Paris Saint-Germain Foundation joins EFDN as 50th Network member

Paris Saint-Germain Foundation joins EFDN as 50th Network member

EFDN is proud to announce that Paris Saint-Germain Foundation officially joins the European Football for Development Network.

EFDN welcomes Paris Saint-Germain, through its Foundation, as the 50th member of the network and is looking forward to a successful future cooperation.

The French club was founded in 1970 and has four professional teams: men’s football, women’s football, handball and since 2016 eSport. Its men’s football team is playing since 1974 in the highest tier of French football, the Ligue 1. Since its creation, the club from Paris never relegated and won overall 31 trophies on a national and European level. Nationally, Paris Saint-Germain achieved 6 Ligue 1 titles, a record of 11 French Cups, 7 French League Cups and 6 French Super Cups. In European club football, Paris Saint-Germain has won one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.

Paris Saint-Germain Foundation

Aware of the power that sport and the club have on the lives of young people of Paris and its region, Paris Saint-Germain decided to engage in Community and Social Responsibility by setting up its own Foundation in 2000. Paris Saint-Germain Foundation is the first of its kind to be created by a French club and, since the start, has been running initiatives to help children and young people.

Paris Saint-Germain Foundation’s 3 key priorities are: Helping young people find their place in society and the world of work; Reaching out to children in underprivileged neighbourhoods; And bringing comfort to sick children.

These initiatives reflect the values of a responsible and socially committed club, which uses sport as a driving force to engage with the younger generation. To date, over 200,000 children and young people have benefited from Paris Saint-Germain Foundation’s educational and sports programmes, in France and around the world.

EFDN is proud to be joined by the French club and its Foundation and looking forward to the upcoming collaboration.