 In his first managerial job with AS Porto-Vecchio, he took them to the last 32 of the 1999–2000 Coupe de France before losing to Bordeaux.He then moved into the ranks of Bastia, becoming manager in 2004 and being sacked in April 2005 when the team was 19th in Ligue 1.Ciccolini returned to management in 2008 at Red Star F.C., and was dismissed the following March with the team in danger of relegation.