Paris unrest follows PSG Champions League triumph, leaving 45 arrested

Paris unrest follows PSG Champions League triumph, leaving 45 arrested

At least 45 people were arrested in Paris on Saturday, 30 May 2026, after celebrations marking Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League final victory over Arsenal descended into disorder, with vehicles set on fire, shops vandalized and crowds clashing with police. One police officer was injured during the disturbances, authorities said.

Large crowds gathered along the Champs-Élysées and near the Arc de Triomphe following the final, which was played in Budapest. Some supporters set off flares and sounded car horns, while a group attempted to storm a police station later in the evening. A bakery and a restaurant were among the businesses damaged, and a crowd temporarily blocked the city’s main ring road before police dispersed it. The Paris police prefecture confirmed the figures as of 10 p.m. local time.

The scenes echoed disorder that followed PSG’s previous Champions League win, when more than 500 arrests were recorded across France and 201 people were reported injured in Paris. That precedent had prompted authorities to deploy significant police resources for Saturday’s celebrations, though the unrest still spread across multiple points in the capital.

French authorities had not announced further measures as of the late-evening figures, and the full extent of damage to property remained under assessment. With European club competition concluding for the season, attention in the coming days is expected to turn to the scope of judicial proceedings against those detained.