Aviron Bayonnais Football Club (French pronunciation: [a.vi.ʁɔ̃ ba.jɔ.nɛ]; commonly referred to as simply Bayonne) is a French association football club based in Bayonne.
Bayonne plays its home matches at the Stade Didier Deschamps located in the city.
It is named after Bayonne native, former youth player and the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 winning captain Didier Deschamps, who also played for Marseille and Juventus.
Central defender Aymeric Laporte is another player who featured for Bayonne as a youth before starring for Athletic Bilbao and later Manchester City.
[5] In 2021, former AS Saint-Étienne goalkeeper Stéphane Ruffier joined as an educator in the club.