Stade Marcel-Verchère

Stade Marcel-Verchère
Location Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France
Coordinates 46°12′36″N 5°14′14″E / 46.21000°N 5.23722°E / 46.21000; 5.23722Coordinates: 46°12′36″N 5°14′14″E / 46.21000°N 5.23722°E / 46.21000; 5.23722
Owner Town of Bourg-en-Bresse
Capacity 11,400
Surface Grass
Tenants
Union Sportive Bressane
Bourg Peronnas

Stade Marcel-Verchère is rugby union stadium located in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain. It is the home ground of Union Sportive Bressane, promoted to Rugby Pro D2 (the second level of French club rugby) for the 2013–14 season. It has a capacity of 11,400.[1] Moreover, the team of Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 playing in this stadium and evolve in Ligue 2.[2]

The stadium is named in memory of Marcel Verchère, a Bressane player who died following a violent tackle during a match against Oyonnax on 24 September 1937.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Capacite Stade Marcel Verchère" (in French). US Bressane. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Stade Marcel Verchère" (in French). fbbp01.
  3. ↑ "Le Stade Marcel Verchère" (in French). US Bressane. Retrieved 18 June 2013.


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