Saint-Michel Legion Stadium

Stade de la Légion Saint-Michel
	1918 Final of Coupe de France between Olympique de Pantin and FC Lyon
Address	78-84 rue Olivier de Serres, 15e arrondissement de Paris, Paris; Paris; France
Opened	1918

The Saint-Michel Legion stadium, also known by its first name as the Stade de la rue Olivier-de-Serres , is a former football stadium , located on rue Olivier-de-Serres in the 15e arrondissement de Paris of Paris.

History

This stadium hosted the final of the first edition of the French Football Cup , on 5 May 1918. It was played between Olympique de Pantin and FC Lyon and ended with a victory for Olympique de Pantin (3-0). This site is one of the seven Parisian stadiums which hosted the final of the Coupe de France. The others are the Parc des Princes , the Bergeyre stadium , the Pershing stadium , the Yves-du-Manoir Olympic stadium in Colombes , the Paris (Bauer) stadium in Saint-Ouen and the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

The only indication that the stadium once stood in this locaiton is a commemorative plaque erected in 2018.^[1]

References

↑ Hammadi, Anissa (1 May 2018). "Paris: soon a plaque in memory of a football" [paris:bientot une plaque en souvenir d'un stade de foot]. Le Parisien (in French).

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[1] Hammadi, Anissa (1 May 2018). "Paris: soon a plaque in memory of a football" [paris:bientot une plaque en souvenir d'un stade de foot]. Le Parisien (in French).

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