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 M ...

. 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 Valle de las Cañas Campo de Rugby Valle de las Cañas, known also as Valle de las Cañas is a rugby stadium located in the town of Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain. It is a natural grass field opened in 2000 and holds about 500 people. The facilities are used by CRC Pozu ...

History

The club was born as the rugby department of Real Canoe Natación Club (one of the oldest

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clubs of Spain) in 1963.Historia
on Real Canoe N.C. website One year after being established, the club won its first title, the

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(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 The Copa Ibérica de Rugby (''Iberian Rugby Cup'') is a rugby union knock-out competition played annually by clubs of the Spanish Rugby Federation and Portuguese Rugby Federation. It was played for the first time in 1965. Between 1965 and 1971, i ...

in 1965, becoming successor of defunct

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and

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. In 1967 Canoe won its second Copa Ibérica title. In 2008, the

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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.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,

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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

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–Present) – (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 (2014–2018) * CRC Pozuelo - Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (2018-2020) * Pozuelo Rugby Unión (2020-Present)

Season by season

*39 seasons in División de Honor

Titles

* División de Honor (5): 1971, 1972, 1973, 2000, 2009 *

(10): 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009 *

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(2): 2008, 2009 * Copa Ibérica (3): 1965, 1967, 2001

References

External links

CRC Pozuelo official websiteFERugby official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madrid Rugby union teams in Spain Sports clubs and teams in Madrid Rugby clubs established in 1963 Sport in Pozuelo de Alarcón