Independiente Rugby Club is a Spanish amateur rugby union club based in the Cantabrian city of Santander. The club was established in 1971. Independiente plays its home matches at the Mies de Cozada, a multi-use stadium in San Román de la Llanilla. The team traditionally plays in green and white colours.
He is currently not active in any category having given up playing the 2023 - 2024 season in the Honor Division "B" for economic reasons, having not registered his professional players with Social Security and not having paid the corresponding amounts, having a debt of around €280,000 with it.
For several years, the club was known for sponsorship reasons as Bathco Independiente or Bathco, the latter of which is now the name of Club de Rugby Santander.
Club honours Independiente is the most successful rugby club in Cantabria. The team has played a number of seasons in the División de Honor (1978––80, 2013–present), two seasons in División de Honor B (2003–04 and 2011–12), 25 seasons in Primera Nacional and 1 season in Segunda Nacional.
Spanish tournaments: Copa del Rey: Runners-up: 2013–14 División de Honor B: 1 Champions: 2012-13 (group 1) Primera Nacional: 6 Champions: 1980-81 (group VI), 1981-82 (group XII), 1998-99 (group A), 2000-01 (group A), 2002–03, 2010-11 (group B) Runners-up: 1999-2000 (group A), 2001–02 (group B), 2005-06 (group B), 2009-10 (group B) Segunda Nacional: 1 Champions: 1982-83 (group X)
Cantabrian tournaments: Regional League: 2 Champions: 1971-72, 1974–75
In 2012–13 season played in División de Honor B finishing in 1st position in Group A, qualifying for promotion playoffs. On 5 May 2013, Independiente won Alcobendas in the promotion playoffs achieving the promotion to División de Honor 2013–14 after a long spell in minor divisions.Bathco Independiente achieves a historical promotion El Diario Montañés, 5 May 2013
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1976–772 Primera Nacional5th 1977–782 Primera Nacional6th↑1978–791 División de Honor6th 1979–801 División de Honor8th↓1980–812 Primera Nacional1st 1981–822 Primera Nacional1st 1982–833 Segunda Nacional1st 1983–842 Primera Nacional7th 1984–853 Segunda Nacional— 1985–863 Segunda Nacional— 1986–872 Primera Nacional9th 1987–883 Segunda Nacional— 1988–892 Primera Nacional7th 1989–902 Primera Nacional9th 1990–913 Segunda Nacional— 1991–923 Segunda Nacional— 1992–932 Primera Nacional12th 1993–943 Segunda Nacional— 1994–952 Primera Nacional5th 1995–962 Primera Nacional6th 1996–972 Primera Nacional4th 1997–982 Primera Nacional3rd 1998–993 Primera Nacional1st 1999–003 Primera Nacional2nd SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes2000–013 Primera Nacional1st 2001–023 Primera Nacional2nd 2002–033 Primera Nacional1st↑2003–042 División de Honor B9th↓2004–053 Primera Nacional6th 2005–063 Primera Nacional2nd 2006–073 Primera Nacional4th 2007–083 Primera Nacional5th 2008–093 Primera Nacional6th 2009–103 Primera Nacional2nd 2010–113 Primera Nacional1st↑2011–122 División de Honor B4th 2012–132 División de Honor B1st↑2013–141 División de Honor / Cup runner-up2014–151 División de Honor / 2015–161 División de Honor / 2016–171 División de Honor / 2017–181 División de Honor / 2018–191 División de Honor 2019–201 División de Honor
See also Rugby union in Spain
References
External links Independiente official website