PSG 2025: The Sextuple Story of Paris Saint-Germain's Historic Season

The Doubt

Since 2011, Qatar poured over a billion euros into Paris Saint-Germain. Neymar, Messi, Mbappé. The most expensive names in football history, all under one roof. And every spring brought the same heartbreak. 2017: leading 4-0, overturned 6-1 at Camp Nou. La Remontada. 2020: the final, lost to Bayern Munich on a goal by Kingsley Coman, a kid from their own academy. 2022: cruising 2-0 on aggregate, Benzema scores a hat trick in 17 minutes. 2024: 44 shots across two legs against Dortmund, zero goals. The dressing room had become a collection of talents, not a team.

I didn't feel like we were a team. Everyone was playing for themselves, we were a bit lost on the pitch. You can't afford to have one, two, or three players who don't run.

Vitinha

On the Messi-Neymar-Mbappé era, interview December 2025

Summer 2024. Kylian Mbappé leaves. The club's all-time top scorer chooses Real Madrid. The experts are unanimous: PSG have downgraded. But Luis Enrique sees an opportunity. 'None of you are special,' he tells his players. 'Our game does not consist in letting one player do what he wants.' The philosophy is radical: total pressing, multi-functional players, the collective above all.

The moment he leaves, the team becomes the cornerstone. Having one player who can do whatever he wants on the pitch means there are situations I cannot control. Next season, I will control all of them. Without exception.

Luis Enrique

Movistar+ documentary, on Mbappé's departure

Luis Enrique is a complete fraud! He's a deception like we've never had at PSG! Time will prove me right.

Daniel Riolo

After Foot, RMC Sport, June 2024

Pre-season Champions League odds

PSG odds

5% de chances

Favorites: Manchester City

Favorites: Real Madrid

In the Champions League, results are slow to come. Luis Enrique's system takes time to click. Defeats pile up against Europe's elite: Arsenal, Atlético, Bayern. The man who said 'I will control everything' controls nothing.

Champions League - League Phase · 2024-10-01

Arsenal 2-0 Paris Saint-Germain

20' K. Havertz 1-0

35' B. Saka 2-0

Champions League - League Phase · 2024-11-06

Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 Atlético Madrid

14' W. Zaïre-Emery 1-0

18' N. Molina 1-1

90+3' A. Correa 1-2

Champions League - League Phase · 2024-11-26

Bayern Munich 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain

38' Kim Min-Jae 1-0

After 5 matchdays

Win

Draw

Losses

League phase position

sur 36 / out of 36

15th out of 36 in the overall standings. The bookmakers were right. The pundits were right. Everyone was right. But in the dressing room, something has changed.

We have created a real group, a real team. I think that above all we're a collective, a family.

Warren Zaïre-Emery

Interview, PSG official website

The Rise

January 22, 2025, Parc des Princes. Manchester City lead 2-0 through Grealish and Haaland. PSG are on the brink. Then, in 36 minutes, everything changes.

Champions League - League Phase · 2025-01-22

Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 Manchester City

50' J. Grealish 0-1

53' E. Haaland 0-2

56' O. Dembélé 1-2

60' B. Barcola 2-2

78' João Neves 3-2

90+3' Gonçalo Ramos 4-2

They were quicker, faster, they won the duels, we could not cope. The best team won.

Pep Guardiola

Post-match press conference after PSG 4-2 Man City, January 22, 2025

Full Pep Guardiola press conference after PSG 4-2 Man City

Also in January, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia arrives from Napoli and the attacking trident finds its definitive shape. Luis Enrique repositions Dembélé as a central forward. The transformation is spectacular.

Incredible, Dembélé as a number 9, that's the idea of the century and it all comes down to the coach.

Jean-Louis Gasset

Press conference, April 2025

4-3-3

The Luis Enrique system: 4-3-3 false 9

Knockout Phase

Brest are swept aside 10-0 over two legs in the play-offs, seven different scorers in the second leg at the Parc des Princes. Then Liverpool in the round of 16. At the Parc, PSG are utterly dominant. Alisson makes 9 saves, the performance of his life. Liverpool somehow escape with a 1-0 win. In the return leg, Dembélé scores at Anfield in the 12th minute. In the penalty shootout, Donnarumma saves from Núñez and Jones.

Champions League - Round of 16 (2nd leg) · 2025-03-11

Liverpool 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain

12' O. Dembélé 0-1

Penalties: 1 - 4

PSG vs Liverpool - 1st leg at Parc des Princes

PSG shots

Liverpool: 2

PSG possession

Alisson saves

It was the best game of football I was ever involved in.

Arne Slot

After Liverpool's penalty shootout elimination, Round of 16, Anfield, March 11, 2025

Aston Villa fall 5-4 on aggregate in an epic quarter-final. Then Arsenal. Dembélé strikes in the 4th minute at the Emirates, the earliest goal Arsenal had ever conceded in a Champions League knockout match. At the Parc, Fabián Ruiz and Hakimi seal it.

Champions League - Semi-final (1st leg) · 2025-04-29

Arsenal 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain

4' O. Dembélé 0-1

Champions League - Semi-final (2nd leg) · 2025-05-07

Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Arsenal

27' Fabián Ruiz 1-0

72' A. Hakimi 2-0

76' B. Saka 2-1

I hope PSG finally wins the Champions League.

Mikel Arteta

After Arsenal's semi-final elimination, May 2025

III

Meanwhile, in France...

While Europe was still doubting, France already knew. On January 5, 2025, in Doha, PSG win the Trophée des Champions against Monaco. The tone is set.

Trophée des Champions · 2025-01-05

Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Monaco

Ligue 1 2024-25

Points

Wins in 34 matches

Goals scored

Meilleure attaque du championnat / Best attack in the league

Gap to 2nd place

Marseille : 65 pts

In Ligue 1, the domination is total. 26 wins in 34 matches, just 2 defeats. 92 goals scored. 19 points clear of Marseille. A chasm. PSG don't share, they crush.

This PSG is far too advanced for the rest of Ligue 1, it's plain for everyone to see.

Daniel Riolo

After Foot, RMC Sport, February 2025

Coupe de France - Final · 2025-05-24

Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Reims

On May 24, 2025, at the Stade de France, Reims are swept aside 3-0 in the Coupe de France final. All three goals in the first half. The domestic treble is complete: Trophée des Champions, Ligue 1, Coupe de France. The machine is rolling. And in one week, Munich awaits.

31/05/2025

Allianz Arena, Munich. May 31, 2025. The Champions League Final. PSG against Inter Milan, Serie A's best defense. Luis Enrique's system is crystal clear: no fixed center-forward, constant rotations, a press that suffocates every opposition build-up.

4-3-3

Starting XI - UCL Final

Champions League - Final · 2025-05-31

Paris Saint-Germain 5-0 Inter Milan

12' A. Hakimi 1-0

20' D. Doué 2-0

63' D. Doué 3-0

73' K. Kvaratskhelia 4-0

86' S. Mayulu 5-0

Goal by goal

1-0 Hakimi (12')

1. Fabián Ruiz passes back to Vitinha

2. Vitinha passes from the edge of the box to Doué on the right side

3. D. Doué finds Hakimi at the far post

4. A. Hakimi arrives at the far post, goal!

2-0 Doué (20')

1. Pacho recovers the ball in his half and launches Kvara on the left

2. Kvaratskhelia passes in behind to Dembélé on the left

3. O. Dembélé launched on the left, drives toward the box

4. O. Dembélé switches play across to Doué on the right

5. D. Doué shoots, deflection off DiMarco, goal!

3-0 Doué (63')

1. Vitinha passes between the lines to Dembélé

2. O. Dembélé fakes and back-heel flick to Vitinha

3. Vitinha collects and surges forward toward the box

4. Vitinha inside pass to Doué in the heart of the box

5. D. Doué low right-footed finish drilled into the bottom corner!

4-0 Kvaratskhelia (73')

1. Nuno Mendes recovers the ball and launches Dembélé on the left

2. O. Dembélé passes to Kvaratskhelia in the center-left

3. K. Kvaratskhelia drives into the box, beats two defenders

4. K. Kvaratskhelia drives it across to the left side of the goal!

5-0 Mayulu (86') - The Academy Kid

1. B. Barcola surges down the left wing and passes to Mayulu

2. S. Mayulu passes back to Barcola who lays it off again into his path

3. B. Barcola passes to Mayulu

4. S. Mayulu 120 seconds after coming on, strikes from a tight angle, goal!

Total domination

PSG possession

Shots

Inter : 8

Inter : 0.49

Inter shots on target (1st half)

Doué, 19 years old: two goals and one assist. Three direct goal contributions in a Champions League final, never seen before. Player of the Match. Champions League Young Player of the Season, ahead of Lamine Yamal. Kvaratskhelia, who arrived just five months earlier from Napoli, drives home the fourth. And Senny Mayulu, a Parisian academy graduate, comes on in the 84th minute and scores 120 seconds later. The largest margin of victory in Champions League final history.

It absolutely didn't feel like my Inter out there. The players are the first to know it.

Simone Inzaghi

Post-match press conference after UCL final, Munich, May 31, 2025

It felt like football from the future.

Sky Sports

Article after UCL final PSG 5-0 Inter Milan

The big day has finally arrived. The victory, and with style, of an entire club. Congratulations PSG.

Kylian Mbappé

Instagram post, May 31, 2025

And Marquinhos. Twelve years. He arrived at 19, when the Qatari project was barely off the ground. He lived through La Remontada. He wept after the 2020 final. He endured Benzema's hat trick. He watched the superstars come and go, one by one. Tonight, he is crying before the final whistle even blows. When he lifts the trophy, it is not just for him. It is for everyone who passed through this club without ever touching it.

I gave everything. I suffered a lot. This is for Thiago, for Neymar, for Lucas, for Maxwell. Great players who deserved to win this title.

Marquinhos

Pitchside interview, minutes after the final whistle

Luis Enrique has built a team, not names, not marketing. They changed their way and that is what brought them here.

Robert Pirès

Sky Sports interview, after UCL final, June 2025

TWENTY TWENTY-FIVE - Official PSG UCL journey documentary

The World Stage

Off to the United States for the first 32-team Club World Cup. The draw has handed PSG the hardest possible path. No matter. This team backs down from nothing.

Club World Cup - Round of 16

Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 Inter Miami

Messi's Inter Miami are swept aside. Four goals, zero reply. In the quarter-final, against Bayern Munich, the unthinkable happens.

PSG 4-0 Inter Miami - DAZN Highlights

Club World Cup - Quarter-final

Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 Bayern Munich

Pacho and Lucas Hernández are sent off. Down to nine against eleven. But this team does not know the word surrender. Doué and Dembélé find the net. 2-0 with nine against eleven. Pure madness.

PSG 2-0 Bayern Munich - Club World Cup, nine against eleven

In the semi-final, the much-anticipated clash: Real Madrid. The first meeting with Mbappé since his departure.

Club World Cup - Semi-final

Paris Saint-Germain 4-0 Real Madrid

4-0. Humiliation. The collective against the individuals. Mbappé powerless against the system that replaced him.

PSG 4-0 Real Madrid - DAZN Highlights

The Final

In the final, exhaustion catches up with PSG. The draw had been ruthless: Inter Miami, Bayern Munich while down to nine, Real Madrid. On the other side of the bracket, Chelsea had a far less demanding run. Without Pacho, physically drained after three legendary matches, PSG cannot compete.

Club World Cup - Final

Chelsea 3-0 Paris Saint-Germain

The only trophy to escape this legendary team. The bitterness is there, but so is the pride. Beating Messi, Mbappé and Bayern while down to nine in the same tournament: nobody had done it. Nobody will do it again.

The Immortals

One month after the Club World Cup final, the legs are heavy, pre-season has been non-existent. But there is a trophy to be won. August 13, 2025. Stadio Friuli, Udine. The UEFA Super Cup against Tottenham, Europa League winners.

UEFA Super Cup · 2025-08-13

Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Tottenham

39' M. Van de Ven 0-1

48' C. Romero 0-2

85' Lee Kang-in 1-2

90+4' Gonçalo Ramos 2-2

Penalties: 4 - 3

0-2, the 48th minute. Is it over? Never. Lee Kang-in pulls one back in the 85th with a clinical strike. Then Gonçalo Ramos, with a header, snatches the equalizer in the 90th+4. Penalties: 4-3 PSG. This team never dies.

December 2025

December 17, 2025. Al Rayyan, Qatar. The Intercontinental Cup against Flamengo. 1-1 after extra time. In the penalty shootout, one man stands tall.

Intercontinental Cup · 2025-12-17

Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Flamengo

Penalties: 2 - 1

Matvey Safonov - Penalty shootout

Penalties saved

Consecutive

The Sextuple

🏆

Trophée des Champions

1-0 vs Monaco

🏆

Ligue 1

84 points, champions

🏆

Coupe de France

3-0 vs Reims

🏆

Champions League

5-0 vs Inter Milan

🏆

UEFA Super Cup

2-2 (4-3 pen) vs Tottenham

🏆

Intercontinental Cup

1-1 (pen) vs Flamengo

The third team in history to achieve the Sextuple, after Barcelona 2009 and Bayern Munich 2020.

I'd rather have four players who score 12 goals each than one who scores 40.

Luis Enrique

Pre-season 2024-25, on his collective philosophy

2025-26 Season

And to complete the picture, PSG travel to Montjuic. Without Dembélé, the reigning Ballon d'Or winner, sidelined with a hamstring injury. Without Marquinhos, without Doué, without Kvaratskhelia. Luis Enrique fields Mbaye, Mayulu and Barcola up front. A squad decimated by injuries, at Montjuic, where Parisian supporters silenced the Catalan crowd. In Catalonia, some still believe Yamal deserved the award. Paris answers on the pitch: 2-1, victory.

4-3-3

Starting XI at Montjuic - Without Dembélé, Marquinhos, Doué, Kvaratskhelia

Champions League 2025-26

Barcelona 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain

I absolutely didn't like what he was doing at first. But then I realized he completely changed: his communication, his management style, everything.

Daniel Riolo

After Foot, RMC Sport, November 2025. The man who in June 2024 called Luis Enrique 'a complete fraud.'

VII

For Eternity

It’s over!! It’s finished!! Today, and forever, for eternity, always, Paris Saint-Germain are European champions!! Paris Saint-Germain win the Champions League!

Paul Tchoukriel

Live commentary, UCL Final, May 31, 2025

I don't think we have played a team this season who combined that much quality with intensity.

Arne Slot

Before Liverpool-PSG, UCL Round of 16, March 2025

Clearly we're disappointed and bitter. But we faced a team that deserved much more and won the Champions League. Huge credit to PSG.

Simone Inzaghi

After UCL final PSG 5-0 Inter Milan, May 31, 2025

I am very proud of everything we did. To get to this level is the best step forward.

Unai Emery

After Aston Villa 3-2 PSG (5-4 on aggregate), UCL quarter-final, April 2025

A performance you could hang in the Louvre.

The Sun

On Désiré Doué after the UCL final, May 31, 2025

PSG can now be counted among the teams that can go all the way.

Daniel Riolo

After Foot, RMC Sport, April 2025. The man who in June 2024 said: 'Luis Enrique is a complete fraud.'

My story ended, and I left without regrets. Even the things I did wrong are part of my story. When I played there, we came very close, two semi-finals and a final. We didn't win, and my time was up.

Kylian Mbappé

Marca interview, after PSG's Champions League triumph

All fallen

4-2 Manchester City UCL League Phase

1-1 (4-1 TAB) Liverpool UCL Round of 16

5-4 agg Aston Villa UCL Quarter-finals

3-1 agg Arsenal UCL Semi-finals

5-0 Inter Milan UCL Final

4-0 Inter Miami Club World Cup

2-0 (9v11) Bayern Munich Club World Cup

4-0 Real Madrid Club World Cup

2-2 (4-3 TAB) Tottenham UEFA Super Cup

1-1 (TAB) Flamengo Intercontinental Cup

2-1 Barcelona UCL 2025-26

The numbers don't lie

Win rate without Mbappé

Win rate with Mbappé

Scorers with 10+ goals in 2024-25

Dembélé, Barcola, Ramos, Doué, Kvara

This PSG had no superstar. It had something greater: a team. Eleven players who press, who run, who fight for each other. Luis Enrique's project, mocked in June 2024, became the benchmark of world football. The bookmakers gave them a 5% chance. The pundits wrote them off. They were wrong.

I love this club. I gave everything. I suffered a lot. But tonight showed the worth of this club. I think of all the players who came through here, Thiago, Neymar, Lucas, Maxwell. Great players who deserved to experience this.

Marquinhos

After UCL final PSG 5-0 Inter Milan

The Heroes

The men who wrote history

Forward

Ousmane Dembélé

"From mocked to Ballon d'Or"

Ballon d'Or 2025 - 33 goals, 15 assists

Midfielder

Vitinha

"Third in the Ballon d'Or"

3rd in 2025 Ballon d'Or

Winger

Désiré Doué

"19 years old, brace in the final"

Brace in UCL Final at 19

Winger

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

"January to Munich, five months of destiny"

UCL Final goal (73'), 5 months after arrival

Center Back

Marquinhos

"12 years of waiting"

Captain of the Sextuple - 12 years at the club

Midfielder

Senny Mayulu

"86th minute, an academy kid's goal"

UCL Final goal (86')

Goalkeeper

Gianluigi Donnarumma

"Scarred face, unbroken gaze"

Crucial saves in knockout rounds

Goalkeeper

Lucas Chevalier

"4 days, a trophy"

Decisive penalty save on his debut

Right Back

Achraf Hakimi

"First goal, first blood"

Opening goal in UCL Final (12')

Left Back

Nuno Mendes

"The penalty that started it all"

Decisive penalty in UEFA Super Cup

Midfielder

João Neves

"20 years old, lungs of steel"

Most high recoveries for PSG in UCL

Midfielder

Fabián Ruiz

"The Spanish tempo"

96% pass accuracy vs Liverpool

Center Back

Willian Pacho

"The Ecuadorian wall"

6 goals conceded in UCL knockout rounds

Winger

Bradley Barcola

"Brace in the cup final"

Brace in Coupe de France final

Goalkeeper

Matvey Safonov

"Four saves, one sextuple"

4 penalty saves (Intercontinental Cup final)

Forward

Gonçalo Ramos

"90+4, Udine shakes"

90+4 equalizer (Super Cup)

Attacking Midfielder

Lee Kang-In

"85th minute, hope reborn"

85' Super Cup goal (sparks the comeback)

Winger

Ibrahim Mbaye

"16 years old, youngest starter in history"

Youngest starter in PSG history

Midfielder

Warren Zaïre-Emery

"55 matches, 17 years of maturity"

55 appearances across all competitions in 2024-25

Center Back

Lucas Beraldo

"The reliable shadow"

Versatility at center-back and left-back

Left Back

Lucas Hernandez

"The warrior's return"

Comeback after ACL tear

Center Back

Presnel Kimpembe

"Two years away, one final chapter"

Return after 2 years and 2 surgeries

Goalkeeper

Arnau Tenas

"The faithful shadow"

In the 22-man UCL Final squad

The Architect

The mind behind it all

"The architect"

His tactical choices were called incomprehensible. His squad management, madness. When he repositioned Dembélé as a central forward, observers rolled their eyes. When he threw youth players into decisive matches, they called it reckless. Luis Enrique never wavered. Total pressing, multi-functional players, the collective above all. After the Super Cup win in Udine, he declared: "We didn't deserve to win." The humility of a man who built a team in his image. The Sextuple as the definitive answer.

I'd rather have four players who score 12 goals each than one who scores 40.

Luis Enrique

Ici c'est Paris

The passion from the stands

Being a PSG supporter is more than a choice. It's an identity. It's living every heartbeat together, suffering together, and when victory comes, feeling it like it's the first time. 2025 gave us everything we ever dreamed of.

Away Days

Pure insanity. In every stadium across Europe, Parisian supporters shook the walls. Arsenal, Liverpool, Munich, Barcelona. Everywhere, the voice of Paris rang louder than the home crowd.

Your Voices

What this season meant to you

“

Je savais que je vivais quelque chose d'unique et de légendaire. Un moment que je n'oublierai jamais.

Lamine

🇫🇷Fan Zone, Munich

PSG 5-0 Inter Milan

“

My dad has supported PSG since 1986. He called me at 3am from Paris crying after Munich.

Sarah

🇬🇧London

PSG 4-2 Manchester City

“

Toute ma famille est de Dakar. On a regardé la finale ensemble. Paris est universel.

Tidiane

🇸🇳Dakar

PSG 5-0 Inter Milan

“

Beautiful... Simply Beautiful. I shed a tear reading this. Kudos to you my friend!

Shivam

🇫🇷Paris

PSG 4-2 Manchester City (UCL)

“

Cette finale, c'est un moment de perfection irrationnelle. Personne n'aurait pu en écrire le scénario, car personne n'oserait imaginer ça. L'abnégation sauvage de Dembélé qui se dévoue au pressing, Kvara qui défend comme un chien devant sa surface alors que l'on mène 4-0, Vitinha qui vole sur le terrain, intouchable... et tous ces pauvres tifosi qui assistent au naufrage de leur équipe alors que l'équipe parisienne touche au sublime. Un moment gravé dans ma mémoire à tout jamais.

Matthieu

🇫🇷Aix-en-Provence

PSG 5-0 Inter Milan (UCL Final)

Share your moment

Munich, May 31, 2025

The Virage Auteuil shook the Allianz Arena.

The Voices

Those who made us live this season like nobody else.

ICI

Ici Paris

Bruno Salomon and his squad

Culture PSG

Parisian culture

L'Immigré Parisien

The supporters' voice

Wiloo Football

Tactical analysis and storytelling

Canal Supporters

Daily PSG news

Paris United

No-compromise debates and analysis

PSG

Paris Saint-Germain

Official channel

The New Era

No more superstars. Now it's humble players who salute their supporters after every match. A team that looks like us. A team that respects us.

Relive the campaign. Your way.

A retro Captain Tsubasa-style game. Coming soon.

PSG 2025

Les Immortels

PLAY NOW

They said it was over. They were wrong.

The Doubt

The Rise

Meanwhile, in France...

31/05/2025

The World Stage

The Immortals

For Eternity

The Heroes

Ousmane Dembélé

Vitinha

Désiré Doué

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Marquinhos

Senny Mayulu

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Lucas Chevalier

Achraf Hakimi

Nuno Mendes

João Neves

Fabián Ruiz

Willian Pacho

Bradley Barcola

Matvey Safonov

Gonçalo Ramos

Lee Kang-In

Ibrahim Mbaye

Warren Zaïre-Emery

Lucas Beraldo

Lucas Hernandez

Presnel Kimpembe

Arnau Tenas

The Architect

Ici c'est Paris

Away Days

Your Voices

Share your moment

Munich, May 31, 2025

The Voices

The New Era

Relive the campaign. Your way.