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Contrary to what the club has long claimed, Le Havre AC was not founded in 1872. It was in 1884 that a group of British residents formed Le Havre Athlétique, which played a hybrid form of football, a cross between rugby and association football, called "combination". Association football began being played in Le Havre in 1894.[1][2] Stade Français was established in 1883 by a group of students in Paris.

Presentation of the lists

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There are two lists of the clubs playing in the French rugby union system in the following levels:

Some other clubs are listed (only if they have a dedicated article) :

The first list displays the clubs sorted by name of the town where they are located

  • Club: short name of the club, with a [+] if a dedicated category exists for the club
  • Full name: official name of the club (using English capitalization rules)
  • Town: name of the town where or near the club is located, followed by the French department
  • Status of the club: league in which the club currently plays

The second list displays the clubs sorted by league.

A

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne [+] Sporting Union Agen Lot-et-Garonne Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) Top 14
RC Arras Rugby Club d'Arras Arras (Pas-de-Calais) Fédérale 2
SC Albi Sporting Club Albigeois Albi (Tarn) Fédérale 1
FC Auch Gers (defunct, as of 2017) Football Club Auch Gers Auch (Gers) Fédérale 3
Stade Aurillac Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Aurillac (Cantal) Pro D2

B

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
Stade Bagnérais Stade Bagnérais Bagnères-de-Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées) Fédérale 1
Aviron Bayonnais Aviron Bayonnais Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Pro D2
CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde1 Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde Bègles (Gironde) Lower
AS Béziers Hérault Association Sportive de Béziers Hérault Béziers (Hérault) Pro D2
Biarritz Olympique [+] Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Pro D2
Blagnac SCR Blagnac Sporting Club Rugby Blagnac (Haute-Garonne) Fédérale 1
AC Bobigny 93 Rugby AC Bobigny 93 Rugby Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) Fédérale 1
Stade Bordelais1 Stade Bordelais Bordeaux (Gironde) Lower
Union Bordeaux Bègles1 Union Bordeaux Bègles Bordeaux (Gironde) Top 14
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Club Sportif Bourgoin-Jallieu Rugby Bourgoin-Jallieu (Isère) Fédérale 1
US Bressane Union Sportive Bressane Pays de l'Ain Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain) Fédérale 1
CA Brive [+] Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin Brive (Corrèze) Top 14

C

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
US Carcassonne Union Sportive Carcassonnaise XV Carcassonne (Aude) Pro D2
Cahors Rugby Cahors Rugby Cahors (Lot) Fédérale 2
Castres Olympique [+] Castres Olympique Castres (Tarn) Top 14
RC Chalon Racing Club Chalonnais Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire) Fédérale 2
SO Chambéry Stade Olympique Chambérien Rugby Chambéry (Savoie) Fédérale 1
Châtenoy RC Châtenoy Rugby Club Châtenoy-le-Royal (Saône-et-Loire) Lower
ASM Clermont Auvergne [+] Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) Top 14
US Cognac Union Sportive Cognaçaise Cognac (Charente) Fédérale 1
Colomiers Rugby Colomiers Rugby Colomiers (Haute-Garonne) Pro D2

D

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
US Dax Union Sportive Dacquoise Dax (Landes) Pro D2

E

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

F

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

G

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
UA Gaillac Union Athlétique Gaillacoise Gaillac (Tarn) Fédérale 2
SC Graulhet Sporting Club Graulhetois Graulhet (Tarn) Fédérale 1
FC Grenoble Rugby [+] Football Club de Grenoble Rugby Grenoble (Isère) Pro D2

H

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

I

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

J

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

K

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

L

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
Stade Rochelais [+] Stade Rochelais La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) Top 14
ROC La Voulte-Valence Rhône Ovalie Club La Voulte-Valence La Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche) &
Valence (Drôme) 		Fédérale 2
CA Lannemezan Cercle Amical Lannemezanais Lannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées) Fédérale 2
Limoges Rugby Limoges Rugby Limoges (Haute-Vienne) Fédérale 1
FC Lourdes Football Club Lourdais Hautes-Pyrénées Lourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées) Fédérale 2
Lyon OU Lyon Olympique Universitaire Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) Top 14

M

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
Olympique Marcquois Rugby Olympique Marcquois Rugby Marcq-en-Barœul (Nord) Fédérale 3
Rugby Club Stade Phocéen Rugby Club Stade Phocéen Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) Lower
RC Massy Rugby Club Massy Essonne Massy (Essonne) Pro D2
SC Mazamet Sporting Club Mazamétain Mazamet (Tarn) Fédérale 2
US Montauban Union Sportive Montalbanaise Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) Pro D2
Montluçon Rugby Montluçon Rugby Montluçon (Allier) Fédérale 1
Stade Montois Stade Montois Mont-de-Marsan (Landes) Pro D2
Montpellier Hérault Rugby [+] Montpellier Hérault Rugby Montpellier (Hérault) Top 14

N

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
RC Narbonne Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerranée Narbonne (Aude) Pro D2
USO Nevers Union Sportive Olympique Nivernaise Nevers (Nièvre) Pro D2
RC Nîmes Rugby Club Nîmes Gard Nîmes (Gard) Fédérale 1
Stade Niortais Stade Niortais Rugby Niort (Deux-Sèvres) Fédérale 2

O

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
RC Orléans Rugby Club Orléans Orléans (Loiret) Fédérale 2
Oyonnax Rugby Union Sportive Oyonnax Rugby Oyonnax (Ain) Top 14

P

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
Stade Français Paris [+] Stade Français Paris Rugby Paris Top 14
Racing 92 [+] Racing 92 Paris (play in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine) Top 14
Section Paloise Section Paloise Béarn Pyrénées Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Top 14
CA Périgueux Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne Périgueux (Dordogne) Fédérale 3
USA Perpignan [+] Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) Pro D2
Stade Poitevin Rugby Stade Poitevin Rugby Poitiers (Vienne) Fédérale 3
Provence Rugby Provence Rugby Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) Fédérale 1

Q

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
US Quillan Union Sportive Quillan Haute Vallée Quillan (Aude) Fédérale 3

R

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
Stade Rodez Aveyron Stade Rodez Aveyron Rodez (Aveyron) Fédérale 1
Union Sportive Romanaise et Péageoise Union Sportive Romanaise et Péageoise Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) Fédérale 1
Football Club Sportif Rumilly Football Club Sportif Rumilly Rumilly (Haute-Savoie) Fédérale 2

S

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
ASC Saint Apollinaire Association Sportive et Culturelle de Saint-Apollinaire - Talant Rugby Club Saint-Apollinaire (Côte-d'Or) Fédérale 3
CA Saint-Étienne Club Athlétique de Saint-Étienne Loire Sud Rugby Saint-Étienne (Loire) Fédérale 2
Saint-Paul SR Saint-Paul Sports Rugby Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (Landes) Fédérale 2
Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente Angoulême (Charente) Pro D2

T

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes Hautes-Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées) Fédérale 2
RC Toulon [+] Rugby Club Toulonnais Toulon (Var) Top 14
Stade Toulousain [+] Stade Toulousain Toulouse (Hautes-Pyrénées) Top 14
US Tours Union Sportive Tours Rugby Tours (Indre-et-Loire) Fédérale 2
US Tyrosse Union Sportive Tyrosse Rugby Côte Sud Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse (Landes) Fédérale 1

U

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

V

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Club Full name Town 2017–18
Avenir Valencien Avenir Valencien Valence (Tarn-et-Garonne) Fédérale 1
Rugby Club Vannes Rugby Club Vannetais Vannes (Morbihan) Pro D2
RC Vichy Racing Club Vichy Rugby Vichy (Allier) Fédérale 3
SO Voiron Stade Olympique Voironnais Voiron (Isère) Fédérale 3

W

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

X

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

Y

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

Z

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Club Full name Town 2017–18

By League

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Top 14 2017–18

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14 clubs[3]
SU Agen
Union Bordeaux Bègles[a]
CA Brive
Castres Olympique
ASM Clermont Auvergne
Stade Rochelais
Lyon OU
Montpellier Hérault Rugby
Oyonnax Rugby
Section Paloise
Racing 92
Stade Français
RC Toulonnais
Stade Toulousain

Pro D2 2016–17

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16 clubs[4]
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne
Aviron Bayonnais
Biarritz Olympique
AS Béziers Hérault
US Carcassonne
Colomiers Rugby
US Dax
FC Grenoble Rugby
RC Massy
US Montauban
Stade Montois
RC Narbonne
USO Nevers
USA Perpignan
Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente
RC Vannes

Fédérale 1

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40 Teams in 4 pools[5]
AC Bobigny 93 Rugby
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
RC Chalonnais
US Cognac
SC Graulhet
US Tyrosse
Avenir Valencien


Limoges Rugby


Stade Bagnérais
Blagnac SCR
Stade Rodez Aveyron


US Bressane
ROC La Voulte-Valence
US Romanaise et Péageoise

Fédérale 2

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80 Teams in 8 pools[6]
Note: At this level, only clubs with articles are listed, with no attempt to divide by pool.


RC Arras
Cahors Rugby
RC Châteaurenard
CO Creusot
Stade Dijonnais
UA Gaillac
CA Lannemezan
FC Lourdes
SC Mazamet
RC Nîmes
Stade Niortais
RC Orléans
Paris Université Club
FC Rumilly
CA Saint-Étienne
Saint-Paul Sports Rugby
Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby
US Tours

Fédérale 3

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160 Teams in 16 pools[7]
Note: At this level, only clubs with articles are listed, with no attempt to divide by pool.
FC Auch Gers (defunct, as of 2017)
Olympique Marcquois Rugby
CA Périgueux
Stade Poitevin Rugby
US Quillan
RC Vichy
SO Voiron

Lower

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CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde[a]
Stade Bordelais[a]
Châtenoy RC
Rugby Club Stade Phocéen

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Union Bordeaux Bègles is a professional club resulting from the merger of Stade Bordelais and CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde professional teams.

References

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  1. ^ Charitas, Pascal (2011). "La combination au Havre Athletic Club (1872–1914) : les «origines» du football-rugby ?". Études Normandes. 60 (1): 20. doi:10.3406/etnor.2011.1833.
  2. ^ Archives municipales du Fort de Tourneville (Le Havre), statuts du HAC, fonds de Sanvic, R3 1 L.2.
  3. ^ "Rugby TOP 14 : Classement" (in French). LNR. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Rugby PRO D2 : Classement" (in French). LNR. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ^ "1DF - 1ère DIVISION FEDERALE - Trophée Jean Prat" (in French). FFR. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ^ "2DF - 2ème DIVISION FEDERALE" (in French). FFR. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. ^ "3DF - 3ème DIVISION FEDERALE" (in French). FFR. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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