Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (French pronunciation: ​[paʁi sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃]) is a French professional association football club based in Paris, whose first team play in the highest tier of French football, the Ligue 1. The club was formed in 1970 by the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain.^[1]
Paris Saint-Germain remain the only club to have never been relegated from Ligue 1.^[2] The Parisian side is also one of only two French clubs to win a European title – the other being arch-rivals Olympique de Marseille.^[3] PSG is the most successful French club in terms of trophies won.^[4] The capital club has won 31 titles in its history. Domestically, Paris-SG have won six Ligue 1 titles, a record ten Coupes de France, a record six Coupes de la Ligue, six Trophées des Champions and one Ligue 2 title. In international club football, Paris have won one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[5]
PSG have always represented both Paris and nearby Saint-Germain-en-Laye.^[6] Paris-SG play their games in Paris at the Parc des Princes.^[7] However, the Camp des Loges (the club's training complex since 1970) is located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.^[8] PSG spent their formative years using the Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre,^[7] located in front of the Camp des Loges,^[9] before moving into the Parc des Princes in 1974.^[10]