Paris Saint Germain vs Inter

Paris SG became winners of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in their history in what was their 168th game in the competition (inc. European Cup), the most any side has played before winning the competition for the first time.

Internazionale have now lost four of their last five European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals, only Juventus (7), Benfica (5) and Bayern Munich (5) have finished runners up on more occasions than Inter (4).

In winning the UEFA Champions League, Paris SG became the ninth different European side to win the treble (top-flight title and major domestic cup also), becoming the first French side to do so.

This is the first ever competitive meeting between Inter and Paris SG. It’s also the second European Cup/UEFA Champions League final between an Italian and a French side, after Marseille beat Milan 1-0 in 1993 – the only time a French side has ever won the trophy. That final was also held in Munich.

This is Inter’s seventh appearance in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League final, winning the trophy three times (1964, 1965 and 2010). They did lose their last final match, going down 1-0 against Manchester City in 2023.

This is Paris SG’s second ever appearance in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League final, losing 1-0 against Bayern Munich in 2019-20 previously. They remain the last French side to win a major European trophy – the 1995-96 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.

French clubs have only won two of their 15 major European finals: one out of seven in European Cup/UEFA Champions League, one out of three in UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and none in five attempts in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.

This will be the fifth European Cup/UEFA Champions League final to be held in Munich. The victors in each of the previous four were winning the trophy for the very first time, a run Paris SG will seek to continue (Nottingham Forest in 1979, Marseille in 1993, Borussia Dortmund in 1997, Chelsea in 2012).