Football Club Borgo is a French

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club based in

Borgo, Haute-Corse Borgo (; ; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. The Bastia-Poretta Airport is located in Borgo. It was the site of the 1768 Battle of Borgo during the French Conquest of Corsica when a French for ...

on the island of

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. The club was founded in July 2017 by the merger of CA Bastia and Borgo FC. As of the 2024–25 season, Borgo competes in the

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History

Upon its creation in 2017, the team began playing in the Championnat National 2, the fourth tier of the

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. In the 2018–19 season, the team won promotion as runner-up in its group, one point behind

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' reserve team who were ineligible to rise any higher. The team finished in the final relegation place of the 2021–22 Championnat National season, but were reprieved from relegation due to the

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decision to relegate

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. On 23 July 2022, FC Bastia-Borgo changed its name to FC Borgo ahead of the 2022–23 season.

Crest

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bastia-Borgo Bastia-Borgo Bastia-Borgo 2017 establishments in France Football clubs in France Sport in Haute-Corse