Standard Athletic Club - SAC's origins as a football club

Thursday 1 May 2025

Welcome to the SAC

The Standard Athletic Club is hidden in the forest of Meudon and easily accessible from Paris.

We are an international English-speaking sports and social Club set in exceptional surroundings.

This Club is the perfect place for all the family to play sports or just relax and enjoy the social life.

If you would like to find out more, send an email to the Club at or call us on 01 46 26 16 09.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

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Club and Bar Opening Times May 2025

Club hours
Monday to Thursday: 8 am to 9 pm; Friday: 8 am to 10 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 10 pm; Sunday: 9 am to 9 pm
Bar hours
(Bar closes 15 minutes before the Club closes)
Monday to Thursday: 11 am to 8:45 pm; Friday: 11 am to 9:45 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 9:45 pm; Sunday: 10 am to 8:45 pm.

SAC's origins as a football club - article in The Connexion newspaper

The April 2023 edition of The Connexion newspaper has a full-page article by Martin Greenacre on the history of the SAC, with emphasis on its origins as a football club right through to the present.
The article is online at: https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Mag/Culture/British-origins-of-France-s-oldest-football-club-still-playing-today.
See the PDF version here: 246CONXON_11.pdf (6mB).