Free Paris Saint-Germain trivia questions with explained answers.
Paris Saint-Germain are football's great modern superpower — a club founded only in 1970 that now sits at the very top of the European game. This free PSG quiz covers the whole journey: the merger that created the club, the cup-fighting decades at the Parc des Princes, the Qatari takeover of 2011 that changed everything, and the Luis Enrique side that won back-to-back Champions Leagues in 2025 and 2026. Few clubs have packed so much drama into so little history — world-record transfers, a galáctico front three, painful European collapses and, finally, total triumph. If you can tell your Raí from your Rothen, this is your quiz.
The defining nights are all here. George Weah top-scoring in the 1994-95 Champions League, then Bruno N'Gotty's free-kick against Rapid Vienna to win the 1996 Cup Winners' Cup — the club's first major European trophy. Ronaldinho lighting up the Parc des Princes in the early 2000s, Zlatan Ibrahimović dragging PSG into its new age after 2011, and Neymar arriving from Barcelona in 2017 for a world-record €222 million. And then the summit at last: Luis Enrique's treble winners demolishing Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich in May 2025 — the biggest winning margin in a European Cup final — Ousmane Dembélé lifting the Ballon d'Or that September, and the trophy retained against Arsenal on penalties in Budapest a year later.
Expect questions on transfers (which club did PSG sign Kylian Mbappé from?), records (how many of their record fourteen Ligue 1 titles came in a row?), managers (from Artur Jorge and Luis Fernandez through Ancelotti, Emery and Tuchel to Luis Enrique) and the cult heroes — Pauleta's goals, Jay-Jay Okocha's stepovers, Safet Sušić's passes. You'll be asked how Mbappé became the club's record scorer before leaving for Real Madrid in 2024, and which goalkeeper joined alongside Lionel Messi on the 2021 arrivals list. The painful nights are in there too: the 6-1 Remontada collapse at Camp Nou in 2017 remains one of football's great quiz subjects. Questions are graded easy to hard, so you can warm up on Messi and Mbappé before the deep cuts about 1990s European semi-finals and 1980s cup runs.
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PSG finally won their first-ever Champions League in 2025 with a record-breaking final scoreline. How did the final end?
Answer: PSG 5-0 Inter Milan
It was the biggest winning margin in any major European men's club final — Inter never recovered after Hakimi's early opener in Munich.
Which Swedish striker arrived at PSG in 2012, declared 'I came like a king, left like a legend,' and rewrote the club's scoring record?
Answer: Zlatan Ibrahimović
He scored 156 goals in four seasons, breaking Pauleta's record, and his swaggering quotes became part of PSG folklore.
Kylian Mbappé left PSG in 2024 as the club's all-time top scorer. Which club did he join, and on what terms?
Answer: Real Madrid on a free transfer
After refusing to extend, Mbappé departed as a free agent in summer 2024 — leaving with 256 goals, a PSG record that still stands.
Who became the most expensive player in the world when PSG signed him in 2017 for €222 million?
Answer: Neymar
The Brazilian's release-clause buyout from Barcelona nearly doubled the previous world record and remains the most expensive transfer in football history.
In one of football's most infamous collapses, PSG won a 2017 Champions League last-16 first leg 4-0, then lost the return how?
Answer: 6-1 to Barcelona
'La Remontada' — Barcelona scored three times in the final seven minutes at Camp Nou to win 6-1 and go through 6-5 on aggregate, the first-ever overturning of a four-goal first-leg deficit.
PSG were founded in 1970 from the merger of Paris FC and which other club?
Answer: Stade Saint-Germain
The 'Saint-Germain' half of the name comes from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the suburb west of Paris where Stade Saint-Germain were based.
Edinson Cavani moved to PSG in 2013 from which Italian club, where he'd been known as 'El Matador'?
Answer: Napoli
PSG paid a then-French-record fee (~€64m) to prise the Uruguayan from Napoli; he'd go on to become their all-time top scorer before Mbappé passed him.
Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho began his European career at PSG. Which club did he leave them for in 2003, where he became a global icon?
Answer: Barcelona
PSG never quite tamed his off-pitch lifestyle; Barcelona did, and he won the Ballon d'Or there in 2005 — a transfer Parisians long regretted.
Which manager led PSG to their historic first Champions League in 2025 — and a second the year after?
Answer: Luis Enrique
The Spaniard, who'd masterminded Barcelona's 6-1 Remontada against PSG in 2017, completed his redemption arc by winning back-to-back Champions Leagues in Paris.
How many Ligue 1 titles did Kylian Mbappé win during his seven seasons at PSG (2017–2024)?
Answer: Six
Mbappé won six of seven possible league titles — the only one that escaped was 2020-21, when Lille pipped PSG to the crown.
Just weeks after their 2025 Champions League triumph, PSG lost a major final 3-0. Which trophy slipped away?
Answer: Club World Cup
Chelsea stunned them 3-0 in the New Jersey final of the expanded 2025 Club World Cup — a result that included a touchline flare-up involving Luis Enrique.
Nigerian playmaker Jay-Jay Okocha became a Parc des Princes cult hero in the late '90s. Which club did PSG sign him from?
Answer: Fenerbahçe
PSG paid a then-record fee to bring the dribbling magician from Turkey in 1998; he later became a legend at Bolton, where the chant 'so good they named him twice' was born.
Who scored the goal that won PSG the 1996 Cup Winners' Cup final against Rapid Vienna?
Answer: Bruno Ngotty
Defender Ngotty's first-half strike settled the Brussels final 1-0 — PSG's lone major European trophy until 2025.
Which fashion designer became PSG club president in the 1970s and is credited with creating their iconic kit design?
Answer: Daniel Hechter
Hechter designed the central red stripe flanked by white on a blue base — the 'Hechter' shirt template that defines PSG's look to this day.
A 19-year-old ran riot in the 2025 Champions League final, scoring twice and assisting once. Who was this breakout star?
Answer: Désiré Doué
Doué became the youngest player ever to score twice in a Champions League final — and was named the competition's Young Player of the Season.
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