RC Aachen
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| Full name | Rugby Club Aachen e. V. |
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| Union | German Rugby Federation |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Location | Aachen, Germany |
| Chairman | Helmut Wallrafen |
| Coach(es) | Frank Bronneberg |
| League(s) | 2. Rugby-Bundesliga (II) |
| 2015–16 | 2. Rugby-Bundesliga West, 2nd |
The RC Aachen is a German rugby union club from Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga, the second tier of German Rugby. From 2012 till 2015 Aachen played in Rugby-Bundesliga.
The club was formed in 1980 and has made occasional appearances in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West, the second tier of the German league system, playing at this level in 2000–01, 2006–07 and again in 2011–12. In between the club played in the tier three Rugby-Regionalliga North Rhine-Westphalia until becoming a founding member of the 3rd Liga South/West in 2010. The team finished the 2011–12 season on a relegation rank in the 2nd Bundesliga but, courtesy to an expansion of the Rugby-Bundesliga from ten to 24 teams, was instead promoted to the first tier of German rugby, the Bundesliga. RCA finished sixth in their group in the 2012-13 season and failed to qualify for the championship round, instead entering the second tier DRV-Pokal, where it came fifth in the south/west division. The club advanced to the quarter finals of the play-offs after opponend USV Potsdam Rugby canceled their first round play-off game. In the quarter finals it was knocked out by TSV Handschuhsheim after a 0—107 defeat.
The club once more qualified for the play-offs to the DRV-Pokal in 2013–14, where it lost to Heidelberger TV in the semi finals of the play offs. In the 2014–15 season the club finished fourth in the south-west DRV-Pokal group and was knocked out by DSV 78 Hannover II in the quarter finals of the play-offs after a first round victory over Bremen 1860. With the reduction of the Bundesliga from 24 to 16 clubs Aachen dropped back to the 2. Bundesliga in 2015.
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