| KNOWN AS |
Union Sportive des Arlequins Perpignanais, USA Perpignan |
| FOUNDED |
1902 |
| STADIUM (capacity) |
Stade Aimé Giral |
14,593 |
| POSITION LAST YEAR |
1st, but lost in the final to Clermont Auvergne. Full results |
| BUDGET FOR 2010/11 |
€16.7m (up €3.7m from 2009/10) |
| COLOURS |
Red and yellow (sang et or - blood and gold) |
| HONOURS |
Championship winners |
1914, 1921, 1925, 1938, 1944, 1955, 2009 |
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Championship runners-up |
1924, 1926, 1935, 1939, 1952, 1977, 1998, 2004, 2010 |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir, winners |
1935, 1955, 1994 |
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Challenge Yves du Manoir, runners-up |
1936, 1937, 1938, 1956, 1965 |
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Coup de L’Esperance, winners |
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Coupe Andre Moga, winners |
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Heineken Cup, winners |
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Heineken Cup, runners-up |
2003 |
| PRESIDENT |
Paul Goze |
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| COACH |
Jacques Brunel, Christophe Manas, Bernard Goutta
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| CAPTAIN |
Nicolas Mas
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| TRIVIA |
Perpignan's Top 14 triumph in 2008/9 was their first French title for 54 years. Jerome Porical, full-back, followed in the footsteps of his grandfather in becoming a French champion. Jerome's father also played for Perpignan, but never won the title. |
| MAJOR SIGNINGS |
Kevin Boulogne (French scrum-half) |
| CURRENT PLAYERS |
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| MAJOR PLAYERS |
Perry Freshwater (veteran NZ-born England prop) |
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Nicolas Mas (French prop) |
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Henry Tuilagi (Samoan back row) |
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Gerrie Britz (South African lock) |
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Maxime Mermoz (French centre) |
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Philip Burger (South African winger) |
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Farid Sid (France sevens international winger) |
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Marius Tincu (Romanian hooker) |
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Julien Malzieu (French winger) |
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Jérôme Porical (French full-back) |
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Guilhem Guirado (French hooker) |
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David Marty (French centre) |
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Rimas Alvarez Kairelis (Argentine lock) |
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Damien Chouly (French No 8) |
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Kisi Pulu (Tongan prop) |
| OFFICIAL SITE |
www.usap.fr |
