Castres olympique
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| Full name | Castres Olympique |
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| Founded | 1906 |
| Location | Castres, France |
| Ground(s) | Stade Pierre-Antoine (Capacity: 11,500) |
| President | Pierre-Yves Revol |
| Coach(es) | Christophe Urios |
| League(s) | Top 14 |
| 2015–16 | 6th (playoff quarter-finalists) |
| Official website | |
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Castres Olympique (French pronunciation: [kastʁ olimpik]) is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the top level of the French league system.
Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906. They play at the Stade Pierre-Antoine, which is one of the smallest in Top 14 with a capacity of 11,500. The team wear blue and white kits.
The team won four French top-division championships in 1949, 1950, 1993 and 2013, as well as one Coupe de France in 1948.
In 1898 several alumni of Castres' municipal college met in a city centre bar and decided to create a team allowing them to play their favourite sport, rugby union. For the first few years this team was part of a multisport club until 1906. Unhappy with the dominating position cycling had within the club, the members of the rugby section decided to leave and create a club of their own, solely dedicated to their sport. It was decided that this club would be named Castres Olympique and its colours would be changed from yellow and black to its current blue, white and grey.
The new club reached the top flight after only 15 years of existence and has remained there ever since, bar for a couple of years during the 80s when the club was in the then Section B of the 1st division. The club has never left the 1st division since 1921.
For a while Castres Olympique would experience mixed fortunes until 1948 when they reached and won their first Coupe de France. The prestigious championship would follow a year later, and again in 1950.
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