Paris Saint-Germain History, Ownership, Squad Members, Support Staff And Honours.

Paris Saint-Germain known as PSG, Paris SG or Paris is a French team based in Paris. It was founded on 12^th august 1970. The club plays for first division football in France Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and UEFA Champions League.

History

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club was founded on 12 August 1970 the two clubs, Paris football club and Stade Saint-Germain got combined and made it PSG. They made a good impact by winning promotion to Ligue 1 in their very first season after winning the Ligue 2 title.

Unfortunately, the club split in 1972. Paris FC remained in Ligue 1, but PSG kept its name and was demoted to Division 3. PSG took their revenge in 1974 when they made their comeback to Ligue 1 and Paris FC was demoted into the division below. The club also moved into Parc des Priences that same year.

Pierre Phelipon was the club’s first manager he also played for PSG in his footballing career. As soon as he took over the team he won his first trophy for the team, Ligue 2 title. He managed the team till 1976 replacing the club’s first foreign manager former Serbian player Velibor Vasovic.

Club Ownership

Qatar Sports Investments is the current owner of the French team since 2011, they are one of only two stated-owned teams followed by Manchester City. PSG are one of the richest clubs in the world.

QSI is a subsidiary of the Qatar Sports Authority, became the majority shareholder of the club in 2011 and sole shareholders in 2012. Nasser al Khelafi the chairmen of QSI is the president of the team since QSI became the sole shareholder of the team. Sheikh Tamim bin Ahmad al Thani the Emir of Qatar is the real boss of PSG he is the founder of QSI and the Chairman of QIA

PSG is the eleventh most valuable team in the world worth 825m Euros according to Forbes whereas it has the fifth highest revenue in Europe’s top five leagues of 636m Euros according to Deloitte. However, the team is not so profitable to date, from 1998 to 2010 the club recorded 300m Euros of loss.

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Age
Thomas Tuchel	Manager	46
Zoumana Camara	Assistant Manager	40
Zsolt Low	Assistant Manager	40
Gianluca Spinelli	Goal Keeping Manager	53
Nicolas Mayer	Fitness Manager	35
Stephane Roche	Youth Coach	49
Martin Buchhiet	Performance Manager	53

 

Medical Staff

Name	Position	Age
Christophe Baudot	Doctor	52
Laurent Aumont	Doctor	38
Bruno Mazziotti	Physiotherapist	42
Frederic Mankowski	Physiotherapist	60
Cryil Praud	Physiotherapist	34
Gael Pasquer	Physiotherapist	44
Joffery Martin	Physiotherapist	49
Rafael Martini	Physiotherapist	50

 

Management

Name	Position	Age
Leonardo	Sporting Director	50
Nasser al-Khelafi	Chief Executive	46

 

Squad

Name	Position	Jersey No.
Keylor Navas	Goal Keeper	1
Sergio Rico	Goal Keeper	16
Marcin Bulka	Goal Keeper	30
Garissone Innocent	Goal Keeper	40
Thiago Silva	Defender	2
Presnel Kimbeppe	Defender	3
Thilo Kehrer	Defender	4
Marquinhos	Defender	5
Thomas Meunier	Defender	12
Juan Bernat	Defender	14
Layvin Kurzawa	Defender	20
Abdou Diallo	Defender	22
Mitchel Bakker	Defender	25
Colin Dogba	Defender	31
Tanguy Koussi	Defender	35
Marco Veratti	Mid Fielder	6
Leandro Paredes	Mid Fielder	8
Angel Di Maria	Mid Fielder	11
Pablo Sarabia	Mid Fielder	19
Ander Herrera	Mid Fielder	21
Juliana Draxler	Mid Fielder	23
Adil Auochiche	Mid Fielder	38
Kylian Mbappe	Forward	7
Neymar Jr	Forward	10
Edison Cavani	Forward	9
Mauro Ecardi	Forward	18
Eric-Maxim Choupo-Mouting	Forward	17

 

CLUB HONOURS

LEAGUE 1

Winners (8): 1986, 1994, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

CUPS

French Cup

Winners (12): 1982, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

French League Cup

Winners (8): 1995, 1998, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Champions Trophy

Winners (9): 1995, 1998, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

EUROPEAN

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

Winners (1): 1996

TREBLES

League 1, FA, Coupe de France: 2

2014-2015, 2015-2016