Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne

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

Honours

 * 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

Other competitions

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

Notable players

 * 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

Coaches

 * 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--

Presidents

 * 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)