| Full name | Rugby Club Valencia | |
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| Founded | 1966 | |
| Location | Valencia, Spain | |
| Ground(s) | Campo de La Pechina | |
| President | Vicente Agusti | |
| League(s) | Primera Nacional | |
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RC Valencia (also known as Valencia Tecnidex) is a Spanish rugby team. The club currently competes in Group C of the Primera Nacional.
The club was established in May 1966 by a group of young players who wanted to see a team from the city of Valencia playing in the national leagues. There were problems securing a field, and the club played on a football field in Picanya and sometimes on the river banks by the teacher's training college in the early years. After a while they managed to acquire their own ground, the Campo de La Pechina (Field of The Pendant), the very first rugby ground in the city.
The following season a youth team was started, which ended up winning the regional championship.
The senior team reached the national leagues in 1973/1974 for the first time, and was eventually promoted to the División de Honor in the 1976/1977 season, winning the title in 1982/1983.
In 1990 the club gained their primary sponsor, Tecnidex, a company providing chemicals and disinfectants for agricultural purposes.