2014–15 Paris Saint-Germain FC Season
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The 2014–15 season was
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's 45th in existence and their 42nd in the top-flight of
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. The team competed in
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, the
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, the
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, the
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and the
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.


Summary

Just weeks after winning a first trophy of the season in
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, with the
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and the 2–0 win over
Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...
, PSG were struggling to impose themselves on
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. With three wins and five draws, the club was sitting five points adrift of
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after eight matches (19 points for Marseille and 14 for PSG). 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.
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(1-3),
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(3–0),
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(1–2), Marseille (2–0),
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(2–3) and
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's men. PSG moved second on the ladder, just one point behind Marseille and six ahead of
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. PSG 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. The start of January saw PSG make a successful start to the
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, eliminating
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3–0. After a surprise 4–2 loss to
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in the league, PSG recorded a series of positive results which saw them fighting on all four fronts. In the
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,
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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 round of 16, ''Les Parisiens'' produced an heroic qualification at
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, 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 PSG were eliminated from the Champions League by future finalists
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. PSG bounced back by booking their place in the final of the Coupe de France with a resounding semi-final win against
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(4–0) and kept hopes alive of an unprecedented quadruple. Fighting tooth and nail with Lyon in the championship, PSG set a cracking pace with a series of big wins (6–1 against
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, 3–1 against Metz, 2–0 against
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and 6–0 against Guingamp). PSG were in unstoppable form and the pressure told as Lyon cracked against
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, going down 3–0 in matchweek 36. In the end, it was at the
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that PSG 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
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1–0 with a goal from Edinson Cavani in the 2015 Coupe de France Final at the
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to claim an unprecedented domestic quadruple.


Players

:''Players, transfers, appearances and goals - 2014/2015 season.''


First-team squad


In on loan


Out on loan


Transfers in

(£50 million)


Transfers out


Statistics


Appearances and goals

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Competitions


Trophée des Champions


Ligue 1


League table


Results summary


Results by round


Matches


Coupe de France


Coupe de la Ligue


UEFA Champions League


Group stage


Knockout phase


=Round of 16

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=Quarter-finals

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References


External links

;Official websites
PSG.fr – Site officielParis Saint-Germain
at LFP
Paris Saint-Germain
at
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Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...
Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...
French football championship–winning seasons