2014–15 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season

Paris Saint-Germain

2014–15 season
President	Nasser Al-Khelaïfi
Manager	Laurent Blanc
Stadium	Parc des Princes
Ligue 1	1st
Trophée des Champions	Champions
Coupe de France	Champions
Coupe de la Ligue	Champions
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Zlatan Ibrahimović (19) All: Edinson Cavani (31)
Average home league attendance	45,758 [1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2014–15 season was Paris Saint-Germain Football Club's 45th in existence and their 42nd in the top-flight of French football. The team competed in Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions and the UEFA Champions League.^[2]

Summary

Just weeks after winning a first trophy of the season in Beijing, with the 2014 Trophée des Champions and the 2-0 win over Guingamp, Paris were struggling to impose themselves on Ligue 1. With 3 wins and 5 draws, Paris Saint-Germain were sitting five points adrift of Olympique de Marseille after eight games (19 points for OM and 14 for Paris).^[3]

After something of a World Cup hangover for the club's international stars, Les Rouge-et-Bleu really hit their stride in October, and especially November. Lens (1-3), Girondins de Bordeaux (3-0), Lorient (1-2), Marseille (2-0), Metz (2-3) and Nice (1-0) were all beaten by Laurent Blanc's men. Paris moved second on the ladder, just one point behind OM, but six ahead of Olympique Lyonnais. Paris Saint-Germain were on their way, but December saw a first loss of the campaign to Guingamp (1-0) as the capital club finished the first half of the season in third place, three points adrift of Marseille.^[3]

The start of January saw Paris make a successful start to the Coupe de France, eliminating Montpellier 3-0. After a surprise 4-2 loss to Bastia in the league, Paris recorded a series of positive results which saw them fighting on all four fronts. In the UEFA Champions League, Thiago Silva and company wrote one of the most spectacular pages in the club's history: after a 1-1 home draw with Chelsea in the first leg of the UCL last-16, Les Parisiens produced an heroic qualification at [Stamford Bridge]], going through on the away goals rule. A prestigious victory over Marseille, 3-2, and a win in the 2015 Coupe de la Ligue Final against Bastia, 4-0, followed, before Paris were eliminated from the Champions League by future finalists Barcelona. But Paris bounced back by booking their place in the final of the Coupe de France with a resounding semi-final win against Saint-Étienne, 4-0, and kept hopes alive of an unprecedented quadruple.^[3]

Fighting tooth and nail with Lyon in the championship, Paris set a cracking pace with a series of big wins (6-1 vs Lille, 3-1 vs Metz, 2-0 vs Nantes, 6-0 vs Guingamp). Paris were in unstoppable form and the pressure told as Lyon cracked against Caen, going down 3-0 in Week 36. In the end, it was at the Stade de la Mosson that Paris officially secured a fifth French championship in their history and the third in a row. The capital club then left their mark on French football by defeating Auxerre, 1-0 with a goal from Cavani, in the 2015 Coupe de France Final at the Stade de France to claim an unprecedented domestic quadruple.^[3]

Players

Players, transfers, appearances and goals - 2014/2015 season.^[4][5]

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Nicolas Douchez 2 DF Thiago Silva (captain) 4 MF Yohan Cabaye 5 DF Marquinhos 6 DF Zoumana Camara 7 MF Lucas Moura 8 MF Thiago Motta 9 FW Edinson Cavani 10 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 14 MF Blaise Matuidi 15 FW Jean-Christophe Bahebeck

No. Position Player 16 GK Mike Maignan 17 DF Maxwell 21 DF Lucas Digne 22 FW Ezequiel Lavezzi 23 DF Gregory van der Wiel 24 MF Marco Verratti 25 MF Adrien Rabiot 27 MF Javier Pastore 30 GK Salvatore Sirigu 32 DF David Luiz 40 GK Mory Diaw

In on loan

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No. Position Player 19 DF Serge Aurier (from Toulouse)

Out on loan

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No. Position Player — GK Alphonse Aréola (at SC Bastia) — MF Romain Habran (at Sochaux) — DF Jordan Ikoko (at Le Havre)

No. Position Player — FW Hervin Ongenda (at SC Bastia) — DF Youssouf Sabaly (at Evian)

Transfers in

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No. Position Player — DF David Luiz (from Chelsea)

Transfers out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — DF Alex (to Milan) — MF Kingsley Coman (to Juventus) — DF Antoine Conte (to Reims) — DF Christophe Jallet (to Lyon)

No. Position Player — MF Jérémy Ménez (to Milan) — FW Jean-Eudes Maurice (to Chennaiyin) — DF Clément Chantôme (to Bordeaux)

Appearances and goals

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals	Profile
First-team squad
Edinson Cavani	FW	53	31	[6]
Blaise Matuidi	MF	53	5	[7]
Javier Pastore	MF	51	6	[8]
Marco Verratti	MF	49	3	[9]
Ezequiel Lavezzi	FW	46	9	[10]
Lucas Moura	MF	46	8	[11]
David Luiz	DF	45	5	[12]
Salvatore Sirigu	GK	45	0	[13]
Marquinhos	DF	42	2	[14]
Gregory van der Wiel	DF	41	1	[15]
Maxwell	DF	40	4	[16]
Thiago Silva	DF	40	2	[17]
Thiago Motta	MF	38	0	[18]
Zlatan Ibrahimović	FW	37	30	[19]
Yohan Cabaye	MF	35	2	[20]
Adrien Rabiot	MF	32	4	[21]
Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	FW	24	3	[22]
Lucas Digne	DF	24	0	[23]
Nicolas Douchez	GK	15	0	[24]
Zoumana Camara	DF	10	1	[25]
Loaned in during the season
Serge Aurier	DF	16	1	[26]
Paris Saint-Germain Academy
Jean-Kévin Augustin	FW	1	0	[27]
Jeremi Kimmakon	MF	1	0	[28]
Presnel Kimpembe	DF	1	0	[29]
Transferred / loaned out during the season
Clément Chantôme	MF	12	1	[30]
Hervin Ongenda	FW	1	0	[31]
Own goals			4
Total goals			122

Competitions

Trophée des Champions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paris Saint-Germain (C)	38	24	11	3	83	36	+47	83	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Lyon	38	22	9	7	72	33	+39	75
3	Monaco	38	20	11	7	51	26	+25	71	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
4	Marseille	38	21	6	11	76	42	+34	69	Qualification to Europa League group stage
5	Saint-Étienne	38	19	12	7	51	30	+21	69	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]

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	24	11	3	83	36	+47	83	15	4	0	52	14	+38	9	7	3	31	22	+9

Source: LFP.fr

Results by match

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	H	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
Result	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	11	3	6	2	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Coupe de la Ligue

Coupe de France

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	PSG	AJA	APO
1	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–1	1–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13			3–2	—	3–1	1–0
3	Ajax	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5	Transfer to Europa League		0–2	1–1	—	4–0
4	APOEL	6	0	1	5	1	12	−11	1			0–4	0–1	1–1	—

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

References

External links

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Official websites

• PSG.fr – Site officiel
• Paris Saint-Germain at LFP
• Paris Saint-Germain at UEFA
• Paris Saint-Germain at FIFA