Clubname: | Paris Foot Gay |
Fullname: | Paris Foot Gay |
Nickname: | Les Gays |
Short Name: | PFG |
Founded: | 2003 |
Dissolved: | 2015 |
Paris Foot Gay (abbreviated to PFG) was an amateur, local league football club from Paris, the capital of France. The team was made up of around 30% homosexual players. It was founded in 2003 and dissolved in 2015.
From 2007 onwards, the club was in a partnership with Paris Saint-Germain, the city's sole top-flight club. Vikash Dhorasoo, a heterosexual former French international and PSG player, was formerly the club's patron.[1] Alain Cayzac, PSG's president at the time of the deal, became PFG's honorary president in 2010.[2]
In addition to its team, the club had the goal of combatting homophobia in football and wider society. It composed a charter, which was ratified by nine professional clubs. The first club to sign it was Paris Saint-Germain, the capital's sole top-flight club, on 5 September 2007. The two clubs agreed on a partnership in the same deal.[3] On 29 November 2012, Nice, the third signee (since 7 November 2009), were struck from the agreement following homophobic chanting by their fans against their rival, Bastia.[4] Paris' City Council signed the charter on 31 May 2011.[5]
On 4 October 2009, Créteil Bébel, a Créteil-based club composed entirely of practicing Muslims, refused to play PFG due to their religious convictions.[6] Bébel were permanently expelled from the local football association as a result.[7]
The club announced in September 2015 that it would stop operations.[8]