Bastia’s match against Lyon was abandoned at half-time after home supporters twice invaded the pitch to attack opposition players.

After kick-off was delayed by 55 minutes, the game was stopped for good when more trouble erupted at the interval with the score 0-0. The Lyon goalkeeper, Anthony Lopes, was calmly walking off the field after the referee Amaury Delerue signalled the end of the first half when he was confronted by a man. Lopes pushed him back as clashes erupted between home fans and Lyon players.

Television pictures had earlier shown the Lyon players running off the Bastia pitch and returning to their dressing-room to escape the fans. They initially refused to take to the pitch but were eventually persuaded to start before further incident caused the game to be abandoned.

Longer, 2-minute version courtesy of OL TV shows extraordinary attempt to attack Lyon players from SC Bastia "fans". pic.twitter.com/UAsnHwSyi0 — Get French Football (@GFFN) April 16, 2017

Reports in France claimed the Lyon players had boarded the team bus but were forced to return to the changing room after Corsican authorities were unable to guarantee their safety.

“Bastia fans kicked balls into [Mathieu] Gorgelin’s goal,” said the defender Jeremy Berthod. “He and Memphis [Depay] tried to move them out of the way before being attacked by many SC Bastia fans. The players then huddled together. They and the staff are very shocked. The moment it happened, none of them wanted to come out of the dressing room and play this match.”

The French league said its disciplinary commission would investigate and urged Bastia to ban the fans responsible.

“The French league is asking Bastia to take all necessary measures in order to issue stadium bans against those responsible for these acts,” the league said. “And more generally to take all measures required to guarantee security.”

In February, Bastia were ordered to close part of their stadium for three matches after a group of supporters shouted racist insults at the Nice striker Mario Balotelli during a 1-1 draw in January.

It was the second time in a week that Lyon had faced hooligan problems, after crowd trouble before Thursday’s Europa League game in Lyon against the Turkish side Besiktas, which is being investigated by Uefa.

Swiss police, meanwhile, have said fans of a rival club attacked the team bus of second-division Servette as it headed home from an away match. The team’s two drivers were injured by broken glass.

Police in Aargau canton said on Sunday that the incident happened at a highway rest area on Saturday evening. The Servette players were returning home from a match at Wil.

As they were about to set off, another bus containing fans of first-division Sion arrived. They attacked the Servette bus, damaging the front and side windows. Police say they arrived at the scene quickly and brought the situation under control.