CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French

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club competing in the third level of the French league system, Nationale. The club have been runners-up in the French championship and the French Cup competitions, and have won the

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. Founded in 1906 as "Club Sportif Bergusien". They play at

Stade Pierre Rajon Stade Pierre Rajon is a multi-purpose stadium in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union and football matches and is the home stadium of CS Bourgoin-Jallieu and FC Bourgoin-Jallieu. The stadium can hold close to 10 ...

(capacity 9,441). They are based in

Bourgoin-Jallieu Bourgoin-Jallieu (; ) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of the former comm ...

in the

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department in the province of

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History

The club was established in 1906 as "Club Sportif Bergusien".

1997 season

In 1997 the club had a successful season.

Runners-up French Cup 1997

The club contested the

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final, losing to Section Paloise 13 to 11.

Runners-up French Championship 1997

The club made it to the 1997 final of the French championship, where they went down to

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, 12 to 6 at

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in Paris.

Winners of the European Challenge 1997

They made it to the final of the

, where they defeated fellow French club

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18 to 9 in

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. They played in the

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, winning two of their 6 pool fixtures, missing out on the finals.

1999 season

The club had similar success in various competitions in the 1999 season.

Runners-up French Cup 1999

They again contested the French Cup, which they lost to

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27 to 19.

Runners-up European Challenge 1999

As well as contesting the European Shield final, which they also lost, to AS Montferrand 25 to 16 in

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. The club saw similar results in their

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season to that of the 1997-98 competition, winning two of their six pool fixtures, not moving into the finals.

Double runners-up French Cup (March 2003 and November 2003)

CS Bourgoin-Jallieu also contested the final two French Cup finals, in March 2003. They did however lose both games, being defeated by

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22 to 20 in early 2003, and losing to Castres 27 to 26 in November 2003. In the

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the club achieved its best result yet, finishing second in their pool, winning four of their six games, but still missing out on the finals. However, their

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campaign was not successful at all, losing all six pool games and finishing last in their group.

2006 season

For the 2006-07 Heineken Cup home fixture against

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which can hold over 30,000 spectators was used instead of

. The attendance on the day wa
16,255

2009 season

The 2008–09 season saw both a measure of success and multiple relegation dangers. While they reached the final of that season's European Challenge Cup, losing to

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, they spent most of the season hovering close to the drop zone. They also faced financial trouble serious enough that they were in danger of forced relegation to Pro D2. CSBJ, however, finished the league season in a safe spot (11th) and were able to provide LNR with sufficient financial guarantees to enable them to stay in Top 14 for 2009–10.

Honours

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** Champions (1):

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** Runners-up (2):

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* French championship Top 14 ** Runners-up (1):

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** Champions (3): 1965, 1971, 1973 *

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** Runners-up (2): 1997, 1999 * Group B French Champions ** Champions : 1984 ** Runners-up : 1982

Finals results

French championship

European Rugby Challenge Cup

French Cup

Current standings

Current squad

''2022-23''

Notable former players

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* Matias Viazzo * Josh Holmes * Andrew Tiedemann *

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Sébastien Chabal Sébastien Chabal (born 8 December 1977) is a French former rugby union player. He played Number eight (rugby union), number eight and Lock (rugby union), lock for CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, Bourgoin (1998–2004), Sale Sharks (2004–2009), Racing Mé ...

* Alexandre Chazalet * Arnaud Costes *

Jean-François Coux Jean-François Coux (born 23 December 1980 in Grenoble, France) is a French rugby union footballer. Coux's first professional club was Vinay whom he played for from 1998 to 1999. He moved to CS Bourgoin-Jallieu for the 1999-2000 Top 14 season and ...

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* Ethan Dumortier *

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* Mickael Forest *

Julien Frier Julien Frier (born September 28, 1974) is a French rugby union player and currently the captain of the Top 14 team CS Bourgoin-Jallieu. After four years spent with Bourgoin, Frier signed for the nearby rival club FC Grenoble. He quickly establishe ...

* Florian Fritz *

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* Gaëtan Germain * David Janin * Christophe Laussucq * Xavier Mignot *

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* Sylvain Nicolas *

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* Vincent Pelo * Julien Pierre *

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* Irakli Giorgadze * Davit Khinchaguishvili *

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* Federico Pucciariello *

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* Alex Tulou * Karena Wihongi * Henari Veratau *

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* Brando Va'aulu * Rudi Coetzee * Mark McKenzie * James McLaren *

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* Chris Wyatt

References

External links

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CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
Official website
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