# 2017–18 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2017–18 season was Paris Saint-Germain Football Club's 45th professional season since its creation in 1970, and its 44th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. They broke the world transfer record by acquiring Neymar for a world record fee of €222 million.
The season was the first since 2011–12 without Maxwell, who retired after the 2016–17 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.

### Current squad

    As of 31 January 2018
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 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos (3rd captain) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Thiago Motta (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | URU | Edinson Cavani |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Alphonse Areola |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Lassana Diarra |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Rabiot |
| 27 | MF | ARG | Javier Pastore |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé (on loan from Monaco) |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Dani Alves |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Cibois |

## Transfers
### In

For Recent transfers see List of French football transfers summer 2017
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 17 | DF | Yuri Berchiche | Real Sociedad | €16,000,000 | 7 July 2017 |
| 32 | DF | Dani Alves | Juventus | Free transfer | 12 Jul 2017 |
| 10 | FW | Neymar | Barcelona | €222,000,000 | 3 Aug 2017 |
| 29 | FW | Kylian Mbappé | Monaco | Loan | 31 Aug 2017 |
| 19 | MF | Lassana Diarra | Unattached | Free transfer | 23 Jan 2018 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 17 | DF | Maxwell | Retired | N/A | 1 July 2017 |
| 29 | FW | Jean-Kévin Augustin | RB Leipzig | €13,000,000 | 6 July 2017 |
| 14 | MF | Blaise Matuidi | Juventus | €20,000,000 | 18 August 2017 |
| 19 | DF | Serge Aurier | Tottenham Hotspur | €23,000,000 | 31 August 2017 |
| 4 | MF | Grzegorz Krychowiak | West Bromwich Albion | Loan | 31 August 2017 |
| 37 | FW | Odsonne Édouard | Celtic | Loan | 31 August 2017 |
| 15 | FW | Gonçalo Guedes | Valencia | Loan | 2 September 2017 |
| 40 | GK | Rémy Descamps | Tours | Loan | 2 January 2018 |
| 31 | DF | Alec Georgen | AZ | Loan | 31 January 2018 |
| 7 | FW | Lucas Moura | Tottenham Hotspur | €28,000,000 | 31 January 2018 |

## 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 | 5 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 108 | 29 | +79 | 076.32 |
| Coupe de France | 7 January 2018 | 8 May 2018 | Round of 64 | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 100.00 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 13 December 2017 | 31 March 2018 | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 100.00 |
| Trophée des Champions | 29 July 2017 | 29 July 2017 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Champions League | 12 September 2017 | 6 March 2018 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 171 | 48 | +123 | 078.95 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 (2018-05-19). 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 | 6 | 3 | 108 | 29 | +79 | 93 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Monaco | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 45 | +40 | 80 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lyon | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 87 | 43 | +44 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 77 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Rennes | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coupe de France and the 2017–18 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: 19 May 2018 (2018-05-19). 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 5 | 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 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | BAY | CEL | AND |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–0 | 7–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Celtic | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–5 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 3 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich 3–1 Paris Saint-Germain.
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Anderlecht 0–3 Celtic, Celtic 0–1 Anderlecht.

#### 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 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | FRA | Alphonse Areola | 42 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Cibois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Thiago Silva | 38 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe | 37 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos | 41 | 2 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | BEL | Thomas Meunier | 33 | 5 | 16+7 | 4 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche | 32 | 2 | 19+3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa | 27 | 5 | 18+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 32 | DF | BRA | Dani Alves | 40 | 5 | 22+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Kévin Rimane | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | FRA | Stanley N'Soki | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti | 38 | 2 | 20+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Thiago Motta | 27 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María | 44 | 21 | 25+4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Giovani Lo Celso | 47 | 6 | 17+15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Lassana Diarra | 15 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | FRA | Hatem Ben Arfa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler | 45 | 5 | 18+10 | 4 | 4+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Christopher Nkunku | 25 | 5 | 6+12 | 4 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Adrien Rabiot | 50 | 5 | 27+6 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | ARG | Javier Pastore | 36 | 5 | 14+10 | 4 | 1+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Yacine Adli | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | URU | Edinson Cavani | 48 | 38 | 30+2 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar | 30 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé | 43 | 21 | 23+3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| 37 | FW | USA | Timothy Weah | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Lucas Moura | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Blaise Matuidi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Guedes | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | Alec Georgen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Rémy Descamps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 Source: Competitions