The Camp des Loges, also known as Ooredoo Training Centre for sponsorship reasons, located in

Saint-Germain-en-Laye Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...

, is the

training ground A training ground is an area where professional association football teams prepare for matches, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness. They also sometimes form part of a club's youth system, as clubs consider it important t ...

of French

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

. 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.

Development

The first Camp des Loges opened in June 1904. Originally, it was a military camp reserved for soldiers of the

French Army The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed For ...

. In 1970, following the merger of

Paris FC Paris Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional football club based in Paris, that competes in the Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Paris FC play their home matches at the Stade Ch ...

and Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain, it became the club's training ground. The venue also turned into the training facilities of the

Paris Saint-Germain Academy The Paris Saint-Germain Academy, commonly known as the PSG Academy, is the youth system of both Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain (men's team) and Paris Saint-Germain Féminine (women's team). Established in 1970, the academy is ...

when it opened in 1975. 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 and it was completed in October 2008. At a cost of €5m, the new training centre was inaugurated in November 2008. In 2013, Paris Saint-Germain announced their sponsorship deal with international communications company

Ooredoo Ooredoo QSC ( ar, أريد; formerly ''Qtel'') is a Qatari multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Doha. Ooredoo provides mobile, wireless, wire line, and content services with market share in domestic and international telec ...

. As part of the agreement, the Camp des Loges was renamed Ooredoo Training Centre. In 2023, the club's male football team and academy will move to the

Paris Saint-Germain Training Center The Paris Saint-Germain Training Center, sometimes referred to as Campus PSG, located in Poissy, Paris Region, will be the new training ground and sports complex of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club. It will replace Camp des Loges — the cl ...

, which will be located in nearby

Poissy Poissy () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Pisciacais'' in French. Poissy is one of ...

. PSG, however, will remain closely linked to its historic birthplace in Saint-Germain-en-Laye as the Camp des Loges will become the training ground of the female football team and academy.

Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre

The

Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre The Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre is a sports complex located on Président-Kennedy avenue in the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, just across the street from Camp des Loges, the training centre of French Association football, football clu ...

sports complex A sports complex is a group of sports facilities. For example, there are track and field stadiums, football stadiums, baseball stadiums, swimming pools, and Indoor arenas. This area is a sports complex, for fitness. Olympic Park is also a kind ...

, 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. It was one of PSG's main grounds until 1974. That year, the club moved into

Parc des Princes Parc des Princes () is an all-seater stadium, all-seater Association football, football stadium in Paris, France, in the south-west of the French capital, inside the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement, near the Stade Jean-Bouin ...

. The stadium — as well as the other

artificial turf Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commer ...

and grass football pitches of the complex — hosts training sessions and home matches for the club's male and female academy sides.

New training ground

The Parisian club began scouting locations for its new training ground in 2012. PSG's Qatari owners, led by club president

Nasser Al-Khelaifi Nasser bin Ghanim Al-Khelaifi ( ar, ناصر بن غانم الخليفي; born 12 November 1973) is a Qatari businessman and the chairman of beIN Media Group, chairman of Qatar Sports Investments, president of Paris Saint-Germain and the Qatar ...

, deemed the Camp des Loges and its limited space available as below the club's ambitions.

and

Thiverval-Grignon Thiverval-Grignon is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Points of interest * Arboretum de Grignon * Jardin botanique de l'Institut National See also *Communes of the Yvelines department ...

were considered for the future training camp. In 2016, PSG selected the Poncy site in

, a

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in the

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the western suburbs of

Paris Region Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. Construction will start in spring 2020 and finish in summer 2022. Owned and financed by the club, the

will bring together PSG's football, handball and judo teams, as well as the football and handball academies. It will replace Camp des Loges — the club's current training facility in nearby

— upon its completion in 2022. 25 minutes away from

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.

References

External links

;Official websites
PSG.FR - Site officiel du Paris Saint-GermainParis Saint-Germain - Ligue 1Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA.com
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