Étoile Sportive Paulhanaise is a football club based in Paulhan, France. The team plays at Stade des laures in Paulhan, and as of the 2022–23 season, competes in the Départemental 1 Occitanie, the tenth tier in the French football league system.
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| Full name | Étoile Sportive Paulhanaise | ||
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| Nickname(s) | ESP | ||
| Founded | 2012 (as ES Pau
lhan-Pézenas) 2018 (as ES Paulhan-Pézenas Avenir)) 2022 (Étoile Sportive Paulhanaise) | ||
| Ground | Stade des laures | ||
| Capacity | 500 | ||
| President | Thierry Perez | ||
| Manager | 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐲𝐬 | ||
| League | Départemental 1 Occitanie | ||
| 2022–23 | Départemental 1 Occitanie, Hérault 1rd | ||
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History edit
The merger of Etoile Sportive Paulhanaise and AS Pézenas Tourbes to form Etoile Sportive Paulhan-Pézenas was announced on 6 June 2012. Former chairman of AS Pézenas Tourbes, Stéphane Mouton, took control of the new club, with Pascal Dagany appointed coach. The club entered the Division d'Honneur in the Languedoc-Roussillon region for the 2012–13 season. Following a good initial campaign, they finished second in the league, by one point.[1]
After finishing third in the 2013–14 season, the club won the Division d'Honneur, and promotion to Championnat de France Amateur 2 in the 2014–15 season, on goal average having finished level on points with AF Lozère.[2]
Paulhan-Pézenas finished top of its CFA 2 group, gaining promotion to the Championnat de France Amateur. The club narrowly avoided relegation from the 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur, after finishing in the relegation places but gaining a reprieve due to administrative decisions affecting other clubs.[3]
In 2018, Paulhan-Pézenas was relegated by finishing bottom of its Championnat National 2 group, and given a further administrative relegation of two divisions due to financial non-compliance.[4] The club was eventually liquidated and reformed as Etoile Sportive Paulhan-Pézenas Avenir, playing in the Départemental 2 Occitanie as of the 2018–19 season.[5]
Honours edit
- Championnat de France Amateur 2 : Group winner 2016
- Champion DH Languedoc-Roussillon : 2015 [5]
References edit
- ^ "Archives Presse 2012-2013" (in French). ES Paulhan-Pézenas Official Site. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "ES Paulhan-Pézenas Footeo" (in French). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "DNCG : Paulhan-Pézenas vers un repêchage en National 2" (in French). foot-national.com. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Foot N3: Paulhan-Pézenas rétrograde" (in French). foot-national.com. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Stat Football Club France: ES Paulhan-Pézenas" (in French). statfootballclubfrance.fr. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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