Independiente Rugby Club is a Spanish amateur
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 it ...
club based in the
Cantabria
Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...
n city of
Santander. The club was established in 1971 and competes in
División de Honor; the top Spanish league competition for rugby union clubs. Independiente plays its home matches at the
Mies de Cozada, a multi-use stadium in
San Román de la Llanilla. The team traditionally plays in green and white colours.
For several years, the club was known for sponsorship reasons as Bathco Independiente or Bathco, the latter of which is now the name of
Club de Rugby Santander.
Club honours
Independiente is the most successful rugby club in Cantabria. The team has played a number of seasons in the
División de Honor (1978––80, 2013–present), two seasons in
División de Honor B (2003–04 and 2011–12), 25 seasons in
Primera Nacional
Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 team ...
and 1 season in Segunda Nacional.
Spanish tournaments:
*
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 footb ...
:
** Runners-up: 2013–14
*
División de Honor B: 1
** Champions: 2012-13 (group 1)
*Primera Nacional: 6
** Champions: 1980-81 (group VI), 1981-82 (group XII), 1998-99 (group A), 2000-01 (group A), 2002–03, 2010-11 (group B)
** Runners-up: 1999-2000 (group A), 2001–02 (group B), 2005-06 (group B), 2009-10 (group B)
*Segunda Nacional: 1
** Champions: 1982-83 (group X)
Cantabrian tournaments:
*Regional League: 2
** Champions: 1971-72, 1974–75
In 2012–13 season played in División de Honor B finishing in 1st position in Group A, qualifying for promotion playoffs. On 5 May 2013, Independiente won Alcobendas in the promotion playoffs achieving the promotion to División de Honor 2013–14 after a long spell in minor divisions.
Bathco Independiente achieves a historical promotion
El Diario Montañés, 5 May 2013
Season by season
See also
* Rugby union in Spain
Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions.
The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation (Spanish: Federaci ...
References
External links
Independiente official website
Sports teams in Cantabria
Spanish rugby union teams
Rugby clubs established in 1971
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