List of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. seasons

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PSG's team during the 2008–09 season.

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club are a French professional football club based in Paris. Founded in 1970, they compete in Ligue 1, the top division in French football. Since their inception, PSG have played 50 seasons, all of them within the top three levels of the French football league system: Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Division 3.

The Parisian club hold the record for most consecutive seasons playing in the top-flight (47 seasons in Ligue 1 since 1974–75) and have won the competition nine times. PSG have only been relegated once. It happened in 1971–72, when they were administratively relegated to Division 3. The club returned to the first division in 1974–75 and have never looked back since. The club's worst Ligue 1 finish to date is 16th, their placing at the end of the 1971–72 and 2007–08 seasons.

Paris SG experienced their best season to date in 2019–20. The capital club won all four domestic titles (Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions) and reached the final of the UEFA Champions League. PSG finished Ligue 1 with 96 points (national record) in 2015–16, while Zlatan Ibrahimović scored 50 goals in all competitions (national record). However, the club's record for most goals in a season was set in 2017–18, when PSG scored 171 goals in all competitions.

Background[]

Further information: History of Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

Paris Saint-Germain were formed on 12 August 1970 after an ambitious group of businessmen decided to create a major club in the French capital.[1][2] Guy Crescent and Pierre-Étienne Guyot chose to merge their virtual side, Paris Football Club (PFC), with Henri Patrelle's Stade Saint-Germain after the team from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of Paris, won promotion to Ligue 2.[2][3] Paris FC were created a in 1969, while Stade Saint-Germain were founded in 1904.[1]

The new Parisian club made an immediate impact, winning promotion to Ligue 1 and claiming the Ligue 2 title in its first season.[2][4] Their momentum was soon checked, however, and the club split in 1971–72.[2] Paris FC remained in the top flight, while Paris Saint-Germain kept their name but were administratively relegated to Division 3.[2][5] Two seasons later PSG returned to Ligue 1 in 1974–75.[2] Since then, the club have always played in the first division, breaking several records.[2][5][6][7][8]

Ironically, Paris FC were relegated to Ligue 2 that same year and PSG moved into Parc des Princes, which up until that point had been the home stadium of PFC.[2][9] Before that, PSG had been playing at several grounds including Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre, Stade Jean-Bouin, Stade Bauer, and even Parc des Princes a few times that season despite the reluctance of PFC.[10][11] Paris Saint-Germain are today the most successful French club in history in terms of trophies won.[1][12]

Seasons[]

See also: List of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. records and statistics
As of the end of the 2020–21 Ligue 1 season.[13][14][15][16]
Winners Runners-up Promoted Relegated
Season League CdF CdL TdC UEFA competitions Pld W D L GF GA GD Attendance Top scorer(s)
Division Position Player(s) Goals
1970–71 Division 2 1st R64 35 20 12 3 61 29 +32 3,018 France Jacques Rémond 11
1971–72 Division 1 16th R64 39 10 10 19 51 68 −17 10,030 France Jean-Claude Bras
France Michel Prost 		12
1972–73 Division 3 R64 35 20 9 6 80 35 +45 679 France Christian André 27
1973–74 Division 2 2nd QF 45 26 8 11 93 62 +31 4,087 France Jean-Pierre Dogliani 17
1974–75 Division 1 15th SF 47 18 14 15 82 74 +8 17,456 Republic of the Congo François M'Pelé 31
1975–76 Division 1 14th QF 45 16 14 15 76 67 +9 17,249 Republic of the Congo François M'Pelé 18
1976–77 Division 1 9th R16 43 21 8 14 79 60 +19 22,700 Algeria Mustapha Dahleb 26
1977–78 Division 1 11th R32 41 15 9 17 81 71 +10 21,754 Argentina Carlos Bianchi 39
1978–79 Division 1 13th R32 41 15 8 18 67 73 −6 18,550 Argentina Carlos Bianchi 32
1979–80 Division 1 7th R32 41 16 11 14 62 55 +7 21,380 France Jean-François Beltramini 14
1980–81 Division 1 5th R32 41 19 12 10 69 55 +14 22,969 France Dominique Rocheteau 18
1981–82 Division 1 7th W 47 22 12 13 71 51 +20 24,216 France Dominique Rocheteau 16
1982–83 Division 1 3rd W European Cup Winners' Cup QF 54 31 8 15 100 64 +36 24,420 Netherlands Kees Kist 18
1983–84 Division 1 4th R64 European Cup Winners' Cup R2 43 20 13 10 62 42 +20 23,968 France Michel N'Gom 12
1984–85 Division 1 13th RU UEFA Cup R2 52 19 10 23 79 88 −9 16,438 France Dominique Rocheteau 20
1985–86 Division 1 1st SF 47 28 12 7 79 41 +38 25,832 France Dominique Rocheteau 20
1986–87 Division 1 7th R32 European Cup R1 43 15 15 13 39 37 +2 20,312 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vahid Halilhodžić 9
1987–88 Division 1 15th R32 41 13 10 18 38 51 −13 19,507 Senegal Oumar Sène 6
1988–89 Division 1 2nd R16 43 22 14 7 57 34 +23 17,502 France Daniel Xuereb 17
1989–90 Division 1 5th R64 UEFA Cup R2 43 19 7 17 54 54 0 17,397 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Vujović 11
1990–91 Division 1 9th R16 41 15 12 14 42 44 −2 14,817 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Safet Sušić
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zlatko Vujović 		11
1991–92 Division 1 3rd R32 40 16 17 7 49 31 +18 26,542 France Christian Perez 13
1992–93 Division 1 2nd W UEFA Cup SF 54 30 14 10 84 37 +47 26,693 Liberia George Weah 23
1993–94 Division 1 1st QF [nb 1] European Cup Winners' Cup SF 50 32 13 5 82 28 +54 26,521 France David Ginola 18
1994–95 Division 1 3rd W [nb 2] UEFA Champions League SF 61 39 9 13 96 52 +44 33,348 Liberia George Weah 18
1995–96 Division 1 2nd R16 W UEFA Cup Winners' Cup W 52 29 12 11 90 48 +42 37,353 France Youri Djorkaeff 20
1996–97 Division 1 2nd R16 UEFA Super Cup RU 53 25 15 13 88 53 +35 35,302 France Patrice Loko 21
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup RU
1997–98 Division 1 8th W UEFA Champions League GS 53 29 9 15 76 53 +23 36,227 Italy Marco Simone 22
1998–99 Division 1 9th R32 W UEFA Cup Winners' Cup R1 42 13 12 17 42 43 −1 40,910 Italy Marco Simone 10
1999–2000 Division 1 2nd R16 42 22 10 10 72 51 +21 42,793 Brazil Christian 19
2000–01 Division 1 9th R32 UEFA Champions League GS2 49 17 11 21 69 71 −2 42,717 France Laurent Robert 17
2001–02 Division 1 4th QF SF UEFA Intertoto Cup W 56 26 22 8 84 34 +50 41,063 Brazil Ronaldinho 13
UEFA Cup R3
2002–03 Ligue 1[nb 3] 11th RU UEFA Cup R3 51 24 12 15 66 44 +22 38,829 Brazil Ronaldinho 12
2003–04 Ligue 1 2nd W R32 45 27 12 6 62 34 +28 39,245 Portugal Pauleta 23
2004–05 Ligue 1 9th R16 R16 RU UEFA Champions League GS 50 16 18 16 58 58 0 35,157 Portugal Pauleta 19
2005–06 Ligue 1 9th W R16 46 20 13 13 62 44 +18 40,486 Portugal Pauleta 28
2006–07 Ligue 1 15th QF R16 RU UEFA Cup R16 55 21 16 18 68 56 +12 36,205 Portugal Pauleta 24
2007–08 Ligue 1 16th RU W 49 20 13 16 60 51 +9 36,755 Ivory Coast Amara Diané
Portugal Pauleta 		15
2008–09 Ligue 1 6th R16 SF UEFA Cup QF 57 29 12 16 74 54 +20 40,902 France Guillaume Hoarau 20
2009–10 Ligue 1 13th W R16 46 18 12 16 62 48 +14 33,266 Turkey Mevlüt Erdinç 19
2010–11 Ligue 1 4th RU SF RU UEFA Europa League R16 60 26 22 12 96 63 +33 29,319 France Guillaume Hoarau
Brazil Nenê 		20
2011–12 Ligue 1 2nd QF R16 UEFA Europa League GS 51 31 11 9 99 55 +44 42,891 Brazil Nenê 27
2012–13 Ligue 1 1st QF QF UEFA Champions League QF 54 35 13 6 101 36 +65 43,235 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 35
2013–14 Ligue 1 1st R32 W W UEFA Champions League QF 55 40 9 6 126 41 +85 45,420 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 41
2014–15 Ligue 1 1st W W W UEFA Champions League QF 59 39 14 6 122 54 +68 45,789 Uruguay Edinson Cavani 31
2015–16 Ligue 1 1st W W W UEFA Champions League QF 59 47 8 4 143 31 +112 46,160 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 50
2016–17 Ligue 1 2nd W W W UEFA Champions League R16 57 42 9 6 141 44 +97 45,317 Uruguay Edinson Cavani 49
2017–18 Ligue 1 1st W W W UEFA Champions League R16 57 45 6 6 171 48 +123 46,930 Uruguay Edinson Cavani 40
2018–19 Ligue 1 1st RU QF W UEFA Champions League R16 55 40 7 8 149 52 +97 46,911 France Kylian Mbappé 39
2019–20 Ligue 1 1st W W W UEFA Champions League RU 49 40 4 5 136 35 +101 47,517 France Kylian Mbappé 30
2020–21 Ligue 1 2nd W [nb 4] W UEFA Champions League SF 57 38 6 13 126 46 +80 434[nb 5] France Kylian Mbappé 42

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Ligue de Football Professionnel founded the Coupe de la Ligue in 1994.
  2. ^ The Ligue de Football Professionnel founded the Trophée des Champions in 1995.
  3. ^ The Ligue de Football Professionnel completely rebranded the top division in French football in 2002, changing its name from Division 1 to Ligue 1.
  4. ^ The Ligue de Football Professionnel suspended the Coupe de la Ligue in 2020 to reduce season schedule.
  5. ^ Most matches were played behind closed doors due to restrictions on attendance related to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.

References[]

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