2022–23 Pau FC season

Pau FC
2022–23 season
Owner	Bernard Laporte-Fray
President	Bernard Laporte-Fray
Manager	Didier Tholot
Stadium	Nouste Camp
Ligue 2	13th
Coupe de France	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Yanis Begraoui (9); All: ; Yanis Begraoui (9)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 64th in the history of Pau FC and their third consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in Ligue 2 and the Coupe de France.

Players

As of 31 January 2023^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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	Jérôme Prior
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	FRA	Loïck Lespinasse
9	FW	CRC	Mayron George
10	MF	SRB	Jovan Nišić
11	FW	CGO	Mons Bassouamina
12	FW	FRA	Eddy Sylvestre
14	FW	FRA	Yanis Begraoui (on loan from Toulouse)
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
23	MF	SCO	Charles Boli
25	MF	FRA	Jean Ruiz
26	DF	FRA	Jean Lambert Evans
27	MF	FRA	Quentin Boisgard (on loan from Lorient)
28	DF	FRA	Nathan Monzango
29	FW	MTN	Pape Ibnou Ba (on loan from Le Havre)
30	GK	FRA	Quentin Galvez-Diarra
33	MF	FRA	Théo Bouchlarhem
34	MF	FRA	Paul Meliande

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	FRA	Walid Jarmouni (at Paris 13 Atletico until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

12 July 2022 Friendly	Toulouse	2–0	Pau	Tarbes
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ratão 45' Ruiz 86' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stade Maurice-Trélut Attendance: 900 Referee: Azzedine Souifi

15 July 2022 Friendly	Pau	1–0	Angoulême	Saint-Jean-de-Luz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jarmouni 76'			Stadium: Stade Kéchiloa

23 July 2022 Friendly	Pau	0–1	Niort	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Bentil 17'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	30 July 2022	2 June 2023	Matchday 1	13th	38	12	11	15	40	52	−12	031.58
Coupe de France	29 October 2022	22 January 2023	Seventh round	Round of 32	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	075.00
Total					42	15	11	16	46	55	−9	035.71

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Quevilly-Rouen	38	12	14	12	47	49	−2	50
12	Amiens	38	13	8	17	40	52	−12	47
13	Pau	38	12	11	15	40	52	−12	47
14	Rodez	38	11	13	14	39	44	−5	46
15	Laval	38	14	4	20	44	56	−12	46

Source: Ligue 2
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Fair play points

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	11	15	40	52	−12	47	6	6	7	20	27	−7	6	5	8	20	25	−5

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	L	D	W
Position	19	18	16	18	19	20	19

Source: Ligue 2
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[5]

30 July 2022 1	Guingamp	4–0	Pau	Guingamp
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Livolant 22' Gaudin 32', 52' Merghem 34'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 7,305 Referee: Mikaël Lesage

6 August 2022 2	Pau	0–0	Dijon	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,203 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

13 August 2022 3	Le Havre	1–1	Pau	Le Havre
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kechta 21'	Report	Beusnard 82'	Stadium: Stade Océane Attendance: 4,612 Referee: Azzedine Souifi

20 August 2022 4	Pau	0–3	Sochaux	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Weissbeck 33' Sissoko 74' Do Couto 78'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Gaël Angoula

27 August 2022 5	Quevilly-Rouen	2–1	Pau	Le Petit-Quevilly
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soumaré 69' Sangaré 76'	Report	Saivet 50'	Stadium: Stade Robert Diochon Attendance: 2,500 Referee: William Toulliou

30 August 2022 6	Caen	1–1	Pau	Caen
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Abdi 22' Vandermersch 72' Essende 63' 90+2'	Report	Saivet 6' Gomis 38' Ruiz 43' Olliero 77'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Attendance: 13,903 Referee: Rémi Landry

5 September 2022 7	Pau	2–2	Saint-Étienne	Pau
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	D'Almeida 36' Saivet 68', 79' Kouassi 83'	Report	Bakayoko 21' Bouchouari 27' Mouton 34' Green 63' Maçon 70' Sergi Palencia 77' Pintor 85' (pen.), 90+1'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,779 Referee: Pierre Legat

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) 8	Laval	0–1	Pau	Laval
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Duterte 90+1'	Report	Yattara 31' Sow 45' D'Almeida 76' Kouassi 82' Bassouamina 87'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 5,875 Referee: Antoine Valnet

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 9	Pau	1–0	Valenciennes	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Evans 26' D'Almeida 40' Gomis 70' Bassouamina 72'	Report	Debuchy 33' 48' Bonnet 59'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

1 October 2022 (2022-10-01) 10	Metz	1–0	Pau	Metz
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Diaye 11'	Report	Gomis 27'	Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 11,432 Referee: Willy Delajod

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) 11	Pau	2–2	Rodez	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sow 14' Bassouamina 33' Bâ 45' Hải 86'	Report	Danger 12' Pembélé 50' Ouammou 67' Boissier 87' Senaya 87'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,744 Referee: William Toulliou

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) 12	Annecy	0–2	Pau	Annecy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Demoncy 21' Billemaz 25' Mouanga 75' Rocchi 80'	Report	Bassouamina 9', 49' Evans 45+2' Koffi 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 5,875 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

22 October 2022 (2022-10-22) 13	Pau	1–0	Nîmes	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Beusnard 26' Sylvestre 51' Sow 59'	Report	Vargas 31' Djiga 35' Tchokounté 48' Koné 90+2'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,328 Referee: Rémi Landry

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) 14	Pau	2–1	Amiens	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Barry 4' (o.g.) Evans 67'	Report	Bandé 82'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,261 Referee: Eric Wattellier

12 November 2022 (2022-11-12) 15	Bordeaux	1–1	Pau	Bordeaux
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pirringuel 87' Barbet 89' Lacoux 89' Maja 90+4'	Report	Bassouamina 23' Evans 27'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 24,732 Referee: Romain Lissorgue

26 December 2022 (2022-12-26) 16	Pau	0–1	Paris FC	Pau
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Guilavogui 25'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,549 Referee: Mikael Lesage

30 December 2022 (2022-12-30) 17	Niort	2–1	Pau	Niort
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boutobba 15' Durivaux 32' Renel 50'	Report	Ros 30' Kouassi 39' Yattara 54'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Attendance: 2,151 Referee: Marc Bollengier

10 January 2023 (2023-01-10) 18	Pau	0–0	Grenoble	Pau
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yattara 48' Abzi 68'	Report	Diarra 12' Tchaptchet 72' Monfray 83'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

13 January 2023 (2023-01-13) 19	Bastia	1–0	Pau	Furiani
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sainati 49' Santelli 77' Baï 89'	Report	Boli 61' George 81' Ruiz 83'	Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Pierre Legat

28 January 2023 (2023-01-28) 20	Pau	2–2	Annecy	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bassouamina 53' Boli 60' Beusnard 84'	Report	Baldé 6' Kashi 29' Sahi 35' Pajot 54'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,643 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

31 January 2022 (2022-01-31) 21	Paris FC	0–1	Pau	Paris
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Guilavogui 84'	Report	Abzi 75', 77'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 2,072 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) 22	Pau	0–2	Bordeaux	Pau
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sylvestre 24'	Report	Fransérgio 13' Bokele 33' Bakwa 53' Badji 67'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,821 Referee: Antoine Valnet

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 23	Grenoble	1–1	Pau	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Paquiez 55' Bénet 73'	Report	Begraoui 19' (pen.) Kouassi 72' Beusnard 90+4'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Benoît Millot

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) 24	Pau	0–1	Laval	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ruiz 16' Saivet 24' Abzi 85'	Report	Ruiz 40' (o.g.) Baudry 43' Tavares 88'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,931 Referee: William Toulliou

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) 25	Saint-Étienne	2–0	Pau	Saint-Étienne
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wadji 29' Krasso 77' (pen.)	Report	Evans 90'	Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 21,342 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) 26	Amiens	1–0	Pau	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Leautey 6'	Report	D'Almeida 78' Nišić 89'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 6,177 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) 27	Pau	1–0	Niort	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boisgard 12' Beusnard 62' Monzango 90+1'	Report	Boutobba 39' Flemmings 78' Kaboré 79'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) 28	Dijon	0–1	Pau	Dijon
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ahlinvi 50' Le Bihan 59'	Report	D'Almeida 24' Begraoui 30' Evans 40' Kouassi 54' Beusnard 85'	Stadium: Stade Gaston-Gérard Attendance: 8,725 Referee: Mikael Lesage

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) 29	Pau	0–1	Le Havre	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kouassi 83'	Report	Grandsir 39' Cornette 83' Opéri 83' Targhalline 90+1'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 30	Pau	1–1	Metz	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Begraoui 49' Ruiz 68' George 79'	Report	Candé 44' Prior 58' (o.g.) N'Duquidi 86'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,811 Referee: William Toulliou

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15) 31	Sochaux	2–3	Pau	Montbéliard
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kalulu 34' Weissbeck 45' Mauricio 54', 58' Faussurier 77' Alvero 90+3'	Report	Sylvestre 10' D'Almeida 28' Begraoui 32', 90+6' (pen.) Boisgard 77'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Attendance: 11,858 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

22 April 2023 (2023-04-22) 32	Pau	2–1	Guingamp	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Saivet 14' Begraoui 73'	Report	Picard 5' Basilio 51' Courtet 62' Sivis 90+4'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Azzédine Souifi

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29) 33	Nîmes	3–2	Pau	Nîmes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saïd 2' Tchokounté 44' Guessoum 80', 90+3' Maraval 82' De Gevigney 85'	Report	Saivet 17' Abzi 27' Batisse 45+1' Kouassi 45+3' Boisgard 69' Begraoui 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade des Antonins Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Aurélien Petit

6 May 2023 (2023-05-06) 34	Pau	3–4	Rouen	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Abzi 14' Saivet 24', 55' Begraoui 30' (pen.) George 89'	Report	Ben Youssef 29' Gbelle 44' Bangré 57' Pierret 69' Sangaré 78' Jung 90+2' Mafouta 90+3'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 2,719 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

13 May 2023 (2023-05-13) 35	Valenciennes	1–1	Pau	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Masson 55' Grbić 66', 68'	Report	D'Almeida 20' Bassouamina 74' Kouassi 76' George 79'	Stadium: Stade Nungesser Attendance: 12,669 Referee: William Toulliou

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 36	Pau	2–6	Bastia	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	George 17' Ruiz 74' Bassouamina 78' (pen.) Sow 87'	Report	Santelli 20' Magri 23', 68', 85', 39' Guidi 56' Palun 75'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Rémi Landry

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 37	Rodez	2–3	Pau	Rodez
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	M'Pasi 10' Boissier 19' Younoussa 74' Cibois 88'	Report	Begraoui 11' (pen.), 41' George 26' Abzi 29' Boli 90+3' Batisse 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 3,049 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

2 June 2023 38	Pau	1–0	Caen	Pau
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	George 31' D'Almeida 35' 77'	Report	Thomas 35' Sylla 90+3'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,676 Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Coupe de France

29 October 2022 (2022-10-29) 7th Rnd	US Salinières Aigues Mortes	0–3	Pau	Aigues-Mortes
15:00 CEST		Report	Saivet 24' George 28' Abzi 83'	Stadium: Stade du Bourgidou Attendance: 828 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) 8th Rnd	US Colomiers Football	0–1	Pau	Colomiers
18:00 CET		Report	Bassouamina 70'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Capitany Attendance: 948 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

6 January 2023 (2023-01-06) Rnd of 64	Pau	2–1	Montpellier	Bizanos
18:00 CET	Bassouamina 25' George 82'	Report	Germain 70'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,349 Referee: Mathieu Vernice

22 January 2023 Rnd of 32	Lille	2–0	Pau	Villeneuve-d'Ascq
18:30 CET	Kouassi 37' (o.g.) Ang. Gomes 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 12,451 Referee: Thomas Léonard

References

^ "Effectif". paufc.fr. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "Pau FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ O’Connor-Clarke, Charlie (15 June 2022). "York United fullback Diyaeddine Abzi transferred to French Ligue 2 side Pau FC". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
^ "Nguyễn Quang Hải est...Il portera le n°19 du Pau FC". Twitter (in French). 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
^ "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

[1] "Effectif". paufc.fr. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

[2] "Pau FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

[3] O’Connor-Clarke, Charlie (15 June 2022). "York United fullback Diyaeddine Abzi transferred to French Ligue 2 side Pau FC". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[4] "Nguyễn Quang Hải est...Il portera le n°19 du Pau FC". Twitter (in French). 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-06-29.

[5] "Ligue 1 Uber Eats et Ligue 2 BKT Saison 2022–2023 les Calendriers". 17 June 2022.

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