PSG's 2025-26 season review 🏆 | OneFootball

After this Champions League final, the 2025–26 season has officially come to an end for Paris Saint-Germain. Time to take stock.

The big talking points of the season ⚠️

For the past few seasons, it’s been hard to find anything negative to say about this PSG side.

The rash incidents and dressing-room issues are gone.

The main issues to deal with are now more on PSG’s bench. With all the injuries suffered throughout the year, wouldn’t this be the right time to try and bring in a few players?

The review in France 📝

During a very hard-fought season with RC Lens, Paris Saint-Germain still managed to retain its title.

Throughout the season, Paris dropped a few precious points, notably against OL (April 19, 2-1), Lorient with two draws, as well as Monaco (March 6, 3-1) and Rennes (February 13, 3-1).

Overall, PSG were consistent, with a few missteps, especially in the Coupe de France.

Les Rouge et Bleu were stunned by Paris FC last January in the round of 32. So no domestic double, but they still have the Ligue 1 title in hand.

The review in Europe ⭐️

Where to begin? After a legendary season with a historic sextuple, PSG were eager to keep the party going.

Overall, the Parisians showed a certain level of seriousness during the league phase.

Atalanta, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen... 9/9. The slip-ups against Bayern Munich, Newcastle, Athletic Club and Sporting proved costly.

Even so, the Parisians climbed to 11th place with 14 points. That meant a mandatory trip through the round of 32.

Monaco, Liverpool, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Arsenal... They had to beat all of them to triumph. And they did!

After a long final against the Gunners, the Parisians won on penalties. An even more legendary back-to-back!

They delivered 🤩

There were plenty of positives for Paris. Starting with Vitinha. What more can be said about his season? The lungs of PSG, the midfielder very clearly justified his third-place finish in the 2025 Ballon d'Or.

Warren Zaïre-Emery found a second wind. After a dip in form, the midfielder took advantage of Fabian Ruiz’s long absence to show he was still very much there. The young academy product won back the Parc’s favor.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia produced an XXL season. The Georgian scored 18 goals in all competitions and delivered 10 key passes. A real attacking weapon for PSG who did not disappoint.

They raised questions 🤔

Bradley Barcola, a hugely talented player, is still struggling to be clinical in front of goal. The 2026 Champions League final is proof of that. The forward has everything needed to become an excellent player; now he just needs to confirm it. Explosive, agile and blessed with a fine left foot, the former Lyon man has a lion inside him waiting to wake up. The Parc is just waiting to roar for his goals.

Signed this summer, Lucas Chevalier did not deliver the expected results. Tasked with replacing Gianluigi Donnarumma, the goalkeeper was overwhelmed. It was ultimately Matvei Safonov who took over. His last match with PSG dates back to January 23.

The same goes for PSG’s other signing: Illia Zabarnyi. The Ukrainian was often not quite up to the mark in his starts. His qualities are promising, but his performances are not yet fully convincing. Will next season be the right one?

Summer 2026 ☀️

For now, it is hard to imagine what kind of summer the Parisians are going to have. The World Cup could be decisive for many of the players involved.

We can already imagine that a few names will leave. Bradley Barcola keeps coming up in the debate. The same goes for Marquinhos: after winning everything, will he continue the Parisian adventure?

On the arrivals side, Luis Enrique spoke after the Champions League final: "We don’t need many players because it is very hard to integrate into PSG. [...] We will need new players to have other options, but we already have a very good squad. We’re going to take it piano piano."

Paris Saint-Germain may once again stay fairly quiet in this transfer window. Perhaps there will be a little more movement than in the summer of 2025.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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