Paris Saint-Germain Football Club is a French professional football club based in Paris. Founded in 1970, the Parisians won their first major honour, the French Cup, in 1982 and their first Ligue 1 title in 1986. In 2020, the club reached the UEFA Champions League final for the first time, losing to Bayern Munich. The club’s home kit colours are red, blue and white, with the Eiffel Tower and a fleur de lys as their crest. The Parisians have a long-standing rivalry with Olympique de Marseille.
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Paris Saint-Germain Football Club is a French professional football club based in Paris. Founded in 1970, the Parisians won their first major honour, the French Cup, in 1982 and their first Ligue 1 title in 1986. PSG are France’s most successful club, having won more than 40 official honours, including nine league titles and one major European trophy. They are the world’s eleventh most valuable football club, worth USD 1. 092bn according to Forbes. Since 2012, PSG has reached the round of 16 of the Champions League on five occasions. In 2020, the club reached the UEFA Champions League final for the first time, losing to Bayern Munich. The club’s home kit colours are red, blue and white, with the Eiffel Tower and a fleur de lys as their crest. The Parisians have a long-standing rivalry with Olympique de Marseille. The duo contest French football’s most notorious match, known as Le Classique. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani owns PSG through closed shareholders Qatar Sports Investments, which purchased the club in 2011. The takeover made PSG the richest club in France and one of the wealthiest in the world. Since the buyout, PSg have signed several stars like Zlatanovi Silva, Edinson Cavani, Neymar and Kylappé, and have dominated French football, winning seven of the last eight Ligue1 titles. Since their foundation, Paris Saint-germain have represented both the city of Paris and nearby royal town of Saint Germain.
In the 2010-11 season, they achieved a breakthrough, advancing to the quarter-finals of the French Champions League. In 2012, they won the French League Cup and reached the last-16 of the European Champions League, where they were beaten by Bayern Munich 0–1 in the final. In 2013, they became the first French club to win the French Super Cup, beating Marseille 1-0. In 2014, they reached the final of the Ligue 2 Cup, winning 2-1 on penalties against Lille. In 2015, they beat Lille 1 2-0 at the Parc des Princes to claim their first French Cup title. In 2016, they claimed their first ever French league title, winning the Coupe de France. They have won 18 French national cups and nine French Super Cups in total. The Red and Blues are one of only two French clubs to have won a major European title. They won the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1996, and the UEFA Super Cup in 1998. In 2011, they were the fifth-highest revenue in the footballing world with an annual revenue of €636m according to Deloitte, and are the ninth most valuable club in the country. In 2010, they are the fifth most successful French club in terms of revenue, with a turnover of €1.2bn. In 2008, they clinched their first league title with a win over Marseille in Ligue 3.
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