Union Sportive des Clubs du Cortenais is a French

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team founded in 1908. It is based in Corte,

Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged wi ...

, France. The club currently plays in

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, the fifth tier of

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. They were finally promoted in 2020, after controversially being denied promotion in 2019, despite winning a decision via the Corsica league appeal board, which was later overturned by the FFF. It plays at the Parc des Sports de Chabrières in Corte, which has a capacity of 1,000. The club was originally called US Corte, but changed its name in 1998 after it merged with amateur side ''FC Corte Castrila''.

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External links

Official footeo site
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USC Corte Union Sportive des Clubs du Cortenais is a French association football team founded in 1908. It is based in Corte, Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of F ...

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