PSG to face Paris FC on final Ligue 1 game of the season | OneFootball

Today has seen the official fixtures for the 2025-2026 season revealed by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, and it will see two Paris-based clubs face-off in the top flight for the first time since Racing Club de Paris’s relegation in 1989. With Paris FC becoming a Ligue 1 side for the first time in 46 years, the return of the Paris derby will see PSG face their close neighbours at the turn of the New Year at the Parc des Princes on the 4th January. The more intriguing match will be the return fixture, which is set to take place just a stone’s throw away at Stade Jean-Bouin on the final day of the Ligue 1 season on 16th May 2026.The two clubs are inextricably linked by history. Paris Football Club were founded in 1969 with the vision of becoming the ‘Grande club du capital’ and quickly merged with Division 2 side Stade Saint-Germain to take a spot in the French football pyramid. Stade Saint-Germain was a club 15km to the west of Paris situated in the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the birthplace of French King Louis XIV. The name of the new entity would be what we recognise today as Paris Saint-Germain.

This entity would split in 1972, with the city’s mayorship unhappy that their capital club was playing in the suburbs. Paris Football Club would continue to play in Division 1, moving to the Parc des Princes, whereas Paris Saint-Germain was administratively relegated to the third tier.This was, ironically, until PSG were promoted to the first division the same season that PFC were relegated in 1974, and took ownership of the Parc des Princes and their now-habitual spot as the dominant force in the French capital.GFFN | George Boxall