The Stade Bauer (also called the Stade de Paris) is a 10,000-capacity football stadium in

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (, literally ''Saint-Ouen on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located in the northern suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. The commune was ca ...

in the northern suburbs of Paris. The stadium is mainly used by Red Star F.C. who currently play in

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, ...

but have tasted success in the

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

, winning it on five occasions (1921, 1922, 1923, 1928, 1942).

History

It hosted some of the football events for the 1924 Summer Olympics. It also hosted a friendly game between

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and

Andorra , image_flag = Flag of Andorra.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Andorra.svg , symbol_type = Coat of arms , national_motto = la, Virtus Unita Fortior, label=none (Latin)"United virtue is stro ...

(3–0) right before the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. Stade de Paris was also the France national rugby league team's home ground for the 1935, 1936–37, 1938, and

1952–53 European Rugby League Championship This was the thirteenth European Championship and was won for the first time by the Other Nationalities on points difference. Results Final standings References European Nations Cup European rugby league championship Europ ...

s. In recent years the stadium has fallen into disrepair, having been damaged heavily by a storm in 1999, and also suffering from a lack of financial investment since. In the 2016–2017 season, Red Star F.C. played its home matches at Stade Jean-Bouin as Stade Bauer did not meet the public safety requirements for a French second tier stadium. Since the team's demotion to the

, the third tier of French football, the club have resumed occupancy of their traditional home ground. On 18 May 2021, the enclosure was sold by the city of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine to Groupe Réalités for a makeover. Reconstruction work started and will allow the Bauer Stadium to be in line with sporting ambitions of the Red Star in case of promotion in Ligue 2.

References

External links

1924 Summer Olympics official report.
p. 321. * Venues of the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic football venues Football venues in France Red Star F.C. Sports venues completed in 1909 Sports venues in Seine-Saint-Denis 1909 establishments in France {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauer