FC Barcelona Rugby
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| Full name | FC Barcelona Rugby | ||
| Founded | 1924 | ||
| Location | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Ground | University of Barcelona | ||
| League | Division de Honor | ||
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FCB Rugby is a Catalan rugby union club. The senior team currently plays in Group D of the Primera Nacional, the third level of Spanish rugby union after the División de Honor and División de Honor B. The club play their home games at the University of Barcelona and belong to the FC Barcelona family. The club was formed on November 21, 1924.
Before the Spanish Civil War, the club won championship of Spain on three occasions and championship of Catalonia seven times. During the 1940s and 1950s FCB were one of the strongest rugby clubs in Spain, winning a further 10 Spanish championships. In 1953 and 1954 they won the first Spanish league titles. Since the 1960s the club has gone into decline and were subsequently relegated to lower divisions.
[edit] Honors
- Campionats d'Espanya:
- 1926, 1930, 1932, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1965, 1983, 1985: 15
- Supercopa d'Espanya
- 1983: 1
- Lligues espanyoles:
- 1953 1954: 2
- Campionats de Catalunya de rugbi:
- 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1968 1989: 19
- Campionats de Catalunya de rugbi:
- 1982 2003: 2
- Lligues de Clubs de Llevant:
- 1982 1983: 2
- Copa Ibèrica:
- 1971: 1
- Copa Pirineus de rugbi:
- 1967: 1
- Campionat d'Espanya juvenil:
- 2003: 1
- Copa Catalana juvenil:
- 2003: 1
- Campionat de Catalunya pre-benjamí:
- 2005: 1
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| Federation: | Spanish Rugby Federation |
| National team: | Spain • Spain Sevens |
| International Competitions: | European Nations Cup • Four Nations |
| Domestic Competitions: | División de Honor |
| División de Honor teams: | FC Barcelona • El Salvador • Complutense Cisneros • Getxo Artea R.T. • Ordizia RE • C.R. Liceo Francés • C.R.C. Madrid Noroeste • Rugby Valladolid • UE Santboiana • Bera Bera RT |
