FC Lézignan XIII

FC Lézignan

Elite One Championship
2017/18	3rd
Uniforms
Home colours

Football Club de Lézignan (often referred to as the Lézignan Sangliers) are a semi-professional

The club was founded in 1903. In 1939 the club switched codes and began playing

History

In 1893

The earliest reference to rugby being played in Lezignan came in 1893 when students played at a place called 'Belle Isle' on the 'Route de Cruscades. Between 1905 and 1919 rugby was played in the grounds of the hospital at the front of the building named as 'Jardins de Blasco' it had one wooden stand, that was stripped away during the war. In 1919 Lezignan president Gustave Gayraud acquired land from the County of Kerouartz to use as a rugby ground. On the land was a vineyard, two mills, one water the other wind, and a small stream, the windmill is now just ruins but the watermill still stands. The first match played at the Stade du Moulin was in October 1919 v Stade Toulousain, the supporters themselves built the first dressing rooms. Over the years work has been done to the ground with a major overhaul done in 2000 following devastating floods the year before. The current capacity is 6,000. On 3 July 2001 the ground hosted its first full international when Scotland national rugby league team won against France national rugby league team 42-20

Current squad

Squad for 2023-24 Season

Honours

• Elite One Championship
  (7)

1960/61, 1962/63, 1977/78, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11

• Lord Derby Cup
  (6)

1960, 1966, 1970, 2010, 2011, 2015

References

External links

• Official site