# 2022–23 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2022–23 season was the 53rd season in the existence of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and the club's 49th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, they participated in the season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Champions League, and secured an eleventh Trophée des Champions at the start of the season.
This was the first season since 2014–15 without Angel Di Maria, who departed to Juventus and without Alphonse Areola since 2009–10, who departed to West Ham United.

## Kits

| Home | Home alt. | Home alt. 2 | Away | Away alt. 2 | Third | Third alt. | Fourth |
| Goalkeeper 1 | Goalkeeper 2 | Goalkeeper 3 |

## Season summary
### Pre-season

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, it was announced that Leonardo Araújo, sporting director, had been dismissed, and that star forward Kylian Mbappé had signed a contract extension, choosing to remain at the club. The season is the first without the services of Ángel Di María at Paris Saint-Germain since the 2014–15 season. On 31 May, PSG completed the permanent transfer Portuguese left-back Nuno Mendes, who signed with the club until 30 June 2026. On 10 June 2022, Luís Campos joined the club as Football Advisor, being responsible for recruitment of new players. Campos's first signing of the summer was Portuguese midfielder Vitinha, in a transfer worth €41.5 million. On 5 July 2022, Christophe Galtier replaced Mauricio Pochettino as the club's head coach. The signing of which lended a lot of credibility to the club/s new policy of no "bling-bling". This was stated by the club's president at a presentation for the new head coach.
On 17 July the club confirmed the signing of Hugo Ekitike initially on a loan deal, which included a clause for a permanent transfer to the club. The signing was quickly followed by reports that club were now free to pursue alternative targets in a focused manner, specifically reaching out for players from the Paris region. Though initial reports were skeptical, the club quickly proved this to be true by signing Nordi Mukiele from RB Leipzig. In continuation of the club's new transfer policy, the club then launched a bid for Renato Sanches who played for Lille. After a few weeks of negotiations the player was then signed on 4 August.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2023
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 |
| 2 | DF | MAR | Achraf Hakimi |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Sergio Ramos |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos (captain) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fabián Ruiz |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat |
| 15 | MF | POR | Danilo Pereira |
| 16 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | POR | Vitinha |
| 18 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches |
| 25 | DF | POR | Nuno Mendes |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Carlos Soler |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Timothée Pembélé |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Lionel Messi |
| 44 | FW | FRA | Hugo Ekitike (on loan from Reims) |
| 90 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier |
| 99 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Donnarumma |

### Elite group

The elite group consists of players from the academy who train with the first team.
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 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | El Chadaille Bitshiabu |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Warren Zaïre-Emery |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Ismaël Gharbi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | FW | FRA | Ilyes Housni |
| 70 | GK | FRA | Lucas Lavallée |

### Out on loan

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 |
| — | GK | CRC | Keylor Navas (at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | MAD | Mathyas Randriamamy (at Sète until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | FRA | Colin Dagba (at Strasbourg until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | SEN | Abdou Diallo (at RB Leipzig until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa (at Fulham until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | COM | Anfane Ahamada (at Martigues until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | FRA | Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe (at Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | GER | Julian Draxler (at Benfica until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Ayman Kari (at Lorient until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | FRA | Edouard Michut (at Sunderland until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ARG | Leandro Paredes (at Juventus until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | NED | Georginio Wijnaldum (at Roma until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Djeidi Gassama (at Eupen until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ARG | Mauro Icardi (at Galatasaray until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Kenny Nagera (at Lorient until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | FRA | Samuel Noireau-Dauriat (at C'Chartres until 30 June 2023) |

### Other players under contract

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 |
| — | DF | FRA | Moutanabi Bodiang |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 25 | DF | Nuno Mendes | Sporting CP | €38 million | 10 June 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Vitinha | Porto | €41.5 million | 30 June 2022 |
| 44 | FW | Hugo Ekitike | Reims | Loan | 16 July 2022 |
| 26 | DF | Nordi Mukiele | RB Leipzig | €10 million | 26 July 2022 |
| 18 | MF | Renato Sanches | Lille | €10 million | 4 August 2022 |
| 8 | MF | Fabián Ruiz | Napoli | €21.5 million | 30 August 2022 |
| 28 | MF | Carlos Soler | Valencia | €18 million | 1 September 2022 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| GK | Marcin Bułka | Nice | €2 million | 10 June 2022 |
| GK | Alphonse Areola | West Ham United | €12 million | 27 June 2022 |
| MF | Xavi Simons | PSV | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Ángel Di María | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| MF | Massinissa Oufella | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| FW | Alexandre Fressange | Released | Free | 1 July 2022 |
| DF | Colin Dagba | Strasbourg | Loan | 6 July 2022 |
| MF | Daouda Weidmann | Torino | Undisclosed | 3 August 2022 |
| MF | Georginio Wijnaldum | Roma | Loan | 5 August 2022 |
| DF | Thierno Baldé | Troyes | €3 million | 9 August 2022 |
| FW | Arnaud Kalimuendo | Rennes | €25 million | 11 August 2022 |
| DF | Thilo Kehrer | West Ham United | €12 million | 17 August 2022 |
| MF | Nathan Bitumazala | Eupen | Undisclosed | 17 August 2022 |
| MF | Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | 21 August 2022 |
| GK | Denis Franchi | Burnley | Undisclosed | 26 August 2022 |
| DF | Moutanabi Bodiang | Le Puy | Loan | 27 August 2022 |
| MF | Ander Herrera | Athletic Bilbao | Loan | 27 August 2022 |
| FW | Kenny Nagera | Lorient B | Loan | 30 August 2022 |
| MF | Edouard Michut | Sunderland | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| MF | Leandro Paredes | Juventus | Loan | 31 August 2022 |
| GK | Garissone Innocent | Eupen | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |
| DF | Abdou Diallo | RB Leipzig | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| DF | Layvin Kurzawa | Fulham | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| MF | Anfane Ahamada | Martigues | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| MF | Julian Draxler | Benfica | Loan | 1 September 2022 |
| MF | Idrissa Gueye | Everton | €2.3 million | 1 September 2022 |
| MF | Tidjany Touré | Feyenoord | Undisclosed | 1 September 2022 |
| MF | Rafinha | Al-Arabi | Free | 3 September 2022 |
| DF | Kaïs Najeh | Al-Rayyan | Undisclosed | 4 September 2022 |
| DF | Teddy Alloh | Eupen | Undisclosed | 6 September 2022 |
| FW | Djeidi Gassama | Eupen | Loan | 6 September 2022 |
| FW | Mauro Icardi | Galatasaray | Loan | 8 September 2022 |
| FW | Sekou Yansané | Al Ahli | Undisclosed | 10 September 2022 |
| FW | Samuel Noireau-Dauriat | C'Chartres | Loan | 24 September 2022 |
| MF | Pablo Sarabia | Wolverhampton Wanderers | €5 million | 17 January 2023 |
| GK | Mathyas Randriamamy | Sète | Loan | 24 January 2023 |
| GK | Keylor Navas | Nottingham Forest | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
| MF | Ander Herrera | Athletic Bilbao | Undisclosed | 31 January 2023 |
| MF | Ayman Kari | Lorient | Loan | 31 January 2023 |
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently for €28.5 million, with an additional €6.5 million in potential bonuses. Some sources claim the buy option is mandatory.
* ↑ Up to €6 million in bonuses.
* 1 2 Up to €3 million in bonuses.
* ↑ On 8 July 2022, Di María joined Juventus.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently for €8 million.
* ↑ Bonuses included.
* ↑ Up to €4 million in bonuses.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently for €6.5 million, reportedly mandatory if Eintracht Frankfurt does not suffer relegation.
* 1 2 Includes an option to sign permanently.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently for €5 million.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently for €15 million, with an additional €5 million in potential bonuses.
* ↑ Includes an option to sign permanently for €25 million.
* ↑ Up to €2 million in bonuses.
* ↑ Five-month loan with an option for a one-year extension. Includes a reported option to sign permanently, with Paris Saint-Germain reportedly having a buy-back clause.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
PSG started the pre-season on 4 July. The club returned to training on 7 December, with the participation of players who were not at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

## 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 | 6 August 2022 | 3 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 071.05 |
| Coupe de France | 6 January 2023 | 8 February 2023 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 066.67 |
| Trophée des Champions | 31 July 2022 | 31 July 2022 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 6 September 2022 | 8 March 2023 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 120 | 53 | +67 | 068.00 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) | 38 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 89 | 40 | +49 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Lens | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 84 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Marseille | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Lille | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |

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

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.

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

The group stage draw was held on 25 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BEN | PAR | JUV | MHA |
| 1 | Benfica | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 7–2 |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 3 | | 1–6 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results, overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Overall away goals scored: Benfica 9, Paris Saint-Germain 6.
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

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

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 7 November 2022.

## 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 ||||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Donnarumma | 48 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | MAR | Achraf Hakimi | 39 | 5 | 23+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe | 15 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Sergio Ramos | 45 | 4 | 31+2 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos | 44 | 2 | 30+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat | 36 | 2 | 18+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Nuno Mendes | 32 | 2 | 18+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | FRA | Nordi Mukiele | 25 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Timothée Pembélé | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 16 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti | 38 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fabián Ruiz | 37 | 3 | 21+6 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | POR | Danilo Pereira | 44 | 2 | 27+6 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | POR | Vitinha | 48 | 2 | 29+7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | POR | Renato Sanches | 27 | 2 | 6+17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Carlos Soler | 35 | 6 | 14+12 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Warren Zaïre-Emery | 31 | 2 | 8+18 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Ismaël Gharbi | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé | 43 | 41 | 32+2 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 7 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar | 29 | 18 | 18+2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Lionel Messi | 41 | 21 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 37 | FW | FRA | Ilyes Housni | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | FRA | Hugo Ekitike | 32 | 4 | 12+13 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CRC | Keylor Navas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Leandro Paredes | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia | 19 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Kalimuendo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | Ligue 1 | Coupe de France | Trophée des Champions | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | Kylian Mbappé | 29 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 41 |
| 2 | 30 | FW | Lionel Messi | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Neymar | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | 28 | MF | Carlos Soler | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | Achraf Hakimi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | Sergio Ramos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 44 | FW | Hugo Ekitike | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | Fabián Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | Marquinhos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | DF | Juan Bernat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | Danilo Pereira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | Vitinha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 18 | MF | Renato Sanches | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 25 | DF | Nuno Mendes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 33 | MF | Warren Zaïre-Emery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 89 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 120 |