| KNOWN AS |
Castres Olympique |
| FOUNDED |
1898 |
| STADIUM (capacity) |
Stade Pierre-Antoine
|
11,500 |
| POSITION LAST YEAR |
12th.
Full results |
|
BUDGET FOR 2009/10 |
€11.0m
(same as
2008/9) |
| COLOURS |
Blue, white and grey |
| HONOURS |
Championship
winners |
1949, 1950, 1993 |
| |
Championship
runners-up |
1995 |
| |
Division 2 Champions |
1989 |
| |
Challenge
Yves du Manoir, winners |
|
| |
Challenge
Yves du Manoir, runners-up |
1993 |
| |
Coup de
L’Esperance, winners |
|
| |
Coupe Andre
Moga, winners |
|
| |
Coupe de
France, winners |
1948 |
| |
European Challenge Cup,
winners |
|
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European Challenge Cup,
runners-up |
1997, 2000 |
| |
European Shield, winners |
2003 |
| PRESIDENT |
Jean Philippe Swiadek |
|
| COACH |
Laurent Travers,
Laurent Labit |
| TRIVIA |
New
coaches Laurent Travers and Laurent Labit arrived
from Montauban during the 2009 summer, together with
four Montauban players |
| MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Yannick Caballero (France flanker) |
| |
Ibrahim Diarra (France
flanker) |
| CURRENT PLAYERS |
View Current Players & Player
Profiles |
| MAJOR PLAYERS |
Sebastien Tillous-Borde (French scrum-half) |
| |
Chris Masoe (former All-Black back row) |
| |
Carl Hoeft (veteran New Zealand prop) |
| |
Iosefa Tekori (Samoan back row) |
| OFFICIAL SITE |
www.castres-olympique.fr |
FIXTURES 2009/10
2008/9 Results
|
DATE |
OPPOSITION |
Competition |
Score |
|
31.07.09 |
Dax (a) |
Friendly |
35 - 3 |
|
08.08.09 |
Leicester Tigers (n) |
Friendly |
24 - 14 |
|
15.08.09 |
Biarritz (a) |
Top 14 |
24 -
12 |
|
22.08.09 |
Bourgoin (h) |
Top 14 |
29 -
9 |
|
29.08.09 |
Montauban (a) |
Top 14 |
P - P* |
|
02.09.09 |
SCA Albi (a) |
Top 14 |
P -
P* |
|
06.09.09 |
Montpellier (h) |
Top 14 |
33 -
18 |
|
12.09.09 |
Stade Francais (a) |
Top 14 |
18 -
44 |
|
16.09.09 |
Montauban (a) |
Top 14 |
18 - 18 |
|
19.09.09 |
Racing-Metro 92 (h) |
Top 14 |
9 -
6 |
|
26.09.09 |
Brive (a) |
Top 14 |
9 - 11 |
|
29.09.09 |
SCA Albi (a) |
Top 14 |
25 - 21 |
|
03.10.09 |
Toulon (h) |
Top 14 |
21 - 19 |
|
09.10.09 |
Toulon (h) |
ACC |
17 - 33 |
|
17.10.09 |
Rugby Rovigo
(a) |
ACC |
76 - 11 |
|
24.10.09 |
Bayonne (a) |
Top 14 |
15 - 6 |
|
31.10.09 |
Perpignan (a) |
Top 14 |
15 - 17 |
|
05.11.09 |
Clermont Auvergne (h) |
Top 14 |
9 - 9 |
|
21.11.09 |
Stade Toulousain (h) |
Top 14 |
30 - 10 |
|
28.11.09 |
Biarritz (h) |
Top 14 |
34 - 6 |
|
05.12.09 |
Bourgoin (a) |
Top 14 |
9 - 16 |
|
11.12.09 |
Saracens (h) |
ACC |
9 - 23 |
|
19.12.09 |
Saracens (a) |
ACC |
14 - 18 |
|
30.12.09 |
Montauban (h) |
Top 14 |
30 - 7 |
|
03.01.10 |
SCA Albi (h) |
Top 14 |
44 - 10 |
|
09.01.10 |
Montpellier (a) |
Top 14 |
0 - 15 |
|
14-17.01.10 |
Rugby Rovigo
(h) |
ACC |
47 - 0 |
|
21-24.01.10 |
Toulon (a) |
ACC |
10 - 42 |
|
28.01.10 |
Stade Francais (h) |
Top 14 |
32 - 14 |
|
20.02.10 |
Racing Metro 92 (a) |
Top 14 |
24 - 24 |
|
06.03.10 |
Brive (h) |
Top 14 |
35 - 10 |
|
13.03.10 |
Toulon (a) |
Top 14 |
6 - 19 |
|
27.03.10 |
Bayonne (h) |
Top 14 |
|
|
03.04.10 |
Perpignan (h) |
Top 14 |
|
|
17.04.10 |
Clermont Auvergne
(a) |
Top 14 |
|
|
24.04.10 |
Stade Toulousain
(a) |
Top 14 |
|
* Postponed due to six Castres players having 'swine
flu'
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