Stade Bergeyre

Stade Bergeyre
View of the stadium in 1922
Data
place	Buttes-Chaumont , Paris , France
Coordinates	48 ° 52 '38 "  N , 2 ° 22' 37"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '38 "  N , 2 ° 22' 37"  E
opening	August 18, 1918
demolition	1926
surface	Natural grass
capacity	10,455 seats
Societies)
Olympique Paris
Events
1924 Summer Olympics ( football )

The Stade Bergeyre was a football stadium in the Arrondissement des Buttes-Chaumont (19th arrondissement) in the northeast of the French capital Paris .

history

The Stade Bergeyre was built in the 1910s with financial support from Jacques Sigrand and opened on August 18, 1918. It was named after the rugby player Robert Bergeyre, who previously spent four years in World War I had fallen.

The facility was mainly used for soccer games and was the home ground of Olympique Paris . Furthermore, games in rugby or athletics competitions were played in the stadium. As part of the 1924 Summer Olympics , several football and rugby games were held in the Stade Bergeyre. The organizing committee stated that the capacity was 10,455. Two years later the stadium had to be torn down and made way for living space.

gallery

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  Hurdles at the inauguration of the stadium

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  Football match between Olympique Paris and Real Unión Irún on April 16, 1922

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  Football match between Olympique Paris and CA Sports on October 9, 1921

Web links

Commons : Stade Bergeyre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Olympic Report 1924