2023–24 Pau FC season

Pau FC
2023–24 season
Manager	Nicolas Usaï
Stadium	Nouste Camp
Ligue 2	10th
Coupe de France	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mons Bassouamina (11); All: ; Mons Bassouamina; Khalid Boutaïb; (11 each)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Pau FC's 65th season in existence and fourth consecutive in the Ligue 2. They also competed in the Coupe de France.

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 November 2023^[1]

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	SEN	Bingourou Kamara
2	DF	CIV	Thérence Koudou (on loan from Reims)
4	DF	CIV	Xavier Kouassi
5	DF	FRA	Noé Sow
6	MF	BEN	Sessi D'Almeida
7	FW	FRA	Moussa Sylla (on loan from Caen)
8	MF	SEN	Henri Saivet
10	FW	MAR	Khalid Boutaïb
11	FW	CGO	Mons Bassouamina
12	FW	SEN	Pape Massar Djitte
13	MF	FRA	Louis Mouton (on loan from Saint-Etienne)
15	DF	FRA	Marius Ros
17	DF	FRA	Antoine Batisse
18	FW	MTN	Oumar Ngom
19	DF	GUI	Ousmane Kanté


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	FRA	Steeve Beusnard
22	DF	CIV	Ange Ahoussou
23	DF	GAB	Johann Obiang
24	DF	MAD	Kenji-Van Boto
25	DF	FRA	Jean Ruiz
26	DF	FRA	Jean Lambert Evans
27	MF	COM	Iyad Mohamed
28	MF	BEN	Lenny Pirringuel (on loan from Bordeaux)
30	FW	FRA	Yonis Njoh
31	GK	FRA	Quentin Galvez-Diarra
33	FW	FRA	Sonny Degert
40	GK	ALG	Mehdi Jeannin
70	FW	FRA	Charles Boli
85	MF	ARG	Tino Costa
99	FW	FRA	Mehdi Chahiri

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
4	DF	CAN	Diyaeddine Abzi (at CD Leganés until 30 June 2024)^[2]

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
GK	Bingourou Kamara	Montpellier	Free	3 July 2023
MF	Moussa Sylla	Caen	Loan	8 August 2023
MF	Mehdi Chahiri	Strasbourg	Free	1 September 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Erwin Koffi	Neftchi Baku		25 July 2023
DF	Diyaeddine Abzi	CD Leganés	Loan	14 August 2023	^[3]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

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	5 August 2023	17 May 2024	Matchday 1	10th	38	13	12	13	60	57	+3	034.21
Coupe de France	18 November 2023	5 January 2024	Seventh round	Round of 64	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	066.67
Total					41	15	12	14	67	62	+5	036.59

Source: Soccerway

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
8	Amiens	38	12	17	9	36	36	0	53
9	Guingamp	38	13	12	13	44	40	+4	51
10	Pau	38	13	12	13	60	57	+3	51
11	Grenoble	38	13	12	13	43	44	−1	51
12	Bordeaux (R)	38	14	9	15	50	52	−2	50^[a]	Administrative relegation to National 2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2024. 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
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Bordeaux were deducted 1 point due to federation decision.^[4]

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	13	12	13	60	57	+3	51	7	6	6	32	27	+5	6	6	7	28	30	−2

Last updated: 17 May 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L
Position	3	11	4	8	9	11	14	10	8	8	9	7	6	7	5	5	4	5	5	5	10	9	6	9	12	9	10	12	11	9	9	9	6	6	7	9	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.^[5]

7 August 2023 1	Pau	3–0	Bordeaux	Pau
20:45	Saivet 17' George 19' Ruiz 44' Obiang 45+3' Boutaïb 73'	Report	Vipotnik 65'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Karim Abed

12 August 2023 2	Caen	2–0	Pau	Caen
19:00 CET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade Michel d'Ornano

19 August 2023 3	Pau	2–0	Paris FC	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Nouste Camp

26 September 2023 8	Bastia	1–4	Pau	Furiani
20:45 CET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stade Armand-Cesari

21 October 2023 11	Ajaccio	2–0	Pau	Ajaccio
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stade François Coty

28 October 2023 12	Pau	3–2	Grenoble	Pau
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Nouste Camp

11 November 2023 14	Pau	4–4	Angers	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Nouste Camp

25 November 2023 15	Saint-Étienne	1–2	Pau	Saint-Étienne
15:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard Attendance: 21,709 Referee: Faouzi Benchabane

28 November 2023 13	Concarneau	1–2	Pau	Guingamp
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Roudourou Attendance: 690

11 November 2023 14	Pau	4–4	Angers	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Nouste Camp

2 December 2023 16	Pau	1–1	Dunkerque	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Saivet 4'	Report	Baghdadi 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

5 December 2023 17	Pau	3–1	Valenciennes	Pau
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Sylla 45+2' (pen.), 89' Mons Bassouamina 71'	Report	Venema 47'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

16 December 2023 18	Laval	1–1	Pau	Laval
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baldé 28' Tchokounté 45' Cherni 51'	Report	Obiang 42' Sylla 64'	Stadium: Stade Francis Le Basser Attendance: 6,550 Referee: Benjamin Lepaysant

19 December 2023 19	Pau	1–1	Troyes	Pau
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Batisse 31' D'Almeida 47' Mouton 61' Sylla 88'	Report	Boura 19' Dong 44' Saïd 56' Chavalerin 89'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,153 Referee: Azzedine Souifi

13 January 2024 20	Rodez	2–1	Pau	Rodez
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chougrani 20' Abdallah 53' Danger 84' 88' Younoussa 90+5'	Report	Ruiz 29' Mouton 72' Sylla 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Paul-Lignon Attendance: 2,913 Referee: Mikael Lesage

23 January 2024 21	Pau	0–1	Saint-Étienne	Pau
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Kouassi 36' D'Almeida 85' Kamara 90+5'	Report	Chambost 38'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Eric Wattellier

27 January 2024 22	Annecy	0–0	Pau	Annecy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hamjatou Soukouna 10' Escales 90+5'	Report	Mouton 56' Sylla 90+5'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Attendance: 3,497 Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji

3 February 2024 23	Pau	2–2	Auxerre	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouassi 38' Boutaïb 40' 49'	Report	Onaiwu 2' Jubal 64' (pen.) Mensah 84' Léon 90+7'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,703 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

10 February 2024 24	Paris FC	1–1	Pau	Paris
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Camara 65' Koré 86' 90+5'	Report	Bassouamina 53' Beusnard 59'	Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty Attendance: 3,429 Referee: Mikael Lesage

17 February 2024 25	Pau	0–2	Quevilly-Rouen	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Boli 80'	Report	Coulibaly 5' 55' Mamadou Camara 24' Poha 59'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,087 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

24 February 2024 26	Grenoble Foot 38	0–1	Pau	Grenoble
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Meïssa Ba 72'	Report	Sylla 5' Beusnard 29' D'Almeida 54'	Stadium: Stade des Alpes Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart

2 March 2024 27	Pau	2–3	Caen	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ahoussou 65' Boli 77' Ngom 90+1' Jordy Gaspar 90+8'	Report	Alexandre Mendy 31' Daubin 61' Kyeremeh 69' Salama 85'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,068 Referee: Thierry Bouille

9 March 2024 28	Dunkerque	1–0	Pau	Dunkirk
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bilingi 58' Baghdadi 79'	Report	Saivet 38' Boto 87'	Stadium: Stade Marcel-Tribut Attendance: 3,495 Referee: Aurélien Petit

16 March 2024 29	Pau	2–0	Concarneau	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ahoussou 17' Saivet 53' (pen.) Begraoui 74'	Report	Faussurier 3' Clément Rodrigues 63' Lebeau 86'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,036 Referee: Nicolas Rainville

30 March 2024 30	Amiens SC	2–3	Pau	Amiens
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mafouta 18' Gelin 32' Kakuta 53' Urhoghide 64' Carroll 66'	Report	Boutaïb 17' 56' Ahoussou 45+1' Saivet 60' Beusnard 64' Sylla 75'	Stadium: Stade de la Licorne Attendance: 5,915 Referee: Ahmed Taleb

6 April 2024 31	Pau	1–1	Ajaccio	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ahoussou 23' Boli 38'	Report	Mangani 6' Strata 54' Sakhi 69'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,285 Referee: Mickaël Leleu

13 April 2024 32	Valenciennes	1–4	Pau	Valenciennes
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Linguet 32' Manga Foe Ondoa 80'	Report	Boutaïb 7' Saivet 34' Mohamed 43' Ruiz 45+2' Sylla 64' Begraoui 82'	Stadium: Stade du Hainaut Attendance: 6,242 Referee: Jérémie Pignard

20 April 2024 33	Pau	3–0	Laval	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sylla 3' 32' Beusnard 65' Boutaïb 74'	Report	Diaw 27' Tchokounté 35'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,516 Referee: Azzedine Souifi

23 April 2024 34	Troyes	2–2	Pau	Troyes
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Ndiaye 14' Zoukrou 20' Chavalerin 45+3' Dong 72' Diop 78'	Report	Boli 18' Bassouamina 90'	Stadium: Stade de l'Aube Attendance: 5,767 Referee: Guillaume Paradis

27 April 2024 35	Pau	1–2	Guingamp	Pau
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kouassi 56' Ahoussou 87' Bassouamina 90+2' Boutaïb 90+5'	Report	Picard 15' Sivis 56' Jordy Gaspar 90+3' (o.g.) Siwe 90+5'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,482 Referee: Antoine Valnet

3 May 2024 36	Angers	2–1	Pau	Angers
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Abdelli 12' Hanin 52' Kalumba 78' Zinga 90+5'	Report	Ruiz 56' 63' Obiang 60' Jordy Gaspar 82'	Stadium: Stade Raymond Kopa Attendance: 10,728 Referee: Eric Wattellier

10 May 2024 37	Pau	1–2	Bastia	Pau
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Costa 3' Bassouamina 7' Ruiz 55' Mouton 74' D'Almeida 90+6'	Report	Alfarela 70' 83' Vincent 76' Bianchini 90+3'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,512 Referee: Rémi Landry

17 May 2024 38	Bordeaux	3–2	Pau	Bordeaux
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Weissbeck 7' Livolant 16' Davitashvili 51' De Lima 52'	Report	Ruiz 45+3' Mohamed 46' 89' Ahoussou 50' Colléaux 77' Sylla 90+3'	Stadium: Matmut Atlantique Attendance: 21,710 Referee: Aurélien Petit

Coupe de France

18 November 2023 Seventh round	Chauray	0–1	Pau	Chauray
19:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Mouton 28'	Stadium: Stade Municipal

9 December 2023 Eighth round	Coulaines	1–5	Pau	Coulaines
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bouba Yansane 82' Ilan Thebert 88'	Report	Mouton 5' Koudou 19' Ngom 29' Boutaïb 59' 67' Njoh 65'	Stadium: Stade André Conty Attendance: 1,240 Referee: Léo Beulet

5 January 2024 Round of 64	Pau	1–4	Nantes	Pau
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sylla 15'	Report	Mollet 48' Centonze 77' Kadewere 80' 83' Bamba 88' Douglas Augusto 90+5'	Stadium: Nouste Camp Attendance: 3,353 Referee: Pierre Gaillouste

References

^ "Effectif". 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "Le Québécois Diyaeddine Abzi prêté en Espagne". Réseau des sports (RDS). 14 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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^ "Bordeaux to remain in Ligue 2 after fan attacks Rodez player". Fox Sports. 12 June 2023.
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External links

Official website

[table_hth_BOR0.43351307578083-5] Bordeaux were deducted 1 point due to federation decision.^[4]

[1] "Effectif". 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[2] "Le Québécois Diyaeddine Abzi prêté en Espagne". Réseau des sports (RDS). 14 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

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[4] "Bordeaux to remain in Ligue 2 after fan attacks Rodez player". Fox Sports. 12 June 2023.

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