FC Lézignan XIII
French semi-professional rugby league club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Football Club de Lézignan (often referred to as the Lézignan Sangliers) are a semi-professional rugby league football club based in Lézignan-Corbières in the department of Aude in the south of France. They play in the Elite One Championship. They have won seven French Championship titles and six Lord Derby Cups.
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Full name | Football Club Lézignan-Corbières Rugby League | |
Nickname(s) | Sangliers (Boars) | |
Colours | white, green and red | |
Founded | 1903; 121 years ago (1903) | |
Website | Official site | |
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Chairman | Alain Fabre, Christian Lapalu | |
Coach | Aurelien Cologni | |
Competition | Elite One Championship | |
2017/18 | 3rd | |
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The club was founded in 1903. In 1939 the club switched codes and began playing rugby league, which had gained success with the formation of the French championship in 1934. In the 2007-08 season the club, led by their French international player-coach James Wynne, won the French Championship for the first time in 30 years and reached the fourth round of the Challenge Cup. They currently play in the Elite One Championship at the Stade du Moulin and are coached by Aurelien Cologni