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Union sportive Oyonnax Rugby is a French

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 from

Oyonnax Oyonnax () is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du Ha ...

in the Ain

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of the région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of the country's professional rugby system. They play at Stade Charles-Mathon (capacity 11,400). They wear black and red.

History

They were founded in 1909 as ''Club Sportif Oyonnaxien'' and were renamed ''Union Sportive Oyonaxienne'' in 1940, as sports clubs were forced to unite by the

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. Oyonnax played in the regional leagues until 1967 when they joined the First Division (64 clubs). They were relegated to the lower divisions a few years later and bounced back to Group B of the First Division (the Second Division in fact) in 1988. Finally, in 2003 they reached the

Fédérale 1 Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the fifth highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2 ...

final and although they went down to Limoges (18-20), they moved on to the professional Pro D2. In the 2012/13 season, they won Pro D2 and were promoted to the top-flight

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. They were repromoted after 2016/17, having been relegated the previous season.

Honours

* 1923/24 Winners Première Série * 1966/67 Runner-up Second Division * 1991/92 Runner-up

Division B * 2000/01 Winners

* 2002/03 Runner-up

, promoted to Pro D2 * 2012/13 Winners Rugby Pro D2, promoted to

* 2016/17 Winners Rugby Pro D2, promoted to

Current standings

Current squad

The Oyonnax squad for the 2021–22 season is: *Notes:

References

External links

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Oyonnax Rugby
Official website {{Oyonnax Rugby squad