Campus PSG, located in nearby Poissy, after that.[2] The Camp des Loges now hosts the club's female and academy sides and will continue to do so until the summer of 2024, when French professional rugby union club Stade Français are expected to take over as tenants.[2][5] A new building dedicated to bodybuilding will be built as an extension of the premises used by PSG.[6]

Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre
Main article: Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre

The Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre sports complex, whose main stadium has a seating capacity of 2,164 spectators, is located just across the street from the Camp des Loges, the training centre of Paris Saint-Germain.[7] It was one of PSG's main grounds until 1974.[8] That year, the club moved into Parc des Princes.[9] The stadium — as well as the other artificial turf and grass football pitches of the complex — hosts training sessions and home matches for the club's male and female academy sides.[7]

New training ground
Main article: Campus PSG

The Parisian club began scouting locations for its new training ground in 2012.[10] PSG's Qatari owners, led by club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, deemed the Camp des Loges and its limited space available as below the club's ambitions.[10][11] Poissy, Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Thiverval-Grignon were considered for the future training camp.[1] In 2016, PSG selected the Poncy site in Poissy, a commune in the Yvelines department in the western suburbs of Paris Region.[11] Construction will start in spring 2020 and finish in summer 2022.[12]

Owned and financed by the club, Campus PSG will bring together PSG's football, handball and judo teams, as well as the football and handball academies.[13][14] It will replace Camp des Loges — the club's current training facility in nearby Saint-Germain-en-Laye — upon its completion in 2022.[14] 25 minutes away from Parc des Princes and 15 minutes from Camp des Loges, the 74-hectare site is part of PSG's global strategy to become one of the best-performing multi-sport clubs in the world.[11][15]

See also

    References
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    2. "Clap de fin au Camp des Loges". PSG.FR. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
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    12. "Obtention des permis de construire". PSG.FR. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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