2007–08 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. season
N Pos Name Age EU Moving from Type Transfer window Ends Transfer fee Source
16 GK Alphonse Areola 17 EU Youth system Promoted Y 2012 N/A All PSG
31 AM Adama Touré 19 EU Youth system Promoted Y N/A All PSG
AM Abdallah Yaisien 16 EU Youth system Signed Y 2012 N/A PSG.FR
25 LM Jérôme Rothen 32 EU MKE Ankaragücü Loan Return Y Summer 2011 N/A Ligue 1
18 FW Loris Arnaud 23 EU Clermont Loan Return Y Summer 2012 N/A
12 CM Mathieu Bodmer 27 EU Lyon Signed Y Summer 2013 €2.5M Ligue 1
19 LW Nenê 29 EU Monaco Signed Y Summer 2013 €5.5M Ligue 1
FW Stéphane N'Guéma 29 EU Beauvais Signed Y Summer 2011 Free France Football
5 LB Siaka Tiéné 28 Non-EU Valenciennes Signed Y Summer 2013 €1M Ligue 1
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The 2007-08 season was French football club Paris Saint-Germain's 35th professional season, their 35th season in Ligue 1 and their 34th consecutive season in French top-flight. PSG was managed by Paul Le Guen - in his first full season since replacing Guy Lacombe. The club was chaired by Alain Cayzac until Simon Tahar took over. Paris Saint-Germain was present in the 2007-08 Ligue 1, the 2007-08 Coupe de France and the 2007-08 Coupe de la Ligue. Last season's poor results prevented the capital club to participate in consecutive years in a European competition. Paris Saint-Germain's average home gate for the 2007-08 season was 36,947, the third highest in the Ligue 1. After a season marked by the violence between the fans and poor results, Paris Saint-Germain started the season with the prospect of regaining success and stability. Nicolas Sarkozy held a meeting with Frédéric Thiriez to discuss racism and violence in football. Michel Gaudin stated that measures against hooliganism had reduced racist incidents and that 300 known hooligans could be banned from matches. PSG maintained the services of key players such as Pauleta, Mickaël Landreau, Bernard Mendy, Sylvain Armand and Jérôme Rothen, as well as adding Zoumana Camara and Péguy Luyindula to their player pool. The club's shareholders decided to stick with president Alain Cayzac and manager Paul Le Guen. Alain Cayzac had pretty high ambitions and declared that PSG was on the course to achieve a much better season, also revealing what he expected from manager and former player Paul Le Guen: