# 2024–25 Pau FC season

The 2024–25 season is Pau FC's 66th season in existence and fifth consecutive in the Ligue 2. They are also competing in the Coupe de France.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 August 2024
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 | FRA | Thérence Koudou |
| 4 | DF | CIV | Xavier Kouassi |
| 6 | MF | MTN | Oumar Ngom |
| 7 | FW | GLP | Taïryk Arconte |
| 8 | MF | COM | Iyad Mohamed |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Pathé Mboup |
| 10 | FW | MAR | Khalid Boutaïb |
| 12 | DF | ANG | Jordy Gaspar |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Antonin Bobichon |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Antoine Mille |
| 19 | DF | GUI | Ousmane Kanté |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Loïck Lespinasse |
| 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 | FRA | Kyllian Gasnier |
| 30 | FW | FRA | Yonis Njoh |
| 40 | GK | ALG | Mehdi Jeannin |
| 77 | GK | FRA | Tao Paradowski |
| 98 | DF | FRA | Tom Gomes |
| 99 | DF | FRA | Joseph Kalulu |
| TBC | 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Reserves and Academy

    As of 28 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SEN | Massiré Sylla |
| 34 | FW | FRA | Fidèle Bongelo |
| 77 | GK | FRA | Tao Paradowski |
| 99 | D | FRA | Joseph Kalulu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 98 | MF | FRA | Tom Gomes |
| — | MF | SEN | Khalifa Ababacar Sylla |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Antoine Mille | La Berrichonne de Châteauroux | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Antonin Bobichon | Stade lavallois | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Pathé Mboup | RWD Molenbeek | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| GK | Tao Paradowski | Nîmes Olympique | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Taïryk Arconte | Stade Brestois 29 | €600,000 | 1 August 2024 |
| DF | Thérence Koudou | Stade de Reims | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| DF | Joseph Kalulu | AS Saint-Priest | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Kyllian Gasnier | Chamois Niortais | Free | 22 August 2024 |
| FW | Fidèle Bongelo | Montpellier HSC | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Kandet Diawara | Le Havre AC | Loan (Option to Buy) | 1 August 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Diyaeddine Abzi | N/A | Contract Terminated | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Mons Bassouamina | Clermont Foot | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Sessi D'Almeida | Apollon Limassol | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Sonny Degert | Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire FC | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Nicolas Delpech | US Avranches | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| DF | Marius Ros | N/A | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Thomas Colléaux | FC Lorient B | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| GK | Quentin Galvez-Diarra | N/A | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Henri Saivet | Clermont Foot | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| DF | Noé Sow | FC Sion | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Moussa Sylla | FC Schalke 04 | €2,500,000 | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Tino Costa | N/A | Retired | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Adel Lembezat | Dijon FCO | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| FW | Yanis Begraoui | Toulouse FC | Return from Loan | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Louis Mouton | AS Saint-Étienne | Return from Loan | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Pape Massar Djitte | Girondins de Bordeaux | Free | 1 August 2024 |
| MF | Charles Boli | Apollon Limassol | Free | 1 August 2024 |

### Loan in

| Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee | Date | Source |
| MF | Kandet Diawara | Le Havre AC | Loan (Option to Buy) | 1 August 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

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Pau FC resumed training on July 1, 2024. Initially, the club planned a training camp in Chalosse, but Hagetmau served as a base camp for the Paraguayan Olympic team during this period. As a result, the team relocated to Loudenvielle in the Pyrenees for an altitude camp from July 22 to 26. With Henri Saivet's departure, Bingourou Kamara is now the captain. Seven National 3 players start the pre-season with the professional squad: Massiré Sylla, Tidjan Diaby, Khalifa Sylla, Tom Gomes, and Alexandre Fernandes, players who were already with the reserve team last season. Two additional players are involved, Salif Lebouath and Fidèle Bongelo.
Here is the list of friendly matches planned for Pau FC in 2024:
* July 13, 2024: vs. Iraq Olympic team in Anglet, behind closed doors for security reasons.
* July 20, 2024: vs. Toulouse FC (Ligue 1) in Blagnac (Haute-Garonne).
* July 27, 2024: vs. Niort (National) in La Brède (Gironde).
* August 3, 2024: vs. Rodez in Blagnac (Haute-Garonne).
* August 10, 2024: vs. the reserve team of Real Sociedad in Hagetmau.

### Changes in preparation

* The match against the Iraq Olympic team was canceled due to logistical reasons by the Lions of Babylon. In replacement, Nicolas Usaï scheduled an internal match on training ground no. 2 at Nouste Camp.
* At the end of their camp in Loudenvielle, from July 22 to 26, they did not play against Chamois Niortais Football Club in La Brède as initially planned, but traveled to Marseille to face Olympique de Marseille on July 27 at the Robert-Louis-Dreyfus Training Center.
* The match against FC Martigues, initially scheduled for Tuesday, July 30, was canceled at the request of the promoted team, which will visit Nouste Camp on the 4th day of Ligue 2 on September 14. Martigues preferred to avoid two close encounters in the schedule, and Pau FC ended up facing Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol at Estadio José Zorrilla on July 31.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 036.59 |
Source: Soccerway

### Ligue 2
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Amiens | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Laval | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 11 |
| 11 | Pau | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 |
| 12 | Ajaccio | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 11 |
| 13 | Clermont | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 8 |

#### Results summary

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Last updated: 28 August 2024. Source: