About Paris Saint Germain
Paris Saint-Germain's transformation from mid-table Parisian club to global superpower happened in the space of a single transfer window. Qatar Sports Investments bought the club in 2011, and the chequebook opened to a degree that rewrote the economics of French football. Ten Ligue 1 titles in twelve seasons followed, along with a Champions League final in 2020 and a semi-final run that has become the minimum expectation. The Parc des Princes holds 48,000 but feels smaller, the intimacy generating an atmosphere that bigger stadiums struggle to match. The post-Mbappe era is the club's next test: can they build a competitive identity beyond one generational talent? The Qatari project has delivered domestic dominance but the Champions League obsession remains unfulfilled.
Legends
Kylian Mbappe scored 256 goals in seven seasons, breaking every record the club possessed before leaving for Real Madrid. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's four-year spell (2012-16) produced 156 goals and a personality that dominated French football. Ronaldinho's two seasons in Paris previewed the genius that Barcelona would later refine. Mustapha Dahleb, before the Qatari era, was the club's original talisman — 98 goals in the 1970s and 1980s that laid the foundations for everything that followed.