Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde is 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.
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 Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde or Bordeaux Rugby Métropole but in 2008 changed to Union Bordeaux Bègles.
Honors French championship Top 14 Champions (2): 1969, 1991 Runners-up (1): 1967 Challenge Yves du Manoir Runners-up (2): 1991, 1995 French Cup Champions (1): 1949
Finals results French championship Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators28 May 1967US Montauban11-3CA Bègles Parc Lescure, Bordeaux32,11518 May 1969CA Bègles11-9Stade ToulousainStade de Gerland, Lyon22,1911 June 1991CA Bègles19-10Stade ToulousainParc des Princes, Paris48,000
Challenge Yves du Manoir Date Winners Score Runners-up1991RC Narbonne13-12CA Bègles1995Stade Toulousain41-20CA Bègles
French Cup Date Winners Score Runners-up Spectators1949CA Bègles11-6Stade Toulousain20,000
Famous players
Lisandro Arbizu Ignacio Fernández Lobbe Federico Méndez Morgan Williams Guy Accoceberry Philippe Bernat-Salles Olivier Brouzet Jacques Chaban-Delmas Patrice Collazo Michel Courtiols Thierry Devergie Richard Dourthe Thierry Dusautoir Philippe Gimbert Jean-Baptiste Lafond Patrice Lagisquet Bernard Laporte Christophe Laussucq Vincent Moscato Marc de Rougemont Marc Sallefranque Serge Simon Olivier Sourgens Jean-Marc Souverbie William Téchoueyres Ludovic Valbon David Bortolussi Luca Martin Gabriel Brezoianu Alexandru Manta
External links Official website