Football in Paris

Football is the biggest and most popular sport in Paris, in terms of participants, spectators, economy, and media coverage.

Paris

Paris Saint-Germain

Red Star

Location map of professional football clubs in the city of Paris

History

Racing Club de France, Red Star, CA Paris, and Club Français were all founding members of the 1932–33 Division 1, and the most successful club in the city is Paris Saint-Germain.^[1] The Stade de France is the home ground of the France national football team, and has hosted the Coupe de France final since the stadium's inauguration in 1998.

Derbies

The last local derby in Ligue 1 was the Paris derby in the 1989–90 season between Paris Saint-Germain and Racing Paris. In total, the clubs met regularly for 5 seasons, in the 1984–85 season and from the 1986–87 to the 1989–90 seasons continuously.^{[citation needed]} In the 21st century, most derbies have been played between Créteil, Paris FC, and Red Star in the second and third tiers.^{[citation needed]} When Paris FC was finally promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2025–26 season, it marked the first time in 35 years that a Paris derby was played in the top division.

In women's football, the Paris derby^[2] (also known as the Parisian derby) is a major rivalry in the Première Ligue (formerly known as the Division 1 Féminine), the top division of women's football in France. It is contested between Paris FC and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).

Players

A large number of professional players grew up in Paris and began their career playing local football.^[3]

Clubs

Men's clubs

	Founded	Dissolved	Professional era	Home	Honours	Note
Standard Athletic Club	1890		1890-1937	Meudon	1894, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1901 - USFSA Champion	1917 - Founding member Coupe de France
The White Rovers	1891	1898		Bois de Vincennes		1898 - Disbanded
Club Français	1892	1935	1932–1934		1896 - USFSA Champions Champion 1931 - Coupe de France Final	1935 - Disbanded
US Suisse Paris	1894		1934–1935	Porte Dauphine	1903–04 USFSA Champions Runner up 1903 - Coupe Dewar winner	Founding member Ligue Île-de-France and the French Football Federation
Olympique de Paris	1895	1926		19th Arr	Coupe de France Winner: 1918 Coupe de France Runner-up: 1919, 1921 Tournoi du Nouvel An Winners: 1925 Tournoi de Pâques Winners: 1925 Tournoi de Pentecôte de Paris Runners-up: 1925	1926 - Merged with Red Star FC
Racing Club de France Football	1896		1932–1967 1983–1990	Colombes	Ligue 1 Champions: 1936 Ligue 1 Runners-up: 1961, 1962 Ligue 2 Champions: 1986 Championnat de France amateur Winners: 2004 Group D Championnat de France amateur 2 Winners: 2007 Group F Division d'Honneur (Paris Île-de-France) Champions: 1973 Coupe de France Champions: 1936, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1949 Coupe de France Runners-up: 1930, 1950, 1990 USFSA Championnat Champions: 1907 USFSA Paris Championnat Champions: 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1919 FFFA Ligue de Paris Champions: 1931, 1932 Coupe Dewar Champions: 1905, 1906, 1907, 1912 Coupe Dewar Runners-up: 1901
CA Paris-Charenton	1896		1932–1963	Maisons-Alfort	1920 - Coupe de France winner	1964 - Merger between CA Paris (1892) and SO Charentonnais (1904)
Gallia Club Paris	1896	1940			1904–05 USFSA Champion 1904 - Coupe Manier 1909 - Coupe Dewar	1940 - Disbanded
US Parisienne	c. 1897	1909				1909 - Disbanded
Red Star F.C.	1897		1932–1950 1952–1960 1961–1978 1992–2001 2015–	Saint-Ouen	Ligue 2 Champions (2): 1933–34, 1938–39 Championnat National Champions: 2014–15, 2017–18 Championnat de France amateur 2 Champions: 2006 A Division d'Honneur Champions: 1920, 1922, 1924, 2005 Coupe de France Champions: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1942 Coupe de France Runners-up: 1946 Ligue de Football Association (LFA) Championship Champions: 1912 Challenge de la Renommée Champions: 1919 Trophée de France Runners-up: 1912 Tournoi du Nouvel An Winners: 1921, 1923, 1924 Tournoi de Pâques Winners: 1923 Tournoi de Pâques Runners-up: 1922, 1929 Tournoi Pascal Winners: 1913, 1924 Challenge International de Paris Winners: 1913 Tournoi de Pentecôte Runners-up: 1927
Stade Français	1900		1942–1968 1981–1985	Vaucresson	Division 2 Winner: 1952 - Division 2 runner-up: 1946, 1959
US Créteil-Lusitanos	1936		1999–2017	Créteil	Championnat National Champions: 2013 Division 4 (CFA 2) Champions: 1987 Division d'Honneur Champions: 1962, 1986 Coupe de Paris - Ile de France Champions 1998
AC Boulogne-Billancourt	1943			Boulogne-Billancourt
FCM Aubervilliers	1948			Aubervilliers
UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole	1948			Choisy-le-Roi	Championnat de France Amateur 2 Champions: 2008 Division d'Honneur (Île-de-France) Champions: 2007 Division Supérieure Régional Champions: 2006	2012 - Merger between Maccabi Paris (1948) and UJA Alfortville (1926)
Paris 13 Atletico	1968			13th Arr		2020 - FC Gobelins Paris 13 changed name to Paris 13 Atletico
Paris FC	1969		1972–1974 1976–1983 2015–	13th Arr	Championnat National Runners-up: 2015 Division 3 Winners: 1974 West group Championnat de France amateur Winners 2006 Group D Division 4 Runners-up: 1989 Division 4 Winners: 1989 Group F Division d'Honneur Champions: 1988, 2010
Paris Saint-Germain F.C.	1970		1970–1972 1973–	16th Arr	Paris Saint-Germain F.C. records and statistics	1972–1973 Division 3
FC Versailles 78	1989			Versailles	Division 4 Finalist and Champions group F: 1986 National 3 Runners-up of group B: 1994 Division d'Honneur Champions: 1985, 2017 Division Supérieure Régionale Champions group A: 2010 Division d'Honneur Régionale Runners-up group A: 2009	Merger of Racing Club Versaillais (1960) and Compagnons Sportifs Versaillais (1958).
Entente SSG	1989			Saint-Gratien		National 2
FC Fleury 91	1991			Fleury-Mérogis
Paris Foot Gay	2003	2015				LGBT community

Women's clubs

	Founded	Professional era	Home	Honours
Paris Saint-Germain	1971		16th Arr	Division 2: 2000–01 Coupe de France Féminine: 2009–10, 2017–18 Challenge National Élite U19: 2015–16, 2016–17 Gipuzkoa Elite Cup: 2018
Paris FC	1971 - ES Juvisy-sur-Orge 1985 - FCF Juvisy Essonne 2017 - Paris FC	2017–	Viry-Châtillon	Division 1 Champions: 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2005–06 Challenge de France Winners: 2005 Invitational Menton Tournament Winners: 1993
FC Fleury 91	2003 - FCF Val d'Orge 2017 - FCF 91 Cœur d'Essonne	2017–	Fleury-Mérogis	2017 - Division 2 Champion

Academies

Academy	Founded	Note
INF Clairefontaine		A men's academy.
CNFE Clairefontaine		A women's academy.

See also

• Football in France