CAU Rugby Valencia is a

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club based in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

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. The club currently competes in the second-tier División de Honor B.

History

CAU Rugby Valencia was founded in 1973 by members of the

University of Valencia The University of Valencia ( ca-valencia, Universitat de València ; also known as UV) is a public research university located in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is one of the oldest surviving universities in Spain, and the oldest in the Vale ...

, led by Luis Sebastián Caballero. After many years of playing at regional, provincial and national levels, the club was promoted to the

Primera Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...

division in 1996. Two seasons later it moved up to the second-tier División de Honor B, and finally to the División de Honor in 2001. They were relegated in 2011.

Season by season

------- *3 seasons in División de Honor *13 seasons in División de Honor B

References

External links

Official site
Rugby union teams in Spain Sports teams in the Valencian Community Rugby clubs established in 1973 Sport in Valencia {{Spain-sport-team-stub