- 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|FranceJean-Marc Puissesseau
manager = flagicon|FranceSylvain Jore
league =Championnat National
season = 2007-2008
position =Championnat National , 15th
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leftarm2=69 69 69|body2=69 69 69|rightarm2=69 69 69|shorts2=#000000|socks2=69 69 69Calais Racing Union FC (Calais RUFC) is a French football club based in
Calais , France. Calais will compete in theChampionnat 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 powersRacing 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: 2005-06CFA Group A
*Champions: 2006-07"'Division Three (North)
*Champions: 1980-81CFA 2 Group A
*Champions: 1987-88, 1997-98, 2002-03DH North
*Champions: 1975-76DH North pas de Calais
*Champions: 1990-912006-07 Squad
External links
* [http://allezcalais.free.fr/ Site Officiel du Calais Racing Union FC]
* [http://www.AllezCalaisUK.co.nr/ English Supporters Site]References
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