Paris Saint-Germain Féminines

Paris Saint-Germain Féminines

Nickname(s)	Les Parisiennes (The Parisians)
Founded	1991 (1991)
Ground	Stade Sébastien Charléty, Paris
Ground Capacity	20,000
Chairman	Nasser Al-Khelaifi
Manager	Farid Benstiti
League	Division 1 Féminine
2014–15	Division 1 Féminine, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Paris Saint-Germain Féminines is a professional women's football club based in Paris, France. The club has been the female section of Paris Saint-Germain since 1991. PSG Féminines is managed by Farid Benstiti. The capital club is chaired by Nasser Al-Khelaifi. Stade Sébastien Charléty, which has a capacity of 20,000, is the main stadium of the club.^[1]

The 2010–11 season became their 12th season in Division 1 Féminine and their 10th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. PSG Féminines won the Division 2 Féminine in 2001 and were promoted to the top-tier. Since then PSG has never been relegated from the Division 1 Féminine.^[1]

PSG Féminines captured their first major title and most prestigious honour to date after claiming the Coupe de France Féminine in 2010. The ladies were runner-ups of the cup in 2008. PSG finished runners-up in Division 1 Féminine and qualified to the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in its history in 2011, following a decisive victory over second-placed Montpellier in the final match of the season.^[1]

History

PSG Féminines, as the official female section of Paris Saint-Germain, was founded in 1991. Therefore, the club does not recognize the history, titles and statistics before 1991.^[1] The newly formed club began life in the Division 1 Féminine during the 1991–92 season. However, after finishing fifth just one point behind the fourth spot, synonymous with top-flight status, PSG suddenly found themselves in the Division 2 Féminine for the 1992–93 season. PSG returned to the Division 1 in 1994 after two seasons in the second tier. Les Parisiennes, however, were relegated back to Division 2 following a disastrous 1994-95 season: 2 wins, 2 draws and 18 losses for a total of only 6 points. Six years later, PSG won the Division 2, the club's first trophy, and were promoted to the top-flight in 2001. Since then they have never been relegated from the Division 1.^[1]

Les Parisiennes lift the French Cup title.

The ladies continued without major problems among the elite but never within the top clubs under coach Cyril Combettes. The best players in the club at the time were Bérangère Sapowicz, Laure Boulleau, Nonna Debonne and Sabrina Delannoy. Cyril Combettes resigned due to relationship problems with the players and was replaced by Éric Leroy in 2007. He guided PSG Féminines to the Challenge de France final against Olympique Lyonnais at the Stade de France in 2008. PSG conceded three goals after having withstood the French champion in the first half. After a disappointing 2008-09 campaign, Éric Leroy handed over the job to Camillo Vaz in 2009. PSG signed French internationals Élise Bussaglia, Julie Soyer and Jessica Houara. Camille Abily, Sonia Bompastor and Zohra Ayachi also joined the club.^[1] PSG finished third in the league during the 2009–10 season, the highest place in the club's history, and captured the Challenge de France by defeating Montpellier 5–0 in the Final at the Stade Robert Bobin, the club's first major title and most prestigious honour to date.^[2]

The ladies' qualification to the Champions League.

The face of the team changed slightly for the 2010–11 season. Ingrid Boyeldieu, Émilie L'Huillier and Stéphanie Hoffele left PSG, while Gwenaëlle Pelé and Sophie Perrichon joined the coaching staff. Léa Rubio, Léa Le Garrec and Charlotte Lozè arrived as replacements.^[3] PSG's star signing Kátia formed a lethal partnership along Élise Bussaglia.^[4] The duo played an important role in PSG's qualification to the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time in its history, crowned with a decisive victory over second-placed Montpellier in the final match of the season.^[5] In the 2014–15 season, for the first time in the history of the club, PSG Féminines managed to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, after eliminating Lyon 2–1 on aggregate in the last 16.^[6]

List of seasons

Seasons
Season League [7][8] Cup Champions League Top Goalscorer(s)1 Division P Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Name Goals 1991–92 D1-B 5th 18 9 4 5 36 20 +16 22 1992–93 D2-B 5th 18 21 1993–94 D2-A 1st 18 30 1994–95 D1 12th 22 2 2 18 16 77 -61 6 1995–96 D2-A 4th 18 9 3 6 34 31 +3 30 1996–97 D2-A 7th 18 21 1997–98 D2-A 5th 18 28 1998–99 D2-A 3rd 18 53 1999–2000 D2-A 2nd 18 14 1 3 49 13 +36 61 2000–01 D2 1st 20 18 0 2 83 11 +72 74 [9] 2001–02 D1 5th 22 11 6 5 40 27 +13 61 QF Ingrid Boyeldieu 16 2002–03 D1 7th 22 7 7 8 32 45 -13 50 R16 Ingrid Boyeldieu 13 2003–04 D1 8th 22 5 7 10 22 36 -14 44 QF Ingrid Boyeldieu 5 2004–05 D1 10th 22 3 5 14 24 50 -26 36 SF Ingrid Boyeldieu 10 2005–06 D1 8th 22 8 3 11 26 32 -6 49 R16 Maryse Gobert Stéphanie Morel Candice Prévost 4 2006–07 D1 7th 22 6 8 8 37 33 +4 48 R32 Aurélie Mula 9 2007–08 D1 5th 22 9 4 9 25 33 -8 53 RU Marie-Laure Delie 21 2008–09 D1 8th 22 7 6 9 29 30 -1 49 R32 Candice Prévost 7 2009–10 D1 3rd 22 16 4 2 62 8 +54 74 W Camille Abily 12 2010–11 D1 2nd 22 17 1 4 43 16 +27 74 R32 Kátia 12 2011–12 D1 4th 22 13 5 4 47 23 +24 66 SF R16 Kenza Dali 13 2012–13 D1 2nd 22 18 2 2 75 10 +65 78 SF Kosovare Asllani 22 2013–14 D1 2nd 22 18 2 2 81 10 +71 78 RU R32 Marie-Laure Delie 26

¹Includes goals scored in all competitions.

Stadia

The Camp des Loges is the training center and club headquarters of Paris Saint-Germain. The Camp des Loges became the training centre of Paris Saint-Germain in 1974. It began hosting the Reserves and Academy in 1975. The training center officially opened on 4 November 1975 and Pedro Alonso became its first director. Bertrand Reuzeau is the current director.^[10] Paris Saint-Germain temporarily vacated the Camp des Loges due to renovations in 2006.^[11] The new Camp des Loges was inaugurated in 2008.^[12] The Camp des Loges hosts training sessions for the senior team and also serves as the home facility for the Reserves and Academy and Female sides. PSG Féminines play their home matches at the Stade Sébastien Charléty.^[1][10]

Board and staff

Stade Charlety

Source: PSG.fr

Current squad

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

PSG-Twente during the 2014-15 UEFA Women's Champions League.

As of 30 July 2014.^[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Katarzyna Kiedrzynek 2 MF Kenza Dali 3 DF Laure Boulleau 4 DF Laura Georges 5 DF Sabrina Delannoy (captain) 7 FW Lindsey Horan 9 FW Kosovare Asllani 10 MF Linda Bresonik 11 DF Jessica Houara 12 FW Léa Declercq 13 DF Annike Krahn

No. Position Player 14 MF Kheira Hamraoui 15 FW Ouleye Sarr 16 GK Karima Benameur 17 MF Aurélie Kaci 18 FW Marie-Laure Delie 19 MF Fatmire Alushi 22 DF Josephine Henning 23 DF Sara Gama 24 MF Ghoutia Karchouni 27 MF Caroline Seger 28 MF Shirley Cruz Traña 30 GK Ann-Katrin Berger

Honours

• Division 1 Féminine
  • Runners-up (3) : 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
• Coupe de France Féminine (1)
  • Winners : 2010
  • Runners-up (2) : 2008, 2014
• Division 2 Féminine (1) : 2001

See also

• Paris Saint-Germain Handball
• Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paris Saint-Germain Football Club.

• Official website
• Paris Saint-Germain at Footofeminin.fr
• Paris Saint-Germain at UEFA
• Paris Saint-Germain News from Le Parisien
• Paris Saint-Germain News at FFF