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Unió Esportiva Santboiana is a professional Spanish rugby union club. The club was established in 1921 and currently competes in the División de Honor de Rugby competition, the highest level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in Sant Boi de Llobregat in Catalonia, considered to be one of the capitals of Spanish rugby. Santboiana play in blue and white colours. The team have in the past won both the Spanish League and the Copa del Rey de Rugby as well as the Copa de Catalunya and Copa Ibèrica. They were champions of Spain in the 2005-06 season.
Santboiana are the former club of Sant Boi de Llobregat native Oriol Ripol, who is among Spain's most successful rugby players. He played professionally for Sale Sharks, in England's Guinness Premiership.
Honours
División de Honor: 8
Champions: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2021-22
Copa del Rey: 12
Champions: 1931, 1933, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989, 2000, 2017
Copa Ibérica: 4
Champions: 1987, 1989, 2005, 2006
Copa Pirineos: 2
Champions: 1960, 1961
Copa de Catalunya: 17
Champions: 1923, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1959, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
Season by season
55 seasons in División de Honor
Squad 2014–15
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
= International honours
=Víctor Acevedo
Sergi Guerrero
Marc Puigbert
Víctor Marlet
Juan Severino
Mario Sagario
Pablo Llorens
Víctor Gallego
Vicenç Lazaro
Leonardo Pereira
Jonathan Phipps
= Other notable players
=Grant Polson (former player from Otago and Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
Isaac Thompson (signs from Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
Juan Pablo Socino (international Argentina U20)
Isaac Richmond (international with English Counties)
Pablo Llorens (international with Chile)
Doug Tietjens (Former player from Otago and Manawatu in ITM CUP)
Arnaud Astruc (Former player from USAP ESPOIR)
Ground
UE Santboiana plays its home matches at Estadi Baldiri Aleu, which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.
See also
Rugby union in Spain
External links
[www.uesantboiana.com Official website]
Catalan Rugby website