RC Valencia

Rugby Club Valencia (also known as Valencia Rugby) is a Spanish rugby team. The club competes in Group East of División de Honor B.

Valencia Rugby

Full name	Rugby Club Valencia
Founded	1966
Location	Valencia, Spain
Ground(s)	Quatre Carreres (Capacity: 2,500)
Chairman	Eduardo González
Coach(es)	Pablo Lammertyn
League(s)	División de Honor B
2023–24	División de Honor B – Group B, 2nd
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.valenciarugby.com

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.^[1][2]

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

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1974–75 2 Primera Nacional 2nd 1975–76 2 Primera Nacional 1st 1976–77 2 Primera Nacional 2nd Relegated 1977–78 1 División de Honor 6th 1978–79 1 División de Honor 3rd 1979–80 1 División de Honor 3rd 1980–81 1 División de Honor 3rd 1981–82 1 División de Honor 4th 1982–83 1 División de Honor 1st 1983–84 1 División de Honor 6th 1984–85 1 División de Honor 6th 1985–86 1 División de Honor 8th 1986–87 1 División de Honor 3rd 1987–88 1 División de Honor 5th 1988–89 1 División de Honor 9th 1989–90 1 División de Honor 6th 1990–91 1 División de Honor 8th 1991–92 1 División de Honor 11th Relegated 1992–93 2 Primera Nacional 1st Promoted 1993–94 1 División de Honor 11th Relegated 1994–95 2 Primera Nacional 2nd Promoted 1995–96 1 División de Honor 8th 1996–97 1 División de Honor 9th 1997–98 1 División de Honor 9th 1998–99 1 División de Honor 12th Relegated 1999–00 2 División de Honor B 4th 2000–01 2 División de Honor B 8th 2001–02 2 División de Honor B 1st Promoted 2002–03 1 División de Honor 7th 2003–04 1 División de Honor 10th Relegated

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 2004–05 2 División de Honor B 3rd 2005–06 2 División de Honor B 6th 2006–07 2 División de Honor B 8th Relegated 2007–08 3 Primera Nacional 8th Relegated 2008–09 4 Primera Territorial — Promoted 2009–10 3 Primera Nacional 8th 2010–11 3 Primera Nacional 7th Relegated 2011–12 4 Primera Territorial 1st Promoted 2012–13 3 Primera Nacional 1st Promoted 2013–14 2 División de Honor B 6th 2014–15 2 División de Honor B 5th 2015–16 2 División de Honor B — 2016–17 2 División de Honor B — 2017–18 2 División de Honor B — 2018–19 2 División de Honor B — 2019–20 2 División de Honor B — 2020–21 2 División de Honor B — 2021–22 2 División de Honor B — 2022–23 2 División de Honor B — 2023–24 2 División de Honor B 2nd 2024–25 2 División de Honor B —

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• 22 seasons in División de Honor