Corsican football club SC Bastia finished the 2010–11 season as champions of the French Championnat National and was promoted to Ligue 2. 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 Coupe de France and the last 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue. In May 2010, prior to the season, manager Faruk Hadžibegić was replaced by Frédéric Hantz.