Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy

The objective of the Paris Saint-Germain 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.[1] The students' education is assured by CFA Omnisports. PSG Academy graduate Thierry Morin, who played for the club's first team from 1975 to 1986, is the director of CFA Omnisports.[2]

In 2005, the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy began expanding its network as part of the club's international development strategy. Pauleta, emblematic PSG striker between 2003 and 2008, is the academy's official ambassador, accompanying its development in France and abroad. Open to boys and girls, the PSG Academy welcomes nearly 13,000 children in 75 year-round centers in 17 countries: France, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Morocco, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, India, Indonesia, China, Turkey, Thailand, Russia and Germany.[1]

More than 5,500 children of all levels attend the year-round football schools and courses of the club's academy across France. They take place at several football centers called UrbanSoccer. During school holidays, the academy organizes courses that include two training sessions per day, matches and a visit to Parc des Princes (only for the Île-de-France centers). In Île-de-France, the academy is present in 10 UrbanSocccer centers. In the rest of France, 9 UrbanSocccer centers host the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy.[23]

The PSG Academy also hosts the Paris Saint-Germain Academy Cup and the Paris Saint-Germain Academy Selection, two major annual events organized in Paris that bring together young players from all the club's academies around the world. The Academy Cup lines up teams from each academy during four days in a sporting experience that includes the tournament, visits to Paris and the opportunity to watch a Ligue 1 match at Parc des Princes. Meanwhile, the Academy Selection is a week-long intensive course for the two best players from each academy, with the aim of supporting them in their development, and raising their awareness of the demands of high level football.[1]

The first Camp des Loges, located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris Region, opened in June 1904. Originally, it was a military camp reserved for soldiers of the French Army. In 1970, following the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain to form Paris Saint-Germain, it became the club's training ground. The venue also turned into the training facilities of the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy when its first centre opened in 1975.[24]

The construction of a new Camp des Loges began in January 2008, on the same site as the old one. The first stone was laid in July 2008 and it was completed in October 2008. At a cost of €5m, the new training centre was inaugurated in November 2008.[25] In 2013, Paris Saint-Germain announced their sponsorship deal with international communications company Ooredoo. As part of the agreement, Camp des Loges was renamed Ooredoo Training Centre.[26]

The Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre, whose main stadium has a seating capacity of 2,164 spectators, is a sports complex located just across the street from Camp des Loges, the training centre of Paris Saint-Germain.[27] It was one of PSG's main grounds until 1974.[28] That year the club moved into Parc des Princes.[29] The stadium — as well as the other artificial turf and grass football pitches of the complex — hosts training sessions and home matches for the club's male and female youth academy sides.[27]

The Paris Saint-Germain Training Center, sometimes referred to as Campus PSG, located in Poissy, Paris Region, will be the new training ground and sports complex of Paris Saint-Germain.[30][31][32] It will replace Camp des Loges — the club's current training facility in nearby Saint-Germain-en-Laye — upon its completion in 2022.[33] Owned and financed by the club, the venue will bring together PSG's male football, handball and judo teams, as well as the football and handball youth academies.[30][33] The Campus PSG will have its own stadium, which will complement Parc des Princes.[30] With a total capacity of 5,000, including over 3,000 seats, the arena will be the largest football stadium in the Yvelines department. It will host matches for PSG's youth and female sides in official competitions such as the UEFA Youth League and the UEFA Women's Champions League.[34]

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

No. Position Player GK Yanis Saïdani GK Denis Franchi DF Tanguy Kouassi DF Loïc Mbe Soh DF Anfane Ahamada M’Ze DF Teddy Alloh DF Thierno Baldé DF Soumaila Coulibaly DF Gaylord Kitenge DF Ziyad Larkèche DF Richard Makutungu DF Jonathan Mutombo DF Timothée Pembélé MF Adil Aouchiche

No. Position Player MF Nathan Bitumazala MF Tidjany Chabrol MF Bandiougou Fadiga MF Maxen Kapo MF Hervé Malebe MF Massinissa Oufella MF Kays Ruiz-Atil MF Xavi Simons MF Ayoub Yousfi FW Alexandre Fressange FW Arnaud Kalimuendo FW Isaac Karamoko FW Kenny Nagera FW Hussayn Touati

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

No. Position Player GK Mathyas Randriamamy GK Romain Sallard GK Henri Matton DF Soumaila Coulibaly DF Moussa Cissé DF Kaïs Najeh DF Abdoulaye Kamara DF Corentin Louakima DF Moutanabi Bodiang DF Hubert Mbuyi DF Nehemiah Fernandez DF Gloire Bunga

No. Position Player DF Hugo Lamy MF Noel kazungu MF Daouda Weidmann MF Dan-Patrice Bikouta MF Martin Adeline MF El Chadaille Bitshiabu MF Ismaël Gharbi FW Nesta Zahui FW Mergim Ramadani FW Samuel Noireau FW Daniel Labila FW Wilson Odobert