Corsican football club

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 French ...

finished the 2010–11 season as champions of the French

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and was promoted to

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. The club's top scorer of the season was David Suarez with 23 goals in 20 league matches. SC Bastia reached the 7th round of the

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and the last 16 of the

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. In May 2010, prior to the season, manager

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was replaced by Frédéric Hantz.

Season overview

SC Bastia had run up an operating deficit of €1.2 million in the previous financial year. On 15 June 2010, following a review of each club's administrative and financial accounts in the Championnat National, the

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(DNCG) ruled that Bastia and

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would be relegated to the

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. Both Bastia and Gueugnon had the option to appeal the decision. On 25 June 2010, the

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and the General Council of

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approved grants of €800,000 and €150,000 to be given to Bastia in order for the club to meet the DNCG's financial requirements, which would allow the club to remain in the Championnat National. However, on 6 July, the DNCG remained firm on its stance relegating the club to the fourth division after questioning the legitimacy of the grants and the sale of the club's training center. Bastia president, Julien Lolli, remained confident that the club would play in the Championnat National and issued an appeal to the CNOSF, the National Sporting Committee of France, the same day. On 2 July, the DNCG announced that Gueugnon would remain in National after the club successfully appealed to the organisation. On 16 July, the CNOSF ruled against the DNCG and announced that Bastia should play in the Championnat National. The club's place in the league was confirmed upon the release of the league table. On 15 June, Bastia announced the signing of Jérémy Choplin and Gaël Angoula on free transfers, from

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and Pacy Vallée-d'Eure respectively.

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left the club for

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for a transfer fee of €50,000. Bastia exited the

in the round of 16, losing 4–0 to

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on 27 October. During the match, fans used

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and threw objects onto the pitch. According to the LFP's disciplinary committee, Bastia club officials hindered the arrest of the guilty individuals while an Auxerre steward sustained injuries. As a result of these incidents the disciplinary committee excluded Bastia from the following year's edition of the league cup in December.

Transfers

In

Out

Squad and statistics

, - , colspan="14", ''Playing half a season at the club:''

Friendly matches

Competitions

Championnat National

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

:''Note: 9. and 29. weeks did not match.'' Source
Foot-National.com
Retrieved on 11 March 2012.

Coupe de France

Coupe de la Ligue

References

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Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, 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-hi ...