| KNOWN AS |
Castres Olympique |
| FOUNDED |
1898 |
| STADIUM (capacity) |
Stade Pierre-Antoine |
11,500 |
| POSITION LAST YEAR |
5th, lost in play-off quarter-finals. Full results |
| BUDGET FOR 2010/11 |
?12.5m (up ?1.5m from 2009/10)
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| COLOURS |
Blue, white and grey |
| HONOURS |
Championship winners
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1949, 1950, 1993 |
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Championship runners-up
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1995 |
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Division 2 Champions |
1989 |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir, winners
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Challenge Yves du Manoir, runners-up
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1993 |
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Coup de L?Esperance, winners
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Coupe Andre Moga, winners
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Coupe de France, winners
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1948 |
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European Challenge Cup, winners |
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European Challenge Cup, runners-up |
1997, 2000 |
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European Shield, winners |
2003 |
| PRESIDENT |
Jean Philippe Swiadek |
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| COACH |
Laurent Travers, Laurent Labit |
| CAPTAIN |
Alexandre Albouy/Sébastien Tillous-Borde
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| TRIVIA |
Coaches Laurent Travers and Laurent Labit arrived from Montauban during the 2009 summer, together with four Montauban players |
| MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Sérémaia Bai (Fijian centre)
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Benjamin Kayser (French Hooker) |
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Jamal Fakir (French rugby league full-back) |
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Scott Murray (Scottish lock) |
| CURRENT PLAYERS |
View Current Players & Player Profiles |
| MAJOR PLAYERS |
Sebastien Tillous-Borde (French scrum-half) |
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Chris Masoe (former All-Black back row) |
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Ibrahim Diarra (France flanker) |
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Yannick Caballero (France flanker) |
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Carl Hoeft (veteran New Zealand prop) |
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Iosefa Tekori (Samoan back row) |
| OFFICIAL SITE |
www.castres-olympique.fr |
