The key numbers: the Trophée des Champions

Men's football•08 Jan 2026 12:00

All the history, stakes and the keys to the game ahead of the Trophée des Champions between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille on Thursday (7pm CET) at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City.

On 3 January 1996, Paris Saint-Germain won their first Trophée des Champions, beating Nantes in Brest in a penalty shoot-out (2-2, 6-5 pens.).

This will be the third Trophée des Champions between the two teams. OM won in Radès in Tunisia (0-0, 5-4 pens.) on 28 July 2010 before Paris Saint-Germain took revenge with a 2-1 win in Lens on 13 January 2021.

With 9 wins each, Marquinhos and Marco Verratti share the record for the most Trophée des Champions wins.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the club’s all-time leading scorer against OM in all competitions with 11. He’s ahead of Kylian Mbappé (9 goals), Edinson Cavani (7) and Pedro Miguel Pauleta (6).

Paris have a record 13 Trophée des Champions victories, ahead of Lyon (7). Paris Saint-Germain are participating in their 13th successive Trophée des Champions since 2013.

It’s the Club’s 18th participation in the game overall.

Marquinhos could face Marseille for a club record 24th time. His record reads 18 wins and just two defeats.

It’s the 35th competitive game between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille since 2011. The Club has won 26 of those encounters and been defeated just four times.

Paris Saint-Germain have 52 competitive wins over Marseille. Only Nantes (55 defeats) and Saint-Etienne have lost to the Club more times.

52 players – a Rouge-et-Bleu record – have played for both clubs: Fabrice Abriel, Jérôme Alonzo, André Luiz Moreira, Jocelyn Angloma, William Ayache, Djamel Belmadi, Hatem Ben Arfa, Daniel Bravo, Sarr Boubacar, François Brisson, Zoumana Camara, Lorik Cana, Benoît Cauet, Edouard Cissé, Patrick Colleter, Lassana Diarra, Stéphane Dalmat, Marcel De Falco, Frédéric Déhu, Jean-Pierre Destrumelle, Kaba Diawara, Jean Djorkaeff, Jean-Pierre Dogliani, Fabrice Fiorèse, Laurent Fournier, Bruno Germain, Xavier Gravelaine, Gabriel Heinze, Thierry Laurey, Jean-Louis Leonetti, Yvon Le Roux, Jérôme Leroy, Claude Lowitz, Peter Luccin, Peguy Luyindula, Claude Makélélé, Florian Maurice, Modeste M’Bami, Fabrice Moreau, Michel N’Gom, Bruno Ngotty, Pascal Nouma, Jacki Novi, Ilija Pantelic, Bernard Pardo, Cyril Pouget, Adrien Rabiot, Alain Roche, Jean-Pierre Tokoto, George Weah, Timothy Weah and Daniel Xuereb.

With victory, Paris Saint-Germain would claim the 58th title in the Club’s history since its foundation in 1970: 1 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 1 European Cup Winners’ Cup, 13 French league titles, 16 Coupes de France, 9 Coupes de la Ligue, 13 Trophée des champions, 1 Intertoto Cup, 1 National League title (ex-Ligue 2).

100

Luis Enrique could reach the milestone of 100 wins with Paris Saint-Germain (N.B. a penalty shoot-out win is considered a draw statistically).

111

Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille are going to meet for the 111th time in competitive matches. The Club has played only Monaco (116) and Lyon (112) more times. Paris’ record is 52 wins, 23 draws and 35 defeats.

164

Paris have scored 164 times against Marseille in competitive games. Only three teams have conceded more goals against the Parisians: Lyon (181), Saint-Étienne (175) and Lens (165), while Nantes are level with OM (164).

Mauro Icardi v. Marseille (2-1), 14/01/2021, Trophée des Champions

Michel Kollarmichelkollar

The key numbers: the Trophée des Champions

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