Biarritz Olympique

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Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque, often abbreviated BOPB, is a French rugby union club that plays in Biarritz in Aquitaine at Parc des Sports Aguiléra. It currently competes in the top level of the French league system. It is perhaps best-known as the club team of all-time France great Serge Blanco. The club was founded as Biarritz Stade in 1902, and merged with Biarritz SC in 1913. It adopted its current name in 1998, the name refers to the club's Basque heritage.

Biarritz were the losing finalists of the 2005-06 Heineken Cup. They won the French premiership on June 10, 2006.

Strip

History

A year later, Biarritz again found themseleves in the final of the national championship, this time, against the USA Perpignan. They emereged victorious, winning three points to nil, claiming their first ever national championship. The success continued in the latter stages of the decade. In the 1938 championship, Biarritz again met USAP in the final, though this time, the USAP club were able to get the win, Biarritz losing 11 points to six.

A year later, the two clubs met in the final again, with Biarritz coming out as the better club on the day, winning six points to nil, and claiming the second national championship. In 1992, Biarritz made it to the national final, played at Parc des Princes in Paris. However, Biarritz went down to RC Toulon 19 points to 14. In 2002, Biarritz made their way to the final for the first time in a decade. They defeated SU Agen 25 to 22 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis in front of 78,457. Success followed in 2005, where they defeated the Stade Français club 37 points to 34 in the final.

In the year 2006, they made it to the Heineken Cup final were they met Munster. They lost the compelling final 19-23. They were however able to put the Heinken Cup loss behind them and make it to the final of the 2005-06 Top 14, where they met Toulouse. Biarritz led nine points to six at half time but stormed to victory in the second half, the final score being 40 to 13, making Biarritz back to back winners.

Stadium

Parc des Sports Aguiléra is a multi-use stadium in Biarritz, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of Biarritz Olympique. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people.

Supporters

Honors

• French premiership 1935 1939 2002 2005 2006
• French Cup 1937 2000

Finals results

French championship

Heineken Cup

Munster

Biarritz

Current squad

Famous players

• Serge Betsen
• Serge Blanco
• Michel Celaya
• Jean-Michel Gonzales
• Imanol Harinordoquy
• Patrice Lagisquet
• Olivier Roumat
• Dimitri Yachvili
• Damien Traille

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