Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne

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Le Creusot

Full name	Club olympique Creusot Bourgogne
Founded	1901; 123 years ago (1901)
Location	43 Rue Maréchal Joffre 71200 Le Creusot
Ground(s)	Parc des sports
President	= Jean Claude Bourdiau Michel Popille
Coach(es)	Wilfried Gauthier Sylvain Guyon
League(s)	Fédérale 2
Team kit
Official website
www.cocb-rugby.com

The Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne, formerly known as Club Olympique Creusotin, is a French rugby union club currently playing in the 2012–13 championship of Fédérale 2 in the pool 1.

It is based in Le Creusot in the Saône-et-Loire department

• Second division
  • Finalist : 1973 (losing against CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 6-10)
• Premier division Group B
  • Finalist : 1984 (losing against CS Bourgoin-Jallieu)
• 2 participations in Challenge Yves-du-Manoir
• Bourgogne Championship :
  • Winner : 1926, 1930, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946

• Winner of Challenge of l'Espérance (1) : 1986.
• Finalist of Challenge Leydier in 2009
• French Champion open "touch-rugby" 2012

• Christian Chalmandrier, scrum half
• Gilles Delaigue, centre, international for France in 1973
• Daniel Kaczorowski, third line, international for France in 1974
• Alexandre Lapandry, growth in Le Creusot, Junior au COC, flanker in Clermont-Ferrand.
• Bernard Nectoux, centre in 1960s
• Grzegorz Kacala, third line player, international for Poland played in Grenoble, Brive and Cardiff.
• Džoni Mandić, third line centre.
• Georges Siné, wing in the 1950s
• Eddy Langi.
• Zane Bosch, South African player.
• Andrew Thompson, Munster & Irish Player
• Hervé Laporte, growth in Le Creusot then played in Perpignan.
• Bernard Labouré, growth in Le Creusot then played in RC Toulon.
• André Buonomo, French Champion with Béziers in 1972
• Jean Paul Pelloux, : Finalist of French Championship 1983 with Nice against Béziers
• Gérard Verdoulet, 1/2 Finalist of French Championship with Romans against Agen in 1977.
• Sébastien kuzbik, wing of Montpellier
• Didier Rétière, now assistant coach of French National team

• André Buonomo 1973-1977
• Bernard Labouré 1983-1984
• Gérard Verdoulet 1984-1987
• Jean-Paul Peloux and Philippe Marguin 1991-1993
• Jean François Izidorczyk and Roch Gilot 2006-2007
• Régis Fribourg and Thierry Casasréales 2007-2010
• Wilfrid Gauthier and Sylvain Guyon 2010-2014
• Christophe Vojetta And Cedric Bourgeau 2014--

• Raymond Bené(1960/1966)
• Jean Bourgeois (1966/1967)
• Marcel Lagoutte (1967/1972)
• Andre Roquain (1972/1974)
• Robert Chazette (1974/1977)
• Roger Rousseau (1977/1979)
• Maurice Delorme (1979/1986)
• Jean Claude Clair (1986/1989)
• Robert Boisseau (1989/1995)
• Guy Arnoud and Claude Vernochet (1995)
• Jean Jacques Soulier (2003/2006)
• Jean Pierre Moreau and Alexandre Agnani (2007)
• Jean Pierre Moreau (2009)
• Jean Claude Bourdiau and Michel Popille (2010–present)

• Official Site
• Le Pilon en Ovalie, club of supporters