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Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional
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club based in
Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of ), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the aggl ...
, in the Corrèze department. Brive is a historical member of French rugby union, being one of the clubs that spent the most seasons in the top French domestic competition. "''Les Coujous''" also won the
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in
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, defeating
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in the
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in a 28–9 win. Many great players, both French and foreign, played for the club currently headed by Simon Gillham, and the youth academy has a good reputation. Brive players who also on to play for
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include:
Amédée Domenech Amédée Domenech (May 3, 1933, Narbonne – September 21, 2003 Brive-la-Gaillarde) was a French rugby union Prop (rugby union), prop nicknamed ''Le Duc'' (the Duke) who played for Racing Club Vichy, RC Vichy between 1954 and 1955. After one year ...
, nicknamed "Le Duc" ("The Duke") who played there in the 1950s and 60s, and gave his name to the stadium after his death in 2003; prolific flanker
Olivier Magne Olivier Claude C. Magne (born 11 April 1973 in Aurillac, Cantal) is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach. Magne was a rugby back row forward, known especially for his speed and handling in open field play. He represented 8 ...
, fly-halves Christophe Lamaison and Alain Penaud, number-eight
Jean-Luc Joinel Jean-Luc Joinel (born 21 September 1953, in Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse) is a retired French international rugby union player. He played as a Flanker for CA Brive. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 11 November 1977 against N ...
and hooker
Michel Yachvili Michel Yachvili (born 25 September 1946) is a former French rugby union footballer. His father was a Georgian POW during the World War II in France, and his son Grégoire chose to play for the Georgian national team. He began his career play ...
, the father of
Dimitri Yachvili Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France. He played for France from 2002 to 2012, earning 61 caps and scoring 373 points. With them he playe ...
, also wore the black and white jersey. Their home ground is the 14,759-capacity
Stade Amédée-Domenech The Stade Amédée-Domenech is a multi-purpose stadium in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of CA Brive. The stadium is able to hold 16,000. Its official name was the Stadium ...
and the club colours are
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and
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.


History

The club was created on 15 March 1910. Before the Second World War, Brive changed from
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to
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but returned to union after the war. It played regularly in the First Division, and established itself as the stronghold of rugby in
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but for many years its only title was a Second Division trophy won in 1957. Brive did not make it to the final of the First Division championship until 1965. On 23 May that year they met
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at
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in
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only to lose 15–8. Brive next made it to the final in the 1972 season, where they faced AS Béziers on 21 May in Lyon again, and again the Black and White came out the losers, as Béziers won their second consecutive title (9–0). Brive met AS Béziers in the final again three season later, in 1975. By then, Béziers had become the unbeatable team of the decade, and they won their fifth title, this time by just one point (13–12), at
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in
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. Brive experienced a resurgence in the middle of the 1990s, first in 1996, when they made their first finals appearance since the mid-1970s in Paris. Brive however went down 20–13 to
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. It was their fourth losing final. Only one club have lost more finals without winning one than them (
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, on five). That year however, they won the
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, defeating Pau 12–6. The following season, they made it to the final of the
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where they faced the
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from
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at
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. Brive finally won a final, defeating the Tigers 28–9. They are the only club to win the European Cup without ever winning their domestic championship. On 22 February 1997, Brive, as European champions, were pitted against
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who had recently won the
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. The French team were no competition to an extra powerful Kiwi side which won easily 47–11. In 1998 Brive again reached the final of the Heineken Cup, this time against
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. They came close to capturing back-to-back titles, losing by just one point, 19–18 at
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in
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. Since then, however, the club has been in dire straits, as it was subjected to a punitive relegation to the second division in 2000 due to bad financial management. They bounced back two years later but have struggled ever since in the lower echelons of the league table, except in 2004 when they managed to qualify for the playoffs. In 2005, Brive went to the semi-finals of
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, but they lost to Pau. In 2009, after taking the sixth place of the Championship, the Black and White could participate in the
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, but the competition was difficult for them, against the Europeans champions
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and
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. After difficulties and a relegation to the
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in 2012, Brive returned to the
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the following year, after defeating Pau.


Honours

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** Champions (1):
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** ''Runners-up (1):
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
'' * French championship Top 14 ** ''Runners-up (4):
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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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** Champions (1): 1957 ** ''Runners-up (2):
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'' * Promotion play-offs Final/ Top 14 Access Match ** Champions (2):
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, 2018–19 *
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** Champions (1): 1996 ** ''Runners-up (2): 1963, 1974'' *
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** ''Runners-up (1): 2000''


Finals results


Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup


French championship


Challenge Yves du Manoir


French Cup


Current standings


Current squad

The Brive squad for the 2024–25 season is:


Espoirs squad


Notable former players

The following are players who have represented their country, players who have won a title with the club, players who have played a sufficient number of games to go down in the club history or players who came from the academy and have made a significant career in another team: *
Horacio Agulla Horacio Agulla (born October 22, 1984) is an Argentine rugby union player, who plays for Castres Olympique at club level. He plays as a wing or fullback. Horacio attended St. Felipe The Apostle School in Don Torcuato, a suburb in The Province o ...
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Lisandro Arbizu Lisandro Arbizu (born September 29, 1971 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays at fly-half or inside centre. He began playing for the local traditional club Belgrano Athletic Club and was one of the first Argentine play ...
* Christian Martin * Agustin Figuerola * Pablo Henn * Alex Moreno * Eduardo Simone * Tim Donnelly *
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* Mark Giacheri * Poutasi Luafutu *
Alfie Mafi Alfie Mafi (born 8 June 1988) is an Australian professional rugby union football player of Tongan descent. His usual position is wing. Mafi has represented Australia in rugby sevens and at under-19 level at the IRB World Championships. He previou ...
* Chris Tuatara-Morrison * John Welborn * Scott Franklin * John Tait * Phil Christophers * Ben Cohen * Riki Flutey * Shane Geraghty *
Andy Goode Andrew James Goode (born 3 April 1980) is an English sports pundit and former rugby union player. Goode had an 18-year professional career playing over 400 games and scoring over 4,000 points. He played professionally in England, France and S ...
* Ben Johnston *
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* Shaun Perry * Steve Thompson * Christian Short * Filimone Bolavucu * Kitione Kamikamica * Sisa Koyamaibole * Norman Ligairi * Tabai Matson * Benito Masilevu * Peniami Narisia * Dominiko Waqaniburotu * Demba Bamba *
Roger Bastié Roger Bastié (; 21 September 1932 – 3 January 2019) was a French rugby coach and player, best known for his association with CA Brive. Biography Bastié was born in Sallèles-d'Aude. As a player, Bastié played the centre and winger positio ...
* Mathieu Bélie * Nicolas Bézy * Alexandre Bias * Pascal Bomati *
Sébastien Bonetti Sébastien Bonetti (born 22 September 1977 in Bergerac), is a French rugby union player. He has played for Biarritz Olympique. Career Sébastien Bonetti began playing Rugby union with Biarritz Olympique. He moved to AS Béziers Hérault in 200 ...
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Terry Bouhraoua Terry Bouhraoua (born 29 August 1987) is a French rugby union and rugby union sevens player who plays for the France national rugby sevens team. His position is Scrum half (rugby union), scrum-half. Bouhraoua was born in Châteaudun, France. H ...
* Russlan Boukerou * Jacques Boussuge *
Hugues Briatte Hugues Briatte (born 11 March 1990) is a French rugby union player. His position is Number 8 and he currently plays for CA Brive in the Rugby Pro D2. He began his career with Stade Français, before moving to CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive ...
* Julien Brugnaut * Romain Cabannes * Benoît Cabello * Julien Caminati * Pierre Capdevielle * Georges Carabignac * Philippe Carbonneau *
Alain Carminati Alain Carminati (born 17 August 1966 in Champagnole, France) is a French former international rugby union and rugby league footballer. He played as a Flanker and Number 8. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 23 October ...
* Sébastien Carrat * Florian Cazenave * Pierre Chadebech * Damien Chouly *
Antonie Claassen Antonie Delport Claassen (born 20 October 1984) is a French and South African rugby union player. His position is Flanker and he currently plays for Racing 92 in the Top 14. He began his career with Blue Bulls in his native South Africa before ...
* Valentin Courrent * Benjamin Dambielle * Thierry Devergie *
Amédée Domenech Amédée Domenech (May 3, 1933, Narbonne – September 21, 2003 Brive-la-Gaillarde) was a French rugby union Prop (rugby union), prop nicknamed ''Le Duc'' (the Duke) who played for Racing Club Vichy, RC Vichy between 1954 and 1955. After one year ...
* Yves Donguy *
Thibault Dubarry Thibault Dubarry (born 24 November 1987 in Chartres, France) is a French professional rugby union player. He plays at Number 8 for Racing Métro in the Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played i ...
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Fabrice Estebanez Fabrice Estebanez (born 26 December 1981) is a French professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. He has played at club level for CA Brive before joining Racing Metro 92, as a utility back and is able to play as a centre or fly-half. ...
* Roger Fite *
Mickaël Forest Mickaël Forest (born 9 August 1975 in Chambéry, France) is a French rugby union footballer. Forest plays scrum-half for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in France's Top 14 championship. His professional career started with CA Brive in 1999. He played with ...
* Gaëtan Germain * Jérôme Guisset * Dominique Harize * Cédric Heymans *
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* Nicolas Jeanjean *
Jean-Luc Joinel Jean-Luc Joinel (born 21 September 1953, in Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse) is a retired French international rugby union player. He played as a Flanker for CA Brive. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 11 November 1977 against N ...
* Virgile Lacombe * Damien Lagrange * Julien Laharrague * Christophe Lamaison * Benjamin Lapeyre * Julien Le Devedec *
Olivier Magne Olivier Claude C. Magne (born 11 April 1973 in Aurillac, Cantal) is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach. Magne was a rugby back row forward, known especially for his speed and handling in open field play. He represented 8 ...
* Arnaud Mela * Arnaud Mignardi * Rodolphe Modin * Vincent Moscato *
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* Michel Pebeyre *
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* Alain Penaud * Maxime Petitjean * Lucas Pointud * Jefferson Poirot * Fabien Sanconnie * Thomas Sanchou *
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* Farid Sid * Scott Spedding * Laurent Travers * Sébastien Vahaamahina * Ludovic Valbon * Loïc Van Der Linden * David Venditti * Elvis Vermeulen * Sébastien Viars * Pierre Villepreux *
Dimitri Yachvili Dimitri Yachvili Markarian (born 19 September 1980) is a French former rugby union footballer who played as a scrum-half for Biarritz and France. He played for France from 2002 to 2012, earning 61 caps and scoring 373 points. With them he playe ...
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Michel Yachvili Michel Yachvili (born 25 September 1946) is a former French rugby union footballer. His father was a Georgian POW during the World War II in France, and his son Grégoire chose to play for the Georgian national team. He began his career play ...
* Tedo Abzhandadze * Karlen Asieshvili * Soso Bekoshvili * Otar Giorgadze * Giorgi Jgenti * Vasil Kakovin *
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* Irakli Natriashvili * Anton Peikrishvili * Goderdzi Shvelidze *
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* Luciano Orquera * Damian Browne * Tjiuee Uanivi *
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* Tamato Leupolu *
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* Grzegorz Kacala *
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* Alexandru Manta *
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* Petrișor Toderașc *
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* Kevin Buys *
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* Terry Fanolua * Na'ama Leleimalefaga * Simon Lemalu *
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* Tom Smith *
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* Suka Hufanga * Kevin Dalzell *
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* Liam Davies * Kieran Murphy *
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See also

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List of rugby union clubs in France Contents : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z By League __NOTOC__ The oldest rugby club in France is Le Havre AC, founded in 1872 making it the oldest association football and rugby club registered in ...
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References


External links

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CA Brive
Official website
Unofficial fan's site


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Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of ), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglome ...
Rugby clubs established in 1910 1910 establishments in France
Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of ), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglome ...
Sport in Corrèze