CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde

CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde
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Club information
Full name	Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde
Colours	Blue and white
Founded	1907; 117 years ago
Website	cabbg.fr
Current details
Ground(s)	Stade André-Moga;
Competition	Top 14

Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde is a French multisports club, established in 1907, based in Bègles, in the southern suburbs of Bordeaux. Their rugby union section, Union Bordeaux Bègles is their flagship. They play in blue and white chequered shirts, hence their nickname Les Damiers (the draught-boards).

The club now only has youth teams, although the club's website documents the result of the new team thoroughly. The club has always played at Stade André-Moga, which holds 10,000.

History

CABBG were the main team of the Bordeaux area for most of the 20th century. They remained in the first division from 1913 to 2003 and won two French championships (1969, 1991) along the way. Along the years, the club's name changed. It started as Club Athlétique Bègles, then became CA Bègles-Bordeaux Gironde in 1983, then CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde in 1988.

CABBG were relegated from the First Division for the first time in 2003, after the professional league's finance commission declared them unable to continue. A year later, the club was declared bankrupt and forced to play in the amateur third division (Fédérale 1). Finally, in 2006, their senior outfit was merged with that of Stade Bordelais, which played in the professional second division Pro D2 so as to create a side that would be able to jump back to the first division (Top 14). The new team was clumsily called Union Stade Bordelais-Club Athlétique Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde or Bordeaux Rugby Métropole but in 2008 changed to Union Bordeaux Bègles.

Honors

French championship Top 14
- Champions (2): 1969, 1991
- Runners-up (1): 1967
Challenge Yves du Manoir
- Runners-up (2): 1991, 1995
French Cup
- Champions (1): 1949

Finals results

French championship

Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Spectators
28 May 1967	US Montauban	11-3	CA Bègles	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux	32,115
18 May 1969	CA Bègles	11-9	Stade Toulousain	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	22,191
1 June 1991	CA Bègles	19-10	Stade Toulousain	Parc des Princes, Paris	48,000