US Pays de Cassel

US Pays de Cassel was founded in 2018 after the merger of four smaller local clubs: Hardifort, Noordpenne-Zuytpeene, Bavinchove-Cassel and Arnèke.[4][5]

On 14 January 2023, Pays de Cassel eliminated Championnat National 2 (fourth-tier) side Wasquehal in the round of 64 of the 2022–23 Coupe de France following a penalty shoot-out.[6][7] This set up an encounter with Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain in the following round, played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens as Pays de Cassel's stadium did not meet the criteria to hold the game.[8][9] At the time, Pays de Cassel had an annual budget of €150,000 while PSG's was €800 million; the two clubs were worth €400,000 and €3.2 billion, respectively.[10] PSG won 7–0, with five goals from Kylian Mbappé.[11]

As of 23 January 2023[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRA Elio Clausi — GK  FRA Romain Samson — DF  FRA Arthur Bogdanski — DF  FRA Hugo Dubreucq — DF  FRA Kévin Rudent — DF  FRA Dimitri Santrain — DF  FRA Alexis Zmijak (captain) — MF  FRA Clément Bogdanski — MF  FRA Clément Boudjema — MF  FRA Nicolas Bruneel — MF  FRA Charles Delcourt

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  FRA Julien Denaes — MF  FRA Mathias Dron — MF  FRA Baptiste Leclerc — MF  FRA Corentin Rapaille — MF  FRA Lucas Thoor — FW  CGO Robin Itoua — FW  FRA Ayrance Leganase — FW  FRA Isaac Loukou — FW  FRA Keba Sané — FW  FRA Elio Secq — FW  FRA Mathieu Valdher

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