Camp des Loges

Camp des Loges

Entrance of the Camp des Loges in 2022
Location	Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Construction
Opened	21 June 1904 4 November 2008
Construction cost	€5m (2008)
Tenants
Association Paris Saint-Germain (1970–present) Stade Français (2024–present)

The Stade Georges Lefèvre Training Center (French : Centre d'entraînement du Stade Georges Lefèvre), commonly known as the Camp des Loges, is a sports facility in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. Since October 2024, it has served as the training facility of rugby union club Stade Français; from July 1970 to June 2023, football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was the tenant.

The current version of the Camp des Loges opened in November 2008, and is the second to have been built on the site, with the first opening its doors in June 1904. The main stadium of the Camp des Loges, the Stade Georges Lefèvre, was also operated by PSG.

Paris Saint-Germain left the Camp des Loges for the newly built Campus PSG in 2023. The club's youth academy and female team also moved to the new site in 2024. The Camp des Loges continues to be the headquarters of the Association Paris Saint-Germain.

History

The first Camp des Loges opened in June 1904. It was named after the nearby Camp des Loges  [ fr ] military base reserved for soldiers of the French Army. In 1970, following the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), it became the club's training ground. ^[1] Since then, the site also serves as the headquarters of the Association Paris Saint-Germain. ^[2]

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!" ^[3] The venue also turned into the training facilities of the club's academy when it opened on 4 November 1975. ^{[1] [3]}

Construction of a new Camp des Loges began in January 2008, on the same site as the old one. At a cost of €5m, it was inaugurated on 4 November 2008. ^{[3] [4]} PSG signed a sponsorship contract with telecommunications company Ooredoo in September 2013. As part of the deal, the Camp des Loges was renamed Ooredoo Training Centre. ^{[3] [5]} The complex hosted the training sessions of the club's female team between June 2023 and January 2024. ^{[3] [6]}

PSG's male team trained one last time at the Camp des Loges on 2 June 2023, the eve of the last match of the 2022–23 season against Clermont, which saw them lift the 11th Ligue 1 title in the club's history, a record in France. They moved to Campus PSG, located in nearby Poissy, in July 2023. ^{[3] [7]} The club's academy and female team moved to the new site in January 2024. ^{[6] [8]}

Rugby union club Stade Français became the new tenants of the Camp des Loges in October 2024. ^[9] However, the Association Paris Saint-Germain would continue to have its headquarters at the ground. ^[10]

Complex

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. ^{[11] [12]}

Facilities

• 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.

See also

• Parc des Princes
• Stade Georges Lefèvre
• Campus PSG

References

1. "Le Camp des loges à St-Germain". Actu.fr. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
2. "Association Paris Saint-Germain". 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
3. "Clap de fin au Camp des Loges". PSG.FR. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
4. "Présentation du nouveau centre d'entraînement". PSG.FR. 3 November 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
5. "Ooredoo, nouveau partenaire du Paris Saint-Germain". PSG.FR. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
6. "La section féminine a fait sa rentrée au Campus PSG". PSG.FR. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
7. "Jour de reprise !". PSG.FR. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
8. "Les Centres de Formation et Préformation du club intègrent le Campus à Poissy". PSG.FR. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
9. "Le Camp des Loges, nouveau centre d'entraînement du SFP" (in French). Stade Français. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
10. "Le Stade Français attendu au camp des Loges cet été". L'Équipe. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
11. "Le stade Georges-Lefèvre, ancien stade des Loges". The Football Market. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
12. "Stade Georges Lefèvre". Centre de préparation aux Jeux de Paris2024. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

External links

Official websites

• PSG.FR - Site officiel du Paris Saint-Germain
• Paris Saint-Germain - Ligue 1
• Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA.com