# 1986–87 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 1986–87 season was Paris Saint-Germain's 17th season in existence. PSG played their home league games at the Parc des Princes in Paris, registering an average attendance of 20,312 spectators per match. The club was presided by Francis Borelli and the team was coached by Gérard Houllier. Jean-Marc Pilorget was the team captain.

## Summary

The follow-up to the league title was not as glorious though. Key players Luis Fernandez, Jean-Claude Lemoult and Thierry Morin departed ahead of 1986–87 and PSG tried to replace them with more gunpowder up front. Gérard Houllier brought in forwards Vahid Halilhodžić, Daniel Xuereb and Jules Bocandé, all of whom joined Dominique Rocheteau in an extremely attack-minded yet unbalanced squad. The end result was a 7th-place finish in the league, an early exit from the French Cup and a disappointing first European Cup appearance, getting knocked out by Czech minnows Vítkovice in the first round.

## Players

    As of the 1986–87 season.

### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Claude Barrabé |
| — | GK | FRA | Joël Bats |
| — | GK | FRA | Jean-Michel Moutier |
| — | DF | FRA | Thierry Rabat |
| — | DF | FRA | Michel Bibard |
| — | DF | FRA | Jean-Luc Vasseur |
| — | DF | FRA | Jean-Marc Pilorget (captain) |
| — | DF | FRA | Philippe Jeannol |
| — | DF | FRA | William Ayache |
| — | DF | FRA | Franck Tanasi |
| — | DF | FRA | Thierry Bacconnier |
| — | DF | FRA | Claude Lowitz |
| — | MF | FRA | Pierre Reynaud |
| — | MF | FRA | Éric Martin |
| — | MF | FRA | Fabrice Poullain |
| — | MF | FRA | Alain Polaniok |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Olivier Martinez |
| — | MF | CMR | Fabrice Moreau |
| — | MF | SEN | Oumar Sène |
| — | MF | FRA | Patrice Marquet |
| — | MF | YUG | Safet Sušić |
| — | MF | NED | Pierre Vermeulen |
| — | MF | FRA | Didier Rabat |
| — | FW | ALG | Liazid Sandjak |
| — | FW | YUG | Vahid Halilhodžić |
| — | FW | FRA | Amara Simba |
| — | FW | FRA | Alain Couriol |
| — | FW | FRA | Dominique Rocheteau |
| — | FW | FRA | Daniel Xuereb |
| — | FW | SEN | Jules Bocandé |
| — | FW | FRA | Franck Vandecasteele |

### 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 |
| — | DF | FRA | Jean-François Charbonnier (at Cannes) |

## Transfers

    As of the 1986–87 season.

### Arrivals

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 | FRA | Claude Barrabé (from PSG Academy) |
| — | DF | FRA | William Ayache (from Nantes) |
| — | DF | FRA | Thierry Rabat (from Limoges) |
| — | DF | FRA | Jean-Luc Vasseur (from PSG Academy) |
| — | MF | FRA | Olivier Martinez (from Abbeville, end of loan) |
| — | MF | FRA | Alain Polaniok (from RC Paris) |
| — | MF | FRA | Didier Rabat (from PSG Academy) |
| — | MF | FRA | Pierre Reynaud (from PSG Academy) |
| — | MF | FRA | Éric Martin (from Nancy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SEN | Jules Bocandé (from Metz) |
| — | FW | YUG | Vahid Halilhodžić (from Nantes) |
| — | FW | AUT | Richard Niederbacher (from Reims, end of loan) |
| — | FW | FRA | Laurent Pimond (from Red Star, end of loan) |
| — | FW | ALG | Liazid Sandjak (from PSG Academy) |
| — | FW | FRA | Amara Simba (from PSG Academy) |
| — | FW | FRA | Franck Vandecasteele (from Alès, end of loan) |
| — | FW | FRA | Daniel Xuereb (from Lens) |

### Departures

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 | Jean-François Charbonnier (loaned to Cannes) |
| — | DF | FRA | Thierry Morin (to Red Star) |
| — | MF | FRA | Luis Fernandez (to RC Paris) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jean-Luc Girard (to Red Star) |
| — | MF | FRA | Jean-Claude Lemoult (to Montpellier) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ARG | Omar da Fonseca (to Monaco) |
| — | FW | FRA | Robert Jacques (to Saint-Étienne) |
| — | FW | AUT | Richard Niederbacher (to Rapid Wien) |
| — | FW | FRA | Laurent Pimond (to Versailles) |

## Kits

French radio RTL and French premium television channel Canal+ were the shirt sponsors. German sportswear brand Adidas was the kit manufacturer.
| Home 0 0 | Away 0 0 | Third 0 0 |

## Friendly tournaments
### Coupe d'Été
#### Second round (Group 3)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Caen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | Final phase |
| 2 | Laval | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 5 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Le Havre | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | Eliminated |

### Tournoi Indoor de Paris-Bercy
#### First group stage (Group B)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Porto | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Second group stage (Winners Group) |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 2 | Second group stage (Winners Group) |
| 3 | Bordeaux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | Second group stage (Ranking Group) |

#### Second group stage (Winners Group)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final standings |
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 | 1st place overall (champions) |
| 2 | Marseille | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 1 | 2nd place overall |
| 3 | Porto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 | 3rd place overall |

## 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 % |
| Division 1 | 5 August 1986 | 5 June 1987 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 036.84 |
| Coupe de France | 21 March 1987 | 7 April 1987 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 033.33 |
| European Cup | 17 September 1986 | 30 September 1986 | First round | First round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 034.88 |
Source: Competitions

### Division 1
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Monaco | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 45 |
| 6 | Metz | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 43 |
| 7 | Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 41 |
| 8 | Brest | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 40 |
| 9 | Laval | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 38 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### European Cup
#### First round
## Statistics

    As of the 1986–87 season.

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division 1 | Division 1 | Coupe de France | Coupe de France | European Cup | European Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| | GK | FRA | Joël Bats | 36 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | FRA | Claude Barrabé | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRA | Jean-Michel Moutier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| | DF | FRA | Philippe Jeannol | 33 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | William Ayache | 30 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Jean-Marc Pilorget | 29 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | DF | FRA | Franck Tanasi | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Thierry Rabat | 19 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Michel Bibard | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Thierry Bacconnier | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Claude Lowitz | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRA | Jean-Luc Vasseur | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| | MF | FRA | Fabrice Poullain | 42 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | YUG | Safet Sušić | 33 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SEN | Oumar Sène | 23 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NED | Pierre Vermeulen | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Alain Polaniok | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Pierre Reynaud | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Éric Martin | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Patrice Marquet | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Olivier Martinez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | CMR | Fabrice Moreau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| | FW | SEN | Jules Bocandé | 31 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Daniel Xuereb | 30 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Dominique Rocheteau | 26 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | YUG | Vahid Halilhodžić | 22 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | FW | FRA | Alain Couriol | 22 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ALG | Liazid Sandjak | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Amara Simba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions