RC Valencia

Rugby team

Valencia RugbyFull name| Rugby Club Valencia

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Founded| 1966
Location| Valencia, Spain
Ground(s)| Quatre Carreres (Capacity: 2,500)
Chairman| Eduardo González
Coach(es)| Pablo Lammertyn
League(s)| División de Honor B
2023–24| División de Honor B – Group B, 2nd

1st kit

2nd kit

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Official website
www.valenciarugby.com

Rugby Club Valencia (also known as Valencia Rugby) is a Spanish rugby team. The club competes in Group East of División de Honor B.

## History

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The club was established in May 1966 by a group of young players who wanted to see a team from the city of Valencia playing in the national leagues. There were problems securing a field, and the club played on a football field in Picanya and sometimes on the river banks by the teachers' training college in the early years. They acquired their own ground, the Campo de La Pechina (Field of The Pendant), the very first rugby ground in the city.

The following season a youth team was started, which won the regional championship.

The senior team reached the national leagues in 1973/1974 for the first time, and was promoted to the División de Honor in the 1976/1977 season, winning the title in 1982/1983. From 1987 onwards, the search for sponsors for the team began. From 1989, sponsorship by Tecnidex, the company co-founded by the former player Manuel García Portillo, led to the team being known as Valencia Tecnidex.[1][2]

In 1990 the club gained their primary sponsor, Tecnidex, a company providing chemicals and disinfectants for agricultural purposes.

## Honours

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* División de Honor: 1
* 1983
* División de Honor B: 3
* 1976, 1993, 2002
* Valencian Regional Championship: 5
* 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 2012

## Season by season

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| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Pos.  | Notes

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1974–75  | 2  | Primera Nacional | 2nd  |
1975–76  | 2  | Primera Nacional | 1st  |
1976–77  | 2  | Primera Nacional | 2nd  | Relegated
1977–78 | 1  | División de Honor | 6th  |
1978–79 | 1  | División de Honor | 3rd  |
1979–80 | 1  | División de Honor | 3rd  |
1980–81 | 1  | División de Honor | 3rd  |
1981–82 | 1  | División de Honor | 4th  |
1982–83 | 1  | División de Honor | 1st  |
1983–84 | 1  | División de Honor | 6th  |
1984–85 | 1  | División de Honor | 6th  |
1985–86 | 1  | División de Honor | 8th  |
1986–87 | 1  | División de Honor | 3rd  |
1987–88 | 1  | División de Honor | 5th  |
1988–89 | 1  | División de Honor | 9th  |
1989–90 | 1  | División de Honor | 6th  |
1990–91 | 1  | División de Honor | 8th  |
1991–92 | 1  | División de Honor | 11th  | Relegated
1992–93  | 2  | Primera Nacional | 1st  | Promoted
1993–94 | 1  | División de Honor | 11th  | Relegated
1994–95  | 2  | Primera Nacional | 2nd  | Promoted
1995–96 | 1  | División de Honor | 8th  |
1996–97 | 1  | División de Honor | 9th  |
1997–98 | 1  | División de Honor | 9th  |
1998–99 | 1  | División de Honor | 12th  | Relegated
1999–00 | 2  | División de Honor B | 4th  |
2000–01 | 2  | División de Honor B | 8th  |
2001–02 | 2  | División de Honor B | 1st  | Promoted
2002–03 | 1  | División de Honor | 7th  |
2003–04 | 1  | División de Honor | 10th  | Relegated
| Season  | Tier  | Division  | Pos.  | Notes

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2004–05 | 2  | División de Honor B | 3rd  |
2005–06 | 2  | División de Honor B | 6th  |
2006–07 | 2  | División de Honor B | 8th  | Relegated
2007–08  | 3  | Primera Nacional | 8th  | Relegated
2008–09  | 4  | Primera Territorial  | —  | Promoted
2009–10  | 3  | Primera Nacional | 8th  |
2010–11  | 3  | Primera Nacional | 7th  | Relegated
2011–12  | 4  | Primera Territorial  | 1st  | Promoted
2012–13  | 3  | Primera Nacional | 1st  | Promoted
2013–14 | 2  | División de Honor B | 6th  |
2014–15 | 2  | División de Honor B | 5th  |
2015–16 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |
2016–17 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |
2017–18 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |
2018–19 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |
2019–20 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |
2020–21 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |
2021–22 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |
2022–23 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |
2023–24 | 2  | División de Honor B | 2nd  |
2024–25 | 2  | División de Honor B | —  |

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* 22 seasons in División de Honor

## References

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1. ^ "Historia – Valencia Rugby" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-14.
2. ^ Yo soy Noticia "Rugby. Los actos del 50 Aniversario" (26, February, 2016)

## External links

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* Official website

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División de Honor B

Group A|

* Gernika
* Belenos
* Hernani
* Getxo
* Gesalaga Okelan Gipuzkoa Sortzen
* Bilbao
* Real Oviedo
* Gaztedi
* Cormorán Santander
* La Única
* Uribealdea
* Kaleido Universidades Vigo RC

Group B|

* L'Hospitalet
* Sant Cugat
* Valencia
* CAU Valencia
* VPC Andorra XV
* Fénix
* Barcelona UC
* El Toro
* Poble Nou
* Les Abelles
* RC Sitges

Group C|

* CRC Pozuelo
* Ingenieros Industriales
* Complutense Cisneros Zeta
* Majadahonda
* CAR Sevilla
* Jaén Rugby
* Soto Del Real
* Alcalá
* Arquitectura
* Olímpico Pozuelo
* Alcobendas Rugby B

Seasons|

* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007-08
* 2008-09
* 2009-10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25
* 2025–26

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