SC Albi

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Albi
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Full name Sporting Club Albigeois
Founded 1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Location Albi, France
Ground(s) Stadium Municipal d'Albi (Capacity: 13,058)
President Bernard Archilla
Coach(es) Jean Christophe Bacca
Henri Broncan
Captain(s) Vincent Clément
League(s) Pro D2
2013–14 12th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.sca-albi.fr

Sporting Club Albigeois is a professional French rugby union club playing the second-level Rugby Pro D2. During the past years it went back and forth between Top 14, the highest level of the French league system and the second-level Rugby Pro D2. Their last time in the Top 14 was for 2009–10 after winning the 2008–09 promotion playoffs. The previous one began in 2006 and came to an end after the 2007–08 season due to financial issues. Founded in 1907, the club plays at the Stadium municipal d'Albi (capacity 12,000). They wear black and yellow. They are based in Albi in Midi-Pyrénées.

History

Sporting Club Albigeois was founded in December 1906 as a sportsclub where, in addition to rugby, tennis and running were practiced. Their first title came in 1926 when they beat Stade Toulousain in the final of the highly competitive championnat des Pyrénées (Pyrénées league).

In 1940, the Vichy regime forced towns with a population below 50,000 to merge their sports clubs in single entities. (UA Gaillac is another rugby union example). Vichy also targeted the professional rugby league and Albi was forced to bring together the two local clubs, S.C. Albi and R.C. Albi XIII under the name Albi Olympique.

In 1945, each club went its way and recovered its previous name. In 1949, SC Albi reached the First Division. In 1955, it qualified for the playoffs, managing to oust the prestigious Racing Club de France in the first round, before going down to Romans in the round of 16.

Until the 1980s, Albi went through regular ups-and-downs between the first and second divisions (Div 1 1961-1970, 1973–75, 1977–79, Div 2, 1957 – 1959, 1970–73, 1975–77, 1979–85). Their only notable performance was another playoff win against Toulouse in 1974. Albi remained in the second or third divisions until 2000.

The millennium was very favourable for Albi. The club reached three consecutive third division finals, all lost, in 2000, 2001 et 2002, to FC Oloron Sainte-Marie, Oyonnax and Tours. However, the professional Pro D2 offered two promotion spots in 2002 and Albi was back in the second division.

It took them four more years to take the last step. After finishing second to US Montauban in the 2006 regular season, they went on to beat AS Béziers and US Dax in the promotion playoffs and secure the final spot in the élite league Top 14. They remained in Top 14 until the 2007-08 season. Although they finished 12th that season, which would normally have kept them in the top flight, they were forcibly relegated to Pro D2 due to financial issues.

The following season, they finished third on the regular-season table, qualifying for the promotion playoffs. Their home playoff semifinal against La Rochelle ended 12–12 in regulation. Each team slotted a penalty in extra time, which ended 15–15. Under French rules, the first tiebreaker in such a situation is fewest red cards. Since neither side had a player sent off, the next tiebreaker is number of tries, followed by number of penalties scored. Albi went through because they had kicked 5 penalties to La Rochelle's 4 (and one drop goal). They defeated Oyonnax 14–12 in the playoff final on 31 May 2009 in Montpellier to secure their place in the Top 14 2009-2010 season.

By April 2010 the club had already been relegated from the Top 14 after recording only 3 wins all season.[1]

Honours

  • French league, Division 1: (predecessor to today's Top 14)
    • Round of 16 : 1955, 1974
  • Rugby Pro D2:
    • Promotion playoff winners: 2006, 2009
  • French League, Division 1, B Group: (second division; predecessor to today's Pro D2)
    • semi-final: 1980, 1986
  • French league, Nationale 1: (Div 3, highest amateur level)
    • Runner-up: 2000
  • French league, Promotion Nationale: (Div 3, highest amateur level)
    • Runner-up: 2001
  • French league, Fédérale 1: (Div 3, highest amateur level)
    • Runner-up: 2002
  • Championnat des Pyrénées:
    • Winner 1926

Current standings

2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 Table watch · edit · discuss
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Lyon 30 25 0 5 971 493 +478 13 4 117
2 Bayonne 30 19 1 10 658 602 +56 4 4 86
3 Aurillac 30 18 0 12 724 613 +111 6 3 81
4 Mont De Marsan 30 17 1 12 655 611 +44 5 3 78
5 Colomiers 30 16 3 11 629 590 +39 4 4 78
6 Béziers 30 17 1 12 745 662 +83 4 3 77
7 Perpignan 30 15 1 14 676 615 +61 5 6 73
8 Biarritz 30 14 0 16 674 656 +18 3 5 64
9 Bourgoin 30 12 0 18 595 642 −47 5 9 62
10 Albi 30 13 5 15 591 643 −52 2 4 62
11 Narbonne 30 13 0 17 602 653 –51 2 6 60
12 Montauban 30 12 0 18 570 624 -54 1 9 58
13 Tarbes 30 13 0 17 543 630 –87 0 9 53
14 Carcassonne 30 11 0 19 484 741 −257 0 5 49
15 Dax 30 10 1 19 538 713 −175 1 5 48
16 Provence Rugby 30 10 0 20 549 716 −167 1 5 46
Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14.
Blue background denotes teams that qualify for the promotion play-offs.
Red background relegation to Fédérale 1.

Note: When two teams have the same points total, position is calculated by results between teams before points difference.
Note: Tarbes have had 8 points deducted and will also be automatically relegated at the end of the season.

Current squad

2015-16 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Malik Djebablah Hooker France France
Maxime Fray Hooker France France
Cyriac Ponnau Hooker France France
Max Curie Prop France France
Bastien Dedieu Prop France France
Malik Hamadache Prop Algeria Algeria
Mickaël Hygonnet Prop France France
Christophe Lafoy Prop France France
Christopher Seuteni Prop Australia Australia
Beka Sheklashvili Prop Georgia (country) Georgia
Matthieu Andre Lock France France
César Damiani Lock France France
Vakhtang Maisuradze Lock Georgia (country) Georgia
Adam Sinclair Lock Scotland Scotland
Nomani Tonga Lock Tonga Tonga
Vincent Calas Flanker France France
Arthur Chollon Flanker France France
Daniel Faleafa Flanker Tonga Tonga
Vincent Farre Flanker France France
Julien Raynaud Number 8 France France
Tunufai Tavalea Number 8 Tonga Tonga
Player Position Union
Yoann Chateauraynaud Scrum-half France France
Théo Entraygues Scrum-half France France
Shannon Rick Scrum-half South Africa South Africa
Romain Barthelemy Fly-half France France
Andries Hough Fly-half Namibia Namibia
Raphaël Lagarde Fly-half France France
Baptiste Bonnet Centre France France
Isikeli Davetawalu Centre Fiji Fiji
Nasoni Naqiri Kunavore Centre Fiji Fiji
Javier Rojas Alvarez Centre Argentina Argentina
Afusipa Taumoepeau Centre Australia Australia
Maxime Le Bourhis Wing France France
Loïc Le Gal Wing France France
Morgan Marchini Wing France France
Mathieu Peluchon Wing Spain Spain
Ledua Mau Fullback Fiji Fiji
Timilai Rokoduru Fullback Fiji Fiji
Quentin Valancon Fullback France France

Notable former players

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  • France Robert Basauri
  • France René Bousquet. 9 caps. One of the 15 Frenchmen who defeated England for the first time in 1927.
  • France Pierre Danos
  • France Charles-Antoine Gonnet. 16 cap. Also beat the English in 1927.
  • France Bernard Momméjat. 9 caps with SCA.

French president Georges Pompidou accepted to be honorary chairman of the club in 1969 and paid his fees regularly until he died in 1974. [1].

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