The football club was founded in 1935 and currently play in the
Championnat National 3, the fifth level of
French football. 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. Athletic have had a collaboration agreement with Bayonne for several years that they recently renewed until 2024. While Aviron is the largest club in the
French Basque Country, it has not replicated the successes of the clubs on the Spanish side of the border, though the club's new investor, Karim Fradim, who was previously the president of
Chamois Niortais, hopes to professionalise the club. In 2021, former
AS Saint-Étienne goalkeeper
Stéphane Ruffier joined as an educator in the club. In 2024–25, Aviron Bayonnais secured promotion to
National 2 for the first time in their history from next season. ==Current squad==