# 2020–21 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2020–21 season was Paris Saint-Germain F.C.'s 48th professional season and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. It was the club's 51st season in existence. In addition to the domestic league, Paris Saint-Germain participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Trophée des Champions, and the UEFA Champions League. Following the indefinite suspension of the Coupe de la Ligue, PSG did not compete in the tournament for the first time since 1995. The season covered the period from 24 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The season was the first since 2012–13 without Edinson Cavani, who joined Manchester United, and the first since 2011–12 without Thiago Silva, who departed to Chelsea.

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Away | Away alt. | Away alt. 2 | Third | Fourth |
| Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 |

## Players

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 | CRC | Keylor Navas |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Thilo Kehrer |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Leandro Paredes |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Mauro Icardi |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Rafinha |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | POR | Danilo Pereira |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Moise Kean (on loan from Everton) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Ander Herrera |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Abdou Diallo |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Florenzi (on loan from Roma) |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Gueye |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Colin Dagba |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Mauro Icardi | Inter Milan | €50m | 1 July 2020 |
| 16 | GK | Sergio Rico | Sevilla | €6m | 5 September 2020 |
| 24 | DF | Alessandro Florenzi | Roma | Loan | 11 September 2020 |
| 30 | GK | Alexandre Letellier | Unattached | Free | 25 September 2020 |
| 18 | FW | Moise Kean | Everton | Loan | 4 October 2020 |
| 15 | MF | Danilo Pereira | Porto | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| 12 | MF | Rafinha | Barcelona | Free | 5 October 2020 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Moussa Sissako | Standard Liège | €400k | 11 June 2020 |
| DF | Thomas Meunier | Borussia Dortmund | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| DF | Tanguy Nianzou | Bayern Munich | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| MF | Adil Aouchiche | Released | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| FW | Edinson Cavani | Released | Free | 1 July 2020 |
| MF | Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe | Dijon | Loan | 6 July 2020 |
| FW | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | Released | Free | 24 August 2020 |
| GK | Sergio Rico | Sevilla | Loan return | 24 August 2020 |
| DF | Thiago Silva | Released | Free | 24 August 2020 |
| DF | Loïc Mbe Soh | Nottingham Forest | €5m | 11 September 2020 |
| GK | Alphonse Areola | Fulham | Loan | 9 September 2020 |
| GK | Marcin Bułka | Cartagena | Loan | 28 September 2020 |
| GK | Garissone Innocent | Caen | Loan | 2 October 2020 |
| FW | Arnaud Kalimuendo | Lens | Loan | 5 October 2020 |
| FW | Jesé | Released | Free | 5 December 2020 |
| GK | Marcin Bułka | Châteauroux | Loan | 31 January 2021 |
| MF | Bandiougou Fadiga | Brest | Loan | 1 February 2021 |
* ↑ Up to €7m in add-ons
* ↑ €1m loan fee with an option to sign permanently for €9m.
* ↑ €4m loan fee with an option to sign permanently for €16m. The buy option in his deal was exercised on 23 May 2021.
* ↑ Up to €3m in add-ons
* ↑ On 20 July 2020, Aouchiche signed for Saint-Étienne.
* ↑ On 5 October 2020, Cavani signed for Manchester United.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ On 5 October 2020, Choupo-Moting signed for Bayern Munich.
* ↑ On 28 August 2020, Silva signed for Chelsea.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 10 September 2020 | 23 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 068.42 |
| Coupe de France | 10 February 2021 | 19 May 2021 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 083.33 |
| Trophée des Champions | 13 January 2021 | 13 January 2021 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 20 October 2020 | 4 May 2021 | Group stage | Semi-finals | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 38 | 6 | 13 | 126 | 46 | +80 | 066.67 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lille (C) | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 28 | +58 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Lyon | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 43 | +38 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Marseille | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coupe de France, Paris Saint-Germain, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners was passed to the fifth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the sixth-placed team.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

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

The group stage draw was held on 1 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | RBL | MUN | IBS |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 9 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–3 | 5–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 3 | | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head away goals: Paris Saint-Germain 1, RB Leipzig 0.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.

##### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 March 2021.

##### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 19 March 2021, after the quarter-final draw.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | Trophée des Champions | Trophée des Champions | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CRC | Keylor Navas | 45 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico | 13 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe | 40 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Thilo Kehrer | 33 | 0 | 16+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos | 40 | 6 | 24+1 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa | 27 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Abdou Diallo | 36 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Florenzi | 36 | 2 | 18+3 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NED | Mitchel Bakker | 40 | 0 | 18+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Colin Dagba | 33 | 1 | 15+10 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Timothée Pembélé | 9 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti | 31 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Leandro Paredes | 36 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María | 43 | 6 | 23+4 | 5 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Rafinha | 34 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | POR | Danilo Pereira | 42 | 2 | 16+7 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia | 37 | 7 | 13+14 | 6 | 3+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Ander Herrera | 45 | 1 | 18+13 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler | 34 | 4 | 12+12 | 4 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Gueye | 44 | 2 | 20+8 | 2 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NED | Xavi Simons | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | FRA | Kays Ruiz-Atil | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Édouard Michut | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé | 47 | 42 | 27+4 | 27 | 3+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Mauro Icardi | 28 | 13 | 11+9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar | 31 | 17 | 15+3 | 9 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Moise Kean | 41 | 17 | 22+4 | 13 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+5 | 3 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Kenny Nagera | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 29 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Kalimuendo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | POL | Marcin Bułka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Bandiougou Fadiga | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Jesé | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Trophée des Champions | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | | Kylian Mbappé | 27 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 42 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Neymar | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Moise Kean | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Mauro Icardi | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | Pablo Sarabia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Marquinhos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Ángel Di María | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | | Julian Draxler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Danilo Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 24 | DF | | Alessandro Florenzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 27 | MF | | Idrissa Gueye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 8 | MF | | Leandro Paredes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 20 | DF | | Layvin Kurzawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 21 | MF | | Ander Herrera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 31 | DF | | Colin Dagba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 32 | DF | | Timothée Pembélé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 86 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 126 |