Updated on 19/12/2024
Supervision of supporters
On Sunday December 22, 2024 at 9 p.m., the Coupe de France match between the Lens and Paris teams will take place at the Bollaert-Delelis stadium.
In order to guarantee the smooth running of this meeting, as well as the safety of people and in agreement with the leaders of the two clubs, Jacques Billant, prefect of Pas-de-Calais, decided by decree of December 18, 2024 attached, to take measures to control the movement of Parisian supporters applicable from December 22 at 8 a.m. to December 23 at 1 a.m.:
- Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) supporters, having reserved an entry ticket to the stadium and traveling by coach or minibus, must go on December 22, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. to a meeting point set at the area de la Cressonnière, on the A26, near Thélus from where they will be accompanied by the police to reach the stadium. At the end of the match, they will be escorted and supervised to the highway;
- Parisian supporters traveling individually will have to go directly to the visitors’ car park (P10);
- Parisian supporters authorized to travel cannot claim to be Parisian supporters or behave as such within the perimeter defined by the prefectural decree and in the Bollaert-Delelis stadium outside the sector reserved for them;
- Any person claiming to be a PSG supporter or behaving as such, even though they do not have a ticket, is prohibited from entering the Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens, from driving or parking on public roads. within the perimeter defined by the prefectural decree of December 18, 2024;
- In the enclosure and around the stadium, within the perimeter described by the prefectural decree, the possession, transport and use of all firecrackers or smoke bombs, flags and banners whose inscriptions call for provocation will also be prohibited. , violence or hatred, as well as any objects that could be used as a projectile. The possession and transport of all alcoholic beverages will also be prohibited.
Please note: due to the funfair in Lens, Lens supporters are recommended to take the shuttles provided from CRVO (Rue Alexis Halette – 62 300 Lens) in Lens and the Arena Stade de Liévin (Chemin des Manufactures – 62,800 Liévin) https://www.tadao.fr/fr/Q1e-Navettes-Stade-Bollaert-Delelis.html or, at a minimum, to take into consideration and anticipate parking difficulties.
Failure to comply with these measures is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000. In the event of conviction, the additional penalty of a one-year stadium ban is mandatory, unless there is a specially reasoned decision to the contrary.
The prefect of Pas-de-Calais calls on Parisian and Lensois supporters to show respect towards each other and to honor the common values included in the notion “ d’sportsmanship »,has namely tolerance, integration, respect, fair play and non-violence. The fervor initiated by this match should not make us forget the rules and responsibilities of each person. No form of violence is acceptable.
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