FC Auch Gers

Rugby team
teamname = Auch

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fullname = Football Club Auch Gers
location = Auch, France
country

founded = 1891
ground = Stade du Moulias
capacity = 7,000
president = Bernard Laffitte
coach = Henri Broncan, Patrick Miquel and Gérard Lacrampe
league = Rugby Pro D2
season = 2007-08 Top 14
position = 14th
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Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées that will play in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional league system, in the 2008-09 season. In recent years, they have bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2. They have either been promoted or relegated in four of the last five seasons—promoted to the then-Top 16 as champions of Pro D2 in 2004, relegated in 2005, promoted as Pro D2 champions again in 2007, and relegated as bottom finisher in 2008. Founded in 1891, the club plays at Stade Patrice Brocas (capacity 7,000); its players wear red and white.

Auch was founded in 1891. They were runners-up in the 2001 Challenge Yves du Manoir competition, losing to Montferrand (now Clermont) in the final. In the 2000s they were playing in the second division on French rugby, and in the 2002-03 season they made the semi-finals toward promotion but were defeated by Montpellier. However the following season they were promoted to the top league, defeating Bayonne in the Pro D2 final.

However they were relegated back down to Pro D2 for the 2005-06 season. Nonetheless, they were also winners of the European Shield, reprechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup that season. They defeated English club Worcester in the final.

Current squad

Honours

* Challenge Yves du Manoir:
** Runners-up: 2001
* Rugby Pro D2:
** Champions: 2004, 2007
* European Shield:
** Champions: 2005

Finals results

Challenge Yves du Manoir

European Shield

Notable Former players

* Jacques Fouroux

Current internationals

* flagicon|France Franck Montanella

Further reading

* "Mes saisons 1903-2003 : F.C. Auch : Auch en Gascogne et le rugby, cent ans d'amour-passion", de Roland Porterie, éd. Football club auscitain, 2003

External links

*fr icon [http://www.fcag-rugby.com/ Official site]