The presence of a French club in an European Final occured 13 times up to now. It starts with Stade de Reims which played the first European Champions Clubs' Cup Final in 1956 (against Real Madrid) and it ends with AS Monaco, the last representant of the French league at this level in an European competition which was runner-up in the Champions League in 2004 (against FC Porto).
Summary :
Stade de Reims, runner-up of the European Champions Clubs' Cup 1956.
Stade de Reims, runner-up of the European Champions Clubs' Cup 1959.
AS Saint-Etienne, runner-up of the European Champions Clubs' Cup 1976.
S.E.C Bastia, runner-up of the UEFA Cup 1978.
Olympique de Marseille, runner-up of the European Champions Clubs' Cup 1991.
AS Monaco, runner-up of the Cup Winners Cup 1992.
Olympique de Marseille, winner of the Champions League 1993.
FC Girondins de Bordeaux, runner-up of the UEFA Cup 1996.
Paris Saint-Germain FC, winner of the Cup Winners Cup 1996.
Paris Saint-Germain FC, runner-up of the Cup Winners Cup 1997.
Olympique de Marseille, runner-up of the UEFA Cup 1999.
Olympique de Marseille, runner-up of the UEFA Cup 2004.
AS Monaco FC, runner-up of the Champions League 2004.
Olympique de Marseille, runner-up of the Europa League 2018.
Lineups who played the different Finals + run in the competition :
Stade de Reims, European Champions Clubs' Cup Runner-up 1956 :
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| Stade de Reims 1956 |
Run into the competition :
Aarhus GF - Stade de Reims : 0-2 (Glovacki x2)
Stade de Reims - Aarhus GF : 2-2 (Glovacki, Bliard)
Stade de Reims - Bud. Vörös Logobo : 4-2 (Glovacki, Leblond x2, Bliard)
Bud. Vörös Logobo - Stade de Reims : 4-4 (Glovacki, Bliard x2, Templin)
Stade de Reims - Hibernian FC : 2-0 (Leblond, Bliard)
Hibernian FC - Stade de Reims : 0-1 (Glovacki)
Real Madrid CF - Stade de Reims : 4-3 (Leblond, Templin, Hidalgo)
Stade de Reims, European Champions Clubs' Cup Runner-up 1959 :
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| Stade de Reims 1959 |
Run into the competition :
Ards FC - Stade de Reims : 1-4 (Fontaine x4)
Stade de Reims - Ards FC : 6-2 (Piantoni x2, Fontaine x2, Bliard x2)
Stade de Reims - HPS Helsinki : 4-0 (Vincent x3, Siatka)
HPS Helsinki - Stade de Reims : 0-3 (Fontaine x2, o.g)
Standard de Liège - Stade de Reims : 2-0
Stade de Reims - Standard de Liège : 3-0 (Piantoni, Fontaine x2)
BSC Young Boys - Stade de Reims : 1-0
Stade de Reims - BSC Young Boys : 3-0 (Piantoni x2, Penverne)
Real Madrid CF - Stade de Reims : 2-0
AS Saint-Etienne, European Champions Clubs' Cup Runner-up 1976 :
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| AS Saint-Etienne 1976 |
Run into the competition :
KB København - AS Saint-Etienne : 0-2 (P. Revelli, Larqué)
AS Saint-Etienne - KB København : 3-1 (Rocheteau, P. Revelli, Larqué)
AS Saint-Etienne - Rangers FC : 2-0 (P. Revelli, Bathenay)
Rangers FC - AS Saint-Etienne : 1-2 (Rocheteau, H. Revelli)
Dynamo Kiev - AS Saint-Etienne : 2-0
AS Saint-Etienne - Dynamo Kiev : 3-0 a.e.t (H. Revelli, Larqué, Rocheteau)
AS Saint-Etienne - PSV Eindhoven : 1-0 (Larqué)
PSV Eindhoven - PSV Eindhoven : 0-0
Bayern München - AS Saint-Etienne : 1-0
S.E.C Bastia, UEFA Cup Runner-up 1978 :
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| S.E.C Bastia 1978 1_H |
Run into the competition :
S.E.C Bastia - Sporting CP : 3-2 (Félix x3)
Sporting CP - S.E.C Bastia : 1-2 (Rep, Félix)
S.E.C Bastia - Newcastle Utd : 2-1 (Papi x2)
Newcastle Utd - S.E.C Bastia : 1-3 (De Zerbi, Rep x2)
S.E.C Bastia - Torino FC : 2-1 (Papi, Rep)
Torino FC - S.E.C Bastia : 2-3 (Larios, Krimau x2)
S.E.C Bastia - FC Carl Zeiss Jena : 7-2 (Larios, Papi, Mariot, Félix x2, Cazes, Franceschetti)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena - S.E.C Bastia : 4-2 (Papi, Krimau)
Grasshoppers Zürich - S.E.C Bastia : 3-2 (Krimau, Papi)
S.E.C Bastia - Grasshoppers Zürich : 1-0 (Papi)
S.E.C Bastia - PSV Eindhoven : 0-0
PSV Eindhoven - S.E.C Bastia : 3-0
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| S.E.C Bastia 1978 2_A |
Olympique de Marseille, European Champions Clubs' Cup Runner-up 1991 :
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| Olympique de Marseille 1991 |
Run into the competition :
O. Marseille - Dinamo Tirana : 5-1 (Papin x3, Cantona, Vercruysse)
Dinamo Tirana - O. Marseille : 0-0
Lech Poznan - O. Marseille : 3-2 (L. Fournier, Waddle)
O. Marseille - Lech Poznan : 6-3 (Papin, Vercruysse x3, Tigana, B. Boli)
AC Milan - O. Marseille : 1-1 (Papin)
O. Marseille - AC Milan : 1-0 (Waddle) finally awarded 3-0
Spartak Moskva - O. Marseille : 1-3 (Ab. Pelé, Papin, Vercruysse)
O. Marseille - Spartak Moskva : 2-1 (Ab. Pelé, B. Boli)
Crvena Zvezda - Ol. Marseille : 0-0, 5-3 pso.
AS Monaco, Cup Winners Cup Runner-up 1992 :
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| AS Monaco 1992 |
Run into the competition :
Swansea City - AS Monaco : 1-2 (R. Barros, G. Passi)
AS Monaco - Swansea City : 8-0 (Weah x2, Fofana, R. Barros, G. Passi x2, o.g, Djorkaeff)
IFK Norrköping - AS Monaco : 1-2 (R. Mendy, Weah)
AS Monaco - IFK Norrköping : 1-0 (C. Robert)
AS Roma - AS Monaco : 0-0
AS Monaco - AS Roma : 1-0 (R. Barros)
AS Monaco - Feyenoord : 1-1 (Valéry)
Feyenoord - AS Monaco : 2-2 (Weah, R. Barros)
Werder Bremen - AS Monaco : 2-0
Olympique de Marseille, Champions League Winner 1993 :
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| Olympique de Marseille 1993 |
Run into the competition :
Glentoran Belfast - O. Marseille : 0-5 (Völler, M. Vasquez x2, Sauzée, Ferreri)
O. Marseille - Glentoran Belfast : 3-0 (Omam-Biyik, Ab. Pelé, B. Boli)
Dinamo Bucuresti - O. Marseille : 0-0
O. Marseille - Dinamo Bucuresti : 2-0 (Boksic x2)
Group stage :
Rangers FC - O. Marseille : 2-2 (Boksic, Völler)
O. Marseille - Club Brugge : 3-0 (Sauzée, Boksic x2)
CSKA Moskva - O. Marseille : 1-1 (Ab. Pelé)
O. Marseille - CSKA Moskva : 6-0 (Sauzée x3, Ab. Pelé, Ferreri, Desailly)
O. Marseille - Rangers FC : 1-1 (Sauzée)
Club Brugge - O. Marseille : 0-1 (Boksic)
Final :
O. Marseille - AC Milan : 1-0 (B. Boli)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux, UEFA Cup Runner-up 1996 :
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| Girondins de Bordeaux 1996 |
Run into the competition :
Intertoto :
Bordeaux - IFK Norrköping : 6-2 (Tholot x3, Zidane x2, Prunier)
Bohemian FC - Bordeaux : 0-2 (Dugarry, Zidane)
Bordeaux - Odense BK : 4-0 (Zidane, Prunier, Tholot, Lizarazu)
HJK Helsinki - Bordeaux : 1-1 (Bancarel)
Bordeaux - Eintracht Frankfurt : 3-0 (Lucas, Dutuel, Zidane)
Bordeaux - SC Heerenveen : 2-0 (Dutuel, Lizarazu)
Karlsruher SC - Bordeaux : 0-2 (Dugarry, Dutuel)
Bordeaux - Karlsruher SC : 2-2 (Lizarazu x2)
UEFA Cup :
Vardar Skopje - Bordeaux : 0-2 (Bancarel x2)
Bordeaux - Vardar Skopje : 1-1 (Lizarazu)
Bordeaux - Rotor Volgograd : 2-1 (Histilloles, Ri. Wischge)
Rotor Volgograd - Bordeaux : 0-1 (Bancarel)
Bordeaux - Real Betis : 2-0 (Dutuel, Croci)
Real Betis - Bordeaux : 2-1 (Zidane)
AC Milan - Bordeaux : 2-0
Bordeaux - Milan AC : 3-0 (Tholot, Dugarry x2)
Slavia Praha - Bordeaux : 0-1 (Dugarry)
Bordeaux - Slavia Praha : 1-0 (Tholot)
Bayern München - Bordeaux : 2-0
Bordeaux - Bayern München : 1-3 (Dutuel)
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| Girondins de Bordeaux 1996 |
Paris Saint-Germain FC, Cup Winners Cup Winner 1996 :
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| Paris Saint-Germain 1996 |
Run into the competition :
Molde FK - PSG : 2-3 (Le Guen, Djorkaeff, Dely Valdés)
PSG - Molde FK : 3-0 (Nouma x2, Djorkaeff)
PSG - Celtic FC : 1-0 (Djorkaeff)
Celtic FC - PSG : 0-3 (Loko x2, Nouma)
Parma AC - PSG : 1-0
PSG - Parma AC : 3-1 (Rai x2, Loko)
Deportivo La Coruña - PSG : 0-1 (Djorkaeff)
PSG - Deportivo La Coruña : 1-0 (Loko)
PSG - Rapid Wien : 1-0 (N'Gotty)
Paris Saint-Germain FC, Cup Winners Cup Runner-up 1997 :
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| Paris Saint-Germain 1997 |
Run into the competition :
FC Vaduz - PSG : 0-4 (Le Guen, Dely Valdés, Leonardo, Allou)
PSG - FC Vaduz : 3-0 (Allou, A. Roche, M'Boma)
Galatasaray SK - PSG : 4-2 (Le Guen, Dely Valdés)
PSG - Galatasaray SK : 4-0 (Leonardo, Dely Valdés, Loko, Rai)
PSG - AEK : 0-0
AEK - PSG : 0-3 (Loko x3)
PSG - Liverpool FC : 3-0 (Leonardo, Cauet, J. Leroy)
Liverpool FC - PSG : 2-0
FC Barcelona - PSG : 1-0
Olympique de Marseille, UEFA Cup Runner-up 1999 :
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| Olympique de Marseille 1999 |
Run into the competition :
Sigma Olomouc - O. Marseille : 2-2 (Ravanelli, E. Roy)
O. Marseille - Sigma Olomouc : 4-0 (Dugarry x2, Pirès x2)
Werder Bremen - O. Marseille : 1-1 (Maurice)
O. Marseille - Werder Bremen : 3-2 (Maurice, Issa, Dugarry)
AS Monaco - O. Marseille : 2-2 (Pirès, Titi Camara)
O. Marseille - AS Monaco : 1-0 (Titi Camara)
O. Marseille - Celta de Vigo : 2-1 (Maurice x2)
Celta de Vigo - O. Marseille : 0-0
O. Marseille - Bologna FC : 0-0
Bologna FC - O. Marseille : 1-1 (L. Blanc)
Parma AC - O. Marseille : 3-0
Olympique de Marseille, UEFA Cup Runner-up 2004 :
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| Olympique de Marseille 2004 |
Run into the competition :
3rd of the Group F in Champions League behind Real Madrid and Porto.
UEFA Cup :
O. Marseille - Dnipro Dnipro. : 1-0 (Drogba)
Dnipro Dnipro. - O. Marseille : 0-0
Liverpool FC - O. Marseille : 1-1 (Drogba)
O. Marseille - Liverpool FC : 2-1 (Drogba, Méïté)
O. Marseille - FC Internazionale : 1-0 (Drogba)
FC Internazionale - O. Marseille : 0-1 (Meriem)
Newcastle Utd - O. Marseille : 0-0
O. Marseille - Newcastle Utd : 2-0 (Drogba x2)
Valencia CF - O. Marseille : 2-0
AS Monaco, Champions League runner-up 2004 :
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| AS Monaco 2004 |
Run into the competition :
PSV Eindhoven - AS Monaco : 1-2 (Morientes, Ed. Cissé)
AS Monaco - AEK : 4-0 (Giuly, Morientes x2, Prso)
Deportivo La Coruña - AS Monaco : 1-0
AS Monaco - Deportivo La Coruña : 8-3 (Rothen, Giuly, Prso x4, Plasil, Ed. Cissé)
AS Monaco - PSV Eindhoven : 1-1 (Morientes)
AEK - AS Monaco : 0-0
Lokomotov Moskva - AS Monaco : 2-1 (Morientes)
AS Monaco - Lokomotiv Moskva : 1-0 (Prso)
Real Madrid CF - AS Monaco : 4-2 (Squillaci, Morientes)
AS Monaco - Real Madrid CF : 3-1 (Giuly x2, Morientes)
AS Monaco - Chelsea FC : 3-0 (Prso, Morientes, Nonda)
Chelsea FC - AS Monaco : 2-2 (Ibarra, Morientes)
AS Monaco - FC Porto : 0-3
Olympique de Marseille, Europa League runner-up 2018 :
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| Olympique de Marseille 2018 |
Europa League 2017-2018
Run into the competition :
O. Marseille - Konyaspor : 1-0 (Rami)
RB Salzburg - O. Marseille : 1-0
O. Marseille - V. Guimaraes : 2-1 (Ocampos, Lopez)
V. Guimaraes - O. Marseille : 1-0
Konyaspor - O. Marseille : 1-1 (o.g.)
O. Marseille - RB Salzburg : 0-0
O. Marseille - Sporting Braga : 3-0 (Germain x2, Thauvin)
Sporting Braga - O. Marseille : 1-0
O. Marseille - Ath. Bilbao : 3-1 (Ocampos x2, Payet)
Ath. Bilbao - O. Marseille : 1-2 (Payet, Ocampos)
RB Leipzig - O. Marseille : 1-0
O. Marseille - RB Leipzig : 5-2 (o.g., Sarr, Thauvin, Payet, Sakai)
O. Marseille - RB Salzburg : 2-0 (Thauvin, Njie)
RB Salzburg - O. Marseille : 2-1 a.e.t (Rolando)
O. Marseille - Atl. Madrid : 0-3
Paris Saint-Germain, Champions League Runner-up 2020 :
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| Paris Saint-Germain 2020 |
Run in the competition :
Groups :
PSG - Real Madrid : 3-0 (Di Maria x2, Meunier)
Galatasaray - PSG : 0-1 (Icardi)
Club Brugge - PSG : 0-5 (Icardi x2, Mbappé x3)
PSG - Club Brugge : 1-0 (Icardi)
Real Madrid - PSG : 2-2 (Mbappé, Sarabia)
PSG - Galatasaray : 5-0 (Icardi, Sarabia, Mbappé, Neymar, Cavani)
K-O Stages :
Bor. Dortmund - PSG : 2-1 (Neymar)
PSG - Bor. Dortmund : 2-0 (Neymar, Bernat)
Atalanta - PSG : 1-2 (Marquinhos, Choupo-Mouting)
RB Leipzig - PSG : 0-3 (Marquinhos, Di Maria, Bernat)
PSG - Bayern München : 0-1
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