Racing Club Baho XIII who are more commonly known as RC Baho XIII are a semi-professional

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team based in the town of

Baho Baho (; ca, Bao) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Baho is located in the canton of Le Ribéral and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Government and politics Mayors Population ...

in the region of Pyrenees-Orientales in southern

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. The club compete in the

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which is the second tier rugby league competition in France. Their home ground is the Stade Municipal de Baho and they are coached by Didier Meynard.

History

During the mid eighties RC Baho XIII reached three consecutive National 2 now called National Division 1 finals. Losing the first one in season 84/85 against

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15-24, they gained revenge in 1985/86 beating

34-20, then lost 6-7 against

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in 1987. This sudden burst of finals appearances was quickly extinguished and the club wouldn't reach another final for another 22 years. 2008/09 was the season when the club would embark on another flurry of finals appearances but this time with more success and for a more sustained period and at the higher second tier level the

. In that first season they finished runner-up behind Corbeil XIII having lost the final 14-30, semi-finalists the following season was followed by another runners-up spot losing this time to

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0-12. After another semi-final appearance in 2011/12 more disappointment followed the next season when they had to settle for runner-up again, losing on this occasion to their rivals from the eighties,

22-26, Finally in 2013/14 they lifted the title when they beat the favourites

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18-12. Semi-finalists in 2015 preceded a 5th place in 2015/16. The following season the club finished top of the table again but were beaten in the final by

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. Back in 2009 the club set up its first rugby school and in 2014 the juniors won the Cup of France. The club now runs successful youth sides down to under '14's and girls teams.

Stadium

The club have always played at the Stade Municipal de Baho a ground owned by the local town council. Both rugby and football are played. A renovation took place in 2015 which included the installing of three small seating stands each holding 70 spectators.

Current squad

2019-20 Season *Julien Battle - *Pierre Bereil *Charly Bey - *Sophien Bitigri - *Yassine Boutouba - *Maxime Bouzair *Djilali Brahimi - *Maxime Capdeillayre - *Laurent Castaillet - *Nicolas Franck - *Loriz Lazaro - *Clement Llantia - *Jonathan Mas - *Romain Maury - *Vincent Pages - *Sebastien Payan - *Romain Razat *Patrick Reynier - *Nabil Roumli - *Clement Tene *Julien Tetart - *Clement Truillet - *Nicolas Vilanova -

Honours

* Elite Two (2): 2013-14, 2018–19 * National 2 (National Division 1) (1): 1985-86

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baho XIII, Racing Club 2008 establishments in France Rugby league teams in France Rugby clubs established in 2008