SC Bastia

Genesis of the team and beginning of professional football

Sporting Club de Bastia was founded in 1905 by a Swiss named Hans Ruesch. He taught German in high school in Bastia. The first president of Bastia was Emile Brandizi. The Corsican club celebrated its debut on the Place d'Armes of Bastia, in the light of a single gas burner. The club began its professional journey in 1965, in Division 2. After three successful seasons, it was crowned Champion of France's Second Division in 1968, joining the elite. The first season was difficult, but the club still maintained its place. Thus began a decade widely considered the finest in club history. In 1972, the club reached, for the first time, the final of the Coupe de France against Olympique de Marseille (losing 2–1), getting it its first qualification in the European Cup Winners' Cup, which led to elimination against the excellent team of Atlético Madrid.

UEFA Cup finalist in 1978 and Cup victory in France in 1981

In 1977, Bastia finished third in the Division 1 with the best offence in the league, and qualified for the UEFA Cup. This is the beginning of the team built around playmaker Claude Papi, which was composed of many talented players such as Johnny Rep of the Netherlands; Jean-François Larios, a midfielder and French international; and Charles Orlanducci, the solid libero nicknamed the "Lion of Vescovato".

The team eliminated successively Sporting Lisbon, Newcastle United, Torino, Carl Zeiss Jena and…

Domestic

Ligue 2 Winners: 1967–68, 2011–12 Championnat National Winners: 2010–11, 2020–21 Coupe de France Winners: 1980–81 Runners-up: 1971–72, 2001–02 Coupe de la Ligue Runners-up: 1994–95, 2014–15 Trophée des champions Winners: 1972 Corsica Championship Winners (17): 1922, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1962, 1963

Continental

UEFA Cup Runners-up: 1977–78 Intertoto Cup Champions: 1997