Castres Olympique

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Castres Olympique
Castres Olympique.svg
Full name Castres Olympique
Nickname (s) CO
Founded 1898
Stadion Stade Pierre-Fabre
Places 12,300
president Pierre-Yves Revol
Trainer Mauricio Reggiardo
Homepage www.castres-olympique.com
league Top 14
2018/19 7th place
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Castres Olympique is a rugby union club from the French city ​​of Castres in the Tarn department . He is five times French champion and plays in the top 14 league . The home games are played at the Stade Pierre-Fabre . The club's motto is "Tous Ensemble" ( German  all together ).

history

In 1898, some ex-Castres high school students formed a team at the Café de l'Europe to practice their favorite sport. The rugby team was a division of a sports club in the early years. However, its members were dissatisfied with the dominant position of cycling within this club, so they split off in 1906 and founded their own club. They called this Castres Olympique; the club colors were now blue-white-gray instead of the previous yellow-black.

The newly founded club reached the top division in 1921, after only 15 years, and has never been relegated since then. In 1948 Castres won both the Coupe de France and the first championship title, after beating Stade Montois in the final . The second championship title followed in 1950, and the Racing Club de France was defeated in the final. From the early 1960s, Castres Olympique was no longer able to build on previous successes and was mostly to be found in the back of the table.

In 1988, Pierre Fabre, the founder of the pharmaceutical company Laboratoires Pierre Fabre , decided to take over the association and bring it back to the top. He invested large sums of money and introduced professional structures. This paid off a few years later. In 1993, Castres Olympique became French champions for the third time (after beating FC Grenoble in the final) and was again in the final in 1995, which was lost to Stade Toulousain . In 2013, Castres Olympique defeated the RC Toulon in the final . A year later, Castres Olympique was again in the final against RC Toulon, but this time lost. In 2018, Castres defeated the Montpellier Hérault RC in the championship final 29:13 and thus secured his fifth title.

At European level, Castres Olympique reached the final of the European Challenge Cup twice (1997 and 2000) and won the European Shield in 2003 .

successes

Castres Olympique finals

championship

date master 2nd finalist Result place spectator
May 22, 1949 Castres Olympique Stade Montois 14: 3 Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse 23,000
April 16, 1950 Castres Olympique Racing Club de France 11: 8 Stade des Ponts Jumeaux, Toulouse 25,000
5th June 1993 Castres Olympique FC Grenoble 14:11 Parc des Princes , Paris 48,000
May 6, 1995 Stade Toulousain Castres Olympique 31:16 Parc des Princes, Paris 48,615
1st June 2013 Castres Olympique RC Toulon 19:14 Stade de France , Paris 80.033
May 31, 2014 RC Toulon Castres Olympique 18:10 Stade de France, Paris 80.174
2nd June 2018 Castres Olympique Montpellier Hérault RC 29:13 Stade de France, Paris 78 442

European Challenge Cup

date winner 2nd finalist Result place spectator
January 26, 1997 CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Castres Olympique 18: 9 Stade de la Méditerranée , Béziers 10,000
May 27, 2000 Section Paloise Castres Olympique 34:21 Stade des Sept Deniers , Toulouse 6,000

European Shield

date winner 2nd finalist Result place spectator
May 25, 2003 Castres Olympique Caerphilly RFC 42:33 Madejski Stadium , Reading 3,500

player

Current squad

The squad for the 2019/2020 season:

Front side (forwards)

pier

hooker

Second row striker

Third row striker

 

Back line (backs)

Half of the crowd

Connection half

Inner three quarters

Outer three-quarters

Goalkeeper

Well-known former players

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This is a replay game. The first final, held on May 15, 1949 at the same location, ended 3: 3 afterwards.
  2. ^ Effectif. Castres Olympique, accessed November 20, 2019 (French).