# 2018–19 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2018–19 season was Paris Saint-Germain Football Club's 46th professional season since its creation in 1970, and its 45th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football.
The season was the first since 2010–11 without Thiago Motta, who retired after the 2017–18 season.

## Players

French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, 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 information

    As of 29 January 2019
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 | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Thiago Silva (captain) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe |
| 4 | DF | GER | Thilo Kehrer |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Leandro Paredes |
| 9 | FW | URU | Edinson Cavani |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Dani Alves |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Alphonse Areola |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Rabiot |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Moussa Diaby |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Colin Dagba |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Stanley N'Soki |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Cibois |

## Transfers
### In

For recent transfers see List of French football transfers summer 2018
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 7 | FW | Kylian Mbappé | Monaco | €180,000,000 | 1 July 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | Free transfer | 6 July 2018 |
| 4 | DF | Thilo Kehrer | Schalke 04 | €37,000,000 | 12 August 2018 |
| 14 | DF | Juan Bernat | Bayern Munich | €5,000,000 | 31 August 2018 |
| 17 | FW | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | Stoke City | Free transfer | 31 August 2018 |
| 8 | MF | Leandro Paredes | Zenit Saint Petersburg | €40,000,000 | 29 January 2019 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 8 | MF | Thiago Motta | Retired | N/A | 1 July 2018 |
| 21 | MF | Hatem Ben Arfa | End of contract | N/A | 1 July 2018 |
| 27 | MF | Javier Pastore | Roma | €24,700,000 | 1 July 2018 |
| — | FW | Odsonne Edouard | Celtic | €10,300,000 | 1 July 2018 |
| 17 | DF | Yuri Berchiche | Athletic Bilbao | €24,000,000 | 2 July 2018 |
| — | FW | Jonathan Ikoné | Lille | €5,000,000 | 2 July 2018 |
| 4 | MF | Grzegorz Krychowiak | Lokomotiv Moscow | Loan | 24 July 2018 |
| — | GK | Rémy Descamps | Clermont | Loan | 21 August 2018 |
| 15 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | Valencia | €40,000,000 | 27 August 2018 |
| 30 | GK | Kevin Trapp | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | 31 August 2018 |
| 18 | MF | Giovani Lo Celso | Real Betis | Loan | 31 August 2018 |
| 38 | FW | Jean-Christophe Bahebeck | Utrecht | N/A | 31 August 2018 |
| 21 | FW | Timothy Weah | Celtic | Loan | 7 January 2019 |
| 22 | FW | Jesé | Real Betis | Loan | 29 January 2019 |
| 29 | MF | Yacine Adli | Bordeaux | €5,500,000 | 1 February 2019 |
| 33 | MF | Antoine Bernède | Red Bull Salzburg | Undisclosed | 6 February 2019 |
| 37 | DF | Kévin Rimane | NK Istra 1961 | Loan | 8 February 2019 |
| 19 | MF | Lassana Diarra | Retired | N/A | 21 February 2019 |

## Kits

| Home (Domestic) | Home alt. (Domestic) | Away (Domestic) | Away alt. (Domestic) | Third and Home (Europe) | Away (Europe) |
| Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 |

## 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 2018 | 24 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 105 | 35 | +70 | 076.32 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2019 | 27 April 2019 | Round of 64 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 083.33 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 18 December 2018 | 9 January 2019 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 4 August 2018 | 4 August 2018 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 18 September 2018 | 6 March 2019 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 149 | 52 | +97 | 072.73 |
Source: Competitions

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 105 | 35 | +70 | 91 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lille | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Saint-Étienne | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 61 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Ligue 1

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | LIV | NAP | RSB |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Napoli | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 4 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — |
* 1 2 Goals in all group matches: Liverpool 9, Napoli 7.

#### 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 | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Alphonse Areola | 31 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Cibois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Thiago Silva | 39 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe | 36 | 1 | 23+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Thilo Kehrer | 40 | 1 | 19+8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos | 44 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier | 31 | 5 | 19+3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Dani Alves | 32 | 3 | 19+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat | 41 | 4 | 21+4 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa | 21 | 1 | 11+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Colin Dagba | 22 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | FRA | Stanley N'Soki | 15 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | FRA | Loïc Mbe Soh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti | 38 | 1 | 23+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Leandro Paredes | 22 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María | 45 | 19 | 28+2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler | 46 | 5 | 22+9 | 3 | 5+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku | 29 | 4 | 13+9 | 3 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Rabiot | 20 | 2 | 12+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé | 43 | 39 | 24+5 | 33 | 3+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | URU | Edinson Cavani | 33 | 23 | 20+1 | 18 | 1+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar | 28 | 23 | 16+1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 31 | 3 | 8+14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | FRA | Moussa Diaby | 33 | 4 | 10+15 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | TUR | Metehan Güçlü | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Lassana Diarra | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | USA | Timothy Weah | 3 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Jesé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Antoine Bernede | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | FRA | Kévin Rimane | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 24 May 2019 Source: Competitions