Pau FC

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Pau FC
File:PauFC logo.png
Full name Pau Football Club
Nickname(s) Les Maynats
Les Béarnais
Les Pionniers
Founded 16 May 1959; 64 years ago (1959-05-16) (as Football-Club de Pau)
Ground Nouste Camp
Ground Capacity 4,031
Owner Bernard Laporte-Fray
Chairman Bernard Laporte-Fray
Manager Didier Tholot
League Ligue 2
2021–22 Ligue 2, 10th of 20
Website Club home page
Current season

Pau Football Club (French: [po futbol klœb], Bearnese [paw futˈbɔl klub]), known simply as Pau, is a French professional association football club based in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, capital of Béarn. They compete in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football.

Pau FC were founded in 1920 as Bleuets de Notre-Dame de Pau, although their official founding date is in 1959, when Football Club de Pau were first formed. Bleuets de Notre-Dame joined the highest amateur league in France in 1958 after success in the French South-West League (Ligue du Sud-Ouest). However, the religious authorities argued that the football section had outgrown the rest of the club and financial support was withdrawn. As a consequence, José Bidegain, a local businessman, created the Football Club de Pau. In the early years after the club's formation in its original home of Pau, they played their home matches at many different grounds until finally settling at the Nouste Camp.

The club's achievements include winning the Championnat National in 2020, winning the National 2 title twice in 1998 and 2016 and winning the French South-West League in 1958 and 1968.

Pau FC have long-standing rivalries with several other clubs in Southern France in the Adour river basin. The most notable of these are Bayonne, Mont-de-Marsan and Tarbes. With the rise of Pau FC and the decline of Bayonne, Mont-de-Marsan and Tarbes, Pau recently became a strong rival to Bordeaux and both form the New Aquitaine derby.

History

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Football in Pau and South-West France

Since the Belle Époque, football had to play second fiddle to basketball and especially rugby union in Pau. Nowadays, the popularity of both Pau's rugby union and basketball clubs – Section Paloise and Élan Béarnais, respectively – remains greater than that of Pau FC.[1][2]

Historically and culturally, rugby was probably closer to the values of the place (Gascony), replacing the Béarnese and Basque rural sports in the hearts of the people of Béarn and Gascony.[3]

Recent history

On 16 January 2020, Pau eliminated Ligue 1 side Bordeaux from the Coupe de France following a 3–2 victory.[4][5] Les Maynats went on to face national champions Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 of the cup, losing 2–0. Pau registered their highest attendance ever that day, with 16,707 persons witnessing the Parisian victory.[6]

When the 2019–20 Championnat National season was prematurely ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pau were top of the table, and were declared promoted to Ligue 2 by the FFF executive committee.[7] In the 2020–21 season, the club placed fourteenth in Ligue 2.[8]

Key dates

1920: Foundation of Bleuets Notre-Dame de Pau.[9]

1923: First football season of Bleuets Notre-Dame de Pau.[citation needed]

1951: French youth champion[citation needed]

1956: Reached the top level of the French South-West regional football league.[citation needed]

1958: Champion of the French South-West regional football league. Promotion to the third tier of French football.[citation needed]

1959: Football Club de Pau split from Bleuets de Notre-Dame de Pau.[10]

1995: The club went to administration, reformed, changed their name to Pau Football Club and were relegated to the fourth tier of French football.[11]

1998: Champion of the Group C of the Championnat de France Amateur and promoted to the Championnat National. The club also reached the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, where they lost 2–0 to Paris Saint-Germain.

2008: Relegation to the Championnat de France Amateur.[citation needed]

2016: Promotion to the Championnat National.[citation needed]

2020: Promotion to Ligue 2.[12]

Colours and badge

File:Flag of Béarn.svg
The flag of Béarn

For the 2022–23 season, the club decided to update their logo.[13] Their new crest has a round shape and gathers many symbols of Béarn and the city of Pau: the Pyrenees mountain range, the Pic du Midi d'Ossau and the two cows that feature on the province of Béarn's flag.[13]

There are various references to the coat of arms of the city of Pau such as King Henry IV's crown, the three posts that gave the city its name (pau [paw] in Béarnese) and the peafowl, a clear example of canting arms, as its name (pavon or pau [paw] in Béarnese) was used as an approximation to represent the city of Pau.[14]

Current squad

As of 10 September 2022 [15][16][17][18]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 France GK Alexandre Olliero
2 Canada DF Diyaeddine Abzi
4 Ivory Coast MF Xavier Kouassi
5 France DF Noé Sow
6 Benin MF Sessi D'Almeida
7 Ivory Coast DF Erwin Koffi
8 Guinea-Bissau FW David Gomis
9 Costa Rica FW Mayron George
10 Serbia MF Jovan Nišić
11 Republic of the Congo FW Mons Bassouamina
12 France FW Eddy Sylvestre
15 France DF Marius Ros
16 Senegal GK Massamba Ndiaye
No. Position Player
17 France DF Antoine Batisse
18 Guinea FW Mohamed Yattara
19 Vietnam MF Nguyễn Quang Hải
20 Senegal MF Henri Saivet
21 France MF Steeve Beusnard
22 France FW Walid Jarmouni
23 Scotland MF Charles Boli
25 France MF Jean Ruiz
26 France DF Jean Lambert Evans
30 France GK Quentin Galvez-Diarra
34 France MF Paul Meliande

References

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