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| Full name | Football Club de Lézignan |
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| Founded | 1903 | ||
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| Ground(s) | Stade du Moulin (10,000) | ||
| CEO(s) | Christophe Poumes, Daniel Fialin, Didier Sarda | ||
| Coach(s) | Aurélien Cologni | ||
| Competition | Elite One Championship | ||
| 2010/11 | N/A | ||
Football Club de Lézignan (or Lézignan Sangliers as they are often referred) are a professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the départment of Aude in the south of France. They play in the Elite One Championship and to date have achieved reasonable success, having won three French Championship titles and three Lord Derby Cups although as of 2011[update] their last major title victory was in 1977.
The club was originally founded in 1903 and played rugby union in which it achieved some success in the competitions it competed. In 1939 the club switched codes and began playing rugby league after the success the code began having in the country in the early 1930s with the formation of the French championship in 1934. In the 2007-08 season the club, led by their French international player-coach James Wynne, won the French Championship for the first time in 30 years. They also reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup.
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The club was founded in 1903 and initially played rugby union. In 1939 they changed sports, joining the French Rugby League. The nickname Sangliers means wild boar, and has long been associated with the club. They have won the French Championship on seven occasions, and the Lord Derby Cup on five occasions.
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