Rugby Club Valencia (also known as Valencia Rugby) is a Spanish rugby union team. The club competes in Group East of División de Honor B.
History The club was established in May 1966 by a group of young players who wanted to see a team from the city of Valencia playing in the national leagues. There were problems securing a field, and the club played on a football field in Picanya and sometimes on the river banks by the teachers' training college in the early years. They acquired their own ground, the Campo de La Pechina (Field of The Pendant), the very first rugby ground in the city.
The following season a youth team was started, which won the regional championship.
The senior team reached the national leagues in 1973/1974 for the first time, and was promoted to the División de Honor in the 1976/1977 season, winning the title in 1982/1983. From 1987 onwards, the search for sponsors for the team began. From 1989, sponsorship by Tecnidex, the company co-founded by the former player Manuel García Portillo, led to the team being known as Valencia Tecnidex.Yo soy Noticia "Rugby. Los actos del 50 Aniversario" (26, February, 2016)
In 1990 the club gained their primary sponsor, Tecnidex, a company providing chemicals and disinfectants for agricultural purposes.
Honours División de Honor: 1 1983 División de Honor B: 3 1976, 1993, 2002 Valencian Regional Championship: 5 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 2012
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1974–752 Primera Nacional2nd 1975–762 Primera Nacional1st 1976–772 Primera Nacional2ndRelegated1977–781 División de Honor6th 1978–791 División de Honor3rd 1979–801 División de Honor3rd 1980–811 División de Honor3rd 1981–821 División de Honor4th 1982–831 División de Honor1st 1983–841 División de Honor6th 1984–851 División de Honor6th 1985–861 División de Honor8th 1986–871 División de Honor3rd 1987–881 División de Honor5th 1988–891 División de Honor9th 1989–901 División de Honor6th 1990–911 División de Honor8th 1991–921 División de Honor11thRelegated1992–932 Primera Nacional1stPromoted1993–941 División de Honor11thRelegated1994–952 Primera Nacional2ndPromoted1995–961 División de Honor8th 1996–971 División de Honor9th 1997–981 División de Honor9th 1998–991 División de Honor12thRelegated1999–002 División de Honor B4th 2000–012 División de Honor B8th 2001–022 División de Honor B1stPromoted2002–031 División de Honor7th 2003–041 División de Honor10thRelegatedSeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes2004–052 División de Honor B3rd 2005–062 División de Honor B6th 2006–072 División de Honor B8thRelegated2007–083 Primera Nacional8thRelegated2008–094 Primera Territorial—Promoted2009–103 Primera Nacional8th 2010–113 Primera Nacional7thRelegated2011–124 Primera Territorial1stPromoted2012–133 Primera Nacional1stPromoted2013–142 División de Honor B6th 2014–152 División de Honor B5th 2015–162 División de Honor B—2016–172 División de Honor B—2017–182 División de Honor B—2018–192 División de Honor B—2019–202 División de Honor B—2020–212 División de Honor B—2021–222 División de Honor B—2022–232 División de Honor B—2023–242 División de Honor B2nd2024–252 División de Honor B—
22 seasons in División de Honor
References
External links Official website