Paris Saint-Germain Judo
| Full name | Paris Saint-Germain Judo |
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| Short name | PSG Judo |
| Founded | 1 September 1992 |
| Arena | Espace Omnisports |
| President | Djamel Bouras |
| Head coach | Damiano Martinuzzi Baptiste Leroy |
| Website | PSG.FR |
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Paris Saint-Germain Judo, commonly referred to as PSG Judo, is a French professional judo club based in Paris, France. It operates as the judo department of Paris Saint-Germain FC. After existing from 1992 to 2003, under the name PSG Alliance Judo 77, the section was reestablished in 2017. The Espace Omnisports dojo in Le Plessis-Robinson, Hauts-de-Seine, is the club's home ground. It houses the training facilities for professional judokas, as well as the club's youth system, the Paris Saint-Germain Academy Judo.
Founded in September 1992 at the initiative of former judoka Thierry Rey and with financial support from Canal+, owner of PSG, the judo section was the club's first to win a continental trophy. Led by star judokas David Douillet, Cécile Nowak, Djamel Bouras and Frédéric Demontfaucon, the Parisians clinched the Champions League in 1995 and the French 1st Division Championship in 1997. However, PSG judo experienced a sharp decline thereafter, leading Canal+ to withdraw in 2002, before PSG closed the section in June 2003.
Conceived by Bouras, who was part of the original iteration of the section, PSG Judo was officially reestablished on 1 September 2017. Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi announced the project in a press release. He also confirmed the signing of French judoka Teddy Riner as the team's leading figure, while Bouras was appointed president. Initially an all-male project, PSG Judo eventually evolved into a mixed-gender team. Since their return, the PSG men's and women's teams have enjoyed domestic and European success.
In total, PSG Judo have won thirteen trophies, two in the 1990s and eleven after their resurgence in the late 2010s. The men's team have won one French 2nd Division Championship, three French 1st Division Championships, one Europa League and one Champions League. Meanwhile, the women's team have claimed three French 1st Division Championships, one Europa League and one Champions League. Finally, the club have won two more Champions League titles with a mixed team composed of male and female judokas.