A.C. Bastia 1924 is an Italian football club based in

Bastia Umbra Bastia Umbra () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 15 km southeast of Perugia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 20,523 and an area of 27.6 km2.All demograph ...

, Umbria. The club played in

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

from 1956 to 1958, 1988 to 1995 and from 2012 to 2015; currently, the club is back in

after winning promotion in 2018.

History

The club was founded in 1924, the first line up was: Bartolucci Antonio; Mencarelli Brasillo, Cingolani Igino; Caldari Fioravanti, Alunni Annibale e Pascolini Alfredo; Petrini Arcangelo, Farello Giovanni, Bucefari Vincenzo, Celori Pronto, Giannotti Gino. In the early years the team didn't play in an official championship because of lack of money and played only friendlies. In 1935–36 the club played in the ''campionato unico per dilettanti''. The club played in this championship until 1945. In 1945 Bastia played in

Prima Divisione Prima Divisione (''First Division'') was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the richest clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the ...

. In 1947–48 the team was promoted to

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

but the team was forced to renounce to it because of economical problems. In 1948–49 the club played in Prima Divisione, in 1949–50 in seconda divisione. In 1952–53 the club played in Prima Divisione because prima divisione was merged with seconda divisione. In 1953–54 Bastia played in ''promozione regionale''. After two years in Promozione the team was promoted in 1955–56 to IV Serie (Serie D) after winning the promotion playoff against Gubbio. In the first year in IV Serie the club managed to avoid relegation but at the end of the 1957–58 season the club was relegated to Promozione after losing relegation playoffs against Rotulea and Perugia. Three seasons later Bastia won the ''Promozione Umbria'' championship but renounced to the promotion to Serie D. In the 1962–63 the team arrived 2nd in Promozione and won the ''Coppa Umbria''. The club remained in Promozione until the 1971–72 season. In that season the team was relegated. At the end of the season the club ceased to exist. A new team, U.S. Bastia, joined the Terza Categoria championship. The new team, after a series of promotions, at the end of the season 1987–88 was promoted to

. The club remained in this championship until 1995, missing promotion in 1989–90 (3rd place). At the end of the 1994–95 season, the club was relegated to Eccellenza Umbria. In the season 2011–12 the team gained promotion from

Eccellenza Umbria Eccellenza Umbria is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the northern Italian region of Umbria, Italy. It is competed among 16 teams, in one group. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second ...

after finishing first, to

, but were relegated in 2015. In 2018 they won promotion once again.

Colors and badge

Its colours are white and red.

Chronology

*1955–56: 1st in Promozione after promotion playoff against Gubbio. Promoted in IV Serie *1956–57: 15th in IV Serie *1957–58: 12th in IV Serie. Relegated *1959–60: 3rd in Promozione *1960–61: 1st in Promozione *1961–62: 5th in Promozione *1962–63: 2nd in Promozione. The club won Coppa Umbria *1964–65: 5th in Promozione *1966–67: 9th in Promozione *1967–68: 13th in Promozione *1970–71: 15th in Promozione *1971–72: 15th in Promozione. Relegated *1988–89: 11th in Campionato Interregionale *1989–90: 3rd in Campionato Interregionale *1990–91: 5th in Campionato Interregionale *1991–92: 8th in Campionato Interregionale *1992–93: 14th in C.N.D. *1993–94: 14th in C.N.D. *1994–95: 18th in C.N.D. Relegated to Eccellenza *2006–07: 5th in Eccellenza *2007–08: 10th in Eccellenza *2008–09: 4th in Eccellenza Lost promotion play-offs *2009–10: 5th in Eccellenza Lost promotion play-offs *2010–11: 6th in Eccellenza *2011–12: 1st in Eccellenza Promoted to Serie D *2012–13: 11th in Serie D *2013-14: 14th in Group E in Serie D. Won relegation play-offs *2014-15: 18th in Group E in Serie D. Relegated to Eccellenza, reached preliminary rounds of

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

*2015-16: 13th in Eccellenza Umbria. *2016-17: 7th in Eccellenza Umbria. *2017-18: 1st in Eccellenza Umbria. Promoted to Serie D

References

External links

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Official website
Bastia 1924 Association football clubs established in 1924 Football clubs in Umbria 1924 establishments in Italy Association football clubs established in 1972 1972 establishments in Italy