Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais plays in the city of Perpignan in Pyrénées-Orientales. The club was founded in 1902 as AS Perpignan, renamed US Perpignan in 1919 and adopted its present name in 1933. Perpignan plays at Stade Aimé Giral (capacity 14 593). The club wears red and gold (Sang et Or = Blood and Gold) colours derived from the Catalan Senyera.