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| Full name | Sporting Club Bastiais | ||
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| Nickname(s) | I Turchini (The Blues), I Lioni di Furiani (The Lions of Furiani)[1], Le Sporting (The Sporting), Les Bleus (The Blues) | ||
| Short name | SCB | ||
| Founded | 1905 | ||
| Ground | Stade Armand-Cesari[2] | ||
| Capacity | 16,048 | ||
| President | Claude Ferrandi | ||
| Manager | Benoît Tavenot | ||
| League | Ligue 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 2, 13th of 20 | ||
| Website | https://www.sc-bastia.corsica | ||
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Sporting Club Bastia (Corsican: Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a French professional football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football, having won the 2020–21 Championnat National.[3] The club plays its home matches at the Stade Armand Cesari located within the city. SC Bastia is known for its strong association with Corsican nationalism.[4]
Bastia's main historical success include reaching the final of the 1977–78 edition of the UEFA Cup. The team was defeated by Dutch club PSV Eindhoven (0–0 at home, 0–3 away). Domestically, Bastia won the second division of French football in 1968 and 2012, and the Coupe de France in 1981. During the club's infancy, it was league champions of the "Corsican League" 17 times. They are the local rivals of Ajaccio and contest the Derby Corse.
The club has signed several famous players in its history, notably including Dragan Džajić, Claude Papi, Johnny Rep, Roger Milla, Michael Essien, Alex Song, Sébastien Squillaci, Jérôme Rothen, Antar Yahia and Florian Thauvin.
In 2017 the club was relegated to the Championnat National 3 due to financial irregularities and lost its professional licence. I Turchini regained professional status in 2021 following promotion to Ligue 2.
- ^ "#528 – SC Bastia : i Lioni di Furiani" (in French). Footnickname. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Site en construction". www.sc-bastia.net.
- ^ Bastia 2–1 Châteauroux : la revue de presse, SC Bastia, 23 April 2012 (in French).
- ^ 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 14 March 2023.