- CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde
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CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde Radish Club information Full name Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde Website cabbg.fr Colours Blue and white Founded 1907 Current details Ground(s) Stade André-Moga Competition Top 14 Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde are a French multisports club, established in 1907, based in Bègles, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. Their rugby union section, Union Bordeaux Bègles is their flagship. They play in blue and white chequered shirts, hence their nickname Les Damiers (the draught-boards).
The club now only has youth teams, although the club’s website documents the result of the new team thoroughly. The club has always played at Stade André-Moga, which holds 10,000.
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History
CABBG were the main team of the Bordeaux area for most of the 20th century. They remained in the first division from 1913 to 2003 and won two French championships (1969, 1991) along the way. Along the years, the club’s name changed. It started as Club Athlétique Bègles, then became CA Bègles-Bordeaux Gironde in 1983, then CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde in 1988.
CABBG were relegated from the First Division for the first time in 2003, after the professional league’s finance commission declared them unable to continue. A year later, the club was declared bankrupt and forced to play in the amateur third division (Fédérale 1). Finally, in 2006, their senior outfit was merged with that of Stade Bordelais, which played in the professional second division Pro D2 so as to create a side that would be able to jump back to the first division (Top 14). The new team was clumsily called Union Stade Bordelais-Club Athlétque Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde or Bordeaux Rugby Métropole but in 2008 changed to Union Bordeaux Bègles.
Honors
- French championship : 1969, 1991
- Runner-up French championship : 1967
Finals results
Date Winner Runner-up Score Venue Spectateurs 28 May 1967 US Montauban CA Bègles 11-3 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 32.115 18 May 1969 CA Bègles Stade Toulousain 11-9 Stade de Gerland, Lyon 22.191 1 June 1991 CA Bègles Stade Toulousain 19-10 Parc des Princes, Paris 48.000|} Famous players
Guy Accoceberry
Lisandro Arbizu- Philippe Bernat-Salles
David Bortolussi
Gabriel Brezoianu- Olivier Brouzet
- Jacques Chaban-Delmas
- Patrice Collazo
- Michel Courtiols
- Richard Dourthe
- Thierry Dusautoir
- Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
- Philippe Gimbert
Josh Jackson- Jean-Baptiste Lafond
- Patrice Lagisquet
- Bernard Laporte
- Christophe Laussucq
- Luca Martin
- Federico Méndez
- Vincent Moscato
- Scott Palmer
- Marc de Rougemont
Eric Rush- Olivier Sourgens
- William Téchoueyres
- Ludovic Valbon
- Morgan Williams
External links
Rugby union in France Governing body National teams Competitions National Rugby League (France) (Top 14 · Pro D2) · Fédérale 1 · Fédérale 2 · Fédérale 3 · Challenge Yves du Manoir · Espoirs · Reichel A · 1er Division Féminine · 2ème Division FéminineRelated articles International players · StadiumsCategories:- Sport in Bordeaux
- French rugby union clubs
- Gironde
- French championship : 1969, 1991
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