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| USA Limoges |
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| Full name |
Union sportive et athlétique de Limoges |
| Founded |
1902 |
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| Location |
Limoges, France |
| Ground(s) |
Stade municipal de Beaublanc |
| Capacity |
9,872 |
| President |
Michel Bernardaud |
| Coach |
Marc Del Maso |
| League |
Rugby Pro D2 |
| 2006-07 |
15th |
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USA Limoges is a French rugby union club currently competing in Rugby Pro D2, the second level of the French rugby pyramid. At the end of the 2006-07 season, they finished second from bottom, which would have caused their relegation to the amateur Fédérale 1 league. However, they received a reprieve during the close season when another Pro D2 club, UA Gaillac, were denied a professional license due to financial problems. The club, founded in 1902, play their home matches at Parc municipal de Beaublanc. They wear blue and red.
They are based in Limoges in the Haute-Vienne in the centre of France. At the end of 2005-06 they were second in Fédérale 1 to Gaillac, and won the promotion playoffs to earn a place in Pro D2, but finished next to last on the 2006-07 table and would have gone back down but for Gaillac's financial troubles.
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The club was founded in 1902 as AS Limoges, changing their club name to USA Limoges in 1943. In 2003 they were champions of the Federale 1 competition. USA Limoges were the runners-up (second, behind UA Gaillac) in the Federale 1 competition in 2006, earning promotion to the Rugby Pro D2 competition.
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