Calais RUFC

Football club infobox
clubname = Calais RUFC


fullname = Calais Racing Union Football Club
nickname =
founded = 1902
ground = Stade de l'Epopée
capacity = 12,000
chairman = flagicon|France Jean-Marc Puissesseau
manager = flagicon|France Sylvain Jore
league = Championnat National
season = 2007-2008
position = Championnat National, 15th
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Calais Racing Union FC (Calais RUFC) is a French football club based in Calais, France. Calais will compete in the Championnat National for the 2007-08 season having finished as Champions of the CFA Group A last season.CRUFC played their first match in their new Stade de l'Epopée on Saturday September 27 2008, going down 1-4 to Laval in a Championnat National match.

Coupe de France

Calais RUFC entered the international spotlight during their fairytale run to the final of the 2000 Coupe de France. Made up of teachers, dock workers and office clerks, Calais' remarkable run saw the team defeat first division powers Racing Strasbourg and Bordeaux"A Baseball Cup", Mravic, Mark, Sports Illustrated May 16, 2000, http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/scorecard/news/2000/05/16/sc0522/] . They eventually lost 2-1 to Nantes in a close match, but their mere presence in the final was an epic achievement for an amateur club.

Honours

French Cup
*Runners-Up: 1999-00
*Quarter Final: 2005-06

CFA Group A
*Champions: 2006-07

"'Division Three (North)
*Champions: 1980-81

CFA 2 Group A
*Champions: 1987-88, 1997-98, 2002-03

DH North
*Champions: 1975-76

DH North pas de Calais
*Champions: 1990-91

2006-07 Squad

External links

* [http://allezcalais.free.fr/ Site Officiel du Calais Racing Union FC]
* [http://www.AllezCalaisUK.co.nr/ English Supporters Site]

References