Salses XIII are a French

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club based in

Salses-le-Château Salses-le-Château (; ca, Salses) or just Salses is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is located north of the city of Perpignan. Geography Salses-le-Château is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Ag ...

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in the

Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon (; oc, Lengadòc-Rosselhon ; ca, Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and ...

region. They play in the French

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Languedoc-Rousillon League. Home games are played at the Stade Fontvielle

History

The club was founded in 1955 at a time when new clubs were starting up in rugby league, as the French national team were enjoying what would be their best period at international level. It would take Salses until 1986 to appear in their first final, defeated by Ornaisons XIII 10-16 in the Federal Division, now known as the

league. In 2000 they merged with local side Opoul XIII to become Salses Opoul XIII this partnership would last for seven years, when both clubs reverted to their original names. During this joint partnership the newly named club reached five finals and won them all. In 2002/03 they lifted the Federal Division and earned promotion after defeating

Le Mas Agenais XIII Le Mas Agenais XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Le Mas-d'Agenais, Lot-et-Garonne in the Aquitaine region. The club plays in the Midi-Pyrenees regional League in the French National Division 2. Home matches are played at the Stade Mun ...

36-22 in the final. Two

Coupe Falcou The Albert Falcou Cup (french: Coupe Albert-Falcou), also called Albert Falcou French Cup (french: Coupe de France Albert-Falcou), is an annual knock-out competition organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII for amateur rugby leagu ...

wins arrived in 2004 and 2005 the latter was the start of a league and cup double as they went on and won the National 2 now called

National Division 1 The National Division 1 is the third tier of rugby league in France, below the Elite Two Championship and above the National Division 2. The season runs from September to April. From season 2012–13 the league was split into regions ''East'' a ...

league final against

Baroudeurs de Pia XIII The Baroudeurs de Pia XIII, later known as the Pia Donkeys, are a French Rugby league team based in Pia, Pyrénées-Orientales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The ''Baroudeurs'' play in the Elite Two Championship during their existence they ...

36-20. In 2007 the

Paul Dejean Cup The Paul Dejean Cup (french: Coupe Paul-Dejean), also called Paul Dejean French Cup (french: Coupe de France Paul-Dejean), is an annual rugby league knockout competition organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII for clubs in the Na ...

was won for the first time after victory over

Montpellier Red Devils Montpellier XIII Red Devils ( fr:Montpellier Diables Rouges Rugby a XIII ) are a semi-professional rugby league club based in Montpellier, in the region of Herault, France. They currently play in the National Division 2. Their home ground is ...

38-20. After the two clubs went their separate ways Salses continued to be the more prominent of the two, despite a double relegation back to the bottom tier, the fortunes of their former partners Opoul XIII were worse as they called it a day. In 2013 ''Salses'' reached their second Paul Dejean Cup final but this time went down 10-37 against

Villeghailhenc-Aragon XIII Villegailhenc-Aragon XIII are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Villegailhenc, Aude in Languedoc-Rousillon in southern France. They currently play in the second tier competition the Elite Two Championship. Their home stadium is the ...

. Season 2015/16 brought both joy and pain, joy when they won a third Coupe Falcou with victory over

US Pujols XIII US Pujols XIII are a French Rugby league club based in Pujols, Lot-et-Garonne in the south-west of France. The club plays in National Division 1. Home games are played at the Lacassagne Sports Complex. History * see also Gifi Bias XIII Foun ...

30-11 and pain when they lost to the same opponents in the ''National Division 2'' league final 22-38

Honours

* National Division 1 (National 2) (1): 2004-05 * National Division 2 (Federal Division) (1): 2002-03 * Coupe Falcou (3): 2004, 2005, 2016 * Paul Dejean Cup (1): 2007

Club Details

*President: Jean-Pierre Aparisi *Club Address: Salses XIII, 5 rue Hippolyte, 66600 Salses le Château *Contacts: Jean-Pierre Aparisi (06 29 28 14 89) - Georges Pauls (06 27 27 17 91) *Email: georges.pauls@wanadoo.fr

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salses Xiii French rugby league teams Sport in Pyrénées-Orientales 1955 establishments in France Rugby clubs established in 1955

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