RC Valencia explained

Teamname:Valencia Rugby
Fullname:Rugby Club Valencia
Founded:1966
Ground:Quatre Carreres
Capacity:2,500
Chairman:Eduardo González
Coach:Pablo Lammertyn
Season:2023–24
Position:División de Honor B – Group B, 2nd
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Url:https://www.valenciarugby.com/

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

History

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

SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes
1974–752Primera Nacional2nd
1975–762Primera Nacional1st
1976–772Primera Nacional2ndRelegated
1977–781División de Honor6th
1978–791División de Honor3rd
1979–801División de Honor3rd
1980–811División de Honor3rd
1981–821División de Honor4th
1982–831División de Honor1st
1983–841División de Honor6th
1984–851División de Honor6th
1985–861División de Honor8th
1986–871División de Honor3rd
1987–881División de Honor5th
1988–891División de Honor9th
1989–901División de Honor6th
1990–911División de Honor8th
1991–921División de Honor11thRelegated
1992–932Primera Nacional1stPromoted
1993–941División de Honor11thRelegated
1994–952Primera Nacional2ndPromoted
1995–961División de Honor8th
1996–971División de Honor9th
1997–981División de Honor9th
1998–991División de Honor12thRelegated
1999–002División de Honor B4th
2000–012División de Honor B8th
2001–022División de Honor B1stPromoted
2002–031División de Honor7th
2003–041División de Honor10thRelegated
SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes
2004–052División de Honor B3rd
2005–062División de Honor B6th
2006–072División de Honor B8thRelegated
2007–083Primera Nacional8thRelegated
2008–094Primera TerritorialPromoted
2009–103Primera Nacional8th
2010–113Primera Nacional7thRelegated
2011–124Primera Territorial1stPromoted
2012–133Primera Nacional1stPromoted
2013–142División de Honor B6th
2014–152División de Honor B5th
2015–162División de Honor B
2016–172División de Honor B
2017–182División de Honor B
2018–192División de Honor B
2019–202División de Honor B
2020–212División de Honor B
2021–222División de Honor B
2022–232División de Honor B
2023–242División de Honor B2nd
2024–252División de Honor B
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historia – Valencia Rugby . 2023-11-14 . es.
  2. Yo soy Noticia "Rugby. Los actos del 50 Aniversario" (26, February, 2016)