Montpellier Hérault RC

Montpellier Hérault
Full name	Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club
Founded	1986
Stadion	GGL Stadium
Places	15,697
president	Mohed old bike
Trainer	Xavier Garbajosa
Homepage	montpellier-rugby.com
league	Top 14
2018/19	6th place
home	Away

The Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club is a rugby union club from the French city of Montpellier in the Hérault department . He plays Top 14 in the highest French league . The home games are played in the GGL Stadium .

history

The city's first rugby club, Montpellier Sportif , was founded in 1900. 1963 follow Stade Montpelliérain ; from this split off in 1974 the Montpellier Université Club (MUC), which rose to the first division twelve years later. Also in 1986 joined Stade Montpellierain and the MUC back together and formed the Montpellier Rugby Club.

In 1998 Montpellier was relegated to the second division and the following year won the Challenge de l'Espérance, a cup competition for lower-class teams. In 2003, the association added the name Hérault to its name and introduced a new logo with a rock rose . In the same year Montpellier was champion of the second division Pro D2 and rose. After the early retirement in the European Challenge Cup , the club took part in the European Shield and won this cup at European level; In the final in Parma , the Italian rugby representative Viadana was defeated with 25:19.

In July 2007, the club moved to the newly built Stade Yves du Manoir (today: GGL Stadium), which with a capacity of 12,000 spectators (excluding seats) is almost twice as large as the previously used Stade Sabathé. In 2011 Montpellier reached the championship finals for the first time, but lost to Stade Toulousain .