RC Unterföhring

The Rugby Club Unterföhring is a German rugby union club from Munich district , currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga and with a second team in the Verbandsliga Bayern. It is based in Unterföhring, the closest suburb to Munich city centre.

Five years after its foundation the club has managed to bring 180 members to the club, most of them German locals with their international friends from more than ten countries around the world. The RCU therefore is in the Top 5 of the biggest rugby clubs (out of 29) in Bavaria.

Also Unterföhring was the smallest municipality in Germany with its own rugby union club.^[1] from 2012 until 2016.^[2] After the promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2016/17 Unterföhring is the only village (German: Gemeinde) in the history of German rugby to have ever played in on Bundesliga level. All other clubs where always based in towns or cities (German: Stadt) or army bases.

The RCU also has a growing youth section within the club. The biggest success was the U8 and the U10 winning the Bavarian championship, the highest honour in this age group in 2017.

Starting with 2016 the RCU also has a women's team playing in the Deutsche 7er-Liga Frauen Süd.

Honours

Seniors:

• Bavarian rugby union championship
  • Runners-up: 2016, 2017
• Promotion to 2nd Bundesliga
  • 2017

Youth

• Bavarian rugby union championship
  • Champions: Under-10: 2017 Under-8: 2017
    • Runners-up: Under-10: 2015, 2016 Under-8: 2016

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the club:

Men

First team

Reserve team

References

External links

• (in German) Official website