# 2023–24 Pau FC season

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
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) |

## 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 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 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 | Administrative relegation to National 2 |
* ↑ Bordeaux were deducted 1 point due to federation decision.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 17 May 2024. Source:

#### 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 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 29 June 2023.