football club in France
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Football club

Paris Football Club ( french pronunciation : ​ [ paʁi futbol klœb ] ), normally referred to as Paris FC or merely PFC, is a french professional football club based in Paris. The club was founded in 1969 and competes in the Ligue 2, the second tied of french football. Paris FC play their home matches at the Stade Charléty, which is located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Paris FC was founded in 1969 and merged with Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain in 1970. The current Paris FC exists as a result of the club splitting from Paris Saint-Germain in 1972. Unlike its counterpart, which has gone on to establish a solid foundation, Paris FC has struggled to establish itself, having spent the majority of its universe bet in the amateurish divisions. The cabaret ‘s highest respect to date was winning its group in the Championnat de France amateur in 2006. Paris FC end played in Ligue 1 in the 1978–79 season. Though Paris FC have struggled domestically, the clubhouse has served as a springboard for several youth players who have gone on to have successful professional careers. luminary players who started their careers at PFC include Jean-Christophe Thouvenel, Mamadou Sakho, Tijani Belaid, Aymen Belaïd and Gabriel Obertan. Sakho and the Belaïd brothers have since become senior internationals for their respective national teams, while Thouvenel went on to win a aureate decoration at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Manager Roger Lemerre started his managerial career with the club before leading France to titles at UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup .

history [edit ]

In an effort to re-launch professional football in the city of Paris, Paris Football Club was founded on 1 August 1969. The aim of the golf club was to be playing in the first part by 1970. An attempted amalgamation with CS Sedan Ardennes was refused so Paris went looking in the second division and, subsequently, merged with Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain, the professional golf club that plays in Ligue 1. The stream incarnation of Paris FC came into being in 1972 when the club split from Paris Saint-Germain after coming under pressure from the capital city ‘s mayor, who refused to support a non-Parisian baseball club ( the club had in the first place been situated in nearby Saint-Germain-en-Laye ). As a result, a piercingly rip occurred and both Paris FC and Paris Saint-Germain remained as separate football club with the chief agreement being that Paris FC had the right to keep the cleave entity ‘s first division and professional status, a well as all the professional players. Paris Saint-Germain were, on the early hand, administratively relegated to the third division and given all the former entity ‘s amateur players. At the begin of the 1972–73 season, Paris were playing in the first division hosting matches at the Parc des Princes. Two seasons late, the club was relegated to the second division, which coincided with Paris Saint-Germain ‘s advance to top-flight and the acquisition of the Parc des Princes. After four years of play in Division 2, Paris returned to the first class for the 1978–79 season. however, the season was a unmanageable one and resulted in the club falling back to Division 2 after one season. Paris FC have since so far to return to the top-flight league of France. In 1983, Paris FC, then led by the industrialist Jean-Luc Lagardère, merged with Racing Club de France. While Racing remained in the first division, the remaining entity that was PFC was administratively relegated to the fourth division. Due to having restrict resources, Paris fell to the Division d’Honneur after one season and, subsequently, spent four seasons in the fifth part before returning to Division 4 in 1988. Another forwarding the following temper saw Paris earn a place in Division 3. Paris remained in the part for 12 years becoming inaugural address members of the Championnat National in the process. In 2000, the club finished 17th and were relegated to the Championnat de France amateur. Paris spent six years in the league before returning to National for the 2006–07 season. After a successful 2014–15 political campaign, the club gained promotion to Ligue 2, the french second part, alongside its local anesthetic equal Red Star F.C. however, it would stay in Ligue 2 for merely one year and was relegated back to the Championnat National for the 2016–17 season. In the 2016–17 season, Paris FC made the playoff/relegation final against US Orleans but lost over the two legged game on aggregate. Paris FC were then administratively promoted to Ligue 2 after SC Bastia were demoted to the third division for fiscal irregularities. [ 1 ] For the 2017/2018 Ligue 2 season, Paris FC finished 8th on the table but at one stage occupied the promotion places. [ 2 ] In the 2018–19 season, Paris finished 4th and contested the plays-offs against RC Lens, but lost the penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 pull. [ 3 ] On 30 April 2021 Paris FC, along with Angers, were handed a transfer ban by FIFA for misdemeanor of regulations regarding relay transfers in August 2020. The prohibition was effective for the summer 2021 transfer window. [ 4 ]

Bahraini investment [edit ]

Since July 2020, a raw strategic economic partner has joined Paris FC to support the baseball club ‘s development and ambitions : the Kingdom of Bahrain. The deal was completed with a capital increase to improve finances of the club, giving the kingdom 20 percentage of the equity. Pierre Ferracci, the fall through of the December 1983 established Alpha Group ( french : Groupe Alpha ) which owns its subordinate the consult and audit firm Alpha-Secafi, [ 5 ] remains the independent stockholder with a contribution of 77 percentage. In summation to this investing, the Kingdom of Bahrain becomes the main patronize of the clubhouse. The Council of Paris was to vote on renewing the annual subvention that the City of Paris allocates to the Paris Club, respective non-profit organizations based in Paris, including ADHRB called for the City of Paris to hold a dialogue on the abuse of human rights and death penalty practiced in the Kingdom of Bahrain, a 20 % contribution holder of the clubhouse. The Council of Paris accused the kingdom of distracting general public from its abuses via a popular sport like football, committing a practice called ‘ Sport-Whitewashing ’ or ‘ Sportwashing ’. The council besides demanded the secrete of detainees put on death rowing by Bahrain on the basis of confessions acquired via torture methods. As one of the oldest partners of the Paris FC clubhouse, Mairie de Paris was called for pursuing its committedness towards the defense of human rights. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The NGOs had highlighted the homo rights records and the sportswashing attempts of Bahrain, under which the club ‘s jerseys promoted “ victorious Bahrain ” and the grounds of Charléty stadium had “ Explore Bahrain ” advertisements. such promotion was considered inappropriate, as Bahrain was seen as a inhibitory regimen. Following the attract from the NGOs, the Council of Paris voted an amendment for the allocation of a subsidy of €500,000 to the club. In the amendment, all the issues were kept in mind to ensure the inclusion body of an “ administration of extra actions to raise awareness of human rights and fight against all forms of discrimination ”. Besides, the mention of private fiscal partnerships in the amendment was believed to prompt a withdrawal of the “ Explore Bahrain ” advertising panels in the Charléty stadium. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]

Supporters [edit ]

The club used to be the biggest and most well supported in the city, with over 20,000 garter members at the time of the club ‘s formation. [ 10 ] In 1970 the club merged with Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain F.C., but cursorily left the fusion. In the 1973 season, the foremost after leaving, the clubhouse still averaged an attendance of 13,202. [ 11 ] however, after that, the two clubs ‘ fortunes varied drastically, and as PSG ‘s popularity rose, PFC fell into obscurity and languished in the amateur divisions. It is merely when it reached the third tier its popularity started growing again, however the club presently only attracts in the area of a few hundred to identical low thousands fans for each couple. [ 12 ] In 2000s the club used to have a assistant group called Blue Wolves founded in 2008. formally apolitical, they tended to have rightist views. however they were disbanded in 2010 after several bully incidents occurred, the last of which during a match against FC Gueugnon. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ]

They were replaced by the group Old Clan, founded in 2010, and ultras group Ultras Lutetia founded in the summer of 2014. After the expulsion of PSG fans from Parc des Princes in 2010, [ 16 ] PFC has attracted some of that support, peculiarly from the leftist group Virage Auteuil, [ 17 ] but besides a few from right-wing group Boulogne Boys. The fans have a friendship with fans of SR Colmar, in the past besides fans of Stade Reims. The club has rivalries with mate neighbours US Créteil and Red Star F.C. [ 18 ] with whom they contest the parisian derbies. [ 19 ] Although both clubs are formally apolitical, due to Red Star fans leftist political tendencies and PFC ‘s by rightist political tendencies, the bowler hat is particularly fierce. The bowler hat with US Créteil is a geographic one as both clubs play in the southerly suburbs of Paris. Paris FC is a democratic team to use in FIFA 22 career mood, due to the storyline of overtaking PSG and becoming the best team in Paris. [ citation needed ]

current team [edit ]

As of 4 October 2021.[20]

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

Out on lend [edit ]

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

noteworthy players [edit ]

Below are the luminary former players who have represented Paris and its predecessors in league and external rival since the club ‘s foundation in 1969. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 80 official matches for the clubhouse. For a complete list of Paris players, see Category:Paris FC players

ownership [edit ]

Club hierarchy [edit ]

As of 1st August 2020
Position Name
President of the club Pierre Ferracci
General Manager Fabrice Herrault
Sportive Director Frederic Hebert
Head Coach Rene Girard
Director of academy Jean-Marc Nobilo

Members of the display panel [edit ]

  • Pierre Ferracci
  • FINARAMA
  • ALTER PARIS
  • Association Paris Football Club
  • Patrick Gobert
  • H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Ali Isa Salman Al-Khalifa
  • Abdulla Jehad Abdulla Alzain

managerial history [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

  1. ^ Reserve team .
  2. ^ The club ‘s reserve team won the 2010 title .

References [edit ]