The Rugby Club Unterföhring is a German rugby union club from Munich district, currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga and with a second team in the Verbandsliga Bayern. It is based in Unterföhring, the closest suburb to Munich city centre. Since January 2017 the RCU is the second biggest rugby club in Bavaria with 240 members.
Also Unterföhring was the smallest municipality in Germany with its own rugby union clubhttp://www.wochenanzeiger.de/article/156642.html Newspaper, accessed: 06 July 2016 from 2012 until 2016. After the promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2016/17 Unterföhring is the only village (German: Gemeinde) in the history of German rugby to have ever played in a Bundesliga. All other clubs where always based in towns or cities (German: Stadt) or army bases.
The RCU also has a growing youth section and the club is the fourth biggest club with kids under 14 years old in all of Germany. The RCU has secured championships in the Under 8, Under 10 and Under 12 age groups in recent years, as well as runners-up in U8, U10, U12 and U14. The RCU youth teams are known for consistently being able to field complete sides in the Bavarian youth competition.
Founded in 2016 the RCU also has a women's team playing in the Deutsche 7er-Liga Frauen Süd. For the season 2022/23 the aim of the first Men's team was to achieve a ranking in the top 3 at the end of the 2. Bundesliga season. They had success and reached 2nd place at the end of the season and qualified for the promotion match for 1st Bundesliga South/West against RSV Köln in Cologne which RCU lost.
Youth summer camps In summer 2022 former All Black Kane Hames held a summer camp in Unterföhring with 25 junior players attending. On February 23, 2023, the club announced that they will hold again a summer camp for youth players from age 7 to age 17 in Unterföhring. This time Robert Mohr, former player and current Director of Rugby at Stade Rochalais and former German Rugby International visited Unterföhring and conducted two out of four days at the training camp from July 31 to August 4 in Unterföhring.
Facilities The RCU plays their home games on the rugby pitch in Unterföhring am Etzweg.
Honours
Seniors: Bavarian rugby union championship Runners-up: 2016, 2017 Promotion to 2nd Bundesliga 2017 Quarter Finals Liga Pokal 2018 Runners up 2nd Bundesliga 2023 (most successful season so far) Bavarian rugby union 7s championship Champions 2025
Youth Bavarian rugby union championship Champions: Under-8: 2017, 2018, 2019; Under-10: 2017, 2018; Under-12: 2019 Runners-up: Under-8: 2016; Under-10: 2015, 2016; Under-12: 2018; Under-14 2019
Recent seasons Men
First team
Year Division Position 2012-13 Rugby-Regionalliga Bavaria (IV) 7thhttp://www.rugbyweb.de/index.php?archive=2012-13&league=324 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 03 April 2014 2013-14 Rugby-Regionalliga Bavaria (IV) 6thhttp://rugbyweb.de/index.php?archive=2013-14&league=391 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 30 June 2014 2014-15 Rugby-Regionalliga Bavaria (III) 6thhttp://rugbyweb.de/index.php?archive=2014-15&league=451 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 6 July 2016 2015–16 Rugby-Regionalliga Bavaria 2ndhttp://rugbyweb.de/index.php?archive=2014-15&league=491 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 6 July 2016 2016 playoff2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South losthttp://rugbyweb.de/index.php?archive=2015-16&league=497 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 26 September 2016 2016–17 Rugby-Regionalliga Bavaria 2nd promoted 2017-182nd Rugby-Bundesliga South5th 2018-192nd Rugby-Bundesliga South5th 2019-202nd Rugby-Bundesliga Southcancelled due to COVID-19-outbreak 2020-212nd Rugby-Bundesliga Southcancelled due to COVID-19-outbreak 2021-222nd Rugby-Bundesliga South5th 2022-232nd Rugby-Bundesliga South2nd (best season so far) 2022-232nd Rugby-Bundesliga South3rd 2024-252nd Rugby-Bundesliga South5th
Reserve team Year Division Position 2012-13 Rugby-Verbandsliga Bavaria (V) 4thhttp://www.rugbyweb.de/index.php?archive=2012-13&league=331 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 03 April 2014 2013-14 Rugby-Verbandsliga Bavaria (V) 6thhttp://rugbyweb.de/index.php?archive=2013-14&league=392 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 26 September 2016 2016-17 Rugby-Verbandsliga Bavaria North (IV) 3rdhttps://rugbyweb.de/index.php?le=548 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 20 May 2019 2017-18 Rugby-Verbandsliga Bavaria South (IV) 4thhttps://rugbyweb.de/index.php?archive=2017-18&league=628 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 20 May 2019 2018-19 Rugby-Verbandsliga Bavaria (IV) 8thhttps://rugbyweb.de/index.php?le=696 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 17 June 2020 2019-20 Rugby-Verbandsliga Bavaria (IV) cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak 2020-21 Rugby-Verbandsliga Bavaria (IV) cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak 2022-23 Rugby-Verbandsliga South Bavaria (IV) 3rd
Women Year Division Position 2017 - 2018 Rugby-7s Division South (I) 10thhttps://rugbyweb.de/index.php?le=613 rugbyweb.de - Results archive, accessed: 20 May 2019 2018 - 2019 Rugby-7s Division South (I) 4th
References
External links Official website