Where to play padel near France's big cities
By the Poteau Team · updated
IN SHORT
To play padel near a big city in France, start with the large complexes. Stadium Thiais, near Orly, has 13 courts, Z5 Aix 12, UrbanSoccer Lyon Dardilly 8. This guide lists the clubs on Poteau around Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nice. It's not a census: every city has others.
Clubs city by city
City (France) | Clubs to know |
|---|---|
Stadium Thiais, LE FIVE Marville La Courneuve, LE FIVE Montreuil | |
UrbanSoccer Lyon Dardilly, We Are Sports, Sport dans la Ville | |
Z5 Aix, Le 13 Foot en salle, UrbanSoccer La Valentine | |
UrbanSoccer Lezennes, UrbanSoccer Bondues | |
UrbanSoccer Sept Deniers | |
LE FIVE Bordeaux | |
UrbanSoccer Villeneuve-Loubet, Stadium Antibes |
Padel clubs with a page on Poteau, in the city and around it. A 5v5 soccer center with courts counts.
Paris and its region
Poteau lists 56 padel clubs in the Paris region. Of those 56, 8 are inside the city itself, the rest in the suburbs.
Two in three of them do padel only. For courts, Stadium Thiais has 13, all indoors. LE FIVE Marville La Courneuve has 7, LE FIVE Montreuil 5, LE FIVE Champigny 2. Prices are in padel prices in Paris.
Lyon, Marseille and Aix
Lyon. UrbanSoccer Lyon Dardilly has 8 courts, 6 of them indoors. Nearby, We Are Sports in Vénissieux has 3 indoor courts. Sport dans la Ville, in Vaise, has 3 outdoor ones.
Marseille and Aix. Over in Aix, Z5 Aix has 12 courts, including one singles court. In Marseille, Le 13 Foot en salle has 6, UrbanSoccer La Valentine 2.
Lille, Toulouse, Bordeaux
Lille. UrbanSoccer Lezennes has 7 courts, UrbanSoccer Bondues 4.
Toulouse. UrbanSoccer Sept Deniers has 6, right next to its 5v5 fields.
Bordeaux. LE FIVE Bordeaux, at Bordeaux Lac, added its courts in 2023. The other clubs on Poteau sit toward Mérignac and the Arcachon basin.
Nice and the Riviera
On the Riviera, UrbanSoccer Villeneuve-Loubet has 6 courts, between Nice and Antibes. Stadium Antibes has its courts outdoors.
Your soccer center may have courts
Outside the Paris region, nearly one padel club in two listed on Poteau is also a 5v5 soccer center.
If you already play 5v5, your center may have courts. Same locker room, same bar. Not sure it's for you? Read padel vs tennis.
Three partners at your level
In padel, the hard part is often finding three partners at your level, free on the same night. On Poteau, you can join a game that's missing one or two players, or start your own with the spots to fill.
Every player-run game shows the expected level. The padel quiz gives you yours, from 1 to 10. The rest is in find a padel partner.
The Poteau Team