2009–10 Paris Saint-Germain FC season

Paris Saint-Germain and Valenciennes reached a final agreement which allowed Antoine Kombouaré to join as first team coach for the next three seasons with an option for a fourth.^[1] Zoumana Camara signed a new one-year contract extension until 2012.^[4] Loris Arnaud signed a new two-year contract extension until 2012.^[5] Nicolas Dehon replaced Christian Mas as goalkeeping coach.^[6] Yves Bertucci committed to Paris Saint-Germain for one year as Antoine Kombouaré's assistant coach.^[6] Guillaume Hoarau signed an extension to his current contract until 2013.^[7] Colony Capital acquired all the shares of Morgan Stanley and became 95% owners of Paris Saint-Germain.^[8] Claude Makélélé signed a new one-year contract extension until 2010.^[6] Stéphane Sessègnon signed a one-year contract until 2013.^[9] Ceará penned a new deal until 2012.^[10] Sylvain Armand signed a new deal until 2012.^[11] PSG president Sébastien Bazin announced that Robin Leproux joined the club's board of directors.^[12] Péguy Luyindula signed a new two-year contract extension until 2012.^[13] Robin Leproux replaced Sébastien Bazin and became the new president of Paris Saint-Germain.^[14] Granddi Ngoyi penned a new three-year deal until 2013.^[15] Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë announced that the Parc des Princes would be renovated to host the UEFA Euro 2016.^[16]

The club launched the Passion PSG membership, a relationship program unique in French football to strengthen the sense of community among their supporters.^[17] Younousse Sankharé signed a two-year extension until 2012.^[18] Paris Saint-Germain's eagerly-anticipated encounter with Olympique de Marseille was postponed after two club players had contracted swine flu. Ludovic Giuly and Mamadou Sakho were the first to be infected, before Jérémy Clément picked up the H1N1 virus.^[19] Robin Leproux announced his intentions of reviving the Tournoi de Paris for the 2010–11 season on the occasion of the club's 40th Anniversary.^[20] Claude Makélélé announced his retirement from professional football at the end of the season.^[21] Yann L., a Paris Saint-Germain fan injured in a fight between rival factions of hooligans from the club, was left in a life-threatening coma ahead of the league match between fierce rivals PSG and Marseille. The clashes involved hooligans from the two main stands at the Parc des Princes, the Tribune d'Auteuil and the Kop of Boulogne. Boulogne Boys member Yann L. was attacked by another PSG group, the Supras Auteuil.^[22]

OM fans had boycotted the match to protest against security measures imposed on visiting supporters. After several months of relative tranquility, Boulogne and Auteuil fans, angered by their team's poor results and a mutual opposition to the club's chief backer, Colony Capital, started fighting again at the end of last year and clashed violently at Lille in January. Robin Leproux reported the club would not make available tickets to their fans for away games until further notice.^[23] Yann L. died in the hospital after being in a coma since 28 February.^[24] The LFP announced that PSG would play their next three fixtures behind closed doors.^[25] Laurent Perpère and Francis Graille, two former presidents of Paris Saint-Germain, were handed suspended jail sentences and fines over a series of suspect transfers between 1998 and 2003. Perpère was given an 18-month suspended sentence and a 40,000-euros fine, while Graille received a one-year suspended sentence and a €20,000 fine. They set up the illegal scheme which included players, agents and Nike France. Nike France and PSG were respectively fined €120,000 and €150,000 for their part in the operation.^[26]

French Prime Minister François Fillon and Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux disbanded five PSG ultras supporters groups in light of the violence at the Parc des Princes. From the Tribune d'Auteuil, the groups Supras Auteuil 1991, Paris 1970 la Grinta and Les Authentiks were dissolved. At the other end of the pitch, the Kop of Boulogne lost Commando Loubard and Milice Paris. Once again, however, it was unclear how this would result in anything different regarding violence in the stands. Technically, the Boulogne Boys were banned in 2008, but most of their members have simply infiltrated other groups in the Kop of Boulogne.^[27] The Tournoi de Paris was officially confirmed for 2010.^[28] Tribune de Auteuil supporters called for a "peaceful march" in protest against the new anti-violence plan which was being set up by the club management.^[29] The majority shareholder of PSG and the supervisory board of the club extended the tenure of president Robin Leproux until 2013.^[30] The LFP announced the classification of training centers for the 2009–10 season. Paris Saint-Germain was ranked 11th, but at the forefront of the list regarding the selection of club-grown players.^[31]

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No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
29	CM		Abdelaziz Barrada	20	EU	Youth system	Signed Pro	Summer	2010		PSG.fr
24	LM		Tripy Makonda	19	EU	Youth system	Signed Pro	Summer	2012		PSG.fr
—	CB		Alassane També	17	EU	Youth system	Signed Pro	Summer	2012		PSG.fr
16	GK		Alphonse Areola	16	EU	Youth system	Signed Pro	Summer	2012		PSG.fr
—	FW		Jimmy Kamghain	17	EU	Youth system	Signed Pro	Summer	2012		PSG.fr
11	FW		Mevlüt Erdinç	22	EU	Sochaux	Signed	Summer	2013	€9m	PSG.fr
1	GK		Grégory Coupet	36	EU	Atlético Madrid	Signed	Summer	2011	€1m	PSG.fr
26	RB		Christophe Jallet	25	EU	Lorient	Signed	Summer	2013	€2.5m	PSG.fr
16	GK		Willy Grondin	34	EU	Valenciennes	Signed	Summer	2010	Free	PSG.fr
14	FW		Mateja Kežman	30	EU	Fenerbahçe	Signed	Summer	2011	€3.7m
12	DM		Albert Baning	24	Non-EU	Grenoble	Loan Return	Summer	2010
19	FW		Éverton Santos	22	Non-EU	Fluminense	Loan Return	Summer	2010		Foot Mercato
29	FW		Yannick Boli	21	EU	Le Havre	Loan Return	Summer	2010
17	DM		Granddi Ngoyi	21	EU	Clermont	Loan Return	Summer	2013
27	LM		Younousse Sankharé	19	EU	Reims	Loan Return	Summer	2012
19	FW		Éverton Santos	23	Non-EU	Albirex Niigata	Loan Return	Winter	2012		Foot Mercato
14	FW		Mateja Kežman	30	EU	Zenit St. Petersburg	Loan Return	Winter	2011		PSG.fr

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Total spending: €16.2 million

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No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
25	LM		Jérôme Rothen	31	EU	Rangers	Loaned	Summer		PSG.fr
19	FW		Éverton Santos	22	Non-EU	Albirex Niigata	Loaned	Summer		PSG.fr
14	FW		Mateja Kežman	30	EU	Zenit St. Petersburg	Loaned	Summer		PSG.fr
17	CB		Larrys Mabiala	21	EU	Nice	Contract Ended	Summer	Free	PSG.fr
10	AM		Souza	30	Non-EU	Grêmio	Transferred	Summer	€2m	PSG.fr
1	GK		Mickaël Landreau	30	EU	Lille	Transferred	Summer	€1.6m	Mercafutbol
29	DM		Youssuf Mulumbu	22	EU	West Bromwich Albion	Transferred	Summer	€0.2m	Mirror Football
16	GK		Stéphane Véron	23	EU	Belfort	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
12	FW		Fabrice Pancrate	29	EU	Newcastle United	Contract Ended	Summer	Free
19	FW		Gaëtan Charbonnier	20	EU	Angers	Contract Ended	Summer	Free	PSG MAG
29	FW		Yannick Boli	22	EU	Nîmes	Transferred	Winter	undisclosed	PSG.fr
18	FW		Loris Arnaud	22	EU	Clermont	Loaned	Winter		PSG.fr
12	DM		Albert Baning	24	Non-EU	Strasbourg	Loaned	Winter		PSG.fr
25	LM		Jérôme Rothen	31	EU	MKE Ankaragücü	Loaned	Winter		Total Football Forums
6	CB		Grégory Bourillon	25	EU	Lorient	Transferred	Winter	€1.7m	PSG.fr
19	FW		Éverton Santos	23	Non-EU	Goiás	Loaned	Winter		Foot Mercato

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Total income: €5.48 million

Nike manufactured the kits for Paris Saint-Germain and the airline Emirates continued to be the club's main sponsor. Nike have been PSG's official kit provider since 1989. Emirates have been the club's partner since 2005 and the major shirt sponsor since January 2006. PSG were handed brand new home and away kits. The home shirt was mainly PSG's traditional home colours of Navy Blue. Red pinstripes ran down the shirt and sleeves. The collar and ends of the sleeves were red, dropping the club's 'historical' shirt and causing some controversy amongst the fans, as it strayed away from the more traditional blue shirt with a central red vertical stripe trimmed with white.^[32] The away shirt was mostly white. The shirt featured a blue and red polkadot pattern around the whole shirt. There was a red piping around the ends of the sleeves and collars. The shirts had the club badge on the top-left, the Nike logo on the top-right and the club sponsor Fly Emirates written across the middle.^[33]

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Source: PSG.fr

Source: Ligue 1

Just like last season, Paris Saint-Germain opened their pre-season campaign with a victory over Pontivy. Christophe Jallet and Grégory Coupet both made their debuts in the famous red and blue colours.^[34] PSG encountered few problems against Nantes, relegated from the French top-flight last season, with defender Sammy Traoré nodding "Les Parisiens" in front from a Clément Chantôme free-kick before Serbian striker Mateja Kežman made sure of victory shortly before half-time.^[35] Just two weeks before the start of the Ligue 1 season, PSG continued their pre-season preparation with a draw against a physical Greek side from Panthrakikos.^[36] Invited by Italian outfit Fiorentina, PSG attended the Memorial Artemio Franchi and stole the show scoring three unanswered goals, including Mevlüt Erdinç's first goal for new club Paris Saint-Germain, confirming that Antoine Kombouaré's squad was in tip top form just ten days from the start of the campaign.^[37][38] Paris attended Arsenal's Emirates Cup for the second time and suffered their first of the pre-season at the hands of Rangers in their opening match. New striker Mevlüt Erdinç, a €10 million signing from Sochaux, spurned a host of first-half chances for "Les Parisiens", who found themselves on the back foot for much of the first period.^[39] Paris Saint-Germain showed great character in coming back to equalize while playing a man down against Atlético Madrid in the second day of the tournament. The pre-season lived up to all its promise and was certainly a positive outing for Antoine Kombouaré's side.^[40]

Paris Saint-Germain prepared for the trip to Marseille in style with a win over Portuguese leaders Sporting Braga. The match was notable for Zoumana Camara gracing the Parc des Princes for the first time in the season after recovering from phlebitis. Clément Chantôme scored the opening two PSG goals and laid on an assist for Yannick Boli to add a late third.^[41] PSG was involved in a friendly match ahead of French Cup action, the men from the capital doing their coach proud with four unanswered goals against Ligue 2 side Vannes. Ludovic Giuly broke the deadlock and Vannes's Patrick Leugueun scored an own goal before Jean-Eudes Maurice added a third. Mevlüt Erdinç rounded out the scoring.^[42] Paris Saint-Germain announced their participation in the Chicago Sister Cities International Cup. After a season in which they disappointed in Ligue 1 but won the French Cup for the eighth time, Antoine Kombouaré's side flew to New York City for a short visit before heading to Chicago for the tournament against Legia Warsaw, Red Star Belgrade and hosts Chicago Fire.^[43] A narrow win against Chicago Fire took them through to a final meeting with Serbian league runners-up Red Star Belgrade. Paris Saint-Germain brought the curtain down on their end-of-season US tour with a defeat on penalties against Red Star Belgrade in the final of the Sister Cities Cup.^[44]

Matches

Pontivy v Paris Saint-Germain

11 July 2009 Friendly	Pontivy	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Sarzeau
19:00			Giuly 21' Boli 49'	Stadium: Stade de Sarzeau Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Stéphane Bré

Nantes v Paris Saint-Germain

14 July 2009 Friendly	Nantes	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain	Saint-Dolay
19:00			Traoré 20' Kežman 38'	Stadium: Stade de la Longe Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Sébastien Denis

Paris Saint-Germain v Panthrakikos

23 July 2009 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Panthrakikos	Évry-Bondoufle
20:00	Ngoyi 12'		Arsenijević 28'	Stadium: Stade Robert-Bobin Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Fiorentina v Paris Saint-Germain

29 July 2009 Memorial Artemio Franchi	Fiorentina	0–3	Paris Saint-Germain	Florence, Italy
20:30			Erding 24' Giuly 33' Luyindula 50'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 8,765 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Rangers v Paris Saint-Germain

1 August 2009 Emirates Cup	Rangers	1–0	Paris Saint-Germain	London, England
15:00	Bougherra 77'			Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

Atlético Madrid v Paris Saint-Germain

2 August 2009 Emirates Cup	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	London, England
15:00	Agüero 40'		Giuly 71' Baning  81'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alan Wiley (England)

Paris Saint-Germain v Braga

14 November 2009 Friendly	Paris Saint-Germain	3–1	Braga	Paris
14:30	Chantôme 25', 88' Boli 90'		Rodríguez 28'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 4,000

Vannes v Paris Saint-Germain

5 January 2010 Friendly	Vannes	0–4	Paris Saint-Germain	La Baule-Escoublac
18:30			Giuly 2' Leugueun 29' (o.g.) Maurice 38' Erdinç 41'	Stadium: Stade Moreau Desfarges Attendance: 830 Referee: Jérémie Bernard

Chicago Fire v Paris Saint-Germain

19 May 2010 CSCIC	Chicago Fire	0–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Bridgeview, United States
19:00			Chantome 14'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 9,254 Referee: Chris Penzo (United States)

Red Star Belgrade v Paris Saint-Germain

22 May 2010 CSCIC	Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (7–6 p)	Paris Saint-Germain	Bridgeview, United States
21:00	Cadú 73'		Ceará 90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 12,354 Referee: Landis Wiley (United States)

Starting XI

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No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 30 GK Apoula Edel 29 26 RB Christophe Jallet 31 15 CB Zoumana Camara 29 3 CB Mamadou Sakho 39 22 LB Sylvain Armand 38 7 RW Ludovic Giuly 31 4 DM Claude Makélélé 36 23 DM Jérémy Clément 40 10 AM Stéphane Sessègnon 31 8 FW Péguy Luyindula 25 11 FW Mevlüt Erdinç 36 Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Edel Jallet Sakho Camara Armand Makélélé (C) Clément Sessègnon Giuly Erdinç Luyindula

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No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Assists	Minutes Played
1	GK		Grégory Coupet	0	1523	0	0
16	GK		Willy Grondin	0	29	0	0
30	GK		Apoula Edel	0	2588	1	0
2	DF		Ceará	2	2760	1	0
3	DF		Mamadou Sakho	1	3456	7	1
6	DF		Grégory Bourillon	0	328	1	0
13	DF		Sammy Traoré	0	2072	4	0
15	DF		Zoumana Camara	0	2617	5	0
22	DF		Sylvain Armand	1	3416	4	0
26	DF		Christophe Jallet	8	3014	2	0
4	MF		Claude Makélélé	2	3136	9	0
10	MF		Stéphane Sessègnon	5	2692	4	2
12	MF		Albert Baning	0	10	0	0
17	MF		Granddi Ngoyi	0	1070	4	0
20	MF		Clément Chantôme	1	1310	4	0
23	MF		Jérémy Clément	1	3491	8	0
24	MF		Tripy Makonda	0	180	0	0
25	MF		Jérôme Rothen	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Younousse Sankharé	3	971	4	0
7	FW		Ludovic Giuly	3	2474	1	0
8	FW		Péguy Luyindula	2	2287	1	0
9	FW		Guillaume Hoarau	2	2067	5	0
11	FW		Mevlüt Erdinç	2	2834	4	0
14	FW		Mateja Kežman	1	420	4	0
18	FW		Loris Arnaud	0	8	0	0
21	FW		Jean-Eudes Maurice	3	736	0	0

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.