The celebrations soon spiraled into widespread unrest across France, leaving 219 people injured, including 57 police officers, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez. Eight people were seriously wounded.
Authorities said 780 people were arrested, with more than 450 taken into custody. In Paris alone, police made 480 arrests, including 82 minors, over offenses ranging from attacks on officers and property damage to theft and illegal possession of weapons.
A 24-year-old man was found dead after an accident on Paris’ ring road, which rioters had tried to block overnight. The circumstances of his death remain unclear, though some witnesses said he was riding a motorcycle when he crashed into concrete barriers.
Police deployed thousands of officers as PSG players and staff paraded the Champions League trophy near the Eiffel Tower before attending a reception hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace.
While scenes near the Eiffel Tower appeared largely jubilant and peaceful, violence erupted elsewhere in the capital. Footage showed flares being set off, electric bikes burning in the streets and rioters smashing at least one shopfront. Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds in the city center.
Nuñez said security forces would respond firmly to violence.
“We are a great country for maintaining public order. We allow freedom of assembly, but not excesses,” he said.
He added that most fans had come only to celebrate.
“The vast majority go out to celebrate and it goes very well,” Nuñez said. “But other individuals, who are not PSG supporters, who don’t even watch the match, come to cause trouble and disturbances. We are here to prevent them from doing so. Our response is very firm.”
The unrest disrupted bus, train and rail services in Paris. Authorities had already mobilized around 6,000 police officers for Sunday’s victory celebrations, after similar violence followed PSG’s previous Champions League celebrations.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen seized on the unrest, writing on X: “Only in France does a football club’s victory spark riots.”