Stade de Charentonneau
.jpg) General view of the Charentonneau Stadium on 22 March 1914 with the kick-off given by Mr. Le Corbeiller, vice-president of the Municipal Council at the time | |
| Location | Maisons-Alfort, France |
|---|---|
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1905 |
| Renovated | Natural lawn transformed into stabilized ground, and then into synthetic grass in 2011. |
| Tenants | |
CA Paris (since 1905) | |
The Stade de Charentonneau is a football stadium located in the Charentonneau district of Maisons-Alfort.[1] Since its inauguration in 1905, Charentonneau has been the home ground of CA Paris.[2][3]
History
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Since its inauguration in 1905, Charentonneau has been the home ground of CA Paris, one of the great Parisian clubs of the pioneering era of French football,[2] and it is still used today by the club, now called Cercle Athlétique de Paris-Charenton, in addition to its usual Stade Henri Guérin located in Charenton-le-Pont.[3]
Along with the Stade Bauer in Saint-Ouen, it is one of the first grounds specially designed for football in France, and therefore, shortly after its inauguration, the Charentonneau stadium hosted back-to-back finals of the Coupe Dewar in 1906 and 1907, both of which being won by Racing Club de France, with victories over Gallia Club (2–1) and Olympique Lillois (2–0), respectively.[5][6] It also hosted the finals of 1909, in which AS Française was defeated 0–5 by Gallia Club,[7] and of 1910, in which Gallia Club lost 3–1 to CA Paris.[8] In the 1910s, the main venue of the Coupe Dewar final was Stade colombes.
In addition to being the emblematic stadium of CA Paris, Charentonneau also hosted an international match on 1 January 1911, a friendly between the French football team and Hungary in front of 2,032 spectators.[2][9] This was the first match between the two teams and it ended in a 3–0 victory to Hungary thanks to a hat-trick from Imre Schlosser.[2] Two months later, on 12 March, the Charentonneau hosted the final of the 1910–11 LFA Championship between CA Paris and Red Star AC, which ended in a 1–0 win to the latter.[10] Three years later, on 26 April 1914, the Charentonneau hosted the final of the Trophée de France between Olympique Lillois and Vie au Grand Air du Médoc, which ended in a 4–1 win to the former.[11]
During the 1928 Paris championship, CAP played for the title until the final day, in which they lost to Stade Français at Charentonneau, who thus won the championship.[13] CAP played for many years in its stronghold of Charentonneau, where the club achieved its best performances before the First World War and during the interwar period. However, by the end of the 1930s, Charentonneau was no longer available: the land on which the stadium was built was sold by a manager of CAP, who held the majority.[14]
International matches
[edit]| Team #1 | Score | Team #2 | Date | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain
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0–3 |  Portugal
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1 January 1911 | 2,032 |
Biography
[edit]- Coll. (1967). La Coupe a 50 ans [The Cup is 50 years old] (in French). Paris: L'Équipe. p. 111.
References
[edit]- ^ "Stade Charentonneau - Stade, 54 Avenue Gambetta, 94700 Maisons-Alfort (France)". fr.mappy.com (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "1er janvier 1911: le premier France-Hongrie" [1 January 1911: the first France-Hungary]. www.chroniquesbleues.fr (in French). 18 June 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Informations sur CHARENTON CAP" [Information about CHARENTON CAP]. www.fff.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Charentonneau, le 15-5-1910, équipe C.A.P.: Cercle Athlétique de Paris [football]" [Charentonneau, 15-5-1910, CAP team: Cercle Athlétique de Paris [football]]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). 15 May 1910. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "La finale de la Coupe Dewar" [The final of Coupe Dewar]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 7 May 1906. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "La finale de la Coupe Dewar - Victoire du R.C.F." [The final of Coupe Dewar - Victory of RCF]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 29 April 1907. p. 7. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Le Gallia Club gagne la Coupe Dewar" [The Gallia Club wins the Dewar Cup]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 19 April 1909. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Le Cercle Athlétique de Paris gagne la Coupe Dewar" [The Cercle Athlétique de Paris wins the Dewar Cup]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). L'Auto. 9 May 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Stade du Cercle Athlétique de Paris, Charentonneau, Maisons-Alfort, football venue". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "La finale de la Ligue - Le Cercle Athlétique de Paris bat le Red Star Club par 1 but à 0" [The League final - Cercle Athlétique de Paris beats Red Star Club by 1 goal to 0]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Le Matin. 13 March 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Le Trophée de France" [The French trophy]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). La Vie au grand air. 2 May 1914. p. 14. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "[Stade] Charentonneau, 30-1-27, [football] association, équipe du CAP" [[Stade] Charentonneau, 30-1-27, [football] association, CAP team]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). 30 January 1927. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ "Grace a une difficile victoire sur le C. A. P., le stade s'assure définitivement le Championnat de Paris de football" [Thanks to a difficult victory over CAP, the stade definitively secures the Paris Football Championship]. gallica.bnf.fr (in French). Miroir des Sports. 14 February 1918. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Coll 1967, p. 40.