The key numbers: Salzburg v. Paris
Check out the key numbers ahead of the game between FC Salzburg and Paris Saint-Germain, which kicks off at 21:00 CET tonight (Matchday 6 of the league phase of the 2024–2025 UEFA Champions League) at Stadion Salzburg.
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Only one player has plied his trade for both teams: Antoine Bernède, who came through Paris’s academy and made three appearances for the capital club’s first team in the 2018–2019 season before playing for Salzburg from 2019 to 2023. Joane Gadou, however, never made a competitive senior appearance for Paris Saint-Germain.
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Paris won the 1995–1996 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup by beating another Austrian side – namely Rapid Vienna – 1-0 in the final in Brussels on 8th May 1996.
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Paris have faced Salzburg in two previous competitive fixtures, both of which were in the UEFA Europa League group stage, coming away with a 3-1 win at the Parc des Princes on 15th September 2011 and a 2-0 defeat in Austria on 1st December 2011.
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Les Parisiens have played a total of five European fixtures against Austrian sides: two against FC Salzburg and three against Rapid Vienna. Their record in this respect stands at three wins, one draw and one loss.
96
With 96 games under his belt, Marquinhos is Paris Saint-Germain’s all-time top appearance maker in European competitions.
161
Against Salzburg, Paris will be playing their 161st match in the UEFA Champions League / European Cup, where they have racked up 83 wins, 30 draws and 47 losses.
281
Tonight, Paris will also be playing their 281st match in any European competition (including the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup), where their record stands at 144 wins, 63 draws and 73 losses.
497
Les Rouge et Bleu have scored 497 goals across all European competitions (again including the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup), meaning that they could realistically reach the 500-goal mark against Salzburg.
Mathieu Bodmer v Salzburg (3-1), 15/09/2011
