Étoile Sportive Paulhanaise is a

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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

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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

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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

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in the 2014–15 season, on goal average having finished level on points with AF Lozère. Paulhan-Pézenas finished top of its CFA 2 group, gaining promotion to the

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. The club narrowly avoided relegation from the

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, after finishing in the relegation places but gaining a reprieve due to administrative decisions affecting other clubs. 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. 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.

Honours

: Group winner

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* Champion DH Languedoc-Roussillon : 2015

References

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