List of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. seasons

PSG's team during the 2008–09 season.

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club is a French professional association football club founded in 1970, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club's first team play in the highest tier of French football, the Ligue 1.^[1]

Since its inception, Paris SG have played 48 seasons, all of which have been spent within the first three levels of the French football league system (Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Division 3).^[2]

The Parisians hold the record for most consecutive seasons in top-flight (they have played 45 seasons in Ligue 1 since 1974),^[3] and have won the competition seven times.^[2] PSG have never been relegated from Ligue 1.^[4] The club's worst Ligue 1 finish to date is 16th, their placing at the end of the 1971–72 and 2007–08 seasons.^[2]

The 2015–16 season was the club's best to date. PSG won all four domestic titles (Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions) and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.^[2] In Ligue 1, the capital club finished with 96 points (national record),^[5] while Zlatan Ibrahimović scored 50 goals in all competitions (national record).^[6] However, the club's record for most goals in a season was set in 2017–18, when the capital side scored 171 goals in all competitions.^[5]

Background

Towards the end of the 1960s, an ambitious group of businessmen decided to create a major club in the French capital. They chose to merge their virtual side, Paris FC, with Stade Saint-Germain after the team from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 15km west of Paris, won promotion to Ligue 2. PSG made an immediate impact both on and off the pitch, building a substantial fanbase and winning promotion in their first season.^[7]

Paris Saint-Germain have never formally been relegated. However, in 1972 the club split into two. One branch joined CA Montreuil and continued in Ligue 1 under the name of Paris FC, while PSG assumed amateur status and had to restart in Division 3. PSG returned to Ligue 1 in 1973–74 and have never looked back since.^[4] PSG are today the city's largest club by far,^[8] as well as the most successful French club in history in terms of trophies won, with 38.^[1][2]

PSG have always represented both Paris and nearby Saint-Germain-en-Laye.^[9] Paris SG play their games in Paris at the Parc des Princes.^[10] However, the Camp des Loges (the club's training complex since 1970) is located in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.^[11] PSG spent their formative years using the Stade Municipal Georges Lefèvre,^[10] located in front of the Camp des Loges,^[12] before moving into the Parc des Princes in 1974.^[7]

Seasons

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

Season	League			CdF	CdL	TdC	Europe	FCWC	Top Scorer		Source
	Division	Position	Av Att [13]						Player	Goals
1970–71	L2	CG – 1st CPO – C	3,018	R64					Jacques Rémond	11	[14]
1971–72	L1	16th	10,030	R64					Jean-Claude Bras Michel Prost	12	[15]
1972–73	D3	2nd	679	R64					Christian André	27	[16]
1973–74	L2	GB – 2nd PPO – 1st	4,087	QF					Jean-Pierre Dogliani	17	[17]
1974–75	L1	15th	17,167	SF					François M'Pelé	31	[18]
1975–76	L1	14th	17,269	QF					François M'Pelé	18	[19]
1976–77	L1	9th	22,410	R16					Mustapha Dahleb	26	[20]
1977–78	L1	11th	21,754	R32					Carlos Bianchi	39 ♦	[21]
1978–79	L1	13th	18,590	R32					Carlos Bianchi	32 ♦	[22]
1979–80	L1	7th	21,361	R32					Jean-François Beltramini	14	[23]
1980–81	L1	5th	23,329	R32					Dominique Rocheteau	18	[24]
1981–82	L1	7th	24,082	C					Dominique Rocheteau	16	[25]
1982–83	L1	3rd	23,928	C			UCWC – QF		Kees Kist	18	[26]
1983–84	L1	4th	23,840	R64			UCWC – R2		Michel N'Gom	12	[27]
1984–85	L1	13th	16,255	RU			UEL – R2		Dominique Rocheteau	20	[28]
1985–86	L1	1st	24,572	SF					Dominique Rocheteau	20	[29]
1986–87	L1	7th	19,838	R32			UCL – R1		Vahid Halilhodžić	9	[30]
1987–88	L1	15th	19,775	R32					Oumar Sène	6	[31]
1988–89	L1	2nd	17,319	R16					Daniel Xuereb	16	[32]
1989–90	L1	5th	16,923	R64			UEL – R2		Zlatko Vujović	11	[33]
1990–91	L1	9th	14,454	R16					Safet Sušić Zlatko Vujović	11	[34]
1991–92	L1	3rd	26,606	R32					Christian Perez	13	[35]
1992–93	L1	2nd	26,704	C			UEL – SF		George Weah	23	[36]
1993–94	L1	1st	28,370	QF			UCWC – SF		David Ginola	18	[37]
1994–95	L1	3rd	34,700	C	C		UCL – SF		George Weah	18 ♣	[38]
1995–96	L1	2nd	37,353	R16	R32	C	UCWC – C		Youri Djorkaeff	20	[39]
1996–97	L1	2nd	35,582	R16	R32		USC – RU UCWC – RU		Patrice Loko	21	[40]
1997–98	L1	8th	36,723	C	C		UCL – GS		Marco Simone	22	[41]
1998–99	L1	9th	40,910	R32	QF	C	UCWC – R1		Marco Simone	10	[42]
1999–2000	L1	2nd	43,185	R16	RU				Christian	19	[43]
2000–01	L1	9th	42,759	R32	R32		UCL – 2GS		Laurent Robert	18	[44]
2001–02	L1	4th	41,040	QF	SF		UIC – C UEL – R3		Ronaldinho	13	[45]
2002–03	L1	11th	38,481	RU	R32		UEL – R3		Ronaldinho	12	[46]
2003–04	L1	2nd	38,810	C	R32				Pauleta	23	[47]
2004–05	L1	9th	35,369	R16	R16	RU	UCL – GS		Pauleta	19	[48]
2005–06	L1	9th	40,486	C	R16				Pauleta	28 ♦	[49]
2006–07	L1	15th	36,360	QF	R16	RU	UEL – R16		Pauleta	24 ♦	[50]
2007–08	L1	16th	36,946	RU	C				Amara Diané Pauleta	15	[51]
2008–09	L1	6th	40,902	R16	SF		UEL – QF		Guillaume Hoarau	20	[52]
2009–10	L1	13th	35,114	C	R16				Mevlüt Erdinç	19	[53]
2010–11	L1	4th	29,302	RU	SF	RU	UEL – R16		Guillaume Hoarau Nenê	20	[54]
2011–12	L1	2nd	43,005	QF	R16		UEL – GS		Nenê	27	[55]
2012–13	L1	1st	43,235	QF	QF		UCL – QF		Zlatan Ibrahimović	35 ♦	[56]
2013–14	L1	1st	45,420	R16	C	C	UCL – QF		Zlatan Ibrahimović	41 ♦	[57]
2014–15	L1	1st	45,758	C	C	C	UCL – QF		Edinson Cavani	31	[58]
2015–16	L1	1st	46,159	C	C	C	UCL – QF		Zlatan Ibrahimović	50 ♦	[59]
2016–17	L1	2nd	45,159	C	C	C	UCL – R16		Edinson Cavani	49 ♦	[60]
2017–18	L1	1st	46,933	C	C	C	UCL – R16		Edinson Cavani	40 ♦	[61]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paris Saint-Germain Football Club.

Official websites

• PSG.fr - Site officiel du Paris Saint-Germain
• LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
• Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA.com
• Live Scores - Clubs: Paris Saint-Germain - FIFA.com