Rugby Club Valencia (also known as Valencia Rugby) is a Spanish rugby team. The club competes in Group East of División de Honor B.

Valencia Rugby
Full nameRugby Club Valencia
Founded1966
LocationValencia, Spain
Ground(s)Quatre Carreres (Capacity: 2,500)
ChairmanEduardo González
Coach(es)Pablo Lammertyn
League(s)División de Honor B
2023–24División de Honor B – Group B, 2nd
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.valenciarugby.com

History

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The club was established in May 1966 by a group of young players who wanted to see a team from the city of Valencia playing in the national leagues. There were problems securing a field, and the club played on a football field in Picanya and sometimes on the river banks by the teachers' training college in the early years. They acquired their own ground, the Campo de La Pechina (Field of The Pendant), the very first rugby ground in the city.

The following season a youth team was started, which won the regional championship.

The senior team reached the national leagues in 1973/1974 for the first time, and was promoted to the División de Honor in the 1976/1977 season, winning the title in 1982/1983. From 1987 onwards, the search for sponsors for the team began. From 1989, sponsorship by Tecnidex, the company co-founded by the former player Manuel García Portillo, led to the team being known as Valencia Tecnidex.[1][2]

In 1990 the club gained their primary sponsor, Tecnidex, a company providing chemicals and disinfectants for agricultural purposes.

Honours

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Season by season

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Season Tier Division Pos. Notes
1974–75 2 Primera Nacional 2nd
1975–76 2 Primera Nacional 1st
1976–77 2 Primera Nacional 2nd Relegated
1977–78 1 División de Honor 6th
1978–79 1 División de Honor 3rd
1979–80 1 División de Honor 3rd
1980–81 1 División de Honor 3rd
1981–82 1 División de Honor 4th
1982–83 1 División de Honor 1st
1983–84 1 División de Honor 6th
1984–85 1 División de Honor 6th
1985–86 1 División de Honor 8th
1986–87 1 División de Honor 3rd
1987–88 1 División de Honor 5th
1988–89 1 División de Honor 9th
1989–90 1 División de Honor 6th
1990–91 1 División de Honor 8th
1991–92 1 División de Honor 11th Relegated
1992–93 2 Primera Nacional 1st Promoted
1993–94 1 División de Honor 11th Relegated
1994–95 2 Primera Nacional 2nd Promoted
1995–96 1 División de Honor 8th
1996–97 1 División de Honor 9th
1997–98 1 División de Honor 9th
1998–99 1 División de Honor 12th Relegated
1999–00 2 División de Honor B 4th
2000–01 2 División de Honor B 8th
2001–02 2 División de Honor B 1st Promoted
2002–03 1 División de Honor 7th
2003–04 1 División de Honor 10th Relegated
Season Tier Division Pos. Notes
2004–05 2 División de Honor B 3rd
2005–06 2 División de Honor B 6th
2006–07 2 División de Honor B 8th Relegated
2007–08 3 Primera Nacional 8th Relegated
2008–09 4 Primera Territorial Promoted
2009–10 3 Primera Nacional 8th
2010–11 3 Primera Nacional 7th Relegated
2011–12 4 Primera Territorial 1st Promoted
2012–13 3 Primera Nacional 1st Promoted
2013–14 2 División de Honor B 6th
2014–15 2 División de Honor B 5th
2015–16 2 División de Honor B
2016–17 2 División de Honor B
2017–18 2 División de Honor B
2018–19 2 División de Honor B
2019–20 2 División de Honor B
2020–21 2 División de Honor B
2021–22 2 División de Honor B
2022–23 2 División de Honor B
2023–24 2 División de Honor B 2nd
2024–25 2 División de Honor B


References

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  1. ^ "Historia – Valencia Rugby" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  2. ^ Yo soy Noticia "Rugby. Los actos del 50 Aniversario" (26, February, 2016)
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