París Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, popularly known by its initials PSG, is a French multi-sport organization based in Paris, the capital of France. It was founded on 12 August 1970 after the merger of Paris Football Club and Stade Saint-Germain.

It plays in Ligue 1, the top category of French football, where it has won thirteen league titles, sixteen cups, nine League Cups, thirteen Super Cups and one Ligue 2, which makes it the most successful club in France with 52 official national titles. It is also one of the French clubs that have won European titles, having been crowned champion of the 1996 European Cup Winners' Cup, the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup and the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, defeating Inter Milan 5-0 and thus achieving its first title in the competition and the first "treble" by a French club. It was also runner-up in the Champions League in 2019-20, losing to Bayern Munich 1-0 in the final, and has been a semifinalist three times. The club was named Team of the Year by the IFFHS in 1994 and achieved first place in the UEFA team ranking in 1998.

The Parc des Princes stadium (in Spanish: Parque de los Príncipes), with a capacity of 47,929 spectators, has been the home of Paris Saint-Germain since 1973, while the Camp des Loges has served as the club's training center since 1974. The Tournoi de Paris has been organized by PSG at the Parc des Princes since 1975. The club's crest features a red silhouette of the Eiffel Tower with the royal cradle of Louis XIV in white beneath the tower, on a blue background with a white border. The crest inspired Daniel Hechter to design the club's traditional shirt, blue with a vertical red central stripe framed by white borders. PSG presented its official anthem and mascot in 2010; with the melody of "Go West" by Pet Shop Boys, it was released as the official anthem before each match at the Parc des Princes. The lyrics of "Go West" were later rewritten with suggestions made by the fans. "Germain the lynx" was unveiled as the new mascot of the capital club. PSG has had a women's football section since 1971.

The club maintains an intense rivalry with Olympique de Marseille, against whom it plays the most famous football match in France, known as Le Classique. Paris Saint-Germain is the most followed football club in France, ahead of its Marseille rival. The average attendance at Paris Saint-Germain home matches in the 2015-16 season was 46,160 spectators, the highest in Ligue 1.

Qatar Investment Authority became the sole owner of Paris Saint-Germain in 2012 after buying the remaining 30% from Colony Capital and Butler Capital Partners. Qatar Investment Authority had already bought Colony's 70% controlling stake during the previous year. The total price of the share transfer was 100 million euros. The president of the club is the Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaïfi.