Bastia plays home matches at the Stade Armand Cesari, having a capacity of 11,000 spectators. Julien Lolli is the current chairman of the club while the team plays under the managerial ship of Frederic Hantz. It is one of the most popular French football clubs.
SC Bastia football club, well known as the “Turchini”, “lioni di Furiani”, and “les bleus”, plays home games in Blue jersey with Blue shorts and away games in White Jersey with White shorts.
On the domestic level, Bastia football club has won only two titles, Second Division winners in 1968 and Coupe de France in 1981. While on an international level, Bastia has made 2 appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, 2 appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and 3 appearances in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. And the best came in the 1977/78 edition of the UEFA Cup when Bastia reaches the final but unfortunately lost to PSV Eindhoven football club.
The clubs’ poor performance in the last 2009/10 season of French Ligue 2 sent them to further lower category which is named “Championnat National” after becoming 20th, the lowest position on the table.
Sporting Club de Bastia, well known as the SC Bastia, nicknamed Turrchini, is currently playing in the lowly third division of the French league called “Championnat National” after their poor performance in the last 2009/10 season. Julien Lolli is the Chairman while Frederic Hantz is the current manager of the club.
Despite their poor current status, the club had a long football history with many winning moments in it. SC Bastia won the first major Copa de France title in 1981 and was the runners up of Coupe de la Ligue in 1995. The club has also won 17 Corsica Championship titles-an an amazing stat for any club on the domestic level.
On an international level, their biggest win in the UEFA competition is 7-0 against Makedonija football club on July 11, 1998, while their biggest defeat in the UEFA competitions is 4-0 against Vojvodina football club on August 05, 1998. The club has made 2 appearances in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, 2 appearances in the UEFA Europa League, and 3 appearances in the UEFA Intertoto cup.
Christophe Deguerville and Eric Durand, both the French footballers together hold the record for most UEFA appearances with 18 games for Bastia football club.
Prince Daye football player and Claude Papi football player are the top goal scorers for FC Bastia in all the UEFA club competitions with 7 goals each.
Honors
Domestic
■ Ligue 2
■ Champions (1): 1968
■ Coupe de France
■ Champions (1): 1981
■ Runners-Up (2): 1972, 2002
■ Coupe de la Ligue
■ Runners-Up (1): 1995
■ Trophée des champions
■ Champions (1): 1972
■ Corsica Championship
■ Champions (17): 1922, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1962, 1963
Europe
■ UEFA Cup
■ Runners-Up (1): 1978
■ Intertoto Cup
■ Champions (1): 1997
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