416 Arrested In Paris After PSG Champions League Win Sparks Riots

7 Officers injured, metro lines shut 

PSG’s UCL victory led to violent clashes in Paris. Police seized 100+ fireworks, closed metro stations, and fired tear gas as fans stormed the peripherique.

Hundreds arrested in Paris chaos after PSG win Champions League...

More than 280 people were arrested in Paris on Saturday as celebrations for Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League final win turned violent. Thousands flooded the streets, sparking clashes with police.

Authorities deployed 22,000 officers across France for the match, including 8,000 in Paris, after last year’s final also ended in unrest. To keep things under control, several tram lines were stopped, metro stations closed, and bus services suspended in parts of the city.

France’s interior ministry said 416 people were detained across the country, with 283 of those arrests made in Paris. It’s still unclear how many remain in custody for further questioning.

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez reported that seven officers were injured and called the violence “absolutely unacceptable.”

Six vehicles and two businesses were damaged during the clashes.

Reports say a group of fans also blocked Paris’ ring road, the périphérique, stopping traffic and setting off flares.

While fans celebrated PSG’s dramatic penalty shootout win in Budapest, around 20,000 people gathered on Paris’s famous Champs-Élysées, according to police.

Shops along the Champs-Elysees boarded up their windows before kickoff to prevent a repeat of last year’s riots, when groups of youths looted stores there and on nearby streets. Hundreds were arrested in that earlier unrest.

Police seized 24 flares and roughly 100 fireworks on Saturday, and a bus shelter near the Champs-Elysees was destroyed.

The Champions League final night was busy across Paris, with Aya Nakamura performing at Stade de France, rapper Damso at La Defense Arena, and the French Open still underway.

Near PSG’s Parc des Princes, police said a bakery and restaurant were damaged. Tens of thousands watched the game inside the stadium, but 4,000 to 5,000 people stayed outside throwing objects at officers.

A police spokesperson said about 150 people “attempted to enter through one of the gates” at the stadium, but officers forced them back.

Others tried to build a barricade using rental bikes, which police quickly cleared.

According to reporters on the ground said clashes erupted near the stadium between police and supporters, and officers fired tear gas after fireworks were thrown at them.

Far Right Condemns Paris UCL Riots  

The violence drew criticism from France’s far right, with three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen posting on X that “only in France does a football club’s victory spark riots.”

She added, “Only in France does everyone feel compelled to lock themselves in their homes on the evening of a victory to avoid being confronted with violence.”

❗️🇫🇷 #Paris has turned into a warzone.

Thousands of #PSG fans are currently ravaging through the city - bizarrely, this is them celebrating because their team won. Smoke grenades, flares, & all out chaos in the city of love. pic.twitter.com/LUeoOm1Yxd

— World Wide Leak (@leaklive1) May 30, 2026

Interior Minister Nunez pushed back, saying there was a “very robust, very solid system in place” to curb violence.

A police spokesperson said, “Our responsibility is to guarantee everyone a festive celebration that is calm and fully secure.”

On Sunday afternoon the PSG squad will take part in a parade at Champs-de-Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower, with around 100,000 people expected. After that they’ll be received by President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace.