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In the summer of 1970, an ambitious group of businessmen decided to create a major team in the French capital. [1] [2] Guy Crescent and Pierre-Étienne Guyot chose to merge their virtual side, Paris FC, created in 1969, with Stade Saint-Germain of Henri Patrelle after the team from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 15 km west of Paris and founded in 1904, won promotion to Division 2.
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (French pronunciation: [paʁi sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain or simply PSG, is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1 , the top division of French football .
The association's headquarters in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. On June 17, 1970, Paris Football Club and Stade Saint-Germain merged to form Paris Saint-Germain Football Club. [1] It was made official on August 12, 1970, with the creation of the Association Paris Saint-Germain Football, Association loi 1901.
PSG's starting lineup ahead of a UEFA Champions League match away to Dynamo Kyiv during the 2012–13 season. Paris Saint-Germain FC is a French professional football club based in Paris, that currently plays in Ligue 1. Founded in 1970, following the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain, the club have completed 54 seasons, of which 51 have been played in the highest division in French ...
Paris Saint-Germain finally restored balance in June 2011, when Qatari government-backed investment fund Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) bought 70% of the club's shares. QSI is a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the country's sovereign wealth fund. [14] Colony Capital (29%) and Butler (1%) remained minority shareholders. [14]
Paris Saint-Germain Football Club holds many records, most notably being the most successful French club in history in terms of official titles won, with 51. [1] [2] [3] They are the record holders of all national competitions, having clinched 12 Ligue 1 championships, 15 Coupe de France, nine Coupe de la Ligue, and 13 Trophée des Champions.
Stade Saint-Germain was a French football club active between 1904 and 1970, [2] at which time it merged with Paris FC in 1970 to form Paris Saint-Germain. [3] It was based in the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye .
Crescent became the president of Paris FC, the newly re-formed club, from 1973 to 1975. [12] [13] For the occasion of the 50th anniversary of PSG in 2020, the president of the club Nasser Al-Khelaifi along with the city of Poissy decided to pay tribute to Crescent by renaming a street near the new Paris Saint-Germain Training Center in honour ...