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Paris Saint Germain Youth Academy

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Ground Capacity
  
3,500

Website
  
Club home page

Chairman
  
Jean-François Pien

Founded
  
2005

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Ground
  
Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre

Parent organization
  
Moonstone Information Refinery (Pty) Ltd

The Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy is the youth system of Paris Saint-Germain. The Camp des Loges in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, serves as the home facility for the capital club's youth sides, which play their home matches at the Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre.

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Since the academy's inception in 1974, many graduates have gone on to sign professional contracts with Paris SG or other clubs. Recognized by the French Football Federation as one of the best in the country, the PSG Youth Academy holds the Category 1, Class A rating, and has been ranked best youth club in the 1988–1989, 2010–20115, 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 seasons.

Domestically, the teams of the PSG Youth Academy have won four U19 league titles, three Paris Cups, two U17 league titles, one Gambardella Cup and one U16 league title. In international club football, the U19 side reached the final of the 2015–16 UEFA Youth League.

Organization

The objective of the PSG Youth Academy is to produce elite football players while offering them an adapted and complete scholarly education. Thanks to a series of partnerships with clubs in the Île-de-France region, the academy regularly accepts promising new footballing talents on the advice of recruiters. The Camp des Loges serves as the home facility for the academy. The youngsters train and play on both grass and artificial pitches at the Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre.

The academy offers five kinds of player contracts (elite, trainees, apprentices, aspiring and amateur) for a total of 70 players divided into three training squads (CFA, U19 and U17) in five age categories (15 to 19 years). The students' education is assured by CFA Omnisports. Former PSG Youth Academy graduate Thierry Morin, who played for the club's first-team from 1975 to 1986, is the director of CFA Omnisports.

National titles

  • Championnat National U19
  • Winners (4): 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16
  • Coupe de Paris
  • Winners (3): 1972, 1973, 1980
  • Championnat National U17
  • Winners (2): 2010–11, 2015–16
  • Coupe Gambardella
  • Winners (1): 1990–91
  • Championnat National des Cadets U16
  • Winners (1): 1987–88

    • Friendly tournaments

  • Tournoi de Montaigu
  • Winners (1): 1993
  • Al Kass International Cup U17
  • Winners (2): 2012, 2015

    • Current squads

    As of the 2016–17 season.

    CFA

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

    U19

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

    U17

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

    Board members

    Source: PSG.fr

    Technical staff

    Source: PSG.fr

    Medical staff

    Source: PSG.fr

    Notable graduates

    As of the 2015–16 season.

    Since the inception of the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy, 110 graduates have officially played at least one official match for the club's first-team. Only 17 of them have played more than 100 matches.

    References

    Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy Wikipedia
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