US Cognac
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| Full name | Union Sportive Cognaçaise |
| Emblem | Big "C" with a salamander (emblem of king François I) |
| Colours | Red and white |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Sport | Rugby union |
| League | Rugby Pro D2 |
| Ground | Stade Jean-Martinaud, Cognac |
| Official website | None |
Union Sportive Cognaçaise is a French rugby union club , based in Cognac in the Charente département (Poitou-Charentes region). They play at the Parc des Sports (capacity 2,800), and wear white and red.
They were founded on December 2, 1898 and regularly competed in the first division in the 1950s and 1960s. They played in the 1954 French championship final, going down narrowly to FC Grenoble 3-5. They are currently competing in the fifth level of the French league system, Fédérale 3.
[edit] Club honours
- French premiership : runner-up 1954
- Challenge Yves-du-Manoir (French cup) 1965
- Second division champions 1995
[edit] Famous players
[edit] External links
| Rugby union in France | |
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| Federation: | Fédération Française de Rugby |
| National team: | France • France Sevens |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Six Nations Championship • Heineken Cup • European Challenge Cup • European Shield • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series • Paris Sevens |
| Domestic Competitions: | Ligue Nationale de Rugby (Top 14 • Pro D2) • Fédérale 1 • Fédérale 2 • Fédérale 3 |
| Top 14 teams: | Agen • Albi • Bayonne • Biarritz • Bourgoin • Brive • Castres • Clermont • Montauban • Montpellier • Narbonne • Perpignan • Stade Français • Toulouse |
| Pro D2 teams: | Auch • Béziers • Bordeaux-Bègles • Colomiers • Dax • Gaillac • Grenoble • La Rochelle • Limoges • Lyon • Mont-de-Marsan • Oyonnax • Pau • Racing Paris • Tarbes • Toulon |
| See also: | List of clubs |
