Stade Sébastien Charléty

Stade Sébastien Charléty
Stade Charléty
Built	1939
Opened	1939
Renovated	1994
Surface	grass
Architect	Bernard Zehrfuss
Capacity	20,000 [1]
Tenants
Paris FC Stade Français (2010-2013)

New Stade Charléty in 2006

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 FC who compete in the Championnat National (the third tier of French football). The stadium is serving as the temporary home for the Stade Français rugby union club, starting in 2010-11 and running through 2012–13, while that club is 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.

In May 1968, Charléty made the news for a nonsporting event: on May 27, 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!")

External links

• Media related to Stade Charléty at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. ^ "Stadiums in France Île de France". Worldstadiums.com. http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/france/ile_de_france.shtml. Retrieved 14 October 2011. 

Coordinates: 48°49′7″N 2°20′48″E / 48.81861°N 2.34667°E / 48.81861; 2.34667