Contents : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z By League
__NOTOC__ Contrary to what the club has long claimed, Le Havre AC was not founded in 1872. It was in 1884 that a group of British residents formed Le Havre Athlétique, which played a hybrid form of football, a cross between rugby and association football, called "combination". Association football began being played in Le Havre in 1894.Archives municipales du Fort de Tourneville (Le Havre), statuts du HAC, fonds de Sanvic, R3 1 L.2. Stade Français was established in 1883 by a group of students in Paris.
Presentation of the lists There are two lists of the clubs playing in the French rugby union system in the following levels: Top 14 Rugby Pro D2 Some other clubs are listed (only if they have a dedicated article) : Fédérale 1 clubs Fédérale 2 clubs Fédérale 3 clubs Honor Honor Promotion First series Second series Third series Fourth series
The first list displays the clubs sorted by name of the town where they are located Club: short name of the club, with a [+] if a dedicated category exists for the club Full name: official name of the club (using English capitalization rules) Town: name of the town where or near the club is located, followed by the French department Status of the club: league in which the club currently plays
The second list displays the clubs sorted by league.
A ClubFull nameTown 2017–18SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne [+]Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-GaronneAgen (Lot-et-Garonne)Top 14RC ArrasRugby Club d'ArrasArras (Pas-de-Calais)Fédérale 2SC AlbiSporting Club AlbigeoisAlbi (Tarn)Fédérale 1FC Auch Gers (defunct, as of 2017)Football Club Auch GersAuch (Gers)Fédérale 3Stade AurillacStade Aurillacois Cantal AuvergneAurillac (Cantal)Pro D2
B ClubFull nameTown 2017–18Stade BagnéraisStade BagnéraisBagnères-de-Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées)Fédérale 1Aviron BayonnaisAviron BayonnaisBayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)Pro D2CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde1Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles GirondeBègles (Gironde)LowerAS Béziers HéraultAssociation Sportive de Béziers HéraultBéziers (Hérault)Pro D2Biarritz Olympique [+]Biarritz Olympique Pays BasqueBiarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)Pro D2Blagnac SCRBlagnac Sporting Club RugbyBlagnac (Haute-Garonne)Fédérale 1AC Bobigny 93 RugbyAC Bobigny 93 RugbyBobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis)Fédérale 1Stade Bordelais1Stade BordelaisBordeaux (Gironde)LowerUnion Bordeaux Bègles1Union Bordeaux BèglesBordeaux (Gironde)Top 14CS Bourgoin-JallieuClub Sportif Bourgoin-Jallieu RugbyBourgoin-Jallieu (Isère)Fédérale 1US BressaneUnion Sportive Bressane Pays de l'AinBourg-en-Bresse (Ain)Fédérale 1CA Brive [+]Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze LimousinBrive (Corrèze)Top 14
C ClubFull nameTown 2017–18US CarcassonneUnion Sportive Carcassonnaise XVCarcassonne (Aude)Pro D2Cahors RugbyCahors RugbyCahors (Lot)Fédérale 2Castres Olympique [+]Castres OlympiqueCastres (Tarn)Top 14 RC Chalon Racing Club Chalonnais Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire) Fédérale 2 SO Chambéry Stade Olympique Chambérien Rugby Chambéry (Savoie) Fédérale 1 Châtenoy RC Châtenoy Rugby Club Châtenoy-le-Royal (Saône-et-Loire) LowerASM Clermont Auvergne [+]Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont AuvergneClermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme)Top 14US CognacUnion Sportive Cognaçaise Cognac (Charente)Fédérale 1Colomiers RugbyColomiers RugbyColomiers (Haute-Garonne)Pro D2
D ClubFull nameTown 2017–18US DaxUnion Sportive DacquoiseDax (Landes)Pro D2
E ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
F ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
G ClubFull nameTown 2017–18UA GaillacUnion Athlétique GaillacoiseGaillac (Tarn)Fédérale 2SC GraulhetSporting Club GraulhetoisGraulhet (Tarn)Fédérale 1FC Grenoble Rugby [+]Football Club de Grenoble RugbyGrenoble (Isère)Pro D2
H ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
I ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
J ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
K ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
L ClubFull nameTown 2017–18Stade Rochelais [+]Stade RochelaisLa Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)Top 14ROC La Voulte-ValenceRhône Ovalie Club La Voulte-ValenceLa Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche) &Valence (Drôme)Fédérale 2CA LannemezanCercle Amical LannemezanaisLannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées)Fédérale 2Limoges RugbyLimoges RugbyLimoges (Haute-Vienne)Fédérale 1FC LourdesFootball Club Lourdais Hautes-PyrénéesLourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées)Fédérale 2Lyon OULyon Olympique UniversitaireLyon (Métropole de Lyon)Top 14
M ClubFull nameTown 2017–18Olympique Marcquois RugbyOlympique Marcquois RugbyMarcq-en-Barœul (Nord)Fédérale 3Rugby Club Stade PhocéenRugby Club Stade PhocéenMarseille (Bouches-du-Rhône)LowerRC MassyRugby Club Massy EssonneMassy (Essonne)Pro D2SC MazametSporting Club MazamétainMazamet (Tarn)Fédérale 2US MontaubanUnion Sportive MontalbanaiseMontauban (Tarn-et-Garonne)Pro D2Montluçon RugbyMontluçon RugbyMontluçon (Allier)Fédérale 1Stade MontoisStade MontoisMont-de-Marsan (Landes)Pro D2Montpellier Hérault Rugby [+]Montpellier Hérault RugbyMontpellier (Hérault)Top 14
N ClubFull nameTown 2017–18RC NarbonneRacing Club de Narbonne MéditerranéeNarbonne (Aude)Pro D2USO NeversUnion Sportive Olympique NivernaiseNevers (Nièvre)Pro D2RC NîmesRugby Club Nîmes GardNîmes (Gard)Fédérale 1Stade NiortaisStade Niortais RugbyNiort (Deux-Sèvres)Fédérale 2
O ClubFull nameTown 2017–18 RC Orléans Rugby Club Orléans Orléans (Loiret) Fédérale 2Oyonnax RugbyUnion Sportive Oyonnax RugbyOyonnax (Ain)Top 14
P ClubFull nameTown 2017–18Stade Français Paris [+]Stade Français Paris RugbyParisTop 14Racing 92 [+]Racing 92Paris (play in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine)Top 14Section PaloiseSection Paloise Béarn PyrénéesPau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)Top 14CA PérigueuxClub Athlétique Périgueux DordognePérigueux (Dordogne)Fédérale 3USA Perpignan [+]Union Sportive Arlequins PerpignanaisPerpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales)Pro D2Stade Poitevin RugbyStade Poitevin RugbyPoitiers (Vienne)Fédérale 3Provence RugbyProvence RugbyAix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône)Fédérale 1
Q ClubFull nameTown 2017–18US QuillanUnion Sportive Quillan Haute ValléeQuillan (Aude)Fédérale 3
R ClubFull nameTown 2017–18Stade Rodez AveyronStade Rodez AveyronRodez (Aveyron)Fédérale 1Union Sportive Romanaise et PéageoiseUnion Sportive Romanaise et PéageoiseRomans-sur-Isère (Drôme)Fédérale 1Football Club Sportif RumillyFootball Club Sportif RumillyRumilly (Haute-Savoie)Fédérale 2
S ClubFull nameTown 2017–18 ASC Saint Apollinaire Association Sportive et Culturelle de Saint-Apollinaire - Talant Rugby Club Saint-Apollinaire (Côte-d'Or) Fédérale 3 CA Saint-Étienne Club Athlétique de Saint-Étienne Loire Sud Rugby Saint-Étienne (Loire) Fédérale 2 Saint-Paul SR Saint-Paul Sports Rugby Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (Landes) Fédérale 2 Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente Angoulême (Charente) Pro D2
T ClubFull nameTown 2017–18Tarbes Pyrénées RugbyTarbes Hautes-Pyrénées RugbyTarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées)Fédérale 2RC Toulon [+]Rugby Club ToulonnaisToulon (Var)Top 14Stade Toulousain [+]Stade ToulousainToulouse (Hautes-Pyrénées)Top 14US ToursUnion Sportive Tours RugbyTours (Indre-et-Loire)Fédérale 2US TyrosseUnion Sportive Tyrosse Rugby Côte SudSaint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse (Landes)Fédérale 1
U ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
V ClubFull nameTown 2017–18Avenir ValencienAvenir ValencienValence (Tarn-et-Garonne)Fédérale 1 Rugby Club Vannes Rugby Club Vannetais Vannes (Morbihan) Pro D2 RC Vichy Racing Club Vichy Rugby Vichy (Allier) Fédérale 3SO VoironStade Olympique VoironnaisVoiron (Isère)Fédérale 3
W ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
X ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
Y ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
Z ClubFull nameTown 2017–18
By League
Top 14 2017–18 14 clubs SU Agen Union Bordeaux Bègles CA Brive Castres Olympique ASM Clermont Auvergne Stade Rochelais Lyon OU Montpellier Hérault Rugby Oyonnax Rugby Section Paloise Racing 92 Stade Français RC Toulonnais Stade Toulousain
Pro D2 2016–17 16 clubs Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Aviron Bayonnais Biarritz Olympique AS Béziers Hérault US Carcassonne Colomiers Rugby US Dax FC Grenoble Rugby RC Massy US Montauban Stade Montois RC Narbonne USO Nevers USA Perpignan Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente RC VannesFédérale 1 40 Teams in 4 pools
AC Bobigny 93 Rugby CS Bourgoin-Jallieu RC Chalonnais US Cognac SC Graulhet US Tyrosse Avenir Valencien
Limoges Rugby
Stade Bagnérais Blagnac SCR
Stade Rodez Aveyron
US Bressane
ROC La Voulte-Valence
US Romanaise et PéageoiseFédérale 2 80 Teams in 8 pools Note: At this level, only clubs with articles are listed, with no attempt to divide by pool.
RC Arras Cahors Rugby RC Châteaurenard CO Creusot Stade Dijonnais UA Gaillac CA Lannemezan FC Lourdes SC Mazamet RC Nîmes Stade Niortais RC Orléans Paris Université Club FC Rumilly CA Saint-Étienne Saint-Paul Sports Rugby Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby US Tours
Fédérale 3 160 Teams in 16 pools Note: At this level, only clubs with articles are listed, with no attempt to divide by pool. FC Auch Gers (defunct, as of 2017) Olympique Marcquois Rugby CA Périgueux Stade Poitevin Rugby US Quillan RC Vichy SO Voiron
Lower CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde Stade Bordelais Châtenoy RC Rugby Club Stade Phocéen
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