2020–21 Pau FC season

The 2020–21 Pau FC season was the club's 101st season in existence and the first season back in the second flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Pau participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Pau FC

2020–21 season
Chairman	Bernard Laporte-Fray
Manager	Didier Tholot
Stadium	Stade du Hameau
Ligue 2	14th
Coupe de France	Eighth round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 February 2020.^[1][2]

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 Alexis Guendouz (on loan from Saint-Étienne) 3 DF  FRA Scotty Sadzoute (on loan from Lille) 4 DF  MLI Alassane Diaby 5 MF  SEN Moustapha Name 6 MF  FRA Quentin Daubin 7 FW  SEN Lamine Gueye 8 MF  SEN Abdourahmane Ndiaye 10 FW  FRA Romain Bayard 11 MF  SEN Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly (on loan from Metz) 14 FW  GAM Yankuba Jarju 15 FW  FRA Steeve Beusnard 16 GK  FRA Mathieu Iribarnegaray

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  FRA Antoine Batisse 18 FW  SEN Mor Nguer 20 DF  FRA Louis Bury 22 MF  FRA Lucas Laplace-Palette 23 DF  GUI Alpha Sylla 24 DF  COM Younn Zahary (on loan from Caen) 26 DF  FRA Mamadou Kamissoko (on loan from Lorient) 27 DF  FRA Damon Bansais 29 FW  FRA Moulaye Ba 30 GK  FRA Benjamin Bertrand — MF  MAR Fawzi Ouaamar

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Canet Roussillon v Pau

22 July 2020 Friendly	Canet Roussillon	2–2	Pau	Roussillon, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Municipal

Toulouse v Pau

31 July 2020 Friendly	Toulouse	2–2	Pau	Saint-Gaudens, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gabrielsen 14' Zobo 75'	Report	Assifuah 44' Jarju 72'	Stadium: Stade de Sède

Pau v Niort

8 August 2020 Friendly	Pau	0–0	Niort	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Robert Monseau

Rodez v Pau

12 August 2020 Friendly	Rodez	2–0	Pau	Rodez, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sané 56' Tertereau 61'			Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon

US Colomiers v Pau

15 August 2020 Friendly	US Colomiers	0–2	Pau	Tarbes, France
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Scaramozzino 25' (pen.) Assifuah 35'	Stadium: Stade Maurice Trélut

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	22 August 2020	15 May 2021	Matchday 1	14th	38	11	11	16	42	46	−4	028.95
Coupe de France	19 January 2021		Eighth round	Eighth round	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total					39	11	12	16	42	46	−4	028.21

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

Main article: 2020–21 Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Le Havre	38	11	14	13	38	48	−10	47
13	Ajaccio	38	11	13	14	34	43	−9	46
14	Pau	38	11	11	16	42	49	−7	44
15	Rodez	38	8	19	11	38	44	−6	43
16	Dunkerque	38	10	11	17	34	47	−13	41

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	11	11	16	42	49	−7	44	9	5	5	26	19	+7	2	6	11	16	30	−14

Source: Ligue 2

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W
Position	20	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	17	19	19	15	16	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	15	14

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[3]

Valenciennes v Pau

22 August 2020 1	Valenciennes	3–0	Pau	Valenciennes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guillaume 4' Chevalier 13' (pen.) Cabral 57'	Report		Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Pau v Rodez

29 August 2020 2	Pau	1–1	Rodez	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bansais 82'	Report	Bonnet 60'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

Troyes v Pau

12 September 2020 3	Troyes	2–0	Pau	Troyes
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Suk 37' (pen.) Pintor 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Referee: Gaël Angoula

Pau v Guingamp

19 September 2020 4	Pau	0–1	Guingamp	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Gomis 55'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Amiens v Pau

26 September 2020 5	Amiens	0–0	Pau	Amiens
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 4,724 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Pau v Nancy

3 October 2020 6	Pau	1–1	Nancy	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bansais  20' Karamoko 40' (o.g.) Jarju  67' Sabaly  80'	Report	Akichi  31' Lefebvre  52' Barka 86'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Paris FC v Pau

17 October 2020 7	Paris FC	1–0	Pau	Paris
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Laura  23' Guilavogui  44' Kikonda  62' Arab 78'	Report	Kouassi  55' Sabaly  83'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Pau v Niort

24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 8	Pau	4–1	Niort	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lobry  36' Assifuah 38' Sabaly 45', 80' Batisse  59' Beusnard  75' Armand 90+1' Scaramozzino 90+6'	Report	Doukansy 13' Paro  20' Michel  90+5'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Aurélien Petit

Le Havre v Pau

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) 9	Le Havre	1–0	Pau	Le Havre
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bentil 3' Cornette  38' Fontaine  58'	Report	Batisse  50'  85' Scaramozzino  89' Bayard  90'	Stadium: Stade Océane Referee: Romain Delpech

Châteauroux v Pau

7 November 2020 (2020-11-07) 10	Châteauroux	0–3	Pau	Châteauroux
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sanganté  77'  78'	Report	Assifuah 9', 40' Daubin  18' Armand 33' Sabaly  45+2' Kouassi  87'	Stadium: Stade Gaston Petit Referee: Mehdi Mokhtari

Pau v Grenoble

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 11	Pau	0–2	Grenoble	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Assifuah  43' Armand  63' Lobry  76'	Report	Nestor 24' Monfray  26' Bénet 38' (pen.),  71'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Dunkerque v Pau

28 November 2020 (2020-11-28) 12	Dunkerque	2–2	Pau	Dunkerque
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tchokounté 7' Diarra 31'	Report	Armand 24',  90+4' Scaramozzino  87' Bayard 90'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Pau v Caen

2 December 2020 (2020-12-02) 13	Pau	1–0	Caen	Pau
19:00 (CET) (UTC+1)	Armand 14' Daubin  19' Koffi  90'	Report	Traoré  13' Beka Beka  88'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Clermont v Pau

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 14	Clermont	3–0	Pau	Clermont-Ferrand
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gomis  4' Bayo 37', 51', 55',  89' Trichard  52' Allevinah 63'	Report	Scaramozzino  49' Daubin  83'	Stadium: Stade Gabriel Montpied Referee: Gaël Angoula

Pau v Sochaux

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) 15	Pau	0–0	Sochaux	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouassi  32'	Report	Bedia  52'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Auxerre v Pau

18 December 2020 (2020-12-18) 16	Auxerre	2–1	Pau	Auxerre
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jubal 29' Sakhi  33' Dugimont 49' Fortuné  72' Coeff  81'	Report	Batisse 12' Kouassi  26'  83' Bayard  43'	Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps Referee: Guillaume Paradis

Pau v Toulouse

22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 17	Pau	0–3	Toulouse	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scaramozzino  80'	Report	Moreira  22' Healey 30' Amian 57' Koné 84'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

Ajaccio v Pau

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05) 18	Ajaccio	4–1	Pau	Ajaccio
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Moussiti-Oko 12' Nouri 30' (pen.) El Idrissy 50' Diallo 61'	Report	Sabaly 32' Bury  59' Batisse  82'	Stadium: Stade François Coty Referee: Florent Batta

Pau v Chambly

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) 19	Pau	1–3	Chambly	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Scaramozzino  19' Zahary 61' Kouassi  64'	Report	Guezoui 5', 68' Correa 47'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Aurélien Petit

Rodez v Pau

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16) 20	Rodez	1–0	Pau	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boissier  59' Ouhafsa 66' Sanaia  83'	Report	Daubin  40' Bury  51' Kouassi  70'	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Pau v Troyes

23 January 2021 (2021-01-23) 21	Pau	0–1	Troyes	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Batisse  42' Scaramozzino  79'	Report	Pintor  45+1' Domingues 78' Dembélé  90+3'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Nicolas Rainville

Guingamp v Pau

30 January 2021 (2021-01-30) 22	Guingamp	2–3	Pau	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Livolant  34' Y. Gomis 55' Roux 59'	Report	Sadzoute  16' Armand 27', 36' Lobry  64' Assifuah 76'	Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Referee: Romain Delpech

Pau v Amiens

2 February 2021 (2021-02-02) 23	Pau	2–0	Amiens	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Itaitinga 10' Kouassi  44' S. Diarra  53' Beusnard 67'	Report	Lomotey  37' Lachuer  76' Assogba  87'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Remi Landry

Nancy v Pau

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) 24	Nancy	1–0	Pau	Tomblaine
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ciss 25' Cissokho  49' Rocha Santos  80' El Kaoutari  80' Bondo  82'	Report	Batisse  66' Armand  75' Beusnard  89'	Stadium: Stade Marcel Picot Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

Pau v Paris FC

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 25	Pau	1–1	Paris FC	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	S. Diarra  13' Beusnard  39' Itaitinga 55' Assifuah  71'	Report	Belaud  31' López  50' Abdi 82'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Gaël Angoula

Niort v Pau

20 February 2021 26	Niort	2–1	Pau	Niort
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Louiserre  32' Bâ 40' Kemen 45' Vallier  78'	Report	Scaramozzino  17' George 59'	Stadium: Stade René Gaillard Referee: Alexandre Perreau Niel

Pau v Le Havre

27 February 2021 27	Pau	2–0	Le Havre	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sabaly  55' George 60',  64' Beusnard 79'	Report	Boutaïb  16'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Sylvain Palhies

Pau v Châteauroux

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 28	Pau	1–0	Châteauroux	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Daubin  27' Assifuah  53' Sadzoute  56' George 58'	Report	Grange  20' Opéri  43' Ibara  85'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Arnaud Baert

Grenoble v Pau

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 29	Grenoble	1–1	Pau	Grenoble
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Djitté  58' Gaspar  65' Anani 66' Bénet  82'	Report	Sabaly  55' Armand 90+3'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Pau v Dunkerque

20 March 2021 30	Pau	3–1	Dunkerque	Pau
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lobry 49' (pen.) Ketkeophomphone 76' (o.g.) Batisse 83'	Report	Kerrouche  31' Ketkeophomphone 90'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

Caen v Pau

3 April 2021 31	Caen	1–1	Pau	Caen
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mendy 38'	Report	Lobry  42' Riou 56' (o.g.) Batisse  76'	Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano Referee: Gaël Angoula

Pau v Clermont

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 32	Pau	2–1	Clermont	Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Koffi  7' Batisse  30' George 53' S. Diarra  59' Daubin  67' Beusnard 90+1'	Report	Berthomier 30' Ogier  61' Hountondji  65' Allevinah  80'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Mathieu Vernice

Sochaux v Pau

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 33	Sochaux	1–1	Pau	Montbéliard
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ambri 12' Sans  84' Thioune  87'	Report	Batisse 56'	Stadium: Stade Auguste Bonal Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

Pau v Auxerre

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 34	Pau	3–0	Auxerre	Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lobry 37' George 44', 78' Daubin  48'	Report	Lloris  67' Hein  86'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Romain Delpech

Pau v Ajaccio

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	Pau	0–0	Ajaccio	Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	S. Diarra  80'	Report	Marchetti  80'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

Chambly v Pau

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 37	Chambly	1–0	Pau	Chambly
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Correa 22' (pen.) Delos  81'	Report	George  18' Batisse  21' Beusnard  87'	Stadium: Stade des Marais Referee: Bartolomeu Varela Teles

Toulouse v Pau

12 May 2021 35	Toulouse	2–2	Pau	Toulouse
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bayo 9', 54' Gabrielsen  29' Koné  84'	Report	Daubin  22' Koffi 46' Dembélé  53' Diarra  53' Assifuah 66'	Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 0 Referee: Willy Delajod

Pau v Valenciennes

15 May 2021 38	Pau	4–3	Valenciennes	Pau
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Itaitinga 3' Lobry 12' George 16',  72' Assifuah 50' Armand  59' Kouassi  71'	Report	Pellenard  30' Vandenabeele 56',  63' Dos Santos 62' Chergui  72' Haouari 84'	Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Remi Landry

Coupe de France

Main article: 2020–21 Coupe de France

Pau v Rodez

19 January 2021 Eighth round	Pau	0–0 (7–8 p)	Rodez	Pau
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du Hameau Referee: Pierre Gaillouste
	Penalties
	Armand Diatta Ba Koffi Ndiaye Daubin Zahary Batisse Sadzoute		Leborgne Dieng Kerouedan David Boissier Ouhafsa Ruffaut Roche Chougrani

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Ligue 2	Coupe de France	Total
		FW		[[]]
Totals

References

1. "Effectif". paufc.fr. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
2. "Pau FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
3. "Ligue 2 BKT : le calendrier de la saison 2020/2021". LFP (in French). 9 July 2020.

External links

• Official website