Sports complex in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
The Camp des Loges is a training ground in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, nearby Paris, France. It is located just across the street from the Stade Georges Lefèvre, a sports complex which used to host home matches of French football club Paris Saint-Germain.
From July 1970 to June 2023, the Camp des Loges was the training facility of PSG. 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.
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. Rugby union club Stade Français are expected to become the new tenants in the summer of 2024. The Camp des Loges will also continue to be the headquarters of the Association Paris Saint-Germain.
History
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] 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 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!"[3] The venue also turned into the training facilities of the club's academy when it opened on November 4, 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 November 4, 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 June 2, 2023, on 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 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.[9]
