Stade Sébastien Charléty

Stade Sébastien Charléty

Stade Charléty
Coordinates
Capacity	20,000
Surface	grass
Construction
Built	1939
Opened	1939
Renovated	1994
Architect	Bernard Zehrfuss
Tenants
Paris Saint-Germain Féminines Paris Université Club Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League (1996–97) Paris FC (2007–2013, 2014–) Stade Français (2010–2013)

Stade Sebastien Charléty, known simply as Stade Charléty or just Charléty, is a multi-use stadium in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Officially, the current capacity of the stadium is 20,000 people. The stadium opened in 1938 and was designed by French architect Bernard Zehrfuss. It is the current home of Paris FC who compete in Ligue 2, and Paris Saint-Germain Féminines who compete in the Division 1 Féminine and in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

The stadium has hosted many matches during various Rugby League World Cups. It served as the temporary home for the Stade Français rugby union club, starting in 2010–11 and running through 2012–13, while that club was building a completely new stadium at the site of its traditional home, Stade Jean-Bouin. It also hosted a Stade Français home match in the Paris derby with Racing Métro in the 2009–10 season.

The stadium has an athletic track that hosted the 1994 and 2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final and the 2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.

There is an indoor sporting arena called Salle Pierre Charpy that is located under the stadium. The capacity of the arena is 1,850 people. It is currently the home arena of the French Pro A League professional volleyball team Paris Volley.

In May 1968, Charléty made the news for a nonsporting event: on 27 May, the meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France, one of the most important of the protests of that month, took place, attracting between 30,000 and 50,000 people. The crowd, led by Pierre Mendès-France and Michel Rocard, shouted "Ce n'est qu'un début, continuons le combat!" ("This is only the beginning; let's keep up the fight!")

Gallery

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  New Stade Charléty in 2006

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  A women's football match

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  French Athletics Championships 2013

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  Final of the French American Football Championship

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  Disabled sport athlete Iris Pruysen competes in the long jump in the Athletics Paralympic Meeting

External links

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