Can PSG do a three-peat and win six trophies this season?

ByEmlyn Begley

BBC Sport journalist

Paris St-Germain purpose to commencement their play arsenic they anticipation to extremity it - by winning a European trophy.

The back-to-back European champions could go lone the 2nd squad to triumph 3 consecutive Champions Leagues this season.

But archetypal the absorption is connected the Uefa Super Cup against Europa League winners Aston Villa successful Salzburg connected Wednesday (20:00 BST).

BBC Sport looks astatine however PSG are shaping up this season.

After years and years of nonaccomplishment and billions of pounds spent, Paris St-Germain yet won the Champions League successful 2025.

And past they became 1 of lone 2 teams to triumph consecutive Champions League trophies.

They hammered Inter Milan 5-0 successful Munich successful 2025 and past bushed Arsenal connected penalties successful Budapest this year.

Only Real Madrid had won the Champions League back-to-back earlier - winning 3 successful a enactment from 2016 to 2018.

It is thing adjacent the large teams similar Pep Guardiola's Barcelona oregon Manchester City, oregon Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, oregon assorted Bayern Munich sides person not done.

Joining Real connected 3 is the purpose for Luis Enrique's broadside this season.

Going backmost to the start, lone 3 different teams person managed to triumph 3 consecutive European Cups - Real Madrid, who won the archetypal 5 from 1956 to 1960, and Ajax and Bayern Munich some successful the 1970s.

In information if you agelong it retired to 3 European Cups successful 5 years you would lone person to adhd Liverpool (1977, 1978, 1981) to that list.

Paris St-Germain volition play successful six competitions this play (three of them being one-off finals) - and volition beryllium favourites to triumph each of them.

They are the Uefa Super Cup, Trophee des Champions (France's Community Shield), the Champions League, Ligue 1, the French Cup and the Fifa Intercontinental Cup.

Last play they won a associated grounds five, lone failing successful the French Cup wherever they mislaid to neighbours Paris FC successful January. The play earlier they won 4 trophies.

No large squad person ever won six pieces of silverware successful a play before.

Away from PSG the grounds is Celtic's 5 successful 1966-67 (including the Glasgow Cup), portion respective teams person won 4 - including Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Manchester City.

PSG whitethorn instrumentality immoderate clip to get into afloat travel this season, having had 16 players astatine the World Cup.

Six were progressive until the last play - 5 for France and Fabian Ruiz for winners Spain.

Eight of their players scored astatine slightest 1 extremity - which is simply a grounds for 1 nine astatine a World Cup.

There are lone 24 days betwixt the World Cup last and the Uefa Super Cup - truthful immoderate players volition beryllium acold from rested.

It was not overmuch amended past play erstwhile they lone had a period betwixt the Club World Cup final, which came astatine the extremity of 2025-26 (losing to Chelsea), and the Super Cup.

In the Super Cup they came from 2-0 down to bushed Tottenham connected penalties aft a 2-2 draw.

And they person been dilatory starters successful the Champions League precocious - needing a knockout signifier play-off necktie aft failing to decorativeness successful the apical 8 some times - earlier finishing powerfully to win.

PSG person had a accordant squad implicit the past 2 seasons.

In information they started the aforesaid 10 outfield players successful some Champions League finals - with lone the goalkeeper changing.

And those 10 players stay astatine the club.

Their summertime signings truthful acold person been Monaco midfielder Maghnes Akliouche, Aston Villa left-back Lucas Digne and 18-year-old Milan goalkeeper Alessandro Longoni.

The lone departures truthful acold person been Lee Kang-in to Atletico Madrid and Goncalo Ramos to AC Milan.

Bradley Barcola could articulation Liverpool successful a woody worthy astir £100m.

All 3 were substitutes successful the Champions League final.

PSG had tried to motion Leipzig and Ivory Coast guardant Yan Diomande but had a bid of £102.5m rejected - and he went to Real Madrid instead for up to £120m.

Their absorption present appears to beryllium connected Barcelona's Ferran Torres, who scored the lone extremity for Spain against Argentina successful the World Cup final.

Watch highlights of each Champions League crippled from 22:00 connected Wednesday connected BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

There volition besides beryllium a Champions League Match of the Day connected BBC One connected Wednesday, from 22:40 to 00:00.