Les Rouge et Bleu's first friendly match with Quevilly
Paris Saint-Germain will start its pre-season preparations with a friendly match against US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole, a Ligue 2 club, at the training centre at 17:00 on Friday 15 July. Quevilly, an opponent who marked the history of the Parisian club at the very beginning of the club's existence in 1970.
On 1 August 1970, Paris Saint-Germain played the first match in its history against the Normandy club, a friendly at the Stade Jean-Bouin in front of more than 2000 spectators.
Jean-Claude Bras scored the only Parisian goal of the match (1-3 defeat), an historic first goal for Les Rouge et Bleu.
On 29 August 1970, it was also against Quevilly that Paris Saint-Germain won their first official match in the National championship (formerly Ligue 2).
Once again at the Jean-Bouin, the capital club won 3-2 and launched their season with a National championship title and a rise to the first division.
Three years later, in May 1973, Quevilly once again played a decisive role in the history of Paris Saint-Germain. The Normandy club was the great rival of Les Rouge et Bleu, who had been relegated to the third division following the shedding of amateur status. Quevilly seemed to be heading for promotion to the second division when the club's management confirmed that they would refuse to accept the promotion for economic reasons, leaving the field open to the Parisian club.
A decisive moment in the history of the club: if Paris Saint-Germain had not joined the second division, Daniel Hechter would not have taken over the presidency a few weeks later and given the Parisian club professional status and a return to the top...