Unió Esportiva Santboiana is a professional Spanish rugby union club. The club was established in 1921 and currently competes in the División de Honor de Rugby competition, the highest level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in Sant Boi de Llobregat in Catalonia, considered to be one of the capitals of Spanish rugby. Santboiana play in blue and white colours. The team have in the past won both the Spanish League and the Copa del Rey de Rugby as well as the Copa de Catalunya and Copa Ibèrica. They were champions of Spain in the 2005–06 season.
Santboiana are the former club of Sant Boi de Llobregat native Oriol Ripol, who is among Spain's most successful rugby players. He played professionally for Sale Sharks, in England's Guinness Premiership.
Honours División de Honor: 8 Champions: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2021-22 Copa del Rey: 12 Champions: 1931, 1933, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989, 2000, 2017 Copa Ibérica: 4 Champions: 1987, 1989, 2005, 2006 Copa Pirineos: 2 Champions: 1960, 1961 Copa de Catalunya: 17 Champions: 1923, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1959, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1952–531 División de Honor3rd 1953–54 DNP 1954–70 1970–711 División de Honor4th 1971–721 División de Honor3rd 1972–731 División de Honor5th 1973–741 División de Honor7th 1974–751 División de Honor6th 1975–761 División de Honor5th 1976–771 División de Honor6th 1977–781 División de Honor7th 1978–791 División de Honor2nd 1979–801 División de Honor2nd 1980–811 División de Honor3rd 1981–821 División de Honor2nd 1982–831 División de Honor3rd 1983–841 División de Honor1stLeague champion1984–851 División de Honor7th 1985–861 División de Honor2nd 1986–871 División de Honor1stLeague champion1987–881 División de Honor2nd 1988–891 División de Honor1stLeague/Cup champion1989–901 División de Honor5th 1990–911 División de Honor5th 1991–921 División de Honor2nd 1992–931 División de Honor5th 1993–941 División de Honor6th 1994–951 División de Honor5th 1995–961 División de Honor1stLeague champion1996–971 División de Honor1stLeague champion1997–981 División de Honor2nd 1998–991 División de Honor2nd 1999–001 División de Honor3rdCup championSeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes2000–011 División de Honor8th 2001–021 División de Honor4th 2002–031 División de Honor5th 2003–041 División de Honor4th 2004–051 División de Honor1stLeague champion2005–061 División de Honor1stLeague champion2006–071 División de Honor3rd 2007–081 División de Honor8th 2008–091 División de Honor5th 2009–101 División de Honor6th 2010–111 División de Honor7th 2011–121 División de Honor / League champion2012–131 División de Honor / 2013–141 División de Honor8th 2014–151 División de Honor / 2015–161 División de Honor / 2016–171 División de HonorCup champion2017–181 División de Honor 2018–191 División de Honor 2019–201 División de Honor 2020–211 División de Honor 2021–221 División de Honor / League champion2022–231 División de Honor 2023–241 División de Honor 2024–251 División de Honor -
55 seasons in División de Honor
International honours Víctor Acevedo Sergi Guerrero Marc Puigbert Víctor Marlet Juan Severino Mario Sagario Pablo Llorens Víctor Gallego Vicenç Lazaro Leonardo Pereira Jonathan Phipps
Other notable players Grant Polson (former player from Otago and Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC) Isaac Thompson (signs from Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC) Juan Pablo Socino (international Argentina U20) Isaac Richmond (international with English Counties) Pablo Llorens (international with Chile) Doug Tietjens (Former player from Otago and Manawatu in ITM CUP) Arnaud Astruc (Former player from USAP ESPOIR)
Ground UE Santboiana plays its home matches at Estadi Baldiri Aleu, which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.
See also Rugby union in Spain
External links Official website Catalan Rugby website