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The Club de Rugby Pozuelo, also known as CRC Pozuelo, is a Spanish
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club sited in
Pozuelo de Alarcón Pozuelo de Alarcón () is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Bordering the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid proper to its west, Pozuelo de Alarcón is surrounded by large Mediterranean pine-tree forests: the Casa de Campo, the ...
. The club currently competes in the División de Honor, the top division of Spanish rugby. The senior squad plays its matches at Campo de rugby Gabriel Parellada.


History

The club was born as the rugby department of Real Canoe Natación Club (one of the oldest swimming clubs of Spain) in 1963.Historia
on Real Canoe N.C. website
One year after being established, the club won its first title, the
Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
(then named "Copa del Generalísimo") after defeating Unión Deportiva Samboyana by 3-0 at Ruiz de Alda stadium. After that achievement, Real Canoe played its first international competition, the Copa Ibérica de Rugby in 1965, becoming successor of defunct Real Madrid Rugby and
Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...
. In 1967 Canoe won its second Copa Ibérica title. In 2008, the
Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn ...
made arrangements with Canoe to be represented in the División de Honor, reviving the rugby section of the club. When the agreement was about to be signed, president of Real Madrid
Ramón Calderón José Ramón Calderón Ramos (born 26 May 1951) is a Spanish lawyer who is the former President of Real Madrid. He got his Law Degree in the University of Navarra, Spain in 1974 and he worked in London, England, as a lawyer, in 1975 and 1976. ...
, who had been the main architect of the return of rugby to the club, resigned from his role following allegations of vote-rigging for the confirmation for the financial budget. Real Madrid exploded into a crisis that suspended many projects and operations in the club, including the rugby section. Canoe made a great campaign in the 2008–09 season, where the club won the División de Honor, Copa and Supercopa of Spain. Some of its most notable players were César Sempere, Javier Canosa, Juan Cano, Javier Salazar and Pablo Feijoo. In July 2010, CRC Pozuelo Madrid announced that the club would sell his place at División de Honor to meet the debts incurred by the business. As a result, the team played in the second division, "División de Honor B" in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. In March 2012 CRC Pozuelo promoted to the first division after winning the playoffs. In 2012, Atlético de Madrid made a deal with CRC to have a rugby team in the División de Honor. The CRC squad agreed to use the name, shield and colors of
Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...
during the time the agreement was in force.El Atlético de Madrid tendrá su propio equipo de rugby
by Gregorio García, ''Marca'', 20 Aug 2012 In 2014 the team returned to competition under its name "CRC Pozuelo", after finishing the agreement with Atlético Madrid.


Club names

* Real Canoe Natación Club (1963–2000) * UCM Canoe (2000–2001) – (Merger of Real Canoe & CD Universidad Complutense) * Club de Rugby UCM (2001–2005) – (Merger of UCM Canoe & CR Liceo Francés, in 2003 Liceo Francés left the club) * Club de Rugby CRC Pozuelo Madrid – (2005–) – (CD Universidad Complutense left the club)


Team names

* Real Canoe Natación Club (1963–1999) * Complutense Canoe (1999–2000) * UCM Canoe (2000–2001) * UCM Madrid 2012 (2001–2002) * UCM2M12 (2002–2004) * Pozuelo UCM 2M12 (2004–2005) * Madrid Noroeste (2005–2007) * Bwin Pozuelo (2007–2008) * CRC Madrid (2008–2011) * Polideportivos & Fitness CRC (2011–2012) * Rugby Atlético Madrid (2012–2014) * CRC Pozuelo (2014–)


Season by season

*36 seasons in División de Honor


Titles

* División de Honor (5): 1971, 1972, 1973, 2000, 2009 *
Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
(10): 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 *
Supercopa de España The Supercopa de España or the ''Spanish Super Cup'' is a super cup tournament in Spanish football. Founded in 1982 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2019–20 by four teams: the winners and runners-up of ...
(2): 2008, 2009 * Copa Ibérica (3): 1965, 1967, 2001


See also

* Real Madrid Rugby * Atlético Madrid Rugby *
Real Canoe NC Real Canoe Natación Club is a multisport club based in Madrid, Spain. The club was founded in 1930. History The club was founded in 1930 via a merger of "Club Natación Atlético" & "Canoë Club." Mr Julián López became the club's first chair ...
*
Rugby union in Spain Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions. The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation (Spanish: Federaci� ...


References


External links


CRC Madrid official website
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