PSG Eyeing Champions League Treble After Back-to-Back Titles Under Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique’s PSG go for Champions League treble

Paris Saint-Germain have won the last two Champions Leagues and are targeting a treble. Luis Enrique’s side open vs Slovan Bratislava before facing Man City and Barcelona.

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Luis Enrique’s Paris Saint-Germain are already in the conversation as one of the Champions League’s greatest sides after winning it in back-to-back seasons. Now they’re targeting something even rarer a treble. 

“Doing the treble is the objective, but we know it's going to be very difficult and that there will be obstacles in our way,” said PSG captain Marquinhos on the eve of the campaign.

After years of European frustration for the Qatar-owned club, PSG turned a corner when former Barcelona and Spain boss Luis Enrique took charge in 2023.

They made the semi-finals in his debut season, before really taking off after Kylian Mbappe left in 2024.

Freed from reliance on one or two superstars, PSG ran through Europe to claim a first Champions League crown in 2025, hammering Inter Milan 5-0 in the final.

They then beat Premier League champions Arsenal on penalties in last season’s final in Budapest, becoming only the second team to win back-to-back Champions League titles since the competition was rebranded in 1992. 

But winning it three times in a row would take them to a different level entirely.

Real Madrid achieved it under Zinedine Zidane, dominating Europe between 2016 and 2018.

Johan Cruyff’s Ajax and Franz Beckenbauer’s Bayern Munich both won three European Cups in a row in the 1970s. Alfredo Di Stefano’s Real Madrid went even further, winning five straight at the start of the competition from 1956 to 1960.

That is the level PSG are aiming for. But the challenge in today’s Champions League is tougher than ever the new format meant PSG had to play 17 games to lift the trophy in each of the last two seasons.

At their best, PSG are breathtaking. With Ousmane Dembele and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia leading the attack, their speed is frightening, and it’s backed up by marauding full-backs Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes.

Their midfield, built around small but influential Portuguese playmaker Vitinha, can control games even against bigger, more physical sides.

That’s why PSG have added two Champions League titles and two UEFA Super Cups to their cabinet even after facing Premier League opposition 18 times across the last two seasons.

Luis Enrique 'more motivated' than ever

The packed schedule could be PSG’s biggest obstacle. They played 121 competitive games across the last two seasons, with only a three-week break between them because of the Club World Cup.

On top of that, most of their squad featured in major tournaments in 2024, and they’ve had another shortened summer this year due to the World Cup.

That might be why they’ve looked off the pace early this season. Still, their lead over the rest of Ligue 1 is so big that they remain favourites to win it again, even if they rotate heavily to keep key players fresh for Europe.

PSG could not have asked for an easier Champions League opener, with Slovan Bratislava first up. The level jumps quickly, however, with trips to Manchester City and a home game against Barcelona on the schedule for October.

PSG rarely offload one of their key attackers, but that’s exactly what they’ve done with Bradley Barcola, who moved to Liverpool for a big fee. Goncalo Ramos, Lee Kang-in and Ibrahim Mbaye all handy squad players last term have also been sold.

Coming in, Maghnes Akliouche, who featured for France at the World Cup, and Ferran Torres, Spain’s match-winner in North America, are the big-name additions. Torres previously worked with Luis Enrique with the national team.

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“He was like a footballing father for me when I played for him in the national team,” Torres said on arriving from Barcelona.

The face of PSG is Luis Enrique now, not any one player. And he’s staying, new contract, locked in until 2030.

“It is the first time I have stayed four years at the same club, and I am more motivated than I was in my first year,” he said, insisting that he has lost none of his hunger. That is ominous for PSG's rivals.