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AC Ajaccio. Athletic Club Ajaccien (Corsican: Athletic Club Aiaccini), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ACA or simply Ajaccio, is a French professional football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and plays in the Ligue 2, the second tier of the French football league system.
Red Star (promoted after 5 years of absence) and Martigues (promoted return after 22 years of absence). Since Ligue 2 reduced in size, 4 teams were relegated and only 2 promoted, [1] so Troyes, Quevilly-Rouen, Concarneau, and Valenciennes were relegated [2] (after 1, 3, 1, and 10 seasons in the second division respectively).
2023–24 AC Ajaccio season. The 2023–24 season was Athletic Club Ajaccio's 114th season in existence and first one back in the Ligue 2. They also competed in the Coupe de France .
Derby Corse. The Derby Corse (English: Corsica derby) is a rivalry in French football between AC Ajaccio and SC Bastia, the two biggest clubs on the island of Corsica. [1] The rivalry is intensified by the existing geographical rivalry of the island. Ajaccio is the capital of the island and largest city, as well as capital of the southern Corse ...
Ligue 2 was founded a year after the creation of the first division in 1933 under the name Division 2 and has served as the second division of French football ever since. The name lasted until 2002 before switching to its current name. Since the league is a part of the LFP, it allows clubs who are on the brink of professionalism to become so.
The only regularly occurring city derbies and which uphold their rivalries in recent years in France are the Parisian derbies between Red Star, US Créteil and Paris FC [2] in the second and third tiers, and the Ajaccio derby between AC Ajaccio and GFCO Ajaccio. [1] Ajaccio - AC Ajaccio (L2) vs Gazélec Ajaccio (R2). [1] [3] [4] [5]
On 18 January 2014, Ochoa played his 100th match in Europe in Ajaccio's 0–2 away loss to Nice. [39] Following a 1–2 defeat to Bastia on 20 April, Ajaccio were officially relegated to Ligue 2 after spending three years in the top flight. [40] Ochoa played his final match with the club on 17 May in a 1–3 defeat to Saint-Étienne.
2021–22 →. The 2020–21 AC Ajaccio season was the club's 111th season in existence and the eighth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Ajaccio participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.