Vigo Rugby Club (known for sponsorship reasons as –Universidade Vigo) is a rugby union club based in Vigo, in the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. The club competes in the top-flight División de Honor, since 2011–12 season.
History In 1987, a group of university students arrived in Vigo for their Christmas holiday. They played rugby on one of Vigo's beaches and decided to form a rugby club. The Vigo Rugby Club was founded in 1988 with Quique Paz as the first chairman of the board of directors. It began playing in the Segunda División Regional, and were promoted in their first season to the Primera División Regional.
In 1992, the club was absorbed by the University of Vigo, which took over operations. In 1999, the club regained control of operations, but continued the partnership with the university. They play their home games at Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende on the campus of the University of Vigo.
In 2011, Vigo RC was promoted to the top-flight División de Honor.
Honours Copa Xunta: 14 Champions: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1994–952 Primera Nacional7th 1995–962 Primera Nacional8th 1996–972 Primera Nacional7th 1997–982 Primera Nacional6th 1998–993 Primera Nacional4th 1999–003 Primera Nacional3rd 2000–013 Primera Nacional2nd 2001–023 Primera Nacional2nd 2002–033 Primera Nacional3rd 2003–043 Primera Nacional1stPromoted2004–052 División de Honor B5th SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes2005–062 División de Honor B2nd 2006–072 División de Honor B5th 2007–082 División de Honor B6th 2008–092 División de Honor B3rd 2009–102 División de Honor B5th 2010–112 División de Honor B2ndPromoted2011–121 División de Honor9th 2012–131 División de Honor10th 2013–141 División de Honor11th 2014–151 División de Honor12thRelegated2015–162 División de Honor B
4 seasons in División de Honor
Internationally Capped players Campbell Johnstone Norm Maxwell Marcos Mella David Monreal Óscar Ferreras Carlos Blanco Alejandro Blanco Lionel Pardo Francisco Usero Vasilis Katsakos Nikolas Mavreas Cameron Wyper Gaston Ibarburu
References
External links Official site