Oviedo Rugby Club 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 1983 and currently competes in the

División de Honor B de Rugby División de Honor B is the second level of Spanish league competition for rugby union clubs. The league began in 1998 and consists of three groups (North, East and South) of 8 or 9 teams each. The two top teams of each group and two best 3rd-plac ...

competition, the second level of Spanish club rugby. The club is based in

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

and it is considered the most successful team in the Asturian rugby. Oviedo RC plays in blue and white colours. The team played in the División de Honor in four seasons (1990–91, 1998–99, 1999-2000, 2000–01). Since the 2014–15 season, the team plays with the name of

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

Rugby after a sponsorship agreement with the local football club.

Trophies

*Primera Nacional: **Champions: 1989-90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98 **Runners-up: 1988-89, 1996–97 *Asturian Regional Championship

Season by season

---- *4 seasons in División de Honor

International honours

* Xabier Guerediaga * Carlos Souto Vidal (played

1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was principally hosted by Wales, and was won by Australia. This was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professi ...

) * Sergio Souto Vidal (played

) * Luis Javier Martinez Villanueva (played

) * Aitor Etxeberria de la Rosa (played

) * Fernando Tejada Chacon * Joaquin Uria Hidalgo * Luis Alfonso Cano García

External links

Official site
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