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Camp des Loges
The Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre Training Center (French: Centre d'entraînement du Stade municipal 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 Camp des Loges is located across the street from the Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre, a sports complex also formerly operated by PSG. Paris Saint-Germain left the Camp des Loges for the newly-built Campus PSG in 2023. The club's academy and female team also moved to the new site in 2024. The Camp des Loges will also continue to be the headquarters of the Association Paris Saint-Germain. HistoryThe 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 (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] See alsoReferences
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