Paris Saint-Germain will have their eyes set on winning the Champions League for the first time in their history when they face Inter Milan in Saturday's final in Munich.
The French giants have only been in existence for just over half a century, so it is no surprise that their European history is rather modest, but they have the opportunity to join an elite club with victory at the weekend.
It will not be their first shot at glory, as PSG have participated in the final before, and they have also enjoyed success in another UEFA competition, prior to days of the Qatari money flowing through the club's coffers.
Here, Sports Mole looks back at PSG's previous European finals, ahead of the showpiece event on Saturday.
1996 Cup Winners' Cup: PSG 1-0 Rapid Vienna
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Prior to 1996, PSG had a good amount of experience in Europe, playing in the European Cup twice, and the UEFA Cup on three occasions, but it was the Cup Winners' Cup they were most accustomed to.
The 1995-96 season was their fourth entry into the competition, and after falling at the semi-final in each of their three previous European campaigns, across all three of the aforementioned competitions, Luis Fernandez guided them to the final on this occasion.
In a team that included future World Cup winner Youri Djorkaeff, it was an unfamiliar goalscorer that clinched their first European honour, as defender Bruno N'Gotty scored the only goal of the game on the half-hour mark to seal a 1-0 win in Brussels over Austrian side Rapid Vienna.
1997 UEFA Super Cup: PSG 2-9 Juventus (agg)
Courtesy of winning the Cup Winners' Cup, PSG earned the right to contest the UEFA Super Cup the following season, which took place over two legs in January and February, against Champions League winners Juventus.
PSG were no match for the European champions though, suffering chastening defeats across both legs, starting with a 6-1 thrashing at the Parc des Princes in the first leg, where Juve led 4-0 at the interval.
The return leg a few weeks later brought little respite, as Alessandro Del Piero scored twice for the Bianconeri, before Christian Vieri added Juve's ninth across the tie in injury time, as the Italian were crowned convincing Super Cup winners.
1997 Cup Winners' Cup: PSG 0-1 Barcelona
By winning the trophy a year earlier, and not qualifying for a higher level competition, PSG joined Coupe de France winners Nimes in the competition a year later, but continued the notorious jinx attached to the Cup Winners' Cup, that the reigning champions never defended the title.
Beating some European heavyweights in the form of Galatasaray, AEK Athens and Liverpool along the way, PSG were well worth their place in the final, but they would face their sternest test yet at De Kuip: Barcelona.
A team that included the likes of Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Luis Enrique, Pep Guardiola and Hristo Stoichkov off the bench got the better of the Parisians, thanks to a first-half penalty from R9 in Rotterdam, in that would prove to be their last continental final for over two decades.
2020 Champions League final: PSG 0-1 Bayern Munich
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After almost a decade of Qatari ownership, PSG finally reached the promised land, and gave themselves a shot at European glory, facing Bayern Munich in the amended Champions League finals tournament that took place during the chaotic COVID season in 2019-20.
Both clubs played their quarter-final and semi-finals on neutral turf, and PSG edged out Atalanta and RB Leipzig to set up the meeting with the Bavarians, who had famously beaten Barcelona 8-2 on their route to the final.
Taking place behind closed doors in Lisbon, PSG were left heartbroken again though, as former player Kingsley Coman came back to haunt his old club, scoring the only goal on the hour mark, as Thomas Tuchel was outwitted by his German compatriot Hansi Flick, and PSG fell to defeat in their first ever Champions League final.
Andrew Delaney
