US Cognac

Infobox_esl_club | clubname = Cognac


fullname = "Union Sportive Cognaçaise"
emblem = Big "C" with a salamander (emblem of king François I)
colours = Red and white
founded = 1899
sport = Rugby union
league = Rugby Pro D2
ground = Stade Jean-Martinaud, Cognac
web = None

Union Sportive Cognaçaise is a French rugby union club , based in Cognac in the Charente département (Poitou-Charentes region). They play at the Parc des Sports (capacity 2,800), and wear white and red.

They were founded on December 2 1898 and regularly competed in the first division in the 1950s and 1960s. They played in the 1954 French championship final, going down narrowly to FC Grenoble 3-5. They are currently competing in the fifth level of the French league system, Fédérale 3.

Club honours

* French premiership : runner-up 1954
* Challenge Yves-du-Manoir (French cup) 1965
* Second division champions 1995

Famous players

*Jacques Fouroux
*Gérald Merceron

External links

* [http://www.uscognac.fr/ Official site (work in progress)]