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.
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]
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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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.
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]