Stade Marcel-Verchère is

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 ...

stadium located in

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. It is the home ground of

Union Sportive Bressane Union Sportive Bressane is a general sports club based in the town of Bourg-en-Bresse, France. The club has competed for the past few years in France's third division, Nationale. During the 2007–08 season, they managed to reach the final of the ...

, promoted to

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(the second level of French club rugby) for the 2013–14 season. It has a capacity of 11,400. Moreover, the team of

Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 is a French association football team founded in 1942. They are based in Bourg-en-Bresse, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, and play in Championnat National, the third tier of the French football league system. ...

playing in this stadium and evolve in

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. The stadium is named in memory of Marcel Verchère, a Bressane player who died following a violent tackle during a match against

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on 24 September 1937.

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