ROC La Voulte-Valence (

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: ''Rhône ovalie club La Voulte-Valence'') is a French

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club based in Valence,

Drôme Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.

and playing home matches in Valence and

La Voulte-sur-Rhône La Voulte-sur-Rhône (, literally ''La Voulte on Rhône''; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. Population Lagerstätte La Voulte-sur-Rhône is a marine Lagerstätte (sedimentary deposit) located in France. It is ...

in the adjacent department of

Ardèche Ardèche (; , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardèche (river), Ardèche and had a population of 328,278 as of 2019.Fédérale 1 The championnat de France de rugby à XV de 1re division fédérale (), a.k.a. Fédérale 1 (), is a French rugby union club competition, it is the elite of amateur rugby in France. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Français ...

, the third division of French rugby. The club was established in 2010 by a merger of

Valence Sportif Valence Sportif was a French rugby union club based in Valence, Drôme. The team last competed in Fédérale 2, the fourth division of French rugby. Valence were established in 1905, and played in white and red. In 2010, the club merged with nearb ...

, founded in 1905, and La Voulte Sportif, founded in 1907. Its main stadium is Valence's former ground of Stade Georges-Pompidou, with La Voulte's former home of Stade Battandier-Lukowiak as a secondary home. They play in black and white.

Honours

* Première Division (now

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): ** Champions: 1970 (La Voulte) * Deuxième Division (now

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): ** Runners-up: 1935 (Valence), 1951 (La Voulte), 1962 (Valence) * Challenge de l'Espérance: ** Champion: 1962 (La Voulte), 1963 (La Voulte), 1987 (Valence) ** Champion: 1964 (La Voulte), 1977 (Valence), 1984 (Valence) * Challenge Jules Cadenat: ** Champion: 1976 (Valence) ''2016-17''

Famous players

Élie Cester Élie Cester (27 July 1942 - 3 January 2017) was a French nationality law, French rugby union player who played at Rugby union positions, lock for the France national rugby union team. Early life and career Élie Cester was born on 27 July 19 ...

(Valence) *

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 ...

(Valence) * Gérard Rousset (Valence)

External links

* {{Rugby union in France La Voulte Valence Sport in Drôme Valence, Drôme Rugby clubs established in 2010 2010 establishments in France Sport in Ardèche

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Famous players

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