ES Paulhan-Pézenas


Etoile Sportive Paulhan-Pézenas is a French association football club based in the commune of Pézenas, Hérault. The club was founded in 2012 through a merger of two local clubs Etoile Sportive Paulhanaise and AS Pézenas Tourbes. They play at the Stade Municipal in Pézanas, and as of the 2018–19 they compete in Regional 2, Occitanie, effectively the seventh tier of French football.

History

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.
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.
The club finished top of their 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.
In 2018 the club were relegated by finishing bottom of their Championnat National 2 group, and given a further administrative relegation of two divisions due to financial non-compliance.

Current squad

Honours