Led by an array of stars including record appearance maker Marco Verratti and top scorer Edinson Cavani, the club has qualified for UEFA competitions every season since 2010–11.

[10] The expectation was huge and PSG strengthened their squad with European Golden Shoe winner Kees Kist, 1978 FIFA World Cup champion Osvaldo Ardiles and, most notably, Yugoslav wizard Safet Sušić, who remains to this day one of the club's greatest players ever.

At the Parc des Princes, Georges Peyroche's men dominated from start to finish but found themselves on the verge of being eliminated when Lokomotiv cancelled Toko's goal right after the break.

Toko seized a cross from Pascal Zaremba to net a superb half volley before Michel N'Gom and Lemoult killed off any hope of a comeback from the visitors (5–1).

[11] Following an easy victory over Swansea City,[13] the quarter-final draw appeared to be perfect as Paris avoided top teams like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich or Inter Milan.

[25][26] They named Artur Jorge, famous for winning the 1986–87 European Cup with Porto, as team coach and signed international stars Raí, Ricardo, Valdo and George Weah as well as proven French players Laurent Fournier, Bernard Lama, Vincent Guérin and David Ginola.

An inspired performance by goalkeeper Michelangelo Rampulla and the referee's refusal to award a blatant penalty over Weah in the second leg were also key contributors to PSG's demise.

PSG beat Real Madrid in the quarter-finals,[27][32] becoming in the process the only French team to win at the Bernabéu with a solitary goal from George Weah,[33] but were denied at the gates of the final once again.

[27][32] Having drawn 1–1 at home to Arsenal, the Parisians needed to score in London yet, surprisingly, Artur Jorge left Weah in the stands, from where he watched his team lose (0–1).

Motivated by being so close to glory, the club signed future world champion Youri Djorkaeff, last season's Division 1 top scorer Patrice Loko and a defender who would turn out to be the unexpected hero: Bruno Ngotty.

They joined a talented squad which already boasted Brazilian club idol Raí, Panamanian forward Julio Dely Valdés and French midfielder Vincent Guérin.

They were the super team nobody wanted to face, with legendary players such as Dino Baggio, Fernando Couto, Gianfranco Zola, Fabio Cannavaro, Filippo Inzaghi and Hristo Stoichkov.

Two penalties from Raí and one more goal from Loko downed Parma 3–1 in front of a packed Parc des Princes to reach a fourth consecutive European semi-final.

Led by Welsh coach John Toshack on the bench and by Mauro Silva, Bebeto, Miroslav Djukic and Donato on the field, they were another contender for the ultimate prize.

[38][39] The wait was over; Paris had become only the second French club to clinch a major European competition after Le Classique arch-rivals Olympique de Marseille's triumph in the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League.

The Red and Blues, leading 0–3 in Spain after 55 minutes through Jay-Jay Okocha and Laurent Leroy (twice), crashed out following Walter Pandiani and Diego Tristán's heroics for Dépor (4–3).

[2] The Parisians were looking to secure a place in the UEFA Cup by winning the Intertoto and club legend Luis Fernandez, in his second stint at PSG, was the man who had the difficult task of steering a team full of individual brilliance, which included Argentine defenders Mauricio Pochettino and Gabriel Heinze, Spanish playmaker Mikel Arteta, Nigerian magician Jay-Jay Okocha and French striker Nicolas Anelka.

As the bottom side in Group A, they needed to defeat Twente at the Parc des Princes in the final matchday by scoring one more goal than Racing de Santander to grab third place and advance to the last 32.

PSG's luck changed in the last ten minutes as Kežman redeemed himself by tapping home a cross and Luyindula followed up immediately with the fourth, feinting to commit the goalie before sliding the ball into the empty net.

[2] After getting rid of Maccabi Tel Aviv in a nine-goal frenzy play-off tie, the French Cup victors were drawn into the group of death, alongside Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and Karpaty Lviv.

[73] Paris, however, ran out of gas after the winter break and barely managed to defeat BATE Borisov on away goals thanks to Luyindula's late first-leg equaliser.

Having come from behind to win 2–1 in Lisbon, the Portuguese side scored first at the Parc des Princes and prevented Paris from mimicking their comeback despite Mathieu Bodmer quickly tying the match with a sumptuous volley.

[78] The club's comeback was deemed a success; Paris edged past Valencia in the last 16, becoming the first French side to win at Mestalla in any UEFA competition, but were unlucky to crash out on away goals against Barcelona in the quarter-finals after drawing both games.

[79] Once more, PSG showed they were capable of being brilliant one day and a complete tragedy the next as they crushed Barca 4–0 in Paris but then surrendered their lead in a humiliating 6–1 loss at the Camp Nou.

[85] Journalists have speculated that one reason for him leaving Barca was because media attention focused on teammate Lionel Messi, ignoring Neymar's pivotal role in the win over PSG.

[93] But Thomas Tuchel's team stepped up in the return leg as Neymar scored the first goal and led PSG to the quarter-finals with a 2–0 victory over Dortmund at an empty Parc des Princes because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Red and Blues were on top from the start, killing off the game before the hour mark with goals from Marquinhos, Di María and Juan Bernat to reach their first Champions League final.

Mbappé scored twice, Neymar recorded two assists and Navas made several saves as PSG became the first French team to defeat Bayern in the UCL knockout stages since Saint-Étienne in 1969.

[111] Mauricio Pochettino's men came out on top at the Parc des Princes, featuring Lionel Messi's first PSG goal (2–0), but squandered Kylian Mbappé's opener and lost in England (1–2).

Despite being far from their best with defeats at St James' Park and San Siro standing out, PSG's 3–0 home win against Milan was enough to make it into the knockouts through goal difference behind Dortmund.