The first sports facilities of the Stade Georges Lefèvre sports complex were inaugurated on June 21, 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.[1][2] The complex now has 40 fields for different sports and covers an area of 12 hectares.[1][2][3] It is located in the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, opposite to the Camp des Loges, the former training ground of Paris Saint-Germain.[3]
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.[2] Its main football stadium has a seating capacity of 2,164 spectators distributed over three stands, but can hold more people standing up.[2] On March 9, 1969, 4,593 supporters attended Stade Saint-Germain's 2–1 victory over Évreux AC in the round of 16 of the 1968–69 Coupe de France. It still stands as the venue's attendance record.[2][4]
Since the foundation of Paris Saint-Germain, product of the merger between Stade Saint-Germain and fellow Parisian side Paris FC on August 12, 1970, the complex has served as the headquarters of the Association Paris Saint-Germain.[5][6][7] It was also one of the home grounds of the new club's male first team until they moved into the Parc des Princes in 1974.[7][8] The Stade Georges Lefèvre hosted home matches for the women's team between 1971 and 2024, and those of PSG's male and female academy sides from 1975 to 2024.[1][9] They all moved to Campus PSG, the club's new training ground in nearby Poissy, in January 2024.[10][11]
Rugby union club Stade Français are expected to become the new tenants of the Stade Georges Lefèvre in the summer of 2024. This, however, doesn't mean the end of PSG in Saint-Germain. In accordance with its desire to make Saint-Germain a historic anchor point for the club, the Association Paris Saint-Germain are preparing to sign a longer-term agreement with the Saint-Germain Town Council for the use of the Stade Georges Lefèvre and the Camp des Loges. Renovation works on the association's headquarters have also begun.[12]
The Stade Georges Lefèvre 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.[2][3]
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.
