# 2016–17 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2016–17 season was Paris Saint-Germain Football Club's 44th professional season since its creation in 1970, and its 43rd consecutive season in the top-flight of French football.
That was the club's first season without record goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimović since the 2011–12 campaign.

## Players

* Paris SG to strengthen defence; signs Krychowiak and Meunier
* Footballers Neymar, Zlatan, Nolito sign contracts
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.

### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Kevin Trapp |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Thiago Silva (captain) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe |
| 4 | MF | POL | Grzegorz Krychowiak |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Lucas Moura |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Thiago Motta (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | URU | Edinson Cavani |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Javier Pastore |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Blaise Matuidi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Guedes |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Alphonse Areola |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Maxwell |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso |
| 19 | DF | CIV | Serge Aurier |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Rabiot |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Jean-Kévin Augustin |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Rémy Descamps |

## Transfers
### In

* For Recent transfers: List of French football transfers winter 2016–17
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 21 | MF | Hatem Ben Arfa | Nice | Free transfer | 1 July 2016 |
| 4 | MF | Grzegorz Krychowiak | Sevilla | €25,000,000 | 3 Jul 2016 |
| 22 | FW | Jesé | Real Madrid | €25,000,000 | 8 Aug 2016 |
| 12 | DF | Thomas Meunier | Club Brugge | €7,000,000 | 3 July 2016 |
| 18 | MF | Giovani Lo Celso | Rosario Central | €15,000,000 | 26 July 2016 |
| 23 | MF | Julian Draxler | VfL Wolfsburg | €34,000,000 | 3 January 2017 |
| 15 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | Benfica | €30,000,000 | 25 January 2017 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 34 | Manchester United | Free |
| 4 July 2016 | DF | Gregory van der Wiel | 28 | Fenerbahçe | Free |
| 13 July 2016 | DF | Lucas Digne | 22 | Barcelona | €16,500,000 |
| 13 July 2016 | FW | Wilfried Kanga | 18 | Créteil-Lusitanos | Loan |
| 26 July 2016 | MF | Giovani Lo Celso | 20 | Rosario Central | Loan |
| 26 August 2016 | GK | Salvatore Sirigu | 29 | Sevilla | Loan |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Benjamin Stambouli | 26 | Schalke 04 | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | David Luiz | 29 | Chelsea | €38,500,000 |
| 18 January 2017 | MF | Jonathan Ikoné | 18 | Montpellier | Loan |
| 24 January 2017 | FW | Hervin Ongenda | 21 | Zwolle | €300,000 |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Jesé | 23 | Las Palmas | Loan |
| 31 January 2017 | GK | Salvatore Sirigu | 30 | Osasuna | Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### International Champions Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WP | LP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | 2016 ICC United States and Europe Champions |
| 2 | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Chelsea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Ligue 1 | 12 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 27 | +56 | 071.05 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2017 | 27 May 2017 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 100.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 14 December 2016 | 1 April 2017 | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 100.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 6 August 2016 | 6 August 2016 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 13 September 2016 | 8 March 2017 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 42 | 9 | 6 | 141 | 44 | +97 | 073.68 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 (2017-05-27). Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Monaco (C) | 38 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 107 | 31 | +76 | 95 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 27 | +56 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Nice | 38 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lyon | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 77 | 48 | +29 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2016–17 Coupe de France and the 2016–17 Coupe de la Ligue, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Coupe de France winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team and the spot awarded to the Coupe de la Ligue winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team. The fifth-placed team received the spot in Europa League third qualifying round originally designated to the fourth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2017 (2017-05-20). Source: Ligue1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ARS | PAR | LUD | BSL |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Basel | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Coupe de la Ligue | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Kevin Trapp | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Alphonse Areola | 27 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Rémy Descamps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Thiago Silva | 40 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos | 44 | 4 | 27+2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier | 36 | 2 | 18+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | BRA | Maxwell | 33 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CIV | Serge Aurier | 32 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa | 26 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Alec Georgen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | POL | Grzegorz Krychowiak | 19 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti | 43 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Thiago Motta | 42 | 1 | 25+5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Javier Pastore | 23 | 3 | 9+6 | 0 | 1+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María | 43 | 14 | 24+5 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Blaise Matuidi | 52 | 7 | 26+8 | 4 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa | 32 | 4 | 5+18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler | 25 | 10 | 12+5 | 4 | 4+1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku | 16 | 2 | 5+3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Rabiot | 39 | 4 | 20+7 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | FRA | Lorenzo Callegari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Lucas Moura | 53 | 19 | 29+8 | 12 | 3+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Edinson Cavani | 50 | 49 | 35+1 | 35 | 2+1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 15 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Guedes | 11 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Jean-Kévin Augustin | 13 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | FW | ESP | Jesé | 14 | 2 | 1+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | FRA | Hervin Ongenda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Ikoné | 7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| — | DF | BRA | David Luiz | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | FRA | Benjamin Stambouli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions