Ground | Stade Erbajolo, Bastia |
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Capacity | 2,000 |
Manager | Benoît Tavenot and Frédéric Née (CFA 2) Ghislain Printant (U-19) Olivier Sbaiz (U-17) |
League |
CFA 2 Championnat National U-19 Championnat National U-17 |
2011–12 | CFA 2: Group D, 4th U-19: Group D, 8th U-17: Group D, 11th |
Website | Club website |
The SC Bastia Reserves and Academy are the reserve team and academy of French football club Bastia. The Plaine de l’Igesa serves as the home facility for the club's Reserves and Academy sides, which play their home matches at the Stade Erbajolo and Stade Armand Cesari. It is located in the commune of Haute-Corse, located in the western suburbs of Bastia. Notable graduates of the academy include Alex Song, Michael Essien, Nicolas Penneteau, Yannick Cahuzac, Wahbi Khazri, Claude Papi and Charles Orlanducci. Ghislain Printant was the first director of the training centre. Benoît Tavenot and former Bastia and French international player Frédéric Née is the current director.
The formation of a football player includes various periods adapted to the characteristics of young footballers. Sporting players and are divided into several categories.
The football school (5-12) includes a hundred young. Then there is the preformation (12–14 years), comprising some thirty young people, as regards training for its players 14 to 18 years. Finally, the last phase before the maturity of a player is the post-training, which includes twenty young can evolve or pro CFA 2.
Bastia training policy is entering a new phase six years ago. Opened in the summer of 2002, the training center Marius Mariotti is located just next to the Stade Armand Cesari. Fully equipped to meet the needs of young athletes and football institutions, it is classified as category 2A, the same level as many of the elite formations.
The site is currently pursuing Borgo, the Training Center has four golf lawns, a large playground and a gym located at the stadium. The club also has other facilities in the region Bastia.