The Parisians, only 11th last season, scored a try from their Australian international winger Sefanaia Naivalu (28th) and another, full of power, from their rookie from Pau Giovanni Habel Kuffner (45th).
The Auvergnats, who also remain on a failure in the race for the final phase, responded with Samuel Ezeala (57th) and Yohan Beheregaray (62nd).
But the Parisian opener Joris Segonds scored fourteen points on his own (including four penalties) to make the difference.
For his first in his new jersey, after thirteen seasons and 302 matches with the Jaunards, Morgan Parra himself made a rather discreet debut.
Effective if not brilliant, the international scrum half (33 years old, 71 caps) made a clean copy for the start of the school year, without embellishment and without a bang.
Calmly, the one who landed in Paris promising that he was not going to give a lesson played the guides, cornering a young and largely reorganized team compared to last season with, in particular, the hooker Mickael Ivaldi, the second row Baptiste Pesenti, third line Giovanni Habel Küffner and winger Stéphane Ahmed.
Parra even scared the supporters of both sides by staying on the ground for a long time, complaining of the right knee (50th).
Without great certainty, despite a rather successful pre-season marked by two successes in the preparation matches, the Stade Français showed a lot of clumsiness.
Especially when Baptiste Pesenti collected a yellow card (54th), leaving the Clermontois back in the game with two tries from center Ezeala (57th) and hooker Yohan Beheregaray (62nd).
Despite everything, the Parisians ended up making the difference through their metronome striker Joris Segonds and two penalties in the last minutes (72nd, 77th).
The Stade Français will have to confirm in a week with the reception of the promoted bayonnais.
Clermont, for his part, will receive Pau with the bit between his teeth.
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