Crociati Parma Rugby FC
Federazione Italiana Rugby | |||
Founded | 2010 | ||
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Disbanded | 2014 | ||
Location | Parma, Italy | ||
Ground(s) | Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi (Capacity: 3,500) | ||
League(s) | n/a | ||
2012–13 | 11th (Excellence) | ||
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Crociati Parma Rugby F.C. are an Italian rugby union club. They are based in Parma in Emilia-Romagna. They were founded in 2010 by the merger of Rugby Parma F.C. (Overmach Parma) and F.C. Rugby Noceto and disbanded in 2014.
Rugby Parma
Rugby Parma was founded in 1931 by Gianni Penzi, Mario Pirazzoli and Peter Zini. In the following years the university organized friendly games, then began official competitions. In 1935 Parma joined the Italian first division. As a result of a break with the university in 1946, Rugby Parma was founded.
In the fifties Parma won three Italian championships (1949–50, 1954–55 and 1956–57). In the sixties they won two youth championships (1961–62 and 1966–67). In 1973–74 and 1987–88 the team were relegated only to return immediately to the top flight. From the 1993–94 to 1997–98 they played in Seria A2. In 1998–99 they were back in Seria A (renamed Super 10, now
On 2 June 2006, Parma defeated
Crociati Rugby FC
Crociati Rugby FC were formed in June 2010 by the merger of Overmach Rugby Parma FC and Noceto Rugby FC.
Each merging club maintained independent youth sections up to Under-20 level. The merger was made necessary by the formation of
Aironi struggled in the two season in the Magners League ran into financial difficulties and were replaced by
Parma rugby honours
- National Championship of Excellence:
- Champions: 1950, 1955, 1957
- Coppa Italia:
- Champions: 2005-06, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Italian Super Cup:
- Champions (1)
Notable former players
- Miguel Ruiz (Argentina)
- Alvaro Tejeda (Argentina)
- Federico Todeschini (Argentina)
- Tomás Vallejos (Argentina)
- Michael Barbieri (Canada)
- Luke Tait (Canada)
- Sireli Bobo (Fiji)
- Wame Lewaravu (Fiji)
- Maikeli Sego (Fiji)
- Robert Barbieri (Italy)
- Cristian Bezzi (Italy)
- Aldo Birchall (Italy)
- Carlo Del Fava (Italy)
- Alberto De Marchi (Italy)
- Roland de Marigny (Italy)
- Simone Favaro (Italy)
- Fabio Gaetaniello (Italy)
- Ezio Galon (Italy)
- Davide Giazzon (Italy)
- Alessandro Ghini (Italy)
- Sergio Lanfranchi (Italy)
- Francesco Mazzariol (Italy)
- Nicola Mazzucato (Italy)
- Francesco Minto (Italy)
- Tino Paoletti (Italy)
- Gilberto Pavan (Italy)
- Gert Peens (Italy)
- Corrado Pilat (Italy)
- Roberto Quartaroli (Italy)
- Stefano Romagnoli (Italy)
- Stefano Saviozzi (Italy)
- Fabio Staibano (Italy)
- Daniele Tebaldi (Italy)
- Pietro Travagli (Italy)
- Manoa Vosawai (Italy)
- Daniel Bowden (New Zealand)
- Leo Lafaiali'i (Samoa)
- Silao Leaega (Samoa)
- Pelu Taele (Samoa)
- Alesana Tuilagi (Samoa)
- Henry Tuilagi (Samoa)
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Statistics
European Challenge Cup
Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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2000–01 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 92 | 262 |
2001–02 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 127 | 162 |
(Shield) 2002–03 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 90 |
2002–03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 82 |
(Shield) 2003–04 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 128 |
2003–04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 58 |
2004–05 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 116 |
2005–06 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 206 |
2007–08 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 157 |
2008–09 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 165 | 120 |
2009–10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 145 |
2010–11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 178 |
Heineken Cup
Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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2006–07 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 271 |
References
- ^ "Super 10 - Sono nati i Crociati di Parma - Rugby 1823". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26.