Club de Rugby El Salvador, known for sponsorship reasons as SilverStorm El Salvador on the men's category and as Crealia El Salvador on the women's, 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 1960 and currently competes in the men's

División de Honor de Rugby The División de Honor de Rugby is Spain's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The División de Honor de Rugby Championship is organised by the Federación Española de Rugby (Spanish Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 ...

and in the women's

División de Honor Femenina de Rugby The División de Honor Femenina, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Liga Iberdrola, is the top Spanish league competition for women's rugby union clubs. The league began in 2010 and consists of eight teams. Clubs are relegated to and ...

competitions, the highest levels of Spanish club rugby. The club is based in

Valladolid Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province o ...

in central Spain, playing their matches at the

Estadio Pepe Rojo Estadio Pepe Rojo is a sports stadium located in the city of Valladolid, Spain. It is the home ground of CR El Salvador and Valladolid RAC leading clubs of the División de Honor, the top-level of Spanish rugby. The stadium is named after José ...

. The club's colours are black and white. El Salvador is one of the most successful Spanish rugby union clubs, having won División de Honor in seven times,

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 ...

in six times and

Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...

in five times.

Recent history

El Salvador were relegated to the second-tier Primera Division, in 1995/96 season, spending one season in the second-tier Primera División, but immediately returned to the División de Honor after topping the table in the 1996/97 season. That success was followed by the side's winning the División de Honor in the 1997/98, becoming the first newly-promoted team to win the title. The following season led to two more titles: the Ibero Cup and another Copa del Rey, adding to the club's distinguished history. Two more titles followed in the 1999/2000 and 2001/02 seasons. In 2004/05 and 2005/06 the club finished as runners up in the league, but won the Copa del Rey twice, along with a new Ibero Cup and two Spanish Super Cups. In the 2003/04 season, CR El Salvador participated in a European competition for the first time, debuting against Harlequins in London, before going out in the second round - a first for a Spanish club - to the Italian team Rovigo. In the 2006/07 season, they won all three titles at senior level: División de Honor, the Copa del Rey and the Super Cup title. In the 2007/08 season, it was yet another excellent year for the team, as they won the Division de Honor and the Super Cup title. In the Amlin Challenge cup in 2010/2011, they won Petrarca Padova rugby in Pepe Rojo stadium (37-16)

Honors

* Spanish League: 8 **1990–91, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2015–16 *

: 7 **1993, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2016 * Supercopa: 6 **2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2018 * Copa Ibérica: 4 **1992, 1999, 2004, 2005

Season by season

---- *38 seasons in División de Honor

International honours

* Juan Murré *

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* Esera Lauina * Joe Mamea * Manuel Serrano *

Jaime Nava Jaime Nava de Olano (born in Madrid, 1 May 1983) is a Spanish former rugby union player, who currently plays as centre in the amateur team CR Alcalá. He was a Spanish rugby union ( FER) and sevens international. In addition to being frequent ...

* Julio Álvarez *

Pablo Feijoo Pablo Feijoo Ugalde (born 18 May 1982) is a Spanish rugby sevens former player and current coach. He played in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia. He was in the squad that secured the last Olympic spot when they defeated in Monaco. He ...

* Carlos Souto *

Sergio Souto Sergio Souto Vidal (born Oviedo, 4 November 1976) is a Spanish rugby union player. He plays as a lock. His twin brother Carlos Souto was also a Spanish international. Career His first international match was on August 24, 1999, against Fiji, at A ...

* Iván Criado * Javier Miranda * Salé Ibarra * "Toche" *

César Sempere César Sempere (born 26 May 1984, in Villajoyosa) is a Spanish rugby union player. He plays fly-half and fullback for El Salvador. Sempere plays for the Spanish rugby union team. Professional career The Spaniard has been capped 56 times by Spa ...

* James Faiva * Matthew Bede Smith

Other notable players

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( England Students International) *

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capped by New Zealand 7s) * Jacob Kennedy (signs from Hawke's Bay, capped by New Zealand Under 19) *

Andy Long Andy Long (born 2 September 1977) is a former English rugby union player who played at Hooker. He has 2 caps for England. Originally a product of Bournemouth and the Bath academy, where he came to the attention of Bath coach Clive Woodward, h ...

(

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international) *

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(signs from Canterbury, capped by New Zealand Under 19) * Joe McDonnell (

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international) * David Palu (

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international) * Regardt Van Eyk (former player from

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in the

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) * Justin Wilson (former player from Auckland Blues, Hurricanes and Chiefs in Super12/14. Capped by New Zealand Māoris and New Zealand 7s) ●Hansie Graff (signed from SWD Eagles, also played for Bayonne and the Sharks.)

Notable Signings

- England Students national rugby union team whose previous club was

Loughborough Students RUFC Loughborough Students Rugby Union Football Club represents Loughborough University in rugby union competition. Of the British universities, Loughborough has unparalleled success, having won the BUCS championship (in its former guises as the B ...

. Highest scorer of 328 points in the División de Honor for 2014/15 season and 388 points for 2015/16 season. *

–

Manu Samoa The Samoa national rugby union team (also known as Manu Samoa) represents Samoa in men's international rugby union and it is governed by the Samoa Rugby Union. They are also known as Manu Samoa, which is thought to derive from the name of a Samo ...

and Samoa Sevens international, 2006

IRB International Sevens Player of the Year The World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year is awarded by World Rugby each year. It was first awarded in 2004. The award is based in large part on the player’s performance over the course of the World Rugby Sevens Series, along with other Sevens to ...

, signed for 2010–11. * Joe McDonnell -

international signed from

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

as player coach for 2009/10 season. *

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international signed from

as player for 2009/10 season. He signed for Northampton Saints in half of the season.

External links

Official websiteSpanish Rugby website
{{DEFAULTSORT:El Salvador Spanish rugby union teams Sport in Valladolid Rugby clubs established in 1960 Sports teams in Castile and León