Parc des Princes

48°50′29.22″N 2°15′10.98″E / 48.8414500°N 2.2530500°E / 48.8414500; 2.2530500

Parc des Princes
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Address24 Rue du Commandant Guilbaud
Location75016 Paris, Île-de-France, France
Public transitParis Métro Paris Métro Line 9 at Porte de Saint-Cloud
Capacity48,229
Record attendance50,370 (Rugby: France vs Wales, 18 February 1989)
Field size105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
SurfaceGrassMaster by Tarkett Sports
Construction
Built8 July 1967; 57 years ago (1967-07-08)
Opened25 May 1972; 52 years ago (1972-05-25)
Construction cost150 million FF (1970)
(€179 million in 2022 euros[1])
ArchitectRoger Taillibert & Siavash Teimouri
Tenants
Paris FC (1972–1974, 1978–1979)[2]
Paris Saint-Germain (1974–present)
France national football team (selected matches)
France national rugby union team (1974–1998)

The Parc des Princes (French pronunciation: [paʁk de pʁɛ̃s], lit. 'Park of Princes') is an all-seater football stadium in Paris, France.[3] It is located in the south-west of the French capital, inside the 16th arrondissement, near the Stade Jean-Bouin and Stade Roland Garros.[3][4]

The stadium, with a seating capacity of 47,929 spectators, has been the home of football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) since 1974.[5][6] Before the opening of the Stade de France in 1998, it was the home stadium of France's national football team and national rugby union team.[6] The Parc des Princes pitch is surrounded by four covered all-seater stands, officially known as Tribune Borelli, Tribune Auteuil, Tribune Paris, and Tribune Boulogne.[7]

Conceived by architect Roger Taillibert and Siavash Teimouri, the current version of the Parc des Princes officially opened on 25 May 1972, at a cost of 80–150 million francs.[8][9] The stadium is the third to have been built on the site, the first opening its doors in 1897 and the second in 1932.[4]

PSG registered its record home attendance in 1983, when 49,575 spectators witnessed the club's 2–0 win over Waterschei in the European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals.[10] However, the France national rugby union team holds the stadium's absolute attendance record. They defeated Wales, 31–12, in the 1989 Five Nations Championship in front of 50,370 spectators.[11]

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  6. ^ a b "The lowdown on the Parc des Princes". RealMadrid.com. Real Madrid CF. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Plan du Parc". PSG.fr (in French). Paris Saint-Germain. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  8. ^ "PSG firmly in the pantheon". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Le Parc des Princes". InfoPSG.com (in French). Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  10. ^ "PSG-OM, record d'affluence au Parc des Princes en L1". Paris-canalhistorique.com (in French). 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Stadium and Attendances: Parc des Princes Paris". Stadium-Attendances.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.