AC Ajaccio

Ajaccio
Full nameAthletic Club Ajaccien
Nickname(s)L'ours (The Bears)[1]
Founded1910; 114 years ago (1910)
GroundStade Michel Moretti
Capacity10,446
OwnerHolding Ajaccio Imperial Corse Investissement
PresidentDaniele Bufano[2]
Head coachMathieu Chabert
LeagueLigue 2
2023–24Ligue 2, 15th of 20
Websitehttps://www.ac-ajaccio.corsica
Current season

Athletic Club Ajaccien (Corsican: Athletic Club Aiaccini), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ACA or simply Ajaccio, is a French professional football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and plays in the Ligue 2, the second tier of the French football league system. Ajaccio play their home matches at the Stade Michel Moretti and are rivals with fellow Corsican club Bastia, with whom they contest the Corsica derby (Derby Corse).[3]

  1. ^ "#324 – AC Ajaccio : l'Orsu" (in French). Footnickname. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ "DANIELE BUFANO, NOUVEAU PRÉSIDENT DE L'AC AJACCIO" (in French). AC Ajaccio. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  3. ^ Willis, Craig; Hughes, Will; Bober, Sergiusz. "ECMI Minorities Blog. National and Linguistic Minorities in the Context of Professional Football across Europe: Five Examples from Non-kin State Situations". ECMI. Retrieved 27 March 2023.