FC Auch Gers

Auch

Full name	Football Club Auch Gers
Founded	1891
Location	Auch, France
Ground(s)	Stade du Moulias (Capacity: 7,000)
President	Bernard Laffitte
Coach(es)	Grégory Patat
League(s)	Pro D2
2013–14	15th (demoted to Fédérale 1)
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.fcag-rugby.com

Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées currently playing in Rugby Pro D2, the second tier of the country's professional league system. In recent years, they have bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2. In a five-year stretch between 2003–04 and 2007–08, they were either promoted or relegated four times—promoted to the then-Top 16 as champions of Pro D2 in 2004, relegated in 2005, promoted as Pro D2 champions again in 2007, and relegated as bottom finisher in 2008. Founded in 1891, the club plays at Stade Patrice Brocas (capacity 7,000); its players wear red and white.

Auch was founded in 1891. They were runners-up in the 2001 Challenge Yves du Manoir competition, losing to Montferrand (now Clermont) in the final. In the 2000s they were playing in the second division on French rugby, and in the 2002-03 season they made the semi-finals toward promotion but were defeated by Montpellier. However the following season they were promoted to the top league, defeating Bayonne in the Pro D2 final.

However they were relegated back down to Pro D2 for the 2005-06 season. Nonetheless, they were also winners of the European Shield, reprechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup that season. They defeated English club Worcester in the final.

Honours

• Challenge Yves du Manoir:
  • Runners-up: 2001
• Rugby Pro D2:
  • Champions: 2004, 2007
• European Shield:
  • Champions: 2005

Finals results

Challenge Yves du Manoir

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue
2001	Montferrand	FC Auch	34-24	France

European Shield

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue
21 May 2005	FC Auch	Worcester Warriors	23-10	Kassam Stadium, Oxford

Pro D2 Winners

Date	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Venue
2004	FC Auch	Bayonne	26-9	France

• 2006-07 (Automatic promotion)

Current standings

2013–14 Rugby Pro D2 Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Lyon (C)	30	25	0	5	877	480	397	14	3	117
2	Agen (RU)	30	21	0	9	774	534	240	7	7	98[n 1]
3	La Rochelle (P)	30	21	1	8	723	476	247	8	4	98
4	Pau (SF)	30	20	1	9	635	503	132	5	6	93
5	Narbonne (SF)	30	18	1	11	801	603	198	8	6	88
6	Tarbes	30	17	1	12	658	577	81	5	5	80
7	Mont-de-Marsan	30	12	3	15	597	575	22	4	10	68
8	Bourgoin	30	13	2	15	597	598	-1	4	7	67
9	Colomiers	30	13	2	15	568	532	36	1	9	66
10	Béziers	30	11	1	18	521	688	-167	3	11	60
11	Aurillac	30	12	0	18	602	709	-107	4	7	59
12	Albi	30	11	2	17	603	728	-125	1	5	54
13	Dax	30	11	2	17	457	705	-248	0	5	53
14	Carcassonne	30	10	0	20	580	795	-215	1	9	50
15	Auch (R)	30	8	3	19	485	759	-274	2	4	44
16	Bourg-en-Bresse (R)	30	7	1	22	537	753	-216	0	11	41
Green background (row 1) Champions automatically promoted to Top 14. Yellow background denotes winner of the promotion play-offs. Blue background denotes other teams that qualified for the promotion play-offs. Red background (row 15 and 16) will be relegated to Fédérale 1. Source:Midol Updated: 25 May 2014
Agen won the head-to-head matches with La Rochelle 9 – 0 on match points so rank above them.

Current squad

2012–13 season
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Luc Bissuel Hooker France Kevin Le Guen Hooker France Sylvain Abadie Prop France Fabien Magnan Prop France Benjamin Sicaud Prop France Jérémy Boyadjis Prop France Gaetan Guyon Prop France Tornike Lomidze Prop Georgia Grégory Menkarska Prop France Lionel Dargier Lock France Mickael Lacroix Lock France Russlan Boukerou Lock France Frédéric Medves Flanker France Jim Naikadawa Flanker Fiji Damien Larrieu Flanker France Julien Côme Flanker France Jonathan Elgoyhen Flanker France Mathieu De Pauw Number 8 France

Player Position Union Benjamin Caminati Scrum-half France Christophe Clarac Scrum-half France Anthony Lagardere Fly-half France Jonathan Brethous Centre France Olivier Grimaud Centre France Jordan Puletua Centre New Zealand Maxime Eberland Wing France Sébastien Ascarat Wing Spain Patrick Bosque Wing France Nathan Thierry Wing France Martin Prat Fullback France

Notable Former players

• David Spicer
• Sakiusa Matadigo
• Fabien Barcella
• Jacques Fouroux
• Franck Montanella
• Mamuka Magrakvelidze
• Ruben Spachuck
• Raphaël Bastide
• Kaiongo Tupou

Current Internationals

• Francisco De La Fuente
• Juan Murré
• David Penalva
• Sergio Valdes
• Mathieu Peluchon

Further reading

• Mes saisons 1903-2003 : F.C. Auch : Auch en Gascogne et le rugby, cent ans d'amour-passion, de Roland Porterie, éd. Football club auscitain, 2003

See also

• List of rugby union clubs in France
• Rugby union in France

References

External links

• (French) FC Auch Gers Official website