Derby de la Mediterranée

The Derby de la Mediterranée (known as: Mediterranean Derby), refers to football match between Bastia and Nice, first contested in 1968. Bastia play at Stade Armand-Cesari in Furiani, Corsica, while Nice play at the Allianz Riviera in Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The teams have played 59 matches in all competitions; Bastia winning 23, Nice winning 17 and the remaining 19 have been drawn. The term Derby de la Mediterranée may also refer to matches between Nice and Olympique de Marseille.

Derby de la Mediterranée

Other names	Mediterranean Derby
Location	Southern France
Teams	Bastia Nice
First meeting	Nice 2–2 Bastia (3 September 1969) Division 1
Latest meeting	Bastia 0–1 Nice (14 January 2025) Coupe de France
Stadiums	Allianz Riviera (Nice) Armand-Cesari (Bastia)
Statistics
Most wins	Bastia (23)
Most player appearances	Charles Orlanducci (19)
Top scorer	Nenad Bjeković (7)
All-time series	Nice: 18 Bastia: 23 Draw: 17

Head-to-head

First contested on 3 September 1968, when Nice hosted Nice, the match ended in a 2–2 draw.^[1] Bastia won its first derby match in the return fixture on 14 June 1969, in a 2–0 home victory,^[2] while Nice won its first debry in the next season on 22 August 1969 also a 2–0 home victory.^[3] A total of 59 derbies have been played, with 56 league matches and 3 cup matches (2 in Coupe de France and 1 in Coupe de la Ligue).^[4]

Statistics

As of 14 January 2025^[4]

Competition	Played	Bastia wins	Draws	Nice wins	Bastia goals	Nice goals
Ligue 1	50	19	14	17	68	63
Ligue 2	6	2	4	0	10	8
Coupe de France	2	1	1	1	3	3
Coupe de la Ligue	1	1	0	0	2	1
Total	59	23	19	18	83	75

List of matches

League

#	Season	Date	Competition	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Stadium	Attendance	H2H
1	1968–69	3 September 1968	French Division 1	Nice	2–2	Bastia	Stade du Ray	13,252	0
2		14 June 1969		Bastia	2–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	2,800	+1
3	1970–71	22 August 1970	French Division 1	Nice	2–0	Bastia	Stade du Ray	8,381	0
4		14 February 1971		Bastia	3–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	3,218	+1
5	1971–72	12 December 1971	French Division 1	Nice	0–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	11,170	+2
6		17 May 1972		Bastia	3–3	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	3,719	+2
7	1972–73	26 November 1972	French Division 1	Nice	1–0	Bastia	Stade du Ray	15,919	+1
8		2 May 1973		Bastia	3–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	4,767	+2
9	1973–74	24 August 1973	French Division 1	Bastia	1–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	8,548	+3
10		20 January 1974		Nice	3–0	Bastia	Stade du Ray	13,006	+2
11	1974–75	23 August 1974	French Division 1	Bastia	2–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	7,495	+3
12		12 January 1975		Nice	2–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	13,876	+2
13	1975–76	30 September 1975	French Division 1	Bastia	1–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	8,436	+2
14		25 January 1976		Nice	1–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	11,615	+2
15	1976–77	18 December 1976	French Division 1	Nice	5–0	Bastia	Stade du Ray	16,649	+1
16		4 June 1977		Bastia	2–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	5,754	+2
17	1977–78	19 November 1977	French Division 1	Nice	3–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	14,694	+1
18		21 April 1978		Bastia	4–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	3,014	+2
19	1978–79	2 August 1978	French Division 1	Bastia	5–2	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	9,500	+3
20		2 December 1978		Nice	2–2	Bastia	Stade du Ray	8,291	+3
21	1979–80	28 August 1979	French Division 1	Nice	2–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	9,217	+2
22		2 February 1980		Bastia	3–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	2,000	+3
23	1980–81	14 August 1980	French Division 1	Nice	2–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	5,519	+2
24		15 April 1981		Bastia	3–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	3,852	+3
25	1981–82	28 August 1981	French Division 1	Bastia	1–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	9,000	+3
26		30 January 1982		Nice	1–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	4,240	+3
27	1985–86	25 October 1985	French Division 1	Nice	0–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	10,269	+2
28		4 April 1986		Bastia	1–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	1,000	+1
29	1991–92	7 September 1991	French Division 2	Bastia	2–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	–	+2
30		1 February 1992		Nice	1–2	Bastia	Stade du Ray	–	+3
31	1992–93	28 August 1992	French Division 2	Nice	4–4	Bastia	Stade du Ray	–	+3
32		17 January 1993		Bastia	0–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	–	+3
33	1993–94	1 September 1993	French Division 2	Nice	2–2	Bastia	Stade du Ray	6,387	+3
34		19 February 1994		Bastia	0–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	3,500	+3
35	1994–95	10 September 1994	French Division 1	Nice	1–2	Bastia	Stade du Ray	9,102	+4
36		11 February 1995		Bastia	1–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	8,000	+4
37	1995–96	25 November 1995	French Division 1	Nice	3–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	–	+3
38		11 May 1996		Bastia	1–2	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	–	+2
39	1996–97	24 August 1996	French Division 1	Nice	1–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	6,500	+2
40		7 December 1996		Bastia	1–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	3,500	+3
41	2002–03	5 October 2002	Ligue 1	Nice	2–0	Bastia	Stade du Ray	13,060	+2
42		22 February 2003		Bastia	1–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	9,165	+2
43	2003–04	5 October 2002	Ligue 1	Nice	2–0	Bastia	Stade du Ray	10,000	+1
44		3 April 2004		Bastia	2–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	5,751	+2
45	2004–05	27 August 2004	Ligue 1	Nice	1–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	9,649	+2
46		22 January 2005		Bastia	2–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	4,135	+3
47	2012–13	29 September 2012	Ligue 1	Nice	2–2	Bastia	Stade du Ray	9,114	+3
48		16 February 2013		Bastia	0–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	14,551	+2
49	2013–14	26 October 2013	Ligue 1	Bastia	1–0	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	14,067	+3
50		15 March 2014		Nice	2–0	Bastia	Stade du Ray	24,337	+2
51	2014–15	18 October 2014	Ligue 1	Nice	0–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	18,919	+3
52		7 March 2015		Bastia	2–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	13,777	+4
53	2015–16	19 September 2015	Ligue 1	Bastia	1–3	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	12,945	+3
54		26 February 2016		Nice	0–2	Bastia	Stade du Ray	14,541	+4
55	2016–17	17 November 2016	Ligue 1	Nice	1–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	20,856	+4
56		20 January 2017		Bastia	1–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	9,757	+4

Cup

#	Season	Date	Competition	Round	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Stadium	Attendance
1	1991–92	8 April 1992	Coupe de France	Round of 16	Nice	0–1	Bastia	Stade du Ray	11,174
2	1996–97	7 February 1997		Round of 32	Bastia	2–2[a]	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	6,000
3	2000–01	7 January 2001	Coupe de la Ligue	Second round	Bastia	2–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	3,754
4	2024–25	14 February 2025	Coupe de France	Round of 32	Bastia	0–1	Nice	Stade Armand-Cesari	9,299

1. Nice won 4–3 on penalties.

Records

All-time top goalscorers

As of 20 January 2017

Rank	Nation	Player	Club(s)	Years	League	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Overall
1		Nenad Bjeković	Nice	1976–1981	7	0	0	7
2		James Debbah	Nice	1995–1997	5	0	0	5
3		Daniel Sanchez	Nice	1972–1981	4	0	0	4
		Anto Drobnjak	Bastia	1994–1987	4	0	0
5		Marc-Kanyan Case	Bastia	1969–1973	3	0	0	3
		Leif Eriksson	Bastia	1970–1975	3	0	0
		François Félix	Bastia	1971–1973	3	0	0
		Claude Papi	Bastia	1967–1982	3	0	0
		Serge Lenoir	Bastia	1972–1976	3	0	0
		Abdelkrim Merry	Bastia	1974–1980	3	0	0
		Johnny Rep	Bastia	1977–1979	3	0	0
		Christophe Meslin	Nice	2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2003–2005	3	0	0
			Bastia	2005–2007	0	0	0

All-time most appearances

As of 20 January 2017

Rank	Nation	Player	Club(s)	Years	League	Coupe de France	Coupe de la Ligue	Overall
1		Charles Orlanducci	Bastia	1969–1987	19	0	0	19
2		Claude Papi	Bastia	1967–1982	17	0	0	17
3		Roger Jouve	Bastia	1965–1978	13	0	0	13
		Dominique Baratelli	Nice	1971–1978	13	0	0
5		Jean-Louis Cazes	Bastia	1975–1984	12	0	0	12
6		Daniel Sanchez	Nice	1971–1981	11	0	0	11
		André Burkhard	Nice	1973–1980	11	0	0
		Francis Isnard	Nice	1963–1975	11	0	0
		Georges Franceschetti	Bastia	1968–1972, 1974–1978	11	0	0
		Juan Pedro Ascery	Nice	1972–1981	11	0	0
		Bruno Valencony	Bastia	1987–1996	6	1	0
			Nice	1996–2005	2	1	1

Hat-tricks

Nation	Player	For	Against	Score	Competition	Date	Ref.
	Nenad Bjeković	Nice	Bastia	3–1 (H)	1977–78 French Division 1	19 November 1977	[5]

Discipline

Rank	Nation	Player	Red card(s)	For	Against	Competition	Date	Ref.
1		Yannick Cahuzac	2	Bastia	Nice	2013–14 Ligue 1	15 March 2014	[6]
						2016–17 Ligue 1	20 January 2017	[7]
2		Gianni Bruno	1	Bastia	Nice	2013–14 Ligue 1	26 October 2013	[8]
		Grégoire Puel	1	Nice	Bastia	2014–15 Ligue 1	7 March 2015	[9]
		Hervé Revelli	1	Nice	Bastia	1973–74 French Division 1	26 November 1973	[10]
		Ilija Pantelić	1	Bastia	Nice
		Jean-Louis Cazes	1	Bastia	Nice	1976–77 French Division 1	18 December 1976	[11]
		Mahamane Traoré	1	Nice	Bastia	2013–14 Ligue 1	26 October 2013	[12]
		Paul Baysse	1	Bastia	Nice	2015–16 Ligue 1	26 February 2016	[13]
		Souleymane Diawara	1	Nice	Bastia	2014–15 Ligue 1	07 March 2015	[14]

Results

Biggest wins (5+ goals)

Winning margin	Result	Date	Competition
5	Nice 5–0 Bastia	18 December 1976	1976–77 French Division 1

Most total goals in a match

Goals	Result	Date	Competition
8	Nice 4–4 Bastia	28 August 1992	1992–93 French Division 1
7	Bastia 5–2 Nice	2 August 1978	1978–79 French Division 1
6	Bastia 3–3 Nice	17 May 1972	1971–72 French Division 1

Longest runs

Most consecutive wins

Games	Club	Period
3	Bastia	7 September 1991 – 8 April 1992

Most consecutive draws

Games	Period
4	28 August 1992 – 19 February 1994

Most consecutive matches without a draw

Games	Period
7	16 February 2013 – 26 February 2016
6	26 November 1972 – 12 January 1975
5	18 December 1976 – 2 August 1978
	25 October 1985 – 8 April 1992

Longest undefeated runs

Games	Club	Period
9	Bastia	7 September 1991 – 11 February 1995
4	Bastia	3 April 2004 – 29 September 2012

Most consecutive games scoring

Games	Club	Period
8	Bastia	10 September 1994 – 7 January 2001
7	Nice	7 February 1997 – 27 August 2004
6	Bastia	2 February 1980 – 25 October 1985
	Nice	28 August 1981 – 1 February 1992
5	Nice	19 November 1977 – 28 August 1979
	Bastia	22 February 2003 – 29 September 2012

External links

• Nice-Bastia and Bastia-Nice - Ligue de Football Professionnel
• OGC Nice official site (in French)
• SC Bastia official site (in French)