{{short description|Spanish rugby union club, based in Valencia}} {{Infobox rugby team | teamname = CAU Valencia | image = CAU Valencia Rugby.png | imagesize = 150px | fullname = CAU Rugby Valencia | location = Valencia, Spain | countryflag = Spain | founded = {{start date and age|1973}} | ground = Campo del Río Turia | capacity = 2,000 | chairman = Fouad Osseiran | coach = Guillermo Lahoz | league = División de Honor B | season = 2023–24 | position = {{nowrap|División de Honor B – Group B, 1st}} |pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_redhoops|pattern_ra1=|pattern_sh1=|patern_so1=|leftarm1=000000|body1=000000|rightarm1=000000|shorts1=000000|socks1=000000 |pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=|pattern_sh2=|patern_so2=|leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=000000|socks2=000000| | url = https://caurugbyvalencia.com/ }}
'''CAU Rugby Valencia''' is a rugby union club based in Valencia, Spain. The club currently competes in the second-tier División de Honor B.
==History== CAU Rugby Valencia was founded in 1973 by members of the University of Valencia, led by Luis Sebastián Caballero. After many years of playing at regional, provincial and national levels, the club was promoted to the Primera Nacional division in 1996. Two seasons later it moved up to the second-tier División de Honor B, and finally to the División de Honor in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Breve Historia |url=http://www.caurugby.com/modules/tinyd2/index.php?id=3 |language=Spanish |publisher=CAU Valencia Rugby |accessdate=2011-01-12}}</ref> They were relegated in 2011.
==Season by season== {| |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" !Season !Tier !Division !Pos. !Notes |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1977–78 | align="center"|2 | Primera Nacional | align="center"|8th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1978–79 | align="center"|2 | Primera Nacional | align="center"|8th | style="background:#ffcccc"|Relegated |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1979–80 | align="center"|3 | Segunda Nacional | align="center"|— | style="background:#90EE90"|Promoted |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1980–81 | align="center"|2 | Primera Nacional | align="center"|4th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1981–82 | align="center"|2 | Primera Nacional | align="center"|5th | style="background:#ffcccc"|Relegated |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1982–83 | align="center"|3 | Segunda Nacional | align="center"|2nd | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1983–97 | align="center"|3 | Segunda Nacional | align="center"|— | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1997–98 | align="center"|2 | Primera Nacional | align="center"|1st | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1998–99 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|5th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|1999–00 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|6th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2000–01 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|1st | style="background:#90EE90"|Promoted |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2001–02 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|7th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2002–03 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|9th | |} |valign="top" width=0%| {| class="wikitable" !Season !Tier !Division !Pos. !Notes |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2003–04 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|10th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2004–05 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|4th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2005–06 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|5th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2006–07 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|3rd | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2007–08 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|5th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2008–09 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|7th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2009–10 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|2nd | style="background:#90EE90"|Promoted |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2010–11 | align="center"|1 | División de Honor | align="center"|10th | style="background:#ffcccc"|Relegated |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2011–12 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|5th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2012–13 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|3rd | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2013–14 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|4th | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2014–15 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|2nd | |- |style="background:#efefef;"|2015–16 | align="center"|2 | División de Honor B | align="center"|— | |} |} ------- *'''3''' seasons in '''División de Honor''' *'''13''' seasons in '''División de Honor B'''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://caurugbyvalencia.com/ Official site]
{{División de Honor B}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby Valencia}} Category:Rugby union teams in Spain Category:Sports clubs and teams in the Valencian Community Category:Rugby clubs established in 1973 Category:Sport in Valencia
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