2008–09 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season

Paris Saint-Germain

2008–09 season
President	Charles Villeneuve (until 4 February 2009) Sébastien Bazin
Manager	Paul Le Guen
Stadium	Parc des Princes
Ligue 1	6th
Coupe de France	Round of 16
Coupe de la Ligue	Semi-finals
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Guillaume Hoarau (17) All: Guillaume Hoarau (20)
Highest home attendance	45,774 vs Marseille (15 March 2009)
Lowest home attendance	15,856 vs Nancy (12 November 2008)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2008–09 season was French football club Paris Saint-Germain's 36th professional season, their 36th season in Ligue 1 and their 35th consecutive season in French top-flight. Paris Saint-Germain was managed by Paul Le Guen. The capital club was chaired by Charles Villeneuve until Sébastien Bazin took over. Paris Saint-Germain was present in the 2008–09 Ligue 1, the 2008–09 Coupe de France and the 2008–09 Coupe de la Ligue. Last season's League Cup win allowed the capital club to participate in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. Paris Saint-Germain's average home gate for the 2008–09 season was 40,902, the second-highest in the Ligue 1.

Last season, Alain Cayzac resigned with four games remaining and Paris Saint-Germain in relegation zone. Cayzac was temporarily replaced by Simon Tahar, then succeeded by Charles Villeneuve, days after Paris Saint-Germain maintained Ligue 1 status and was defeated in the French Cup Final by Lyon. He had relatively high ambitions for Paris Saint-Germain and stated his expectations from coach and former player Paul Le Guen. Villeneuve declared that Paris Saint-Germain started the season with the prospect of regaining success and stability:

Sébastien Bazin, head of Colony Capital and shareholder of Paris Saint-Germain, offered me the presidency of the club and I accepted. Today, the day of my appointment, I had lunch for the first time with Paul Le Guen and told him that his place as coach was secured. I hope to build the team on a budget of 30 million euros. With some departures we would like to hire a great goalkeeper, one or two great strikers and a libero, and hopefully a good midfielder. My dream team would be like that of Chelsea's. They play very good and I hope Paris Saint-Germain can be like them.

— Charles Villeneuve, 27 May 2008

News

City of Lens Mayor Guy Delcourt wanted the match to be replayed after PSG fans unfurled a racist banner midway through last season's League Cup Final. The match was not replayed, but Paris Saint-Germain were fined and banned from next's year edition. The measure was later overturned on appeal. Charles Villeneuve replaced Simon Tahar as president days after the club maintained Ligue 1 status and was defeated in the French Cup Final by Lyon. Charles Villeneuve announced that the Presidential Tribune was renamed the "Tribune Francis Borelli" to honor the former President. Pauleta, PSG's all-time top scorer with 110 goals, announced his retirement from professional football. Paris Saint-Germain announced that Lilian Thuram would not play for the capital club. His medical examination revealed heart abnormalities. Paris Saint-Germain and Rennes decided, by mutual agreement, to terminate discussions and negotiations concerning Jimmy Briand's transfer. Jérémy Clément signed a one-year contract extension until 2012. Guillaume Hoarau received the "France Football Golden Star" trophy for his performance in Ligue 2. Paris Saint-Germain refused a €0.3 million offer from Real Madrid for Yannick Boli as he was determined to succeed at Paris. Apoula Edel signed a new one-year contract extension until 2011.

The renovations of the Camp des Loges were completed on 4 October 2008. The entire process cost €5 million and was inaugurated on 4 November 2008. Guillaume Hoarau was named Player of the Month for October by the UNFP with 55% of the votes. Charles Villeneuve announced that Pauleta would become ambassador and supervisor of the capital club. Paul Le Guen won the UNECATEF Fidelidade Mundial "Le Coup du Coach." Stéphane Sessègnon was named Player of the Month for December by the UNFP with 55% of the votes. Paris Saint-Germain announced that Charles Villeneuve would resign from his mandate as president-general manager ahead of the General Assembly. The Camp des Loges was recognised by the FFF as one of the best pre-training centers in France, being classified as Elite, Class 1 and Class A in recent seasons. Sébastien Bazin was named the new president of Paris Saint-Germain. Péguy Luyindula was named Player of the Month for January by the UNFP with 55% of the votes. Guillaume Hoarau was named Player of the Month for February by the UNFP with 71% of the votes. Paul Le Guen left Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season after the capital club decided not to renew his contract. Jean-Eudes Maurice signed a new three-year contract extension until 2012.

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
21	FW		Jean-Eudes Maurice	22	EU	Youth system	Signed Pro Y	Summer	2012		PSG.fr
27	MF		Joseph Muscat	22	EU	Youth system	Signed Pro Y	Summer	2009
4	DM		Claude Makélélé	35	EU	Chelsea	Signed Y	Summer	2010	Free	PSG.fr
10	AM		Stéphane Sessègnon	24	Non-EU	Le Mans	Signed Y	Summer	2012	€8M	PSG.fr
7	RW		Ludovic Giuly	32	EU	Roma	Signed Y	Summer	2011	€2.5M	PSG.fr
14	FW		Mateja Kežman	29	EU	Fenerbahçe	Loan Y	Summer	2009		PSG.fr
9	FW		Guillaume Hoarau	24	EU	Le Havre	Loan Return Y	Summer	2012		Top Mercato
12	DM		Albert Baning	23	Non-EU	Sedan	Loan Return Y	Summer	2010
12	FW		Fabrice Pancrate	28	EU	Sochaux	Loan Return Y	Summer	2009
29	DM		Youssuf Mulumbu	21	EU	Amiens	Loan Return Y	Summer	2010		PSG.fr
13	CB		Sammy Traoré	32	EU	Auxerre	Loan Return Y	Summer	2010
16	GK		Stéphane Véron	22	EU	Auxerre	Signed Y	Summer	2009	Undisclosed	PSG.fr
19	FW		Gaëtan Charbonnier	22	EU	Châtellerault	Signed Y	Summer	2009	Free	PSG.fr

Total spending: €10.5 million

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
16	GK		Jérôme Alonzo	35	EU	Nantes	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free
8	DM		Didier Digard	22	EU	Middlesbrough	Transferred Y	Summer	€5M	PSG.fr
10	AM		Souza	29	Non-EU	Grêmio	Loaned Y	Summer		PSG.fr
19	FW		Éverton Santos	21	Non-EU	Fluminense	Loaned Y	Summer		PSG.fr
11	FW		Amara Diané	26	Non-EU	Al Rayyan	Transferred Y	Summer	€7M	PSG.fr
9	FW		Pauleta	35	EU	Retired	Contract Ended Y	Summer		L'Equipe
5	RB		Bernard Mendy	27	EU	Hull City	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free	L'Equipe
6	CB		Mario Yepes	32	EU	Chievo	Contract Ended Y	Summer	Free	Planete PSG
14	FW		David N'Gog	19	EU	Liverpool	Transferred Y	Summer	€2M	PSG.fr
12	DM		Albert Baning	23	Non-EU	Grenoble	Loaned Y	Summer		PSG.fr
29	FW		Yannick Boli	21	EU	Le Havre	Loaned Y	Winter		L'Equipe
17	DM		Granddi Ngoyi	20	EU	Clermont	Loaned Y	Winter		L'Equipe
27	LW		Younousse Sankharé	19	EU	Reims	Loaned Y	Winter		L'Equipe
29	DM		Youssouf Mulumbu	22	EU	West Bromwich Albion	Loaned Y	Winter		Sports.fr

Total income: €14 million

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Mickaël Landreau	30	EU	2006	98	0	2010	Free
2	RB		Ceará	28	Non-EU	2007	39	1	2010	€2.5M
3	CB		Mamadou Sakho	19	EU	2007	18	0	2012	Youth system
4	DM		Claude Makélélé (captain)	36	EU	2008	0	0	2010	Free
6	CB		Grégory Bourillon	24	EU	2007	30	0	2011	€3M
7	RW		Ludovic Giuly	32	EU	2008	0	0	2011	€2.5m
8	FW		Péguy Luyindula	30	EU	2007	56	8	2010	€2.5M
9	FW		Guillaume Hoarau	25	EU	2008	0	0	2012	€0.5M
10	AM		Stéphane Sessègnon	24	Non-EU	2008	0	0	2012	€8M
12	FW		Fabrice Pancrate	29	EU	2004	94	12	2009	€3M
13	CB		Sammy Traoré	33	EU	2006	30	1	2010	€1.5M
14	FW		Mateja Kežman	30	EU	2008	0	0	2009	Loaned
15	CB		Zoumana Camara	30	EU	2007	46	1	2011	€6M
16	GK		Stéphane Véron	23	EU	2008	0	0	2009	Undisclosed
17	RM		Larrys Mabiala	21	EU	2006	6	0	2009	Youth system
18	FW		Loris Arnaud	22	EU	2007	25	3	2010	Youth system
19	FW		Gaëtan Charbonnier	20	EU	2008	0	0	2009	Youth system
20	CM		Clément Chantôme	21	EU	2006	69	1	2011	Youth system
21	FW		Jean-Eudes Maurice	22	EU	2008	0	0	2012	Youth system
22	LB		Sylvain Armand	28	EU	2004	189	7	2011	€3.5M
23	DM		Jérémy Clément	24	EU	2007	55	1	2012	€2.2M
24	LM		Tripy Makonda	19	EU	2008	0	0		Youth system
25	LM		Jérôme Rothen	31	EU	2004	132	9	2011	€10.5M
27	MF		Lorient Fran	22	EU	2008	132	9	2009	€10.5M
28	FW		Maxime Partouche	18	EU	2007	1	0		Youth system
29	AM		Abdelaziz Barrada	19	EU	2008	0	0	2010	Youth system
30	GK		Apoula Edel	22	EU	2008	0	0	2011	€0.12M

• Source: Ligue 1, Players in / out and Wikipedia players' articles

Kit

Nike manufactured the kits for Paris Saint-Germain and Emirates Airlines continued to be the club's main sponsor. Nike have been PSG's official kit provider since 1989. Emirates have been the club's partner since 2005 and the major shirt sponsor since January 2006. Emirates Airlines confirmed their commitment to PSG by extending the current partnership until 2014. Les Parisiens received brand new home and away kits. The home shirt had PSG's traditional colors. It was dark blue with a vertical red band and two thinner white stripes on the middle of the chest which disappeared under the main sponsor's logo in white writing. The borders of the sleeves were partly red. The away shirt had a simple design. Silver was the main color while the sponsor's logo was accented by a red background bordered by white and black thin stripes. The shirts had the club badge on the top-left, the Nike logo on the top-right and the club sponsor Fly Emirates written across the middle.

Home

Away

Board & Staff

Paul Le Guen.

Manager	Paul Le Guen
Assistant Coach	Yves Colleu
Goalkeeping Coach	Christian Mas
Physical Trainer	Stéphane Wiertelak
Head Doctor	Éric Rolland
Physiotherapists	Bruno Le Natur, Joël Le Hir, Pascal Roche

Source: PSG.fr

Parc des Princes.

President	Sébastien Bazin
General Manager	Phillipe Boindrieux
Communications	Bruno Skropeta
Recruitment	Alain Roche
Amateur Section	Simon Tahar
Academy Director	Bertrand Reuzeau
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Parc des Princes (48,712 / 252m x 191m)

Source: Ligue 1

Pre-season

Paris Saint-Germain opened their preseason campaign with a victory over Pontivy. The capital club then achieved a new triumph, this time over Ligue 2 side Châteauroux in Port Crouesty. Paris Saint-Germain continued their pre-season preparations for the coming season with a draw against Boulogne. The capital club then defeated Clermont scoring two unanswered goals and confirming that Paul Le Guen's squad is in top form just two weeks before the start of the 2008–09 campaign. Paris Saint-Germain recorded two consecutive victories over Belgian sides Gent and Roeselare with youngster Yannick Boli scoring his third goal in pre-season. Invited by Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães for the first time, Paris Saint-Germain attended the Torneio Cidade de Guimarães, were Les Rouge-et-Bleu suffered a narrow defeat at the hands of the hosts in their opening match. Benfica showed great capacity and came back from two goals down to equalize against Paris Saint-Germain in the second day of the tournament. Just three days before the start of the season, Les Parisiens finished their pre-season preparations with a superb victory over Qatari side Al-Khor at the Camp des Loges. Paris Saint-Germain showed great character as the pre-season lived up to all its promise and more, being without any doubt a positive outing for Paul Le Guen's side.

Match Results

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Match Type Referee 2008 9 July Pontivy A 0 – 2 N'Gog  60', Boli  86' 1,300 Friendly 12 July Châteauroux A 1 – 2 Hoarau  25', Boli  64' Friendly Ludovic Lecrenais 15 July Boulogne A 1 – 1 Hoarau  31' 5,000 Friendly 19 July Clermont A 0 – 2 Sessègnon  69', Hoarau  78' 5,000 Friendly 23 July Roeselare A 0 – 4 Camara  5', Chantôme  17', Pancrate  56', Boli  76' Friendly 26 July Gent H 2 – 1 Luyindula  57', Pancrate  65' 10,000 Friendly Yohann Rouinsard 1 August Vitória Guimarães A 2 – 1 Mabiala  56' 6,000 Torneio Cidade de Guimarães Olegário Benquerença 2 August Benfica A 2 – 2 Pancrate  38, 58' 8,000 Torneio Cidade de Guimarães 6 August Al-Khor H 3 – 0 Hoarau  60, 64', Giuly  89' Friendly

Ligue 1

AS Monaco made a winning start against Paris Saint-Germain's expensively-assembled team with a late goal. Guillaume Hoarau scored his first Paris Saint-Germain goal as the capital outfit condemned last season's runners-up Bordeaux to their first defeat of the season at the Parc des Princes. Sochaux got their first point of the season with a hard-earned draw at home to PSG. Paris Saint-Germain made it three games without defeat as their improvement under Paul Le Guen continued with another Guillaume Hoarau goal earning them a narrow win at Caen. Paris Saint-Germain took an early lead from the spot through new signing Mateja Kežman and held out for the 90 minutes to take all three points at home to Nantes. Saint-Étienne picked up their first win in four matches as they beat Paris Saint-Germain. Nassim Akrour's third goal of the season gave promoted Grenoble an historic win over Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes. Paris Saint-Germain's poor recent run continued as they let slip an early lead to take only a point from Nancy. Paris Saint-Germain staged a come-from-behind win at home to Lorient with a late goal from substitute Loris Arnaud. Goals abounded as Paris Saint-Germain handed Marseille its first league defeat of the season, outscoring their arch-rivals four goals to two and denying them top spot on the table in a thrilling 'clasico' at the Stade Vélodrome. A bizarre own-goal from Zoumana Camara condemned Paris Saint-Germain to defeat at home to Toulouse. Paris Saint-Germain coach Paul Le Guen blasted his players for being too soft at half-time of their clash away to Nice, but despite an improved second-half display, the capital club fell to a second consecutive loss. Ludovic Giuly's first goal for Paris Saint-Germain was enough to earn all three against a resistant, if largely uninspired, Lille who saw their nine-game unbeaten run brought to an end at the Parc des Princes.

Paris Saint-Germain were too strong for Le Havre and took the points with goals from Guillaume Hoarau and Ludovic Giuly. Ludovic Giuly struck for the third time in as many games to give Paris Saint-Germain a narrow win over Lyon in the capital as the leaders' cushion at the top was reduced to five points. Rennes moved up to second in Ligue 1 after Bruno Cheyrou's first-half goal proved enough to give Guy Lacombe's side a narrow win over Paris Saint-German. A first half double from Ligue 1's leading scorer Guillaume Hoarau set the stage for Paris's win, their fifth in their last six matches, over Le Mans at the Parc des Princes. Stéphane Sessègnon struck twice against Auxerre to lift PSG into third as Paul Le Guen's men registered a fifth league win in six outings. In the race for second place behind autumn champions Lyon, Paris failed to keep the pace drawing at home to Valenciennes. Laurent Blanc's Bordeaux thumped four unanswered goals past Paris to go within one point of top spot on the table, giving faltering champions Lyon serious cause for concern in the race for the title. PSG made it six wins from their last nine matches when they beat a tough Sochaux outfit at the Parc des Princes. Guillaume Hoarau grabbed his 13th goal of the season as Paris Saint-Germain moved up to third in the table thanks to their win over Caen. Paris Saint-Germain closed to within a point of Ligue 1 leaders Lyon thanks to an emphatic victory over Nantes. Paris Saint-Germain registered their fourth Ligue 1 victory in a row against Saint-Étienne to move outright second in the standings, one point behind Lyon, ahead of the champions match at home to Le Havre. Paris Saint Germain remained second, but lost ground after they were held to a goalless draw at Grenoble. Paul Le Guen's men made it three wins in four matches as they completely dominated a tentative Nancy outfit to consolidate second place on the L1 table. A superb first-half strike from Ludovic Giuly and a Mickaël Landreau penalty save were enough to give Paris Saint-Germain a narrow win at Lorient and ease Paul Le Guen's side within a point of leaders Lyon.

Marseille are up to second in Ligue 1 after they emerged victorious over a ten-man Paris Saint-Germain in the 'classico'. Toulouse continued their string of strong results with a comprehensive win at home to Paris, their tenth victory in 14 matches in all competitions in 2009, to climb back to fourth place on the Ligue 1 table. Paris Saint-Germain beat Nice at the Parc des Princes to maintain their title challenge. Lille's goalless draw with visiting Paris was a case of two points dropped against an uninspired opposition and did little to help either side's fortunes, with both clubs leapfrogged by Toulouse, winners over Nantes. Paris Saint-German moved into fourth place as the club from the capital eased past bottom side Le Havre. Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain raised the curtain on a decisive weekend of football with a heart-stopping draw at the Stade Gerland which, in the end, suited neither side. Paris Saint-Germain missed out on the chance to go above Lyon into third as they were narrowly beaten by Rennes. Mateja Kezman's second league goal of the season gave Paris Saint-Germain a narrow win at Le Mans to keep them in contention for a top-three finish. Paris saw their chances of overtaking Lyon into third place and a Champions League qualifying spot dealt a blow as they succumbed to in-form Auxerre at the Parc des Princes. PSG's ambitions of European football were in the balance after they saw a stubborn Valenciennes side come from behind at the Stade Nungesser. Paris needed to win at home to Monaco to clinch fourth or fifth and a place in Europe next season, but a tepid display from Paul Le Guen's men in a goalless draw left them empty-handed after being tipped as potential title contenders throughout the season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Toulouse	38	16	16	6	45	27	+18	64	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
5	Lille	38	17	13	8	51	39	+12	64	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Paris Saint-Germain	38	19	7	12	49	38	+11	64
7	Rennes	38	15	16	7	42	34	+8	61
8	Auxerre	38	16	7	15	35	35	0	55

Source: Ligue 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	19	7	12	49	38	+11	64	12	2	5	29	17	+12	7	5	7	20	21	−1

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	A	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
Result	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	D
Position	17	12	11	6	3	7	12	11	9	6	8	11	8	8	5	6	5	4	4	8	8	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	6

Source: Ligue 1
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match Results

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Position Referee 2008 9 August AS Monaco A 1 – 0 16,904 10px 17th Stéphane Bré 16 August Bordeaux H 1 – 0 Hoarau  53' 41,575 12th Alain Hamer 23 August Sochaux A 1 – 1 Sessègnon  63' 16,791 11th Fredy Fautrel 30 August Caen A 0 – 1 Hoarau  5' 20,685 6th Olivier Thual 14 September Nantes H 1 – 0 Kežman  7' (pen.) 43,005 3rd Saïd Ennjimi 21 September Saint-Étienne A 1 – 0 28,436 7th Stéphane Bré 27 September Grenoble H 0 – 1 43,550 12th Thierry Auriac 5 October Nancy A 1 – 1 Hoarau  2' 18,219 11th Olivier Thual 18 October Lorient H 3 – 2 Pancrate  22', Hoarau  48', Arnaud  87' 38,529 9th Damien Ledentu 26 October Marseille A 2 – 4 Hoarau  10, 83', Luyindula  53', Rothen  77' 56,426 6th Laurent Duhamel 29 October Toulouse H 0 – 1 41,609 8th Tony Chapron 1 November Nice A 1 – 0 12,438 11th Alain Hamer 9 November Lille H 1 – 0 Giuly  39' 36,133 8th Philippe Kalt 15 November Le Havre A 1 – 3 Hoarau  18, 90' (pen.), Giuly  34' 16,322 10px 8th Damien Ledentu 22 November Lyon H 1 – 0 Giuly  25' 44,780 5th Stéphane Lannoy 30 November Rennes A 1 – 0 27,551 6th Saïd Ennjimi 7 December Le Mans H 3 – 1 Hoarau  23, 39', Luyindula  87' 36,545 5th Lionel Jaffredo 13 December Auxerre A 1 – 2 Sessègnon  5, 22' 14,146 4th Éric Poulat 21 December Valenciennes H 2 – 2 Hoarau  27', Rothen  72' 43,878 10px 4th Bertrand Layec 2009 11 January Bordeaux A 4 – 0 31,910 8th Stéphane Lannoy 18 January Sochaux H 2 – 1 Hoarau  45+2' (pen.), Luyindula  63' 34,915 10px 8th Éric Poulat 31 January Caen H 2 – 0 Hoarau  49', Luyindula  58' 39,187 3rd Antony Gautier 7 February Nantes A 1 – 4 Giuly  12, 50', Luyindula  21', Sessègnon  71' 29,688 10px 3rd Alexandre Castro 14 February Saint-Étienne H 2 – 1 Sakho  26', Clément  36' 42,366 2nd Laurent Duhamel 21 February Grenoble A 0 – 0 18,097 10px 2nd Stéphane Lannoy 1 March Nancy H 4 – 1 Hoarau  11, 40', Giuly  14', Sessègnon  63' 38,302 10px 2nd Philippe Malige 7 March Lorient A 0 – 1 Giuly  22' 12,206 10px 2nd Didier Falcone 15 March Marseille H 1 – 3 Giuly  43' 45,774 3rd Bertrand Layec 22 March Toulouse A 4 – 1 Mabiala  70' 31,328 6th Fredy Fautrel 5 April Nice H 2 – 1 Hoarau  20', Traoré  52' 40,471 5th Thierry Auriac 12 April Lille A 0 – 0 17,766 6th Lionel Jaffredo 19 April Le Havre H 3 – 0 Giuly  41', Rothen  54', Hoarau  90' 38,114 4th Clément Turpin 24 April Lyon A 0 – 0 38,827 10px 4th Bertrand Layec 3 May Rennes H 0 – 1 43,875 10px 4th Fredy Fautrel 13 May Le Mans A 0 – 1 Kežman  18' 12,815 10px 4th Bruno Coué 16 May Auxerre H 1 – 2 Sessègnon  83' 40,870 10px 4th Didier Falcone 23 May Valenciennes A 2 – 1 Kežman  12' 15,884 5th Lionel Jaffredo 30 May AS Monaco H 0 – 0 43,665 6th Olivier Thual

Coupe de France

Paris Saint-Germain entered the French Cup having last won the cup in 2006 and having reached last season's Final, narrowly losing to Olympique Lyonnais in a highly contested match. PSG started from the round of 64, as all Ligue 1 clubs did. The draw for the last-64 of the French Cup saw Paris Saint-Germain paired with CFA club Montluçon. Paris Saint-Germain squeezed through to the last-32 of the French Cup, but failed to impress against fourth division outfit, Montluçon. Paul Le Guen's side had Stéphane Sessègnon to thank for the only goal of the game. The draw for the last-32 pitted "Les Parisiens" with fourth tier side Gazélec Ajaccio. Paris Saint-Germain beat lower league opposition to progress to the last 16 of the French Cup. Mateja Kežman struck twice for PSG as they beat Gazélec Ajaccio. The Serbian striker scored once in either half before defender Sammy Traoré helped secure Paul Le Guen's men a place in the next round. Last season's losing finalists PSG were drawn away to third tier club Rodez for the last-16. Paris Saint-Germain were sensationally knocked out of the French Cup, succumbing to a defeat after extra-time to lowly Rodez.

Match Results
Date Round Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Referee 2009 4 January Round of 64 Montluçon A 0 – 1 Sessègnon  52' 8,000 Thierry Auriac 25 January Round of 32 Gazélec Ajaccio A 0 – 3 Kežman  25, 60', Traoré  67' 4,000 Stéphane Bré 4 March Round of 16 Rodez A 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) Traoré  9' 7,000 Damien Ledentu

Coupe de la Ligue

Holders Paris Saint-Germain were through to the last-16 of the League Cup after Fabrice Pancrate's goal proved enough for the reigning champions to beat AS Monaco. Paris Saint-Germain's defence of the League Cup continued against Nancy after the draw for the last-16, quarter-finals and semi-finals was made. Péguy Luyindula scored both goals in Paris Saint-Germain's victory over Nancy to send the holders through to the quarter-finals of the League Cup. In a dramatic twist of fate, Paris Saint-Germain hosted Lens in the pick of the quarter-final draw. In a remake of last season's Final, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Lens at the Parc des Princes to qualify for the semi-finals of the League Cup, where they met Bordeaux, winners over Châteauroux. Late goals from Souleymane Diawara and Wendel added to David Bellion's first-half strike put the icing on the cake as Bordeaux cruised past Paris Saint-Germain in the League Cup semi-final at the Parc des Princes.

Match Results
Date Round Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Referee 2008 24 September Third Round AS Monaco A 0 – 1 Pancrate  34' 5,581 Philippe Kalt 12 November Round of 16 Nancy H 2 – 0 Luyindula  30, 36' 15,856 Stéphane Bré 2009 14 January Quarter-finals Lens H 2 – 0 Keita  14' (o.g.), Clément  90+3' 32,093 Fredy Fautrel 4 February Semi-finals Bordeaux H 0 – 3 40,543 Saïd Ennjimi

UEFA Cup

Paris Saint-Germain entered the UEFA Cup at the first round, 18 months after their last European clash against Benfica on 15 March 2007. Sitting in third place on the Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain were taking on Turkish club Kayserispor, unbeaten in the Süper Lig. The hosts, however, lost their unbeaten record in the final minute thanks to Péguy Luyindula goal, just a few minutes after the Turkish side had equalized through Delio Toledo. Paris Saint-Germain qualified to the group stage at Kayserispor's expense in a scoreless match at the Parc des Princes. The capital club was inserted into Group A with German club Schalke 04, English side Manchester City, Spanish outfit Racing de Santander, and Dutch club Twente. Despite his faith in young players, Paul Le Guen's men were overwhelmed by the better organized and more experienced Germans, who were quickly firming as Group A favourites. Schalke went ahead early through Larrys Mabiala's own goal before Kevin Kurányi added to their tally, followed by Halil Altıntop. Clément Chantôme's far-post strike in stoppage time came too late in a game where Paris Saint-Germain struggled to find their rhythm as Schalke pushed forward relentlessly at the Veltins-Arena. Paris Saint-Germain blew a two-goal lead as Spanish side Racing Santander held the capital club to a draw at the Parc des Princes.

Paris Saint-Germain rued the missed opportunities in the second half of their goalless draw with Manchester City but still had a chance of qualifying for the next round. Paris Saint-Germain qualified to the last-32 after a dramatic victory over Twente at the Parc des Princes. Late goals from Mateja Kežman and Péguy Luyindula saw PSG clinch third spot in Group A ahead of Racing Santander on goal difference. Paris Saint-Germain reached the last-32 and received a tough draw being given Bundesliga side Wolfsburg. Giant striker Guillaume Hoarau marked his return by scoring two late goals as the side from the French capital finished over the top of German outfit Wolfsburg. Paris Saint-Germain walloped Wolfsburg in Germany for a convincing aggregate victory in the last-32. Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Mickaël Landreau made a number of good saves to deny before Péguy Luyindula put an end to Wolfsburg's hopes of a fightback by netting a penalty. Jérôme Rothen doubled the lead on the hour with a terrific strike. Wolfsburg's Japanese star Makoto Hasebe reduced the arrears with a fine solo goal three minutes later, but Luyindula netted his sixth goal of the competition with a header from Clément Chantôme's cross. Paris Saint-Germain, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winners, marched into the last-16 where they faced Portuguese side Sporting Braga.

Paris Saint-Germain's European campaign was in the balance after they failed to break down a stubborn Braga side at the Parc des Princes. Jérôme Rothen came closest when he struck an upright in the second-half, which saw Mateja Kežman jeered onto the pitch by the PSG fans as he made his first appearance at the Parc since his infamous shirt-throwing incident during his side's League Cup semi-final defeat to Bordeaux last month. Guillaume Hoarau came off the bench to score the only goal of the game to give Paris Saint-Germain a win over Braga and see them join Marseille in the quarter-finals. The capital club was pitted against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv and fared little better than Marseille as they were held goalless at the Parc des Princes. Paris Saint-Germain found their ambitions frustrated by a well-organised Dynamo side. A disastrous display by Mickaël Landreau saw Paris Saint-Germain tumble out. PSG travelled to Ukraine with hope, but were on the back foot throughout after Ismaël Bangoura had given Dynamo a fourth-minute lead. Péguy Luyindula struck a post with a header soon after, but Mickaël Landreau's poor goalkeeping put an end to PSG's European ambitions. He inadvertently punched a high ball into his own goal, before fumbling an Oleksandr Aliyev free-kick on the hour mark that allowed Ognjen Vukojević to score a third.

Match Results

Date Round Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Referee 2008 18 September First Round Kayserispor A 1 – 2 Kežman  5', Luyindula  89' 25,000 Kevin Blom 2 October First Round Kayserispor H 0 – 0 30,000 Jonas Eriksson 23 October Group Stage Schalke 04 A 3 – 1 Chantôme  90+2' 48,919 Gianluca Rocchi 27 November Group Stage Racing de Santander H 2 – 2 Kežman  5', Luyindula  32' 25,000 Pavel Královec 3 December Group Stage Manchester City A 0 – 0 25,626 Bruno Duarte 18 December Group Stage Twente H 4 – 0 Luyindula  8, 86', Sessègnon  23', Kežman  84' 30,000 Iain Brines 2009 18 February Round of 32 Wolfsburg H 2 – 0 Hoarau  80, 83' 27,447 Svein Oddvar Moen 26 February Round of 32 Wolfsburg A 1 – 3 Luyindula  38' (pen.), 73', Rothen  60' 20,205 Vladimír Hriňák 12 March Round of 16 Sporting Braga H 0 – 0 35,000 Matteo Trefoloni 19 March Round of 16 Sporting Braga A 0 – 1 Hoarau  81' 16,371 Craig Thomson 9 April Quarter-finals Dynamo Kyiv H 0 – 0 41,000 Nicola Rizzoli 19 March Quarter-finals Dynamo Kyiv A 3 – 0 16,300 Frank De Bleeckere

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
41	4-4-2	L1 (29), CL (2), CF (3), UC (7)
9	4-2-3-1	L1 (6), CL (1), UC (2)
2	4-4-1-1	L1 (1), UC (1)
2	4-1-2-3	L1 (2)
1	4-3-3	UC (1)
1	4-1-2-1-2	CL (1)
1	4-3-2-1	UC (1)

Source: PSG.fr
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Mickaël Landreau 53 2 RB Ceará 52 15 CB Zoumana Camara 52 3 CB Mamadou Sakho 33 22 LB Sylvain Armand 53 25 LW Jérôme Rothen 49 23 DM Jérémy Clément 51 4 DM Claude Makélélé 40 10 AM Stéphane Sessègnon 49 8 FW Péguy Luyindula 51 9 FW Guillaume Hoarau 47

350px Landreau Ceará Sakho Camara Armand Makélélé (C) Clément Rothen Sessègnon Hoarau Luyindula

Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Coupe de la Ligue		Coupe de France		UEFA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mickaël Landreau	53	0	38	0	3	0	2	0	10	0
30	GK		Apoula Edel	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF		Ceará	52	0	37	0	3	0	3	0	9	0
3	DF		Mamadou Sakho	33	1	23	1	3	0	1	0	6	0
6	DF		Grégory Bourillon	18	0	8	0	3	0	1	0	6	0
13	DF		Sammy Traoré	33	3	19	1	1	0	3	2	10	0
15	DF		Zoumana Camara	52	0	36	0	4	0	3	0	9	0
17	DF		Larrys Mabiala	7	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0
22	DF		Sylvain Armand	53	0	35	0	4	0	3	0	11	0
4	MF		Claude Makélélé	40	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
10	MF		Stéphane Sessègnon	49	7	34	5	4	0	2	1	9	1
20	MF		Clément Chantôme	36	1	21	0	3	0	2	0	10	1
23	MF		Jérémy Clément	51	2	35	1	4	1	3	0	9	0
24	MF		Tripy Makonda	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
25	MF		Jérôme Rothen	49	4	34	3	3	0	2	0	10	1
26	MF		Granddi Ngoyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF		Younousse Sankharé	8	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
29	MF		Youssouf Mulumbu	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
7	FW		Ludovic Giuly	42	9	34	9	1	0	3	0	4	0
8	FW		Péguy Luyindula	51	13	34	5	4	2	1	0	12	6
9	FW		Guillaume Hoarau	47	20	33	17	2	0	3	0	9	3
12	FW		Fabrice Pancrate	37	2	22	1	4	1	2	0	9	0
14	FW		Mateja Kežman	35	8	21	3	4	0	2	2	8	3
18	FW		Loris Arnaud	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	FW		Jean-Eudes Maurice	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	FW		Maxime Partouche	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW		Yannick Boli	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Other Statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Assists	Minutes Played
1	GK		Mickaël Landreau	0	4800	1	0	0
30	GK		Apoula Edel	0	360	0	0	0
2	DF		Ceará	7	4545	6	0	0
3	DF		Mamadou Sakho	0	2545	2	0	0
6	DF		Grégory Bourillon	0	1217	2	0	0
13	DF		Sammy Traoré	2	2603	1	0	0
15	DF		Zoumana Camara	0	4644	3	0	1
17	DF		Larrys Mabiala	0	359	0	0	0
22	DF		Sylvain Armand	5	4694	8	0	0
4	MF		Claude Makélélé	1	3297	9	0	0
10	MF		Stéphane Sessègnon	8	3890	8	0	0
20	MF		Clément Chantôme	3	1667	3	0	0
23	MF		Jérémy Clément	2	4172	4	0	0
24	MF		Tripy Makonda	0	448	0	0	0
25	MF		Jérôme Rothen	4	4091	6	0	0
26	MF		Granddi Ngoyi	0	90	1	0	0
27	MF		Younousse Sankharé	0	350	0	0	0
29	MF		Youssouf Mulumbu	0	212	2	0	0
7	FW		Ludovic Giuly	5	2791	2	0	0
8	FW		Péguy Luyindula	3	2988	3	0	0
9	FW		Guillaume Hoarau	4	3521	5	0	0
12	FW		Fabrice Pancrate	1	1498	3	0	0
14	FW		Mateja Kežman	4	1745	4	0	0
18	FW		Loris Arnaud	0	96	0	0	0
21	FW		Jean-Eudes Maurice	0	15	0	0	0
28	FW		Maxime Partouche	0	20	0	0	0
29	FW		Yannick Boli	0	10	0	0	0

Source: Ligue 1 and UEFA
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

PSG Ladies

Manager	Éric Leroy
President	Alain Gobert
Division 1 Féminine	8th
Challenge de France	Round of 32
Season Top Goalscorer	Candice Prévost (7)
Season Top Assister (3)	Stéphanie Hoffele Caroline Pizzala
Highest Home Attendance	200 vs Montpellier (10 May 2009)
Lowest Home Attendance	70 vs Soyaux (1 March 2009)

Main article: 2008–09 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (Ladies) season

The 2008–09 season was French football club Paris Saint-Germain's 10th season in Division 1 Féminine and their 8th consecutive season in the top division of French football. PSG was managed by Éric Leroy - in his second season since replacing Cyril Combettes. The club was chaired by Alain Gobert. PSG was present in the 2008–09 Division 1 Féminine and the 2008–09 Challenge de France. Paris Saint-Germain reached the target set by the club last season after finishing 5th. Additionally, the fact that PSG became Challenge de France runners-up, the club's biggest honour to date, after being defeated by Olympique Lyonnais in the Final at the Stade de France set the bar even higher for the capital club. As seen in Éric Leroy's words, PSG started the campaign with the prospect of matching last season's heights by finishing between the first four in the league and pulling something off in the Challenge de France:

Do as well as last season! To do this, I have a more comprehensive workforce with 22 girls at my disposal to work. The backbone of the group stayed unchanged, while some experienced new players will help us. My team is still young, but I think this season will be interesting.

— Éric Leroy, 20 August 2008