Bound by professional contracts with Paris FC, most of the club's stars, including team captain Jean Djorkaeff and Bernard Guignedoux, continued playing in Division 1.[1][2] As a result, PSG began life in Division 3 with a young but talented squad that would star in the club's forthcoming back-to-back promotions.[9][3] Some of these gifted youngsters included Christian André, Éric Renaut, Othniel Dossevi, Michel Marella and Jacques Laposte.[18][19] Paris would finish second in Group West of the 1972–73 French Division 3, six points behind Quevilly, missing out on promotion by little.[9] Fortunately for PSG, Quevilly had to dissolve due to financial problems shortly after the end of the season and PSG took their place in Division 2 by default.[6]