Olympus Rugby XV Madrid

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid was a rugby union team that competed in the European Challenge Cup. The side was formed to play in the 2009–10 European Challenge Cup, consisting of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues.^[3] After an absence of three seasons, it intended to participate in the 2013–14 European Challenge Cup,^[4] but was forced to withdraw due to financial issues.^[5]

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid

Full name	Olympus Rugby XV Madrid
Union	Spanish Rugby Federation
Founded	2009; 16 years ago (2009)[1]
Location	Madrid, Spain[1]
Ground(s)	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain[1] (Capacity: 12,400[1])
Coach(es)	Ged Glynn[1]
Captain(s)	Pablo Feijoo[1]
Top scorer	César Sempere (20 points)[2]
League(s)	European Challenge Cup
2009–10	4th in pool
Team kit
Largest defeat
Olympus Madrid 0 – 66 Connacht (2010)[2]
Official website
www.olympusrugby.es

2009/10 European Challenge Cup

Main article: 2009–10 European Challenge Cup pool stage

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid competed in the 2009–10 season of the European Challenge Cup. The side was formed of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues.

They lost all six of their pool matches and finished 4th in the pool table.

2009/10 Pool table

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Connacht	6	6	0	0	28	5	+23	199	63	+136	2	0	26
Montpellier	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	158	92	+66	2	1	19
Worcester Warriors	6	2	0	4	18	8	+10	140	83	+57	2	3	13
Olympus Madrid	6	0	0	6	4	45	−41	44	303	−269	0	0	0
Source : www.ercrugby.com Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

2009/10 Matches

9 October 2009 18:30

Connacht	46 – 6	Olympus Madrid
	Score

The Sportsground, Galway Attendance: 875

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17 October 2009 16:30

Olympus Madrid	5 – 38	Worcester Warriors
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 5,300

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11 December 2009 20:00

Montpellier	57 – 24	Olympus Madrid
	Score

Stade Yves du Manoir, Montpellier Attendance: 6,832

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19 December 2009 16:00

Olympus Madrid	6 – 42	Montpellier
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 3,000

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16 January 2010 15:00

Worcester Warriors	54 – 3	Olympus Madrid
	Score

Sixways Stadium, Worcester Attendance: 5,923

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23 January 2010 16:00

Olympus Madrid	0 – 66	Connacht
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 4,500

2009/10 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Javier Arbelaitz Hooker Spain Chema Bohórquez Hooker Spain Marcelo Vargas Hooker Portugal Víctor Acevedo Prop Spain David Gurgenadze Prop Spain Sebastian Hattori Prop Spain Ion Insausti Prop Spain Alex Onega Camacho Prop Spain Javier Salazar Prop Spain Manuel Serrano Prop Spain Oscar Astarloa Lock Spain Leandro Fernández Lock Spain Pol Massoni Lock Spain Jesús Recuerda Lock Spain Sergio Souto Lock Spain Martín Aceña Flanker Spain Rafael Camacho Flanker Spain Iván Criado Flanker Spain Juan Gonzalez Flanker Spain Gensen Palmers Flanker New Zealand

Player Position Union César Bernasconi Number 8 Spain Matthew Cook Number 8 Spain Sergi Guerrero Number 8 Spain Pablo Feijoo (c) Scrum-half Spain Hernán Quirelli Scrum-half Spain Carlos Arenas Fly-half Spain Jeremias Palumbo Fly-half Spain César Sempere Fly-half Spain Javier Canosa Centre Spain Fernando Díez Centre Spain Martín Heredia Centre Spain David Mota Centre Spain Juan Cano Wing Spain Ignacio Gutierrez Wing Spain Benjamín Pardo Wing Spain Lucas Poggi Wing Spain Manuel Mazo Fullback Spain Marcos Poggi Fullback Spain Matías Tudela Fullback Spain

2013/14 European Challenge Cup

After an absence of three seasons, the team intended to participate in the 2013–14 season of the European Challenge Cup.^[6] In the draw carried out on 5 June 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Olympus Madrid was drawn in Pool 5 against France's Stade Français, England's London Irish and Italy's Cavalieri Prato.^[4] However, due to financial issues, the team withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Lusitanos XV on 2 September 2013.^[5]

See also

• Spain national rugby union team
• Rugby union in Spain