Luis Enrique's side will be aiming to win their fifth title on Sunday, with the UEFA Super Cup final against Tottenham and the Intercontinental Cup final still to be played in 2025.
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Only three matches separate Paris Saint-Germain from writing what could be the most extraordinary chapter in modern football history not just in terms of dominance or flair, but in sheer silverware.
The French champions are on the verge of achieving something no team has ever done before: winning seven major trophies in a single calendar year. Should they succeed, PSG would elevate themselves beyond even the most iconic sides of past generations and into a new stratosphere of greatness.
Their next hurdle comes this Sunday, when they face Chelsea in the FIFA Club World Cup final. Victory in that match would secure their fifth title of the year following triumphs in the French Super Cup, Ligue 1, Coupe de France, and the UEFA Champions League and leave only two more trophies standing between them and the unprecedented seven-title mark. Those final two would be the UEFA Super Cup, where they’ll meet Tottenham Hotspur at the beginning of the 2025/26 season, and the Intercontinental Cup, a revamped competition now functioning as the spiritual successor to the old Club World Cup format.
The scale of the achievement cannot be overstated. The current benchmark is held by Pep Guardiola’s iconic Barcelona side of 2009, a team often cited as the best club team of all time. Over a seven-month span, Barça swept every competition they entered: La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and the Club World Cup the latter clinched with a dramatic extra-time win over Estudiantes in Abu Dhabi. Their "sextuple" became a symbol of footballing perfection.
Now, PSG has the rare chance to go one better.
Under Luis Enrique, the team has evolved into a ruthlessly efficient winning machine. Despite parting ways with stars like Lionel Messi and Neymar in recent years, and restructuring the squad around new pillars such as Kylian Mbappé, Vitinha, Warren Zaïre-Emery, and Manuel Ugarte, the club has finally found the balance and mentality it long lacked. Luis Enrique, ironically the same man who once succeeded Guardiola at Barcelona, has emphasized unity, tactical discipline, and a relentless hunger to win every title available.
The journey began back on January 5th, when PSG edged Monaco 1-0 in the French Super Cup final in Doha a modest start, but one that set the tone. As the months rolled on, the team’s dominance grew. They wrapped up Ligue 1 with several games to spare, asserted their superiority in domestic cup competitions, and capped their spring with a historic Champions League victory, defeating Manchester City in a hard-fought final that earned them their long-awaited first European crown.
The upcoming Club World Cup final represents not just a trophy, but a doorway to immortality. Chelsea, with their own recent European pedigree, will be a tough opponent but PSG enter the match in peak form and full of belief. Win there, and the countdown truly begins.
In August, PSG would face Tottenham in the UEFA Super Cup a match that pits the Champions League winner against the Europa League victor. Then comes the final obstacle: the Intercontinental Cup, a competition reintroduced in 2024 to crown the true global champion. It pits the best of Europe against the best of the Americas in this case, potentially facing a South American giant like River Plate or Boca Juniors, or even a rematch with Real Madrid depending on the competition structure.
What makes this quest so captivating is the rare combination of talent, timing, and mentality within the Parisian squad. In the past, PSG had often been seen as underachievers on the European stage, boasting stars but lacking cohesion. This season, however, has flipped the script. They have not only won but won convincingly and in doing so, silenced critics who long doubted their ability to match their ambition with substance.
Should PSG achieve the "septuple", they would not only surpass Barcelona’s sextuple but also set a bar that could remain untouched for decades. It would be a moment of vindication for a club that has invested heavily in its dream of global supremacy and often fallen just short until now.
More than a collection of trophies, it would represent the completion of a journey from hopeful challengers to the definitive best in the world.
