Rugby club in Spain
Unió Esportiva Santboiana is a 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 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
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 [ ]
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 [ ] Squad 2014–15 [ ] Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
International honours [ ] Other notable players [ ] Juan Pablo Socino (international Argentina U20)Doug Tietjens (Former player from Otago and Manawatu in ITM CUP)Ground [ ] UE Santboiana plays its home matches at Estadi Baldiri Aleu , which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.
See also [ ] External links [ ]
Current teams Former teams Seasons
1952-53
1953-54
1969-70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974-75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999-00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Juan Severino
Mario Sagario
(former player from Otago and Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
Juan Pablo Socino (international Argentina U20)
(Former player from USAP ESPOIR)