Cercle Athlétique Bastiais or CA Bastia was a French football club from Bastia, Corsica. The team's highest point was playing in Ligue 2, the second tier of the French football league system, in 2013–14.[1]
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| Full name | Cercle Athlétique Bastiais | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Les Noirs (The Blacks) | ||
| Founded | 1920 | ||
| Dissolved | 2017 | ||
| Ground | Stade Armand Cesari | ||
| Capacity | 16,000 | ||
| Chairman | Antoine Emmanuelli | ||
| Coach | Stephane Rossi | ||
| League | Championnat National | ||
| 2016–17 | 16th, Relegated | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Their historic home stadium was the Stade d'Erbajolo in Bastia, although they played their Ligue 2 home games in the Stade Armand Cesari, home stadium of the city's other professional team, SC Bastia.[2]
In 2017, after suffering relegation from the 2016–17 Championnat National (third tier), they merged with Borgo FC to form FC Bastia-Borgo.[3]
Former players
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edit- ^ "Le CA Bastia en Ligue 2" [CA Bastia in Ligue 2]. L'Equipe (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Ligue 2 - Le CA Bastia jouera bien à Furiani" [Ligue 2 - CA Bastia will play in Furiani] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ "Bastia CA : La fusion avec Borgo officialisée" [Bastia CA: Merger with Borgo made official] (in French). Foot National. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.