List of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. seasons

PSG's star signing Zlatan Ibrahimović for the 2012–13 season kicked off the club's rise to the summit of Ligue 1 supported by their ambitious "Dream Bigger" project.

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as PSG, is a French professional association football club based in Paris, whose first team play in the highest tier of French football, the Ligue 1. The team was formed in 1970 by the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain.^[1]

PSG have played 45 seasons, all of which have been spent within the French football league system. The club have contested Ligue 1 43 times, and have won the competition on 5 occasions.^[2] Although PSG have never been relegated, the club was demoted once (in 1972);^[1] their 42 successive Ligue 1 seasons between 1974 and 2015 is soon to become a league record. Their worst Ligue 1 finish to date sixteenth, their placing at the end of the 1971–72 season and the 2007–08. The 2013–14 season was PSG's best in terms of league performance: the team were only beaten three times,^[2] won 27 out of 38 games (national record), and collectively scored 84 goals, a club record which still stands.^[3] Zlatan Ibrahimović holds the record for most goals with PSG during a single season; he scored 41 goals in 46 matches during the 2013–14 season.^[4]

Domestically, PSG have won five Ligue 1 titles, nine Coupe de France, a record five Coupe de la Ligue, five Trophée des Champions and the Ligue 2 title once. In international club football, the Parisian side have won one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and one UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[2] PSG is the joint-most successful club in France and one of only two French clubs (with Olympique de Marseille) to win a major European club competition.^[5][6]

Background

Paris Saint-Germain started their career in Ligue 2 for the 1970–71 campaign.^[1] PSG made an immediate impact,^[7] winning the Ligue 2 title and celebrating their first birthday in Ligue 1. The 1971–72 term ended with an honourable 16th-placed finish.^[1] Their momentum was soon checked, however, and the club split in 1972.^[7] The professional arm of the club joined CA Montreuil and continued life in Ligue 1 under the name of Paris FC, while PSG were demoted to Division 3.^[1]

PSG finished second in its group and when first-placed Quevilly balked at promotion, the capital club moved up to the second division in 1973. During 1973–74, PSG's second-placed league finish saw the capital club take on Valenciennes in a play-off tie for promotion to the premier division. Beaten 2-1 away, PSG won 4-2 at the Parc des Princes on 4 June 1974 and were promoted to Ligue 1 – ironically, the same year that Paris FC were relegated. Since that time, PSG have never been demoted or relegated from the French first division.^[1] The club moved into the Parc des Princes that same year.^[7] PSG had previously played at the Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre (now the club's training complex known as the Camp des Loges).^[8]

Key

Table headers

• Season – The year and article of the club's season.
• League – The French football league system.
• Division – The level of the league system.
• Position – Final league position.
• Av Att – Average home attendances in domestic league matches.
• Europe – UEFA competitions.
• Top Scorer – The player with most goals in all competitions.
• Player – The flag of the country/countries the player played for are shown. If a player didn't played international football, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth. The player's first and last name.
• Goals – The number of goals scored by the player.
• Source – Link to the season's information.

Competitions

• Ligue 1 (L1) – The top-flight of French football, established in 1932 and reorganised in 2002.
• Ligue 2 (L2) – The second tier of French football, established in 1933 and reorganised in 2002.
• Division 3 (D3) – The third tier of French football between 1907 and 1993.
• Coupe de France (CdF) – The premier cup competition in French football, established in 1917.
• Coupe de la Ligue (CdL) – The second cup competition in French football, established in 1994.
• Trophée des Champions (TdC) – The French super cup, established in 1995 and contested by the reigning champions of the two main French club competitions, the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France.
• UEFA Champions League (UCL) – The premier club competition in European football, established in 1955 and reorganised in 1992.
• UEFA Europa League (UEL) – The second club competition in European football, established in 1971 and reorganised in 2009.
• UEFA Super Cup (USC) – The European super cup, established in 1972 and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. It was previously played between the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup champions until 1999.
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (UCWC) – The third competition in European football, held between 1960 and 1999.
• UEFA Intertoto Cup (UIC) – The fourth competition in European football, held between 1961 and 2008.
• FIFA Club World Cup (FCWC) – The international club competition, established in 2000 and contested by the reigning champions of the Asian AFC Champions League, African CAF Champions League, North American CONCACAF Champions League, South American Copa Libertadores, Oceanian OFC Champions League and European UEFA Champions League, along with the host nation's national champion, to crown the best club in the world.

Club record

Colours and symbols

1st or C	Champions
2nd or RU	Runners-up
	Promoted
	Relegated
♦	Ligue 1 top scorer
♣	UEFA Champions League top scorer

Seasons

Season	League			CdF	CdL	TdC	Europe	FCWC	Top Scorer		Source
	Division	Position	Av Att [9]						Player	Goals
1970–71	L2	01 !CG – 1st 01 !CPO – C	3,018	R64					Jacques Rémond	11	[10]
1971–72	L1	16th	10,030	R64					Jean-Claude Bras Michel Prost	12	[11]
1972–73	D3	2nd	679	R64					Christian André	27	[12]
1973–74	L2	01 !GB – 2nd 01 !PPO – 1st	4,087	QF					Jean-Pierre Dogliani	17	[13]
1974–75	L1	15th	17,167	SF					François M'Pelé	31	[14]
1975–76	L1	14th	17,269	QF					François M'Pelé	18	[15]
1976–77	L1	9th	22,410	R16					Mustapha Dahleb	26	[16]
1977–78	L1	11th	21,754	R32					Carlos Bianchi	39 ♦	[17]
1978–79	L1	13th	18,590	R32					Carlos Bianchi	32 ♦	[18]
1979–80	L1	7th	21,361	R32					Jean-François Beltramini	14	[19]
1980–81	L1	5th	23,329	R32					Dominique Rocheteau	18	[20]
1981–82	L1	7th	24,082	C					Dominique Rocheteau	16	[21]
1982–83	L1	3rd	23,928	C			UCWC – QF		Kees Kist	18	[22]
1983–84	L1	4th	23,840	R64			UCWC – R2		Michel N'Gom	12	[23]
1984–85	L1	13th	16,255	RU			UEL – R2		Dominique Rocheteau	20	[24]
1985–86	L1	1st	24,572	SF					Dominique Rocheteau	20	[25]
1986–87	L1	7th	19,838	R32			UCL – R1		Vahid Halilhodžić	9	[26]
1987–88	L1	15th	19,775	R32					Oumar Sène	6	[27]
1988–89	L1	2nd	17,319	R16					Daniel Xuereb	16	[28]
1989–90	L1	5th	16,923	R64			UEL – R2		Zlatko Vujović	11	[29]
1990–91	L1	9th	14,454	R16					Safet Sušić Zlatko Vujović	11	[30]
1991–92	L1	3rd	26,606	R32					Christian Perez	13	[31]
1992–93	L1	2nd	26,704	C			UEL – SF		George Weah	23	[32]
1993–94	L1	1st	28,370	QF			UCWC – SF		David Ginola	18	[33]
1994–95	L1	3rd	34,700	C	C		UCL – SF		George Weah	18 ♣	[34]
1995–96	L1	2nd	37,353	R16	R32	C	UCWC – C		Youri Djorkaeff	20	[35]
1996–97	L1	2nd	35,582	R16	R32		01 !USC – RU 01 !UCWC – RU		Patrice Loko	21	[36]
1997–98	L1	8th	36,723	C	C		UCL – GS		Marco Simone	22	[37]
1998–99	L1	9th	40,910	R32	QF	C	UCWC – R1		Marco Simone	10	[38]
1999–2000	L1	2nd	43,185	R16	RU				Christian	19	[39]
2000–01	L1	9th	42,759	R32	R32		UCL – 2GS		Laurent Robert	18	[40]
2001–02	L1	4th	41,040	QF	SF		01 !UIC – C 01 !UEL – R3		Ronaldinho	13	[41]
2002–03	L1	11th	38,481	RU	R32		UEL – R3		Ronaldinho	12	[42]
2003–04	L1	2nd	38,810	C	R32				Pauleta	23	[43]
2004–05	L1	9th	35,369	R16	R16	RU	UCL – GS		Pauleta	19	[44]
2005–06	L1	9th	40,486	C	R16				Pauleta	28 ♦	[45]
2006–07	L1	15th	36,360	QF	R16	RU	UEL – R16		Pauleta	24 ♦	[46]
2007–08	L1	16th	36,946	RU	C				Amara Diané Pauleta	15	[47]
2008–09	L1	6th	40,902	R16	SF		UEL – QF		Guillaume Hoarau	20	[48]
2009–10	L1	13th	35,114	C	R16				Mevlüt Erdinç	19	[49]
2010–11	L1	4th	29,302	RU	SF	RU	UEL – R16		Guillaume Hoarau Nenê	20	[50]
2011–12	L1	2nd	43,005	QF	R16		UEL – GS		Nenê	27	[51]
2012–13	L1	1st	43,235	QF	QF		UCL – QF		Zlatan Ibrahimović	35 ♦	[52]
2013–14	L1	1st	45,420	R16	C	C	UCL – QF		Zlatan Ibrahimović	41 ♦	[53]
2014–15	L1	1st	45,758	C	C	C	UCL – QF		Edinson Cavani	31	[54]
2015–16	L1					C					[55]

References

External links

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Official websites

• PSG.fr – Site officiel
• Paris Saint-Germain at LFP
• Paris Saint-Germain at UEFA
• Paris Saint-Germain at FIFA