Rugby team
CAU Valencia![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/CAU_Valencia_Rugby.png/150px-CAU_Valencia_Rugby.png) |
Full name | CAU Rugby Valencia |
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Founded | 1973 |
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Location | Valencia, Spain |
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Ground(s) | Campo del Río Turia (Capacity: 2,000) |
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Chairman | Fouad Osseiran |
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Coach(es) | Guillermo Lahoz |
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League(s) | División de Honor B |
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2023–24 | División de Honor B – Group B, 1st |
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Official website |
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caurugbyvalencia.com |
CAU Rugby Valencia is a rugby union club based in Valencia, Spain. The club currently competes in the second-tier División de Honor B.
History
CAU Rugby Valencia was founded in 1973 by members of the University of Valencia, led by Luis Sebastián Caballero. After many years of playing at regional, provincial and national levels, the club was promoted to the Primera Nacional division in 1996. Two seasons later it moved up to the second-tier División de Honor B, and finally to the División de Honor in 2001.[1] They were relegated in 2011.
Season by season
Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Notes | 1977–78 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 8th | | 1978–79 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 8th | Relegated | 1979–80 | 3 | Segunda Nacional | — | Promoted | 1980–81 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 4th | | 1981–82 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 5th | Relegated | 1982–83 | 3 | Segunda Nacional | 2nd | | 1983–97 | 3 | Segunda Nacional | — | | 1997–98 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 1st | | 1998–99 | 2 | División de Honor B | 5th | | 1999–00 | 2 | División de Honor B | 6th | | 2000–01 | 2 | División de Honor B | 1st | Promoted | 2001–02 | 1 | División de Honor | 7th | | 2002–03 | 1 | División de Honor | 9th | | | |
References
- ^ "Breve Historia" (in Spanish). CAU Valencia Rugby. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
External links
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