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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.

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Pau FC

Full name	Pau Football Club
Nickname(s)	Les Maynats Les Béarnais Les Pionniers
Founded	16 May 1959; 63 years ago (1959-05-16) (as Football-Club de Pau)
Ground	Nouste Camp
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 website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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the religious authorities argued that the football section had outgrown the rest of the club and financial support was withdrawn.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

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Alexandre Olliero 2 DF  CAN Diyaeddine Abzi 4 MF  CIV Xavier Kouassi 5 DF  FRA Noé Sow 6 MF  BEN Sessi D'Almeida 7 DF  CIV Erwin Koffi 8 FW  GNB David Gomis 9 FW  CRC Mayron George 10 MF  SRB Jovan Nišić 11 FW  CGO Mons Bassouamina 12 FW  FRA Eddy Sylvestre 15 DF  FRA Marius Ros 16 GK  SEN Massamba Ndiaye

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  FRA Antoine Batisse 18 FW  GUI Mohamed Yattara 19 MF  VIE Nguyễn Quang Hải 20 MF  SEN Henri Saivet 21 MF  FRA Steeve Beusnard 22 FW  FRA Walid Jarmouni 23 MF  SCO Charles Boli 25 MF  FRA Jean Ruiz 26 DF  FRA Jean Lambert Evans 30 GK  FRA Quentin Galvez-Diarra 34 MF  FRA Paul Meliande

References

На других языках

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[de] FC Pau

Der Pau Football Club ist ein französischer Fußballverein aus Pau, der Hauptstadt des südwestfranzösischen Départements Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

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- [en] Pau FC

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[es] Pau Football club

El Pau Football Club (pronunciación en francés: /po futbol klœb/ y /paw futˈbɔl klub/ en bearnés, más conocido simplemente como Pau FC) es un club de fútbol francés fundado en 1920 con sede en Pau, capital del antiguo principado soberano del Bearne y actual prefectura del departamento Pirineos Atlánticos, en la región francesa de Nueva Aquitania. Compite en el segundo nivel del sistema de ligas del fútbol nacional, la Ligue 2.

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[ru] По (футбольный клуб)

«По» (фр. Pau) — французский футбольный клуб из города По, основанный в 1904 году. Домашние игры команда проводит на стадионе «Ност Камп», в настоящий момент клуб выступает в Лиге 2. Традиционные цвета — жёлтый и голубой.

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