US Cognac

Cognac

Club information
Full name	Union Sportive Cognaçaise
Colours	Red and white
Founded	1899
Website	None
Current details
Ground(s)	Stade Jean-Martinaud, Cognac
Competition	Rugby Pro D2

Union Sportive Cognaçaise is a French rugby union club, based in Cognac in the Charente département (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region). They play at the Parc des Sports (capacity 2,800), and wear white and red.

They were founded on 2 December 1898 and regularly competed in the first division in the 1950s and 1960s. They played in the 1954 French championship final, going down narrowly to FC Grenoble 3-5. They are currently competing in the fifth level of the French league system, Fédérale 3.

Club honours

• French premiership : runner-up 1954
• Challenge Yves-du-Manoir (French cup) 1965
• Second division champions 1995

Famous players

• Jacques Fouroux
• Gérald Merceron
• David Esnault

External links

• Official site (work in progress)