Club de Rugby Liceo Francés is a Spanish
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
club. The club was established in 1968 and currently competes in the
División de Honor B competition, the second level of Spanish rugby. The club are based in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. Liceo play in white, blue and red colours.
Honours
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División de Honor: 0
**Runners-up: 1990–91, 1992–93
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Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...
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**Runners-up: 1989–90, 2000–01
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Copa FER: 1
**Champions: 1996
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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 tea ...
: 3
**Champions: 1976–77, 1985–86, 1988–89
Season by season
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*14 seasons in
División de Honor
*10 seasons in
División de Honor B
Trivia
Spanish actors
Javier Bardem
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and
Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Luis Sergio Peris-Mencheta Barrio (born 7 April 1975), better known as Sergio Peris-Mencheta, is a Spanish theatre, cinema, and television actor, as well as a theatre director.
Life and career
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are former players of the club.
See also
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Rugby union in Spain
Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions.
The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation (Spanish: Federaci ...
References
External links
Official websiteSpanish Rugby website
Rugby union teams in Spain
Sports teams in Madrid
Rugby clubs established in 1968
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