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The French rugby league championship has been the major rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

tournament for semi-professional and professional clubs in France and Monaco

Monaco

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since the sport was introduced to the country in the thirties

1930s

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.

Except for the first season, a play-off structure leading to a championship final has always been used to determine the fate of the championship. Because the French rugby league championship has several divisions where the teams will change each year depending on final standings and relegation/promotion there have been many teams in the French rugby league championship since its inception.

The championship is divided into several divisions; the top league is currently titled Elite One Championship

Elite One Championship

The Elite One Championship is the top tier French professional domestic rugby league competition....

(French: Le Championnat de France Elite).

List of champions

{| {| class="wikitable" style= "border:1;"
|-
| Season||Winners||Score||Runner-up||Venue
|-
| 1934-1935||US Villeneuve¹|| colspan=4 |n/a
|-
| 1935-1936||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1935, and thus were founding members of the French rugby league championship...

||25-14||Bordeaux XIII|| Bordeaux
|-
| 1936-1937||Bordeaux XIII||23-10||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||Bordeaux
|-
| 1937-1938||RC Albi

Racing Club Albi XIII

RC Albi XIII is a French rugby league club in the Elite Two Championship. They are based in Albi, Tarn.- Club honours :* French championship : 1938, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1977* Runners-up : 1960* French cup : 1974...

||8-5||US Villeneuve ||Bordeaux
|-
| 1938-1939||Roanne||9-0||US Villeneuve||Bordeaux
|-
| 1939-1940||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||20-16||Pau XIII||Toulouse
|-
| 1940-44|| colspan=4 |Rugby league outlawed by Vichy regime
Vichy France
Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...

|-
| 1944-1945||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne are a professional rugby league football club based in Carcassonne in the south of France. They play in the French rugby league championship and are one of the most successful clubs in French rugby league, having won a total of ten French Championship titles and eleven Lord Derby Cups...

||13-12||Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique are a French professional rugby league team from Toulouse, in the southwest of France. They were founded on 22 October, in 1937 two years after the founding of the French Rugby League Federation. Between 1995 and 2002 the club were known as Spacers de Toulouse, due to links with...

||Perpignan
|-
| 1945-1946||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||12-0||Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

||Lyon
|-
| 1946-1947||Roanne XIII

Roanne XIII

Racing Club de Roanne XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Roanne, Loire in the Rhône-Alpes region. The club plays in the Rhône-Alpes League of the French National Division 2.-History:...

||19-0||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Lyon
|-
| 1947-1948||Roanne XIII

Roanne XIII

Racing Club de Roanne XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Roanne, Loire in the Rhône-Alpes region. The club plays in the Rhône-Alpes League of the French National Division 2.-History:...

||3-2||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Marseille
|-
| 1948-1949||Marseille XIII

Marseille XIII

-History:Marseille XIII were founded in 1946.The club has only won the French Championship once, in 1949. They have however lost three finals, in 1950, 1952 and 1973...

||12-5||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Carcassonne
|-
| 1949-1950||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||21-7||Marseille XIII

Marseille XIII

-History:Marseille XIII were founded in 1946.The club has only won the French Championship once, in 1949. They have however lost three finals, in 1950, 1952 and 1973...

||Perpignan
|-
| 1950-1951||Lyon Villeurbanne

Lyon Villeurbanne

Lyon Villeurbanne are a French rugby league club from the town of Lyon in France. They play in the Elite Two Championship.-History:The Lyon club was founded in 1934. In 1934, the French rugby league was setup. The Lyon club, won the inaugural Lord Derby Cup in 1934-35. The club went on to win the...

||15-10||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||Toulouse
|-
| 1951-1952||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||18-6||Marseille XIII

Marseille XIII

-History:Marseille XIII were founded in 1946.The club has only won the French Championship once, in 1949. They have however lost three finals, in 1950, 1952 and 1973...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1952-1953||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||19-12||Lyon Villeurbanne

Lyon Villeurbanne

||Toulouse
|-
| 1953-1954||Bordeaux XIII||7-4||Marseille XIII

Marseille XIII

-History:Marseille XIII were founded in 1946.The club has only won the French Championship once, in 1949. They have however lost three finals, in 1950, 1952 and 1973...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1954-1955||Lyon Villeurbanne

Lyon Villeurbanne

||7-6||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Toulouse
|-
| 1955-1956||RC Albi

Racing Club Albi XIII

||13-5||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Toulouse
|-
| 1956-1957||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||14-9||SO Avignon

Sporting Olympique Avignon

Sporting Olympique Avignon also known as Avignon XIII or SO Avignon are a professional rugby league team based in Avignon in the south of France...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1957-1958||RC Albi

Racing Club Albi XIII

||8-6||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Toulouse
|-
| 1958-1959||US Villeneuve||24-16||FC Lézignan

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1959-1960||Roanne XIII

Roanne XIII

Racing Club de Roanne XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Roanne, Loire in the Rhône-Alpes region. The club plays in the Rhône-Alpes League of the French National Division 2.-History:...

||31-24||RC Albi

Racing Club Albi XIII

||Toulouse
|-
| 1960-1961||FC Lézignan

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

||7-4||Roanne XIII

Roanne XIII

Racing Club de Roanne XIII are a French Rugby League club based in Roanne, Loire in the Rhône-Alpes region. The club plays in the Rhône-Alpes League of the French National Division 2.-History:...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1961-1962||RC Albi

Racing Club Albi XIII

||14-7||US Villeneuve||Toulouse
|-
| 1962-1963||FC Lézignan

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

||20-13||RC Saint-Gaudens||Toulouse
|-
| 1963-1964||US Villeneuve||4-3||Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

||Toulouse
|-
| 1964-1965||Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

||47-15||US Villeneuve||Toulouse
|-
| 1965-1966||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||45-20||RC Saint-Gaudens||Toulouse
|-
| 1966-1967||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||39-15||RC Saint-Gaudens||Toulouse
|-
| 1967-1968||SC Limoux||13-12||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Toulouse
|-
| 1968-1969||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||12-11||RC Saint-Gaudens||Toulouse
|-
| 1969-1970||RC Saint-Gaudens||32-10||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||Toulouse
|-
| 1970-1971||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||13-4||RC Saint-Gaudens||Toulouse
|-
| 1971-1972||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||21-9||RC Saint-Gaudens||Toulouse
|-
| 1972-1973||Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

||18-0||Marseille||Toulouse
|-
| 1973-1974||RC Saint-Gaudens||21-8||US Villeneuve||Toulouse
|-
| 1974-1975||Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

||10-9||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1975-1976||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||14-6||FC Lézignan

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1976-1977||RC Albi

Racing Club Albi XIII

||19-10||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Albi
|-
| 1977-1978||FC Lézignan

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

||3-0||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||Toulouse
|-
| 1978-1979||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||17-2||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Toulouse
|-
| 1979-1980||US Villeneuve||12-7||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1980-1981||US Villeneuve ||n/a²||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||Toulouse
|-
| 1981-1982||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||21-8||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1982-1983||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||10-8||US Villeneuve||Toulouse
|-
| 1983-1984||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||30-6||US Villeneuve||Toulouse
|-
| 1984-1985||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||26-6||US Le Pontet

US Le Pontet

Union Sportive Le Pontet Football is a football club based in Le Pontet, Vaucluse, France. They play at the Stade de Montbord in Le Pontet.-History:The club was formed in 1980 under the name of Olympique Pontétien...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1985-1986||US Le Pontet

US Le Pontet

||19-6||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||Toulouse
|-
| 1986-1987||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||11-3||US Le Pontet

US Le Pontet

||Toulouse
|-
| 1987-1988||US Le Pontet

US Le Pontet

||14-2||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||Toulouse
|-
| 1988-1989||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||23-4||US Le Pontet

US Le Pontet

||Narbonne
|-
| 1989-1990||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||24-23||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||Narbonne
|-
| 1990-1991||RC Saint-Gaudens||10-8||US Villeneuve||Toulouse
|-
| 1991-1992||AS Carcassonne

AS Carcassonne

||11-10||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||Toulouse
|-
| 1992-1993||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||9-8||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||Toulouse
|-
| 1993-1994||XIII Catalan

XIII Catalan

||6-4||Pia XIII||Narbonne
|-
| 1994-1995||Pia XIII||12-10||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||Narbonne
|-
| 1995-1996||US Villeneuve||27-26||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||Narbonne
|-
| 1996-1997||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||28-24||US Villeneuve||Narbonne
|-
| 1997-1998||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||15-8||US Villeneuve||Narbonne
|-
| 1998-1999||US Villeneuve||33-20||St Gaudens||Paris
|-
| 1999-2000||Spacers de Toulouse

Toulouse Olympique

||20-18||AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève

AS Saint Estève were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1965...

||Paris
|-
| 2000-2001||US Villeneuve||32-20||Spacers de Toulouse

Toulouse Olympique

||Toulouse
|-
| 2001-2002||US Villeneuve||17-0||Union Treiziste Catalane||Béziers
|-
| 2002-2003||US Villeneuve||31-18||RC Saint-Gaudens||Narbonne

Narbonne

Narbonne is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Once a prosperous port, it is now located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea...

|-
| 2003-2004

Elite One Championship I

This article details the first year of the Elite One Championship, the top-level rugby league French Championship, which took place in 2003-2004.- Table :- See also :* Rugby league in France* French Rugby League Championship* Elite One Championship II...

||RC Saint-Gaudens||14-10||Union Treiziste Catalane||Perpignan

Perpignan

-Sport:Perpignan is a rugby stronghold: their rugby union side, USA Perpignan, is a regular competitor in the Heineken Cup and seven times champion of the Top 14 , while their rugby league side plays in the engage Super League under the name Catalans Dragons.-Culture:Since 2004, every year in the...

|-
| 2004-2005

Elite One Championship II

This article details the second year of the Elite One Championship, the top-level rugby league French Championship, which took place in 2004-2005.- Table :- See also :* Rugby league in France* French Rugby League Championship* Elite One Championship III...

||Union Treiziste Catalane||66-16||Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

||Narbonne

Narbonne

|-
| 2005-2006

Elite One Championship III

This article details the third year of the Elite One Championship, the top-level rugby league French Championship.- Table :- See also :* Rugby league in France* French Rugby League Championship* Elite One Championship IV...

||Pia XIII||21-18||Toulouse Olympique

Toulouse Olympique

||Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

|-
| 2006-2007

Elite One Championship IV

This article details the fourth year of the Elite One Championship, the top-level rugby league French Championship. The season commenced on 6 October 2006. Like last season, there were 11 teams with one team missing a round each week...

||Pia XIII||20-16||FC Lézignan

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

||Colomiers

Colomiers

Colomiers is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.It is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, and is adjacent to it on the west side...

|-
| 2007-2008

Elite One Championship V

Elite One Championship V is the official name for the 2007/2008 Elite One Championship season in the sport of rugby league.The season commenced on 6 October 2007. Like last season, there are 11 teams with one team missing a round each week...

||Lézignan Sangliers

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

||26-16||Pia Donkeys||Béziers
|-
| 2008-2009

Elite One Championship VI

Final table of the French Championship of rugby league for the 2008-2009 season.- Table :-External links:*...

||Lézignan Sangliers

Lézignan Sangliers

Football Club de Lézignan are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France...

||40-32||Limoux Grizzlies

Limoux Grizzlies

Limoux Grizzlies are a French rugby league club from the town of Limoux in the département of Aude. They play in the Elite One Championship.-History:The Limoux club was founded in 1951. The club won its first and thus far only French Championship in 1968...

||Carcassonne
|}

Footnotes

Won title on points: no play-off was used
Match abandoned after six minutes after the beginning due to fighting; no championship awarded.

Books

Le Rugby à XIII le plus français du monde -1934 to 1996- by Louis Bonnery,
the Forbidden game by Mike Rylance.

External links

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