UE Santboiana

Unió Esportiva Santboiana is a professional Spanish rugby union club. The club was established in 1921 and currently competes in the División de Honor de Rugby competition, the highest level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in Sant Boi de Llobregat in Catalonia, considered to be one of the capitals of Spanish rugby. Santboiana play in blue and white colours. The team have in the past won both the Spanish League and the Copa del Rey de Rugby as well as the Copa de Catalunya and Copa Ibèrica. They were champions of Spain in the 2005-06 season.

Santboiana

Full name	Unió Esportiva Santboiana
Founded	1921
Location	Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
Ground(s)	Estadi Baldiri Aleu (Capacity: 4,000)
Chairman	Antoni Gabarro
Coach(es)	Lewis Williams
League(s)	División de Honor
2015–16	División de Honor, 4th
Team kit
Official website
www.uesantboiana.com

Santboiana are the former club of Sant Boi de Llobregat native Oriol Ripol, who is among Spain's most successful rugby players. He played professionally for Sale Sharks, in England's Guinness Premiership.

Honours

• División de Honor: 7
  • Champions: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06
• Copa del Rey: 12
  • Champions: 1931, 1933, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989, 2000, 2017
• Copa Ibérica: 4
  • Champions: 1987, 1989, 2005, 2006
• Copa Pirineos: 2
  • Champions: 1960, 1961
• Copa de Catalunya: 17
  • Champions: 1923, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1959, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005

2014–15 season standings

Main article: 2014–15 División de Honor de Rugby

División de Honor — 2014/15 season
	Team	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	PF	PA	TB	LB
1º.	Santboiana	53	12	11	0	1	433	202	9	0
2º.	VRAC	49	12	10	0	2	323	234	7	2
3º.	El Salvador	47	12	10	0	2	354	181	6	1
4º.	Cisneros	44	12	9	0	3	391	240	8	0
5º.	Independiente	34	12	7	0	5	295	267	4	2
6º.	Gernika	27	12	5	1	6	252	310	3	2
7º.	Ordizia	23	12	5	0	7	272	284	2	1
8º.	CRC	21	12	4	1	7	184	293	1	2
9º.	Vigo	21	12	3	1	8	219	336	3	4
10º.	Getxo	19	12	4	0	8	237	330	1	2
11º.	Barcelona	15	12	1	1	10	261	320	3	6
12º.	Hernani	6	12	1	0	11	162	386	0	2

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

	Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
	Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
	Relegation playoff
	Relegated

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1952–53 1 División de Honor 3rd 1953–54 DNP 1954–70 DNH 1970–71 1 División de Honor 4th 1971–72 1 División de Honor 3rd 1972–73 1 División de Honor 5th 1973–74 1 División de Honor 7th 1974–75 1 División de Honor 6th 1975–76 1 División de Honor 5th 1976–77 1 División de Honor 6th 1977–78 1 División de Honor 7th 1978–79 1 División de Honor 2nd 1979–80 1 División de Honor 2nd 1980–81 1 División de Honor 3rd 1981–82 1 División de Honor 2nd 1982–83 1 División de Honor 3rd 1983–84 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1984–85 1 División de Honor 7th 1985–86 1 División de Honor 2nd 1986–87 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1987–88 1 División de Honor 2nd 1988–89 1 División de Honor 1st League/Cup champion 1989–90 1 División de Honor 5th 1990–91 1 División de Honor 5th 1991–92 1 División de Honor 2nd

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1992–93 1 División de Honor 5th 1993–94 1 División de Honor 6th 1994–95 1 División de Honor 5th 1995–96 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1996–97 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1997–98 1 División de Honor 2nd 1998–99 1 División de Honor 2nd 1999–00 1 División de Honor 3rd Cup champion 2000–01 1 División de Honor 8th 2001–02 1 División de Honor 4th 2002–03 1 División de Honor 5th 2003–04 1 División de Honor 4th 2004–05 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 2005–06 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 2006–07 1 División de Honor 3rd 2007–08 1 División de Honor 8th 2008–09 1 División de Honor 5th 2009–10 1 División de Honor 6th 2010–11 1 División de Honor 7th 2011–12 1 División de Honor 3rd / SF League champion 2012–13 1 División de Honor 2nd / F 2013–14 1 División de Honor 8th 2014–15 1 División de Honor 2nd / F 2015–16 1 División de Honor 4th / QF 2016–17 1 División de Honor 4th Cup champion

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• 46 seasons in División de Honor

Squad 2014–15

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Josep Balsalobre Prop   Spain Amirani Chichua Prop   Georgia Gerard Godoy Prop   Spain Alejandro Leyton Prop   Spain Youri Petit Prop   France Daniel Petreanu Prop   Romania Cristan Peteta Hooker   Spain Jonathan Phipps Hooker   Spain Ricardo Cardenas Lock   Spain Jamie Chipman Lock   New Zealand Julen Lafraya Lock   Spain Josep Puigbert Lock   Spain Samir Barmose Flanker   Spain Joan Campius Flanker   Spain Josep Colet Flanker   Spain Joan Lopez Flanker   Spain Rubén Sanz Flanker   Spain Nicolas Sevilla Flanker   Spain Niels Van de Ven Flanker   Netherlands Ivan Tabuenca Number 8   Spain Afa Tauli Number 8   New Zealand

Player Position Union Niel Chivers Scrum-half   England Hector Garcia Scrum-half   Spain Fangatapu Apikotoa Fly-half   Tonga Victor Cuenca Fly-half   Spain Marcos Puig Fly-half   Spain Matenga Baker Centre   New Zealand Marc Basalobre Centre   Spain Cristian Gómez Centre   Spain Federico González Centre   Spain Romuald Lauret Centre   France Pau Basalobre Wing   Spain Marc Català Wing   Spain Lluc Muñoz Wing   Spain Javier De Orbaneja Wing   Spain Nil Baró Fullback   Spain Ferran Rodriguez Fullback   Spain

International honours

•   Víctor Acevedo
•   Sergi Guerrero
•   Marc Puigbert
•   Víctor Marlet
•   Juan Severino
•   Mario Sagario
•   Pablo Llorens
•   Víctor Gallego
•   Vicenç Lazaro
•   Leonardo Pereira
•   Jonathan Phipps

Other notable players

•   Grant Polson (former player from Otago and Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
•   Isaac Thompson (signs from Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
•   Juan Pablo Socino (international Argentina U20)
•   Isaac Richmond (international with English Counties)
•   Pablo Llorens (international with Chile)
•   Doug Tietjens (Former player from Otago and Manawatu in ITM CUP)
•   Arnaud Astruc (Former player from USAP ESPOIR)

Ground

UE Santboiana plays its home matches at Estadi Baldiri Aleu, which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.

See also

• Rugby union in Spain

External links

• Catalan Rugby website