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| Full name | Red Star Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | L'Étoile rouge (The Red Star)[1] Les verts et blancs (The Green and Whites) Les Audoniens (The Audonians) | |||
| Founded | 21 February 1897 | |||
| Ground | Stade Bauer | |||
| Capacity | 5,600 | |||
| Owner | 777 Partners | |||
| President | Patrice Haddad | |||
| Head coach | Grégory Poirier | |||
| League | Ligue 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Championnat National, 1st of 18 (promoted) | |||
| Website | https://www.redstar.fr | |||
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Red Star Football Club (French pronunciation: [ʁɛd staʁ futbol klœb]), known as Red Star FC or simply Red Star, is a French professional football club founded in Paris in 1897, and is the fourth oldest French football club, after Standard AC of Paris,[2] Le Havre AC and Girondins de Bordeaux. As of the 2024–25 season, Red Star competes in the Ligue 2, the French second tier, after being promoted from Championnat National at the end of the 2023–24 season. The club plays its home matches at Stade Bauer.[3]
Despite the club's long spell under a semi-pro status, Red Star has a rich history. The club was founded in 1897 under the name Red Star Club Français by French football legend Jules Rimet. Rimet later went on to serve as president of both the French Football Federation and FIFA. The original FIFA World Cup Trophy was named in his honour. Red Star was one of the founding member clubs of Ligue 1 and has spent 19 seasons in the first division; the club's last top tier stint being in 1974–75. In cup competitions, the club has won five Coupe de France titles, which is tied for fifth-best among all French clubs.
While the club have enjoyed only modest success on the field, the club is widely recognised for its distinctive social culture. Red Star supporters are strongly identified with their support of left-wing politics, social activism and a party atmosphere they create at the club's matches.[4]
The club was purchased by US-based private investment firm 777 Partners in May 2022, a move which saw demonstrations from fans leading to the postponement of a Championnat National match in April 2022.[5][6]
- ^ "#625 – Red Star FC : l'Etoile Rouge" (in French). Footnickname. 26 September 2021. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Fédération Française de Football". Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Red Star: En National au stade Bauer (off)". Foot-national.com (in French). 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Godfrey, Mark (20 January 2018). "Red Star: the oldest, hippest and most political football club in Paris". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "National. Le Red Star officiellement vendu au fond américain 777 Partners" [National. Red Star officially sold to the American fund 777 Partners] (in French). footamateur.fr. 11 May 2022. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "National. La rencontre Red Star – Sète arrêtée pour des jets de projectiles" [National. The Red Star v Sète abandoned due to projectiles being thrown] (in French). footamateur.fr. 15 April 2022. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.