# 2021–22 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

The 2021–22 season was the 52nd season in the existence of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and the club's 48th consecutive season in the top flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Paris Saint-Germain participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France and the UEFA Champions League, having lost the Trophée des Champions for the first time in nine years.
Before the season proper, PSG were widely characterized as a dream team, as they acquired the 2021 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi, the 2021 Yashin Trophy winner Gianluigi Donnarumma, Ballon d'Or Dream Teamer Sergio Ramos, and the Netherlands vice-captain Georginio Wijnaldum, while spending close to €100 million on other transfers (such as Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi) and turning down an offer north of €200 million for Kylian Mbappé, in the summer transfer window. PSG would go on to win the Ligue 1 title back, but were eliminated from the Coupe de France by Nice in the round of 16. They suffered an exit at the same stage of the Champions League to Real Madrid, surrendering a 1–0 first-leg lead to lose 3–2 on aggregate.

## Kits

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

## Players

    As of 18 May 2022.

### First-team 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 |
| 1 | GK | CRC | Keylor Navas |
| 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 | ARG | Leandro Paredes |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Mauro Icardi |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat |
| 15 | MF | POR | Danilo Pereira |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Colin Dagba |
| 18 | MF | NED | Georginio Wijnaldum |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Ander Herrera |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Abdou Diallo |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler |
| 24 | DF | GER | Thilo Kehrer |
| 25 | DF | POR | Nuno Mendes (on loan from Sporting CP) |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Gueye |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Lionel Messi |
| 31 | DF | FRA | El Chadaille Bitshiabu |
| 34 | MF | NED | Xavi Simons |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Ismaël Gharbi |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Edouard Michut |
| 39 | MF | FRA | Nathan Bitumazala |
| 40 | GK | ITA | Denis Franchi |
| 50 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Donnarumma |
| 60 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier |

### 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 | FRA | Alphonse Areola (at West Ham United until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | POL | Marcin Bułka (at Nice until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico (at Mallorca until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | FRA | Teddy Alloh (at Eupen until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | FRA | Thierno Baldé (at Le Havre until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Timothée Pembélé (at Bordeaux until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | BRA | Rafinha (at Real Sociedad until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia (at Sporting CP until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | FRA | Kenny Nagera (at Avranches until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | FRA | Arnaud Kalimuendo (at Lens until 30 June 2022) |

### 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 |
| — | GK | FRA | Garissone Innocent |
| — | MF | COM | Anfane Ahamada |
| — | MF | ALG | Massinissa Oufella |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRA | Tidjany Touré |
| — | FW | FRA | Alexandre Fressange |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| 15 | MF | Danilo Pereira | Porto | €16 million | 9 June 2021 |
| 18 | MF | Georginio Wijnaldum | Liverpool | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| 2 | DF | Achraf Hakimi | Inter Milan | €60 million | 6 July 2021 |
| 4 | DF | Sergio Ramos | Unattached | Free | 8 July 2021 |
| 50 | GK | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Unattached | Free | 14 July 2021 |
| 30 | FW | Lionel Messi | Unattached | Free | 10 August 2021 |
| 25 | DF | Nuno Mendes | Sporting CP | Loan | 31 August 2021 |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Maxen Kapo | Lausanne-Sport | Undisclosed | 17 June 2021 |
| DF | Isaac Hemans Arday | Released | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| DF | Richard Makutungu | Released | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | Kays Ruiz-Atil | Released | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| GK | Yanis Saidani | Released | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| MF | Hussayn Touati | Released | Free | 1 July 2021 |
| DF | Alessandro Florenzi | Roma | Loan return | 1 July 2021 |
| FW | Moise Kean | Everton | Loan return | 1 July 2021 |
| DF | Mitchel Bakker | Bayer Leverkusen | €7 million | 12 July 2021 |
| DF | Thierno Baldé | Le Havre | Loan | 13 July 2021 |
| GK | Garissone Innocent | Vannes | Loan | 26 July 2021 |
| GK | Alphonse Areola | West Ham United | Loan | 29 July 2021 |
| FW | Kenny Nagera | Bastia | Loan | 3 August 2021 |
| GK | Marcin Bułka | Nice | Loan | 5 August 2021 |
| DF | Timothée Pembélé | Bordeaux | Loan | 10 August 2021 |
| DF | Jonathan Mutombo | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed | 31 August 2021 |
| FW | Arnaud Kalimuendo | Lens | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| MF | Pablo Sarabia | Sporting CP | Loan | 31 August 2021 |
| MF | Rafinha | Real Sociedad | Loan | 1 January 2022 |
| MF | Bandiougou Fadiga | Olympiacos | Free | 14 January 2022 |
| FW | Kenny Nagera | Avranches | Loan | 17 January 2022 |
| DF | Teddy Alloh | Eupen | Loan | 20 January 2022 |
| GK | Sergio Rico | Mallorca | Loan | 21 January 2022 |
* ↑ Up to €11 million in bonuses
* ↑ €7 million loan fee with an option to sign permanently for €38 million.
* ↑ On 12 July 2021, Ruiz-Atil joined Barcelona B.
* ↑ Up to €3 million in bonuses
* 1 2 3 Included an option to sign permanently.

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 7 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 90 | 36 | +54 | 068.42 |
| Coupe de France | 19 December 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Trophée des Champions | 1 August 2021 | 1 August 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 September 2021 | 9 March 2022 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 112 | 48 | +64 | 064.00 |
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 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 90 | 36 | +54 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 40 | +42 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
* ↑ Nice were deducted one point for uncontrolled crowd trouble that caused the abandonment of their match against Marseille.

#### 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 | A | H | 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 | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 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 25 June 2021.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MCI | PAR | RBL | BRU |
| 1 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 6–3 | 4–1 |
| 2 | Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 4 | | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–5 | — |

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

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.

## 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 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ITA | Denis Franchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Donnarumma | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 60 | GK | FRA | Alexandre Letellier | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | MAR | Achraf Hakimi | 41 | 4 | 28+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Presnel Kimpembe | 41 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Sergio Ramos | 13 | 2 | 8+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Marquinhos | 40 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juan Bernat | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Colin Dagba | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Layvin Kurzawa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SEN | Abdou Diallo | 16 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Thilo Kehrer | 34 | 2 | 16+11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | POR | Nuno Mendes | 37 | 0 | 18+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | FRA | El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Teddy Alloh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ITA | Marco Verratti | 32 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Leandro Paredes | 22 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Ángel Di María | 31 | 5 | 19+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | POR | Danilo Pereira | 37 | 5 | 22+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Georginio Wijnaldum | 38 | 3 | 18+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Ander Herrera | 28 | 4 | 12+7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Julian Draxler | 24 | 2 | 5+13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Gueye | 33 | 4 | 18+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | FRA | Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe | 14 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | FRA | Djeidi Gassama | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NED | Xavi Simons | 9 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | FRA | Ismaël Gharbi | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | FRA | Edouard Michut | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | FRA | Nathan Bitumazala | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | FRA | Kylian Mbappé | 46 | 39 | 34+1 | 28 | 2+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Mauro Icardi | 30 | 5 | 10+14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Neymar | 28 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Lionel Messi | 34 | 11 | 24+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 33 | FW | FRA | Sekou Yansané | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Rafinha | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Arnaud Kalimuendo | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 39 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | | Neymar | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 30 | FW | | Lionel Messi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 5 | DF | | Marquinhos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Mauro Icardi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Ángel Di María | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 15 | MF | | Danilo Pereira | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Achraf Hakimi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | MF | | Ander Herrera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Idrissa Gueye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 18 | MF | | Georginio Wijnaldum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Presnel Kimpembe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | | Sergio Ramos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | MF | | Marco Verratti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 23 | MF | | Julian Draxler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 24 | DF | | Thilo Kehrer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | 8 | MF | | Leandro Paredes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 19 | MF | | Pablo Sarabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 90 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 112 |