PSG's past record in European finals

Paris Saint-Germain have become the most recent club to add their name to the Champions League honours list, being the youngest winners of the competition, having only been founded after the tournament began. The French giants have only been in existence for just over half a century, so it is no surprise that their European history has been rather modest, but they have enjoyed success in across a couple of UEFA competitions, even prior to days of the Qatari money flowing through the club's coffers. Here, Sports Mole looks back at PSG's previous European finals.

1996 Cup Winners' Cup: PSG 1-0 Rapid Vienna

Prior to 1996, PSG had a good amount of experience in Europe, playing in the European Cup twice, and the UEFA Cup on three occasions, but it was the Cup Winners' Cup they were most accustomed to. The 1995-96 season was their fourth entry into the competition, and after falling at the semi-final in each of their three previous European campaigns, across all three of the aforementioned competitions, Luis Fernandez guided them to the final on this occasion. In a team that included future World Cup winner Youri Djorkaeff, it was an unfamiliar goalscorer that clinched their first European honour, as defender Bruno N'Gotty scored the only goal of the game on the half-hour mark to seal a 1-0 win in Brussels over Austrian side Rapid Vienna.

1997 UEFA Super Cup: PSG 2-9 Juventus (agg)

Courtesy of winning the Cup Winners' Cup, PSG earned the right to contest the UEFA Super Cup the following season, which took place over two legs in January and February, against Champions League winners Juventus. PSG were no match for the European champions though, suffering chastening defeats across both legs, starting with a 6-1 thrashing at the Parc des Princes in the first leg, where Juve led 4-0 at the interval. The return leg a few weeks later brought little respite, as Alessandro Del Piero scored twice for the Bianconeri, before Christian Vieri added Juve's ninth across the tie in injury time, as the Italian were crowned convincing Super Cup winners.

1997 Cup Winners' Cup: PSG 0-1 Barcelona

By winning the trophy a year earlier, and not qualifying for a higher level competition, PSG joined Coupe de France winners Nimes in the competition a year later, but continued the notorious jinx attached to the Cup Winners' Cup, that the reigning champions never defended the title. Beating some European heavyweights in the form of Galatasaray, AEK Athens and Liverpool along the way, PSG were well worth their place in the final, but they would face their sternest test yet at De Kuip: Barcelona. A team that included the likes of Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Luis Enrique, Pep Guardiola and Hristo Stoichkov off the bench got the better of the Parisians, thanks to a first-half penalty from R9 in Rotterdam, in that would prove to be their last continental final for over two decades.

2020 Champions League final: PSG 0-1 Bayern Munich

After almost a decade of Qatari ownership, PSG finally reached the promised land, and gave themselves a shot at European glory, facing Bayern Munich in the amended Champions League finals tournament that took place during the chaotic COVID season in 2019-20. Both clubs played their quarter-final and semi-finals on neutral turf, and PSG edged out Atalanta and RB Leipzig to set up the meeting with the Bavarians, who had famously beaten Barcelona 8-2 on their route to the final. Taking place behind closed doors in Lisbon, PSG were left heartbroken again, though, as former player Kingsley Coman came back to haunt his old club, scoring the only goal on the hour mark, as Thomas Tuchel was outwitted by his German compatriot Hansi Flick, and PSG fell to defeat in their first ever Champions League final.

2025 Champions League: PSG 5-0 Inter Milan

The greatest night in the history of Paris Saint-Germain came on May 31, 2025, as the club finally ridded their Champions League hoodoo, thrashing Inter Milan mercilessly 5-0 in the final in Munich.

From start to finish, Luis Enrique's men were superb, coming out on top in all areas of the pitch, in possession, on the break and most importantly, in front of goal, with Desire Doue stealing the show with two goals and an assist.

The youthful nature of PSG's squad was illustrated by the fact two teenagers scored in the final, when only two had done so across the past seven decades, but age was no obstacle, as the Parisians recorded the biggest-ever win in a Champions League final at the Allianz Arena.