The city of Paris is home to more than 2.2 million people, and if we consider the whole Île-de-France area then the population rises to over 12.2 million. How is it possible that in a region that has more inhabitants than Belgium, Sweden and Portugal there's only one prominent football club? Paris Saint Germain may not have a rival to fight against for bragging rights over the French capital, at least for now, but football in the city does not stop at Ligue 1's dominant side. From thepeninsulaqatar.com Paris Saint-Germain and Paris FC First of all, we have to know how PSG even started, because unlike most of Europe's biggest clubs the French champions do not have a long history to look back at. In the summer 1969 a group of local businessmen wanted to create a club that could compete in the top tier and bring back a title that had not been won by a Paris club since Racing Club's 1936 triumph, so Paris FC was formed on August 1st, 1969. This new club attempted to merge...
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