Stade Sébastien Charléty

Stade Sébastien Charléty
Construction
Stade Charléty

Coordinates	48°49′7″N 2°20′48″E / 48.81861°N 2.34667°E / 48.81861; 2.34667Coordinates: 48°49′7″N 2°20′48″E / 48.81861°N 2.34667°E / 48.81861; 2.34667
Capacity	20,000^[1]
Surface	grass
Built	1939
Opened	1939
Renovated	1994
Architect	Bernard Zehrfuss
Tenants
Paris Saint-Germain Féminines Paris Université Club Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League (1996–97) Paris FC (2007–2013, 2014–) Stade Français (2010–2013)

Stade Sebastien Charléty, known simply as Stade Charléty or just Charléty, is a multi-use stadium in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Officially, the current capacity of the stadium is 20,000 people. The stadium opened in 1938 and was designed by French architect Bernard Zehrfuss. It has hosted many matches during various Rugby League World Cups and is the current home of Paris Saint-Germain Féminines who compete in the Division 1 Féminine and in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The stadium was serving as the temporary home for the Stade Français rugby union club, starting in 2010–11 and running through 2012–13, while that club was building a completely new stadium at the site of its traditional home, Stade Jean-Bouin. It also hosted Stade's home match in the Paris derby with Racing Métro in the 2009–10 season. Paris FC who compete in Ligue 2, use the stadium.

There is an indoor sporting arena called Salle Pierre Charpy that is located under the stadium. The capacity of the arena is 1,850 people. It is currently the home arena of the French Pro A League professional volleyball team Paris Volley.

In May 1968, Charléty made the news for a nonsporting event: on 27 May, the meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France, one of the most important of the protests of that month, took place, attracting between 30,000 and 50,000 people. The crowd, led by Pierre Mendès-France and Michel Rocard, shouted "Ce n'est qu'un début, continuons le combat!" ("This is only the beginning; let's keep up the fight!")

Gallery

New Stade Charléty in 2006
A women's football match
French Athletics Championships 2013
Final of the French American Football Championship
Disabled sport athlete Iris Pruysen competes in the long jump in the Athletics Paralympic Meeting

External links

Media related to Stade Charléty at Wikimedia Commons

References

↑ "Stadiums in France Île de France". Worldstadiums.com. Retrieved 14 October 2011.

Super League Venues

Current	AJ Bell Stadium Craven Park DW Stadium Halliwell Jones Stadium Headingley Carnegie John Smith's Stadium KC Stadium Langtree Park Mend-a-Hose Jungle Rapid Solicitors Stadium Stade Gilbert Brutus Stobart Stadium

Former	Boundary Park Brewery Field Central Park Derwent Park Don Valley Stadium Knowsley Road Odsal Racecourse Ground Stade Sébastien Charléty The Boulevard The Colliseum The Hive The Shay The Willows Thrum Hall Thunderdome Twickenham Stoop Valley Parade Watersheddings Wilderspool

Magic Weekend	Millennium Stadium Murrayfield Stadium City of Manchester Stadium St James' Park

Grand Final	Old Trafford

2000 Rugby League World Cup venues

England	Auto Quest Stadium Craven Park Derwent Park Gateshead International Stadium Headingley Kingsholm Stadium Knowsley Road Madejski Stadium McAlpine Stadium Old Trafford Reebok Stadium The Boulevard The Jungle Twickenham Vicarage Road

France	Charlety Stadium Stade d'Albert Domec Stadium de Toulouse Stadium Municipal d'Albi

Wales	Millennium Stadium Racecourse Ground Stradey Park

Ireland	Tolka Park Windsor Park

Scotland	Firhill Stadium Tynecastle

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