CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde

CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde
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Club information
Full nameClub Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde
ColoursBlue and white
Founded1907 (1907)
Websitecabbg.fr
Current details
Ground(s)
CompetitionTop 14

Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde is a French multisports club, established in 1907, based in Bègles, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. Their rugby union section, Union Bordeaux Bègles is their flagship. They play in blue and white chequered shirts, hence their nickname Les Damiers (the draught-boards).

The club now only has youth teams, although the club's website documents the result of the new team thoroughly. The club has always played at Stade André-Moga, which holds 10,000.

History

CABBG were the main team of the Bordeaux area for most of the 20th century. They remained in the first division from 1913 to 2003 and won two French championships (1969, 1991) along the way. Along the years, the club's name changed. It started as Club Athlétique Bègles, then became CA Bègles-Bordeaux Gironde in 1983, then CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde in 1988.

CABBG were relegated from the First Division for the first time in 2003, after the professional league's finance commission declared them unable to continue. A year later, the club was declared bankrupt and forced to play in the amateur third division (Fédérale 1). Finally, in 2006, their senior outfit was merged with that of Stade Bordelais, which played in the professional second division Pro D2 so as to create a side that would be able to jump back to the first division (Top 14). The new team was clumsily called Union Stade Bordelais-Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde or Bordeaux Rugby Métropole but in 2008 changed to Union Bordeaux Bègles.

Honors

Finals results

French championship

Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Spectators
28 May 1967 US Montauban 11-3 CA Bègles Parc Lescure, Bordeaux 32,115
18 May 1969 CA Bègles 11-9 Stade Toulousain Stade de Gerland, Lyon 22,191
1 June 1991 CA Bègles 19-10 Stade Toulousain Parc des Princes, Paris 48,000

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date Winners Score Runners-up
1991 RC Narbonne 13-12 CA Bègles
1995 Stade Toulousain 41-20 CA Bègles

French Cup

Date Winners Score Runners-up Spectators
1949 CA Bègles 11-6 Stade Toulousain 20,000

Famous players

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