Stade Bordelais are a French rugby union

Rugby union

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 club, based in Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

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The club was established in 1889. Bordelais were a major force in the French championship during the 1900s. Until 2005-06, the senior team competed in the second level of domestic competition, the Pro D2

Rugby Pro D2

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, but was merged with the senior team of CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde

CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde

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 into Union Stade Bordelais-CA Bègles Bordeaux Gironde

Bordeaux Rugby Métropole

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or USBCABBG

Bordeaux Rugby Métropole

Union Bordeaux Bègles is a French rugby union team currently preparing to join the Top 14, the first level of the country's professional league system. They earned their Top 14 place by winning the promotion playoffs that followed the 2010–11 season in the second-level Rugby Pro D2...

. The club only keeps youth teams and a women's team that currently plays in the Second Division.

The club currently plays at Stade Sainte Germaine, which holds 5,000.

Honors

• French championship : 1899, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911
  • Finalist French championship : 1900, 1901, 1902, 1908, 1910
  • Runner-up Coupe de France : 1943 et 1944
• Challenge de l'Espérance: 1997

French championship

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Spectators
30 April 1899	Stade Bordelais UC	Stade Français Stade Français Paris Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....	5-3	Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat Le Bouscat Le Bouscat is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the north side.-Population:-External links:*...	3.000
22 April 1900	Racing Club de France Racing Metro 92 Paris Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...	Stade Bordelais UC	37-3	Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, Champerret and Village Levallois , and which resulted in the incorporation of the...	1.500
31 March 1901	Stade Français Stade Français Paris Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....	Stade Bordelais UC	0-3	Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat Le Bouscat Le Bouscat is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the north side.-Population:-External links:*...	...
23 March 1902	Racing Club de France Racing Metro 92 Paris Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...	Stade Bordelais UC	6-0	Parc des Princes Parc des Princes The Parc des Princes is an all-seater football stadium located in the southwest of Paris, France. The venue, with a seating capacity of 48,712 spectators, has been the home of French football club Paris Saint-Germain since 1974. The current Parc des Princes was inaugurated on 4 June 1972, endowed... , Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	1.000
27 March 1904	Stade Bordelais UC	Stade Français Stade Français Paris Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....	3-0	La Faisanderie, Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.Like other communes of the Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine or Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of the wealthiest cities in France, ranked 22nd out of the 36500 in...	2.000
16 April 1905	Stade Bordelais UC	Stade Français Stade Français Paris Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....	12-3	Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat Le Bouscat Le Bouscat is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the north side.-Population:-External links:*...	6.000
8 April 1906	Stade Bordelais UC	Stade Français Stade Français Paris Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....	9-0	Parc des Princes Parc des Princes The Parc des Princes is an all-seater football stadium located in the southwest of Paris, France. The venue, with a seating capacity of 48,712 spectators, has been the home of French football club Paris Saint-Germain since 1974. The current Parc des Princes was inaugurated on 4 June 1972, endowed... , Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	4.000
24 March 1907	Stade Bordelais UC	Stade Français Stade Français Paris Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....	14-3	Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat Le Bouscat Le Bouscat is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the north side.-Population:-External links:*...	12.000
5 April 1908	Stade Français Stade Français Paris Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....	Stade Bordelais UC	16-3	Stade Yves-du-Manoir Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir The Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir - stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France . Named in memory of French rugby player Yves du Manoir in 1928. Was the main stadium for the 1924 Summer Olympics and had a capacity of 45,000 at the time... , Colombes Colombes Colombes is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:On 13 March 1896, 17% of the territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of Bois-Colombes ....	10.000
4 April 1909	Stade Bordelais UC	Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain, also referred to as Toulouse, is a French rugby union club from Toulouse in Midi-Pyrénées. Toulouse is one of the finest rugby clubs in Europe, having won the Heineken Cup four times – in 1996, 2003, 2005 and 2010. They were also runners-up in 2004 and 2008 against London Wasps...	17-0	Stade des Ponts Jumeaux Stade des Ponts Jumeaux The Stade des Ponts Jumeaux was a rugby union stadium, inaugurated on 24 November 1907, in the Ponts Jumeaux district of Toulouse, south-western France. The land was purchased by the embryonic Stade Toulousain rugby team – with financial assistance from city notables – then headed by a law... , 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...	15.000
17 April 1910	FC Lyon FC Lyon FC Lyon is a French sports club. It was established on November 17, 1893, and is notable for its rugby and football sections....	Stade Bordelais UC	13-8	Parc des Princes Parc des Princes The Parc des Princes is an all-seater football stadium located in the southwest of Paris, France. The venue, with a seating capacity of 48,712 spectators, has been the home of French football club Paris Saint-Germain since 1974. The current Parc des Princes was inaugurated on 4 June 1972, endowed... , Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	8.000
8 April 1911	Stade Bordelais UC	SCUF	14-0	Route du Médoc, Le Bouscat Le Bouscat Le Bouscat is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the north side.-Population:-External links:*...	12.000

Famous players

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• Maurice Bruneau
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• René Graciet
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• Bernard Laporte
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• Jean Laudouar
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• Vincent Moscato
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• William Téchoueyres
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