# 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 14 February 2020.
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

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | 19 January 2021 | Eighth round | Eighth round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 028.21 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.

### Coupe de France
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

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