Catalans Dragons
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Catalans Dragons XIII |
| Nickname(s) | The Dragons |
| Short name | Catalan Dragons |
| Website | catalansdragons.com |
| Colours |
 White, Red and Gold |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Current details | |
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| Chairman | Bernard Guasch |
| Coach | Laurent Frayssinous |
| Captain | Remi Casty |
| Competition | Super League |
| 2016 season | 6th |
 Current season
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| Records | |
| Championships | 0 |
| Challenge Cups | 0 |
| Other honours | 3 |
The Catalans Dragons (French and Catalan: Dragons Catalans) are a professional rugby league club in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. They play in the Super League, and are the only team in the competition from outside Northern England. The Dragons play home games at Stade Gilbert Brutus.
The club was formed in 2000 by a merger of XIII Catalan and AS Saint Estève into Union Treiziste Catalane (UTC). They won the 2005 French Rugby League Championship and the Lord Derby Cup in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, they were granted a Super League licence, taking the name Catalans Dragons. UTC continues to compete in the French Championship's Elite One Championship as a feeder club for the Dragons, now under the name Saint-Esteve XIII Catalan.
The club was founded in 2000 after the merger of two teams in Perpignan, XIII Catalan and AS Saint Estève. The merged team took the name Union Treiziste Catalane, often abbreviated to UTC.
XIII Catalan were founded in 1935 and thus were founding members of the French Championship. During their run, they won 11 French Championships and 11 Lord Derby Cups. AS Saint Estève were founded in 1965. They won six championships and four Lord Derby Cups. There were two other clubs in the twelve-team competition in Pyrénées-Orientales: Pia XIII and Saint-Cyprien. In 2002 Saint-Cyprien joined the merged UTC side. UTC proved successful, winning the 2005 French Championship and the 2004 and 2005 Lord Derby Cups.
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