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Stade de Sauclières () is a stadium in
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,
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. It is currently used for
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matches and is the home stadium of AS Béziers. The stadium holds 2,004 spectators.


History

With a capacity of 12,000 (8,000 seated), it hosted matches for the Association Sportive de Béziers Hérault, the city's XV rugby club, and the Association Sportive de Béziers, the city's soccer club, until 1989, when the Stade de la Méditerranée was built. It was also the venue for the final of the French rugby championship on April 17, 1921, when
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beat Stade Toulousain 5-0. Today, it is used by lower-division XV rugby clubs and the Avenir Sportif Béziers soccer team, and has hosted XIII rugby matches in the past. The stadium gave a nickname to AS Béziers coach Raoul Barrière, who was known as the "Sorcier de Sauclières" (“wizard of Sauclières”) in the late 70s. Due to the dilapidated state of the infrastructure, capacity was reduced to 2,004.


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