The Stade Bauer is a

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stadium in

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (; literally "Audoin (bishop), St. Audoin on Seine") is a Communes of France, commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France, located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. It is part of the Seine-Saint-Denis Department ...

in the northern suburbs of Paris. The stadium is mainly used by

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who currently play in

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from 2024–25 but have tasted success in the

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

History

It hosted some of the

events for the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

. It also hosted a friendly game between

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and

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(3–0) right before the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

in France. Stade de Paris was also the

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's home ground for the

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

, 1936–37,

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

, 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 2016–17 season,

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

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, 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 would allow the Bauer Stadium to be in line with sporting ambitions of the Red Star in case of promotion in Ligue 2. In January 2024, a new east stand of the stadium was inaugurated. The latter can accommodate 4,794 spectators. After the new South Stand with 834 seats, two of the four stands of the Bauer stadium are renovated and increase the capacity of the stadium to 5,600 seats. The promoter Réalités is officially launching at the same time the work on the “Bauer Box”, a set of homes adjoining the future North stand located on Rue du Docteur Bauer, as well as those on the future West stand of honour.

References

External links

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