Pau FC

Nouste Camp

Pau Football Club, commonly abbreviated to Pau FC, is a French professional association football club based in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the capital of Béarn. In the 2020–21 season, they are competing in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. They were founded in 1920 as Bleuets de Notre-Dame de Pau, although their official founding date is 1959 which is when Football-Club de Pau were first formed. In the early years after the club's formation in its original home of Pau, capital of Béarn they played their home games at many different grounds, until finally the club settled into its current location at the Nouste Camp. The club's achievements include winning the Championnat National in 2020, twice winning the National 2 title in 1998 & 2016 and winning the French South-West League in 1958 and 1968. Pau FC have long-standing rivalries with several other clubs in Southern France, in the Adour river basin. The most notable of these are Bayonne, Mont-de-Marsan & Tarbes.