Saint-Martin XIII are a French
Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
club based in
Saint-Martin-de-Crau
Saint-Martin-de-Crau (; Provençal: ''Sant Martin de Crau'') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Martinois''.
Population
Saint-Martin-de-Crau has the lowest population density ...
, in
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône ( ; , ; ; "the Mouths of the Rhône") is a Departments of France, department in southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var (department), Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the sout ...
in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the Metropolitan France, mainland. The main P ...
region. The club currently play in the French
National Division 1 which is the 3rd tier. Founded in 1974.
History
Saint-Martin de Crau as they were originally known were founded in 1974 by Jean Chaput and began life in the local regional league. In season 79/80 they reached the Federal Division semi-finals and also during the 1980s they hosted the touring Moscow Spartak youth team, changed their name to Saint-Martin XIII and said farewell to founder and president ''Jean Chaput'' who stepped down. In 1995 the cadets(youth) team were crowned champions of France. The club reached the Federal Division final in 2000 and then won the
Coupe Falcou
The Albert Falcou Cup (), also called Albert Falcou French Cup (), is an annual knock-out competition organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII for amateur rugby league clubs in France.
History
The competition was introduced i ...
in 2002. In 2013 they once again missed out on promotion when they lost out to
AS Preixan at the semi-final stage. The following season though saw the club promoted to
National Division 1 for the first time. In season 2015/16 the club enjoyed their best ever campaign reaching the end of season play-offs before losing to
US Entraigues XIII
Honours
* Coupe Falcou (1): 2002
See also
*
National Division 1
References
External links
Official Website
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1974 establishments in France
Rugby league teams in France
Rugby clubs established in 1974