Cercle Athlétique Bastiais or CA Bastia was a French
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club from
Bastia
Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...
,
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
. The team's highest point was playing in
Ligue 2
Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...
, the second tier of the
French football league system
The French football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in France and Monaco, and includes one Spanish side. At the top two levels of the system is the Ligue de Football Professionnel, which consists of two pro ...
, in
2013–14.
Their historic home stadium was the Stade d'Erbajolo in
Bastia
Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...
, although they played their Ligue 2 home games in the
Stade Armand Cesari
Stade Armand-Cesari, also known as the Stade de Furiani, is a multi-purpose stadium in Furiani, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches of SC Bastia. The stadium is able to hold 16,000 people and opened in 1932.
It was the v ...
, home stadium of the city's other professional team,
SC Bastia
Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football ...
.
In 2017, after suffering relegation from the
2016–17 Championnat National
The 2016–17 Championnat National season was the 19th season since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 15 July 2016.
Teams
There are 18 clubs in the league, with four promoted teams from Championnat de France Amateur replacing the ...
(third tier), they merged with
Borgo FC
Borgo Football Club was a French football club based in Borgo on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1918 and in 2017 merged with CA Bastia to form FC Bastia-Borgo, renamed FC Borgo in 2022. The club last played in the Championn ...
to form
FC Bastia-Borgo
Football Club Borgo is a French football club based in Borgo, Haute-Corse on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in July 2017 by the merger of CA Bastia and Borgo FC. As of the 2022–23 season, it competes in the Championnat Nationa ...
.
Former players
References
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CA Bastia
Defunct football clubs in France
Football clubs in Corsica
Association football clubs established in 1920
Association football clubs disestablished in 2017
CA Bastia
2017 disestablishments in France
Sport in Haute-Corse