Competitive debuts for six summer signings
Paris Saint-Germain's Lucas Hernandez, Milan Skriniar, Manuel Ugarte, Marco Asensio, Lee Kang-In and Gonçalo Ramos picked up their first appearances in a competitive match for the club from the capital on Matchday 1 of Ligue 1 and the 0-0 draw with FC Lorient, on Saturday 12 August at the Parc des Princes.
Six recruits for the first match of Paris Saint-Germain's season in the top flight equals a club record, after 1985-1986 (Bats, Bibard, Lowitz, Poullain, Sène, Da Fonseca), 1991-1992 (Fournier, Colleter, Geraldão, Ricardo, Germain, Le Guen) and 1998-1999 (Casagrande, Wörns, Goma, Carotti, Lachuer, Ouédec). The new Parisians become the 493rd, 494th, 495th, 496th, 497th and 498th players to play for Paris Saint-Germain.