The Club de Rugby Pozuelo, also known as CRC Pozuelo, is a Spanish rugby union club sited in Pozuelo de Alarcón. The club currently competes in the División de Honor Élite, the second division of Spanish rugby. The senior squad plays its matches at Campo de Rugby Valle de las Cañas.

History The club was born as the rugby department of Real Canoe Natación Club (one of the oldest swimming clubs of Spain) in 1963.Historia on Real Canoe N.C. website One year after being established, the club won its first title, the Copa del Rey (then named "Copa del Generalísimo") after defeating Unión Deportiva Samboyana by 3-0 at Ruiz de Alda stadium.La Vanguardia, 14 Apr 1964

After that achievement, Real Canoe played its first international competition, the Copa Ibérica de Rugby in 1965, becoming successor of defunct Real Madrid Rugby and Atlético Madrid. In 1967 Canoe won its second Copa Ibérica title.

In 2008, the Real Madrid C.F. made arrangements with Canoe to be represented in the División de Honor, reviving the rugby section of the club. When the agreement was about to be signed, president of Real Madrid Ramón Calderón, who had been the main architect of the return of rugby to the club, resigned from his role following allegations of vote-rigging for the confirmation for the financial budget. Real Madrid exploded into a crisis that suspended many projects and operations in the club, including the rugby section.Pozuelo Boadilla on BWin website

Canoe made a great campaign in the 2008–09 season, where the club won the División de Honor, Copa and Supercopa of Spain. Some of its most notable players were César Sempere, Javier Canosa, Juan Cano, Javier Salazar and Pablo Feijoo. In July 2010, CRC Pozuelo Madrid announced that the club would sell his place at División de Honor to meet the debts incurred by the business.CRC Madrid vende su plaza de División de Honor , CRC website, 27 Jul 2010 As a result, the team played in the second division, "División de Honor B" in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. In March 2012 CRC Pozuelo promoted to the first division after winning the playoffs.

In 2012, Atlético de Madrid made a deal with CRC to have a rugby team in the División de Honor.El Atlético de Madrid desemboca en el rugby Diario AS, August 21, 2012 The CRC squad agreed to use the name, shield and colors of Atlético Madrid during the time the agreement was in force.Los colchoneros, tendrán un equipo de rugby en División de Honor, 22 Aug 2012El Atlético de Madrid tendrá su propio equipo de rugby by Gregorio García, Marca, 20 Aug 2012

In 2014 the team returned to competition under its name "CRC Pozuelo", after finishing the agreement with Atlético Madrid.

Club names Real Canoe Natación Club (1963–2000) UCM Canoe (2000–2001) – (Merger of Real Canoe & CD Universidad Complutense) Club de Rugby UCM (2001–2005) – (Merger of UCM Canoe & CR Liceo Francés, in 2003 Liceo Francés left the club) Club de Rugby CRC Madrid (2005–2007) – (CD Universidad Complutense left the club) Club de Rugby CRC Pozuelo (2007-Present)

Team names Real Canoe Natación Club (1963–1999) Complutense Canoe (1999–2000) UCM Canoe (2000–2001) UCM Madrid 2012 (2001–2002) UCM2M12 (2002–2004) Pozuelo UCM 2M12 (2004–2005) Madrid Noroeste (2005–2007) Bwin Pozuelo (2007–2008) CRC Madrid (2008–2011) Polideportivos & Fitness CRC (2011–2012) Rugby Atlético Madrid (2012–2014) CRC Pozuelo (2014–Present) CRC Pozuelo - Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (2018-2020) Pozuelo Rugby Unión (2020-2025)

Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1969–701 División de Honor3rdCup champion1970–711 División de Honor1stLeague/Cup champion1971–721 División de Honor1stLeague/Cup champion1972–731 División de Honor1stLeague champion1973–741 División de Honor3rdCup champion1974–751 División de Honor4th 1975–761 División de Honor4th 1976–771 División de Honor7th 1977–781 División de Honor8th 1978–791 División de Honor5th 1979–801 División de Honor5th 1980–811 División de Honor2nd 1981–821 División de Honor2nd↓1982–832 Primera Nacional2nd 1983–842 Primera Nacional4th 1984–852 Primera Nacional5th 1985–862 Primera Nacional3rd 1986–872 Primera Nacional1st↑1987–881 División de Honor8th 1988–891 División de Honor4th 1989–901 División de Honor9th 1990–911 División de Honor10th 1991–921 División de Honor12th↓1992–932 Primera Nacional7th 1993–942 Primera Nacional7th 1994–952 Primera Nacional1st↑1995–961 División de Honor5th 1996–971 División de Honor6th 1997–981 División de Honor3rd 1998–991 División de Honor4th 1999–001 División de Honor1stLeague champion2000–011 División de Honor6thCup championSeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes2001–021 División de Honor3rdCup champion2002–031 División de Honor4thCup champion2003–041 División de Honor2nd 2004–051 División de Honor5th↓2005–062 División de Honor B1st↑2006–071 División de Honor2nd 2007–081 División de Honor3rdCup champion2008–091 División de Honor1stLeague/Cup champion2009–101 División de Honor5th↓2010–112 División de Honor B1st 2011–122 División de Honor B1st↑2012–131 División de Honor / 2013–141 División de Honor / 2014–151 División de Honor8th 2015–161 División de Honor12th↓2016–172 División de Honor B1st 2017–182 División de Honor B2nd 2018–192 División de Honor B2nd 2019–202 División de Honor B2nd 2020–212 División de Honor B2nd 2021–222 División de Honor B1st↑2022-231 División de Honor9th2023-241 División de Honor10th 2024-251 División de Honor11th↓2025–262 División de Honor Élite-

39 seasons in División de Honor Starting with the 2025-26 season, the División de Honor Élite became the second division of Spanish rugby.

Titles División de Honor (5): 1971, 1972, 1973, 2000, 2009 Copa del Rey (10): 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 Supercopa de España (2): 2008, 2009 Copa Ibérica (3): 1965, 1967, 2001

See also Real Madrid Rugby Atlético Madrid Rugby Real Canoe NC Rugby union in Spain

References

External links CRC Pozuelo official website FERugby official website