Arvernes de Clermont-Ferrand

The Arvernes de Clermont-Ferrand play in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne at the Stade des Cézeaux (Cézeaux Stadium). They joined Division Élite in 2008 and went 15-25 their first season.

History

Founded in 1992, the team's official colors are yellow and black. The current president is Nicolas Pellet, and the team's coach is Martin Picard. The team is named for the Arverni, a Gallic tribe that inhabited the present-day region of Clermont-Ferrand. Wikipedia article on the tribe

2009 Season

Players: Baptiste Argillet, Raphaël Auriac, Yoann Bernard, Ianis Bouteloup, Simon Brugiere, Serge Carvalhal, Olivier Charlionnet, Gaëtan Coton, Aurelien Dalibard, Bruno Gaillard, Camille Gauthier, Quentin Gélineau, Antoine Gosselin, Jean-Christophe Joly, Brice Lorienne, Florian Neves, Remi Pellet, Fabricio Rodriguez, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Ariel Sanchez, Kevin Walkiewiez

2008 Season

Players: Baptiste Argillet, Raphaël Auriac, Yoann Bernard, Ianis Bouteloup, Simon Brugiere, Serge Carvalhal, Olivier Charlionnet, Gaëtan Coton, Camille Gauthier, Quentin Gélineau, Antoine Gosselin, Brice Lorienne, Florian Neves, Martin Picard, Aldo Ramelet, Fabricio Rodriguez, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Ariel Sanchez, Kevin Walkiewiez

Coach : Martin Picard

First season playing in Division Élite; went 15-25. Their operating budget was increased from €140,000 in 2007 to €190,000 in 2008, thus allowing them to bring in two Canadian players, Brett Murray (who previously played with the University of British Columbiia and Australia's Redcliffe Padres) and Doug Grant (also played with the University of British Columbia). [[1]]

2007 Season

Players: Raphaël Auriac, Yoann Bernard, Ianis Bouteloup, Serge Carvalhal, Stéphane Channac, Olivier Charlionet, Gaëtan Coton, Florent Coudert, Quentin Gélineau, Antoine Gosselin, Brice Lorienne, Nicolas Pellet, Martin Picard, Fabricio Rodriguez, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Alexandre Zuber

Coach: Martin Picard

The team finished second in group C of the Nationale 1 division with 16 victories and 8 losses. They qualified for the 2007 playoffs and won the Nationale 1 division championship title, winning against Compiègne in the finals at Pessac.

They moved up to division Elite in 2008.

2006 Team

Players: Baptiste Argillet, Fabien Bergeaud, Serge Carvalhal, Stéphane Channac, Olivier Charlionet, Eddie Communal, Gaëtan Coton, Florian Coudert, Benoît Gardarin, Camille Gauthier, Charly Gordon, Brice Lorienne, Thomas Medina, Nicolas Pellet, Martin Picard, Karl Remec, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Fabricio Rodriguez, Claude Simonin, Frédéric Vernade

Coach: Olivier Charlionet

The team finished last in group C of the Nationale 1 division with 5 wins, 14 losses and a tie game.

---

Sources include http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvernes_de_Clermont_Ferrand

Official site