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US Montauban
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| Full name | Union Sportive Montalbanaise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union | Fédération Française de Rugby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Montauban, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stade Sapiac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 9,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Patrick Bardot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Laurent Travers and Laurent Labit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Top 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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US Montauban are a French rugby union club, currently competing in the Top 14 competition, which they gained promotion to from Pro D2 for the 2006-07 season. They are based in Montauban in the département of Tarn-et-Garonne in Midi-Pyrénées.
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The club was established in 1905. The club made their first championship appearance in the 1967 season, where they captured their first championship title; defeating CA Bègles 11 points to 3 in Bordeaux. They gained promotion to from Pro D2 for the 2006-07 season
In their first match of the 2006-07 season, they defeated Narbonne 41-20, gaining five points (including a bonus point) to go to second in the table after round one. They have continued in surprisingly strong form for a newly promoted team, notably handing early runaway league leaders Stade Français their first defeat of the season, 15-9, in Round 10 on 6 October.
- French championship:
- Champions: 1967
- Rugby Pro D2:
- Champions: 2001, 2006
- Challenge de l'Espérance:
- Champions: 1967
- Challenge Antoine Béguère:
- Champions: 1971
- Challenge Armand Vaquerin:
- Champions: 2005
- Runners-up: 2004
| Date | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Venue | Spectateurs |
| 28 May 1967 | US Montauban | CA Bègles | 11-3 | Parc Lescure, Bordeaux | 32.115 |
- Louis Blanc
- Pierre Bondouy
- Jean-Michel Cabanier
- Michel Lasserre
- Arnaud Marquesuzaa
- René Namur
- Stéphane Ougier
- André Piazza
- Henri Romero
- Michel Sorondo
- USM Rugby - 100 photos pour un centenaire, 2003
- (French) Official site
| Rugby union in France | |
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| Federation: | Fédération Française de Rugby |
| National team: | France • France Sevens |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Six Nations Championship • Heineken Cup • European Challenge Cup • European Shield • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series • Paris Sevens |
| Domestic Competitions: | Ligue Nationale de Rugby (Top 14 • Pro D2) • Fédérale 1 • Fédérale 2 • Fédérale 3 |
| Top 14 teams: | Agen • Albi • Bayonne • Biarritz • Bourgoin • Brive • Castres • Clermont • Montauban • Montpellier • Narbonne • Perpignan • Stade Français • Toulouse |
| Pro D2 teams: | Auch • Béziers • Bordeaux-Bègles • Colomiers • Dax • Gaillac • Grenoble • La Rochelle • Limoges • Lyon • Mont-de-Marsan • Oyonnax • Pau • Racing Paris • Tarbes • Toulon |
| See also: | List of clubs |