For the first time in European football history, France could have winners in both the men’s and women’s Champions League in the same season.
Paris Saint-Germain will face Arsenal in the men’s final, while OL Lyonnes take on Barcelona in the women’s showpiece.
It sets up a rare and potentially historic double for French football.
Has it been done before?
Yes, but only a handful of times in European football.
Spanish teams became the most recent nation to achieve this feat in 2024, when Real Madrid won the men’s Champions League and Barcelona lifted the women’s trophy. German teams also completed the double in 2013, with Bayern Munich winning the men’s competition and VfL Wolfsburg claiming the women’s title.
Now, France has the same opportunity.
A rare double appearance
The last time a French club reached both finals in the same season came in 2020.
That year, PSG fell to Bayern Munich in the men's competition in a narrow 1–0 defeat. But there was success in the women’s competition, as Lyon beat Wolfsburg 3–1 to lift the trophy for a fifth straight year.
Men: PSG chasing back-to-back history
PSG arrive in the men’s final as reigning European champions, having lifted the trophy in 2025, becoming the first French side to win the competition since Marseille in 1993.
Back-to-back titles would cement their place as force of modern European football and potentially elevate this season into something far more significant for French football as a whole.
PSG's women are still seeking their first title. They reached the finals in 2015 and 2017 but are yet to lift the trophy. This year, they were elimated after the league phase, securing just two points from six matches.
Women: Lyon’s dominance and Barcelona rivalry
In the women’s game, Lyon’s pedigree is unmatched. The eight-time champions last lifted the trophy in 2022 and dominated the competition for much of the last decade, winning six titles between 2016 and 2022.
Between 2016 and 2024, only Lyon and Barcelona won the competition - a duopoly that have dominated in recent times.
That streak was broken by Arsenal last season, who beat Lyon in the semi-finals before overcoming Barcelona in the final.
Later this month, Lyon return to the biggest stage with a point to prove having edged Arsenal in this year’s semi-finals despite trailing 2–1 after the first leg in France.
History within reach
French clubs have never won both the men’s and women’s Champions League in the same season but with PSG and Lyon both one game away, this could change.
It could be a powerful statement of the strength of French football on the European stage.
