División de Honor de Rugby

División de Honor de Rugby
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024–25 División de Honor de Rugby
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1953; 71 years ago
Owner(s)	Federación Española de Rugby
No. of teams	12
Country	Spain
Most recent; champion(s)	Valladolid RAC (13th title)
Most titles	Valladolid RAC (13 titles)
TV partner(s)	TVE
Sponsor(s)	Generali [es]; Volvo Cars; KPMG ; Silbö Telecom
Relegation to	División de Honor B
Related; competitions	Copa del Rey de Rugby Supercopa de España de Rugby
Official website	ferugby.es

The División de Honor de Rugby is Spain's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The División de Honor de Rugby Championship is organised by the Federación Española de Rugby (Spanish Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 teams.

The last-placed team in the competition is relegated at the end of the season to the División de Honor B, Spain`s second level of men's rugby union. The team finishing 11th enters a relegation/promotion playoff with the runner-up from the Division de Honor B playoffs.

Format

The División de Honor season takes place between September and May, with every team playing each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. Points are awarded according to the following:

4 points for a win
2 points for a draw
1 bonus point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match
1 bonus point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer

The six teams with the highest number of points at the end of 22 rounds of matches play the championship playoffs. The top two teams win a semi-final berth automatically, while the next four teams participate in semi-final play-off to take the remaining two spots.

Promotion and relegation

The bottom team in the standings is relegated to the División de Honor B, while the team finishing 11th plays in the promotion/relegation playoff against a team from the second tier of rugby union in Spain.

The top team from the División de Honor B is promoted to the División de Honor.

Current Teams

Valladolid

El Salvador

Santboiana

Burgos

Ordizia

Barcelona

Cisneros

Pozuelo

Alcobendas

La Vila

Ciencias

Abelles

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División de Honor teams for 2024-25

Team	Manager	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Alcobendas	Javier Garrido	Agustín Schab	Campo de Rugby Las Terrazas	2,000
Aparejadores Burgos	Jose Ignacio García	Iñaki Mateu	Estadio San Amaro	1,000
Ciencias Sevilla	Jesús Romero	Vicente del Hoyo	Instalaciones Deportivas La Cartuja	3,000
Complutense Cisneros	Valentin Telleriarte	Guillermo Espinós	Estadio Nacional Complutense	12,400
El Salvador	Juan Carlos Pérez	Victor Sánchez	Estadio Pepe Rojo	5,000
FC Barcelona	Santiago Monteagudo	Rochedi Mirabet	La Teixonera	500
CR La Vila	Hernan Diego Quirelli	Paco Martínez	Estadio de Rugby "El Pantano"	1,550
Pozuelo Rugby Unión	“Miki” Puerta	”Colo” Helman	Valle de las Cañas	500
Les Abelles	Guillermo Ahuir	Germán Ahuir	Polideportivo de Quatre Carreres	500
Ordizia	Federico Gallo	Oier Goia	Estadio Municipal de Altamira	2,000
Santboiana	Sergio Guerrero	Marcos Puig	Estadi Baldiri Aleu	3,500
Valladolid RAC	Diego Merino	Ilaitia Gavidi	Estadio Pepe Rojo	5,000

History

The Spanish Rugby Championship (now the Copa del Rey) was created in 1926, and was the only national rugby competition for decades. A national league was not considered until the 1950s, with the first season being 1952-53. Four teams competed: two from Catalonia and two from Castille.

FC Barcelona won the league that year and retained the title the following season, but the league folded. There were various attempts to relaunch it, but none bore fruit until the 1969-70 season, when the National Rugby League was created. Six clubs competed in the first division, which was increased to eight in 1970-71 and then ten in 1972-73.

For the 1978-79 season, the league was restructured into four regional groups of eight teams. The top team from each region were crowned champions.

From the 1979-1980 season, the four regional champions progressed to a final stage, named the Superliga. This format was maintained until the 1982-1983 season, when a national division of eight teams was created.

Performance by season

The following scrollable table shows the teams' final league positions in each season.

The playoff champions - not necessarily the team finishing first in the league - are highlighted in gold, except in 1979 when the championship was shared.

For the years 1979-1982, all participating teams are denoted with an X.

Team	Seasons	🏆	24-25	23-24	22-23	21-22	20-21	19-20	18-19	17-18	16-17	15-16	14-15	13-14	12-13	11-12	10-11	09-10	08-09	07-08	06-07	05-06	04-05	03-04	02-03	01-02	00-01	99-00	98-99	97-98	96-97	95-96	94-95	93-94	92-93	91-92	90-91	89-90	88-89	87-88	86-87	85-86	84-85	83-84	82-83	81-82	80-81	79-80	78-79	77-78	76-77	75-76	74-75	73-74	72-73	71-72	70-71	69-70	53-54	52-53
Santboiana	55	8	-	6	4	2	9	5	7	6	4	4	2	8	2	3	7	6	5	8	3	1	1	4	5	4	8	3	2	2	1	1	5	7	5	2	5	5	1	2	1	2	7	1	3	x	x	x	x	7	6	4	6	7	4	3	4			3
Complutense Cisneros	41	2	-	7	7	6	7	10	10	9	5	5	3	3	7						10				10	8				10	7	4	7	10	4	7	6	8	2	4	5	3	1		6	x	x	x	x	5	3	1	2	5			7	5
El Salvador	40	8	-	4	1	3	2	2	2	1	2	5	2	4	7	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	7	2	5	1		9	6	3	7	6	1	2	5	3	8														3	2	2
Pozuelo	40	5	-	10	11							12	8	5	6			5	1	3	2		5	2	4	3	6	1	4	3	6	5				12	10	10	4	7						x	x	x	x	8	7	5	4	3	1	1	1	3
Getxo RT	35	1					12			12	11	8	9	7	8	5			10	5	8	5	7	8		10	9	8	8	8	2	3	2	2	1	5	3	4		9	4	4		9	5	x	x		x
Valladolid	34	13	-	1	1	9	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	3	3	5	1	5	1	4	4	7	3	4	10	10										x	x	x
Ciencias	33	2	-	3	3	5	8	9			12			12	9	8	6	3	3	2		10	6			9	4	6	3	7	5	2	4	1	3	1	9	3	6							4	4	x	x
Arquitectura	29	9																					10					10		11	3	6	1	5	6	4	4	1	3	1	2	1	3	7	4	1	1	x	x	2	1	2	1	1	2	4
FC Barcelona	27	2	-	11	6	7	5	6	6	7	10	7	11							10	6																					7	4	5		3	x	x	x				10	9	6	8	3	2	1	1
Valencia	22	1																						10	7				12	9	9	8		11		11	8	6	9	5	3	8	5	6	1	x	3	3	x	6
Alcobendas	20	1	-	5		3	1	3	3	3	3	6				10	8			9		9	8	7	2	1	5						12														x		x
Ordizia RE	21	-	-	9	8	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	7	6	5	2	2	7	7	6	7	7																								x		x
At. San Sebastián	17	3																																								10	2	4	2	x	x	x	1	1	8	8	7	4	8	6	5	1
CAU Madrid	15	2																																								9	8	3		x	x	1	1	3	2	3	3	6	7		8	4
RC Cornellà	15	1																															10					12	8				9	8	7	x	x	x	1	4	5	6		10	9
Gernika RT	16	-			12	12			12	8	8	11	6	9	3	6	4	8																	12	8	7									x
Hernani CRE	15	-						12	9	11	9	10	10	10	11																										10		10	2		2	2	2	x
Liceo Francés	14	-																			9	8					3	4	7	5			9	8	2	3	2	7			9						x
CDU Valladolid	14	-																																					12	10	7	5	6			x	x	x	x	10	4	9	8	8
Bera Bera RT	12	-															9	9	6	7	5	4	3	5							10		11	9	8
CN Barcelona	11	-																																												x	x	x	x	9		10	5	2	5	7			3
Independiente	10	-					11	7	8	4	6	3	4	4																																		x	x
BUC	10	-																				3										10	8	6	9			11	10	6							x		x
CDU Sevilla	9	-																					9	6	6	6	2		10	6	8			12
La Vila	9	1	-		13	11			11	10					12	4	1	2	8
CAR / RACA	7	1																																												x	x	4	1		9	7	9
CN Montjuïc	7	-																											11	10					11	9										x		x	x
Les Abelles	8	-	-	8	10	10	10											10	9																										8		x
Olímpico RC	6	-																																			11	9	7							x		x			10
CDU Granada	5	-																										9	6																		x	x	x
Aparejadores	6	-	-	2	2	8	6	8	5
Vigo RC	4	-											12	11	10	9
Oviedo RC	4	-																									10	7	9								12
Filosofía y Letras RC	4	-																																					11	8	6	6
Irún RT	4	-																																												x	x	x	x
Zaharrean RT	4	-																																												x	x	x	x
Sevilla FC	4	-																																												x	x	x	x
CR Divina Pastora	4	-																																												x	x	x	x
CEU Barcelona	4	-																																																					10	5	6	6
CAU Valencia	3	-													10								9	7
CR At.Portuense	3	-																																												x	x	x
CDU Bilbao	3	-																																												x	x	x
GEiEG	3	-																																												x	x	x
Juv. Karmen	3	-																																												x		x	x
Bilbao RC	3	-																																													x	x	x
Belenos	2	-		12	9
L'Hospitalet	2	-																						9	8
Tatami RC	2	-																																										10				x
CN Poble Nou	2	-																																												x			x
Hípica RC	2	-																																													x	x
Atlético Madrid	2	-																																																									2	2
Bathco	1	-						11
CDU Córdoba	1	-																																														x
Sporting Gijón	1	-																																															x
CDC San José	1	-																																															x
CM Isabel la Católica	1	-																																														x
Arquitectos Granada	1	-																																															x
Arquitectura Sevilla	1	-																																															x
SEU Madrid	1	-																																																									4
AD Plus Ultra	1	-																																																										4\|

Past winners

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third place
1953	FC Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Santboiana
1954	FC Barcelona	Atlético Madrid	Natació Barcelona
1955-69	Not held
1970	Atlético San Sebastián	FC Barcelona	Canoe
1971	Canoe	El Salvador	FC Barcelona
1972	Canoe	El Salvador	Santboiana
1973	Canoe	Arquitectura	El Salvador
1974	Arquitectura	Natació Barcelona	Canoe
1975	Arquitectura	Cisneros	CAU Madrid
1976	Cisneros	Arquitectura	CAU Madrid
1977	Arquitectura	CAU Madrid	Cisneros
1978	Atlético San Sebastián	Arquitectura	CAU Madrid
1979	Atlético San Sebastián	Hernani	Irún
	CAU Madrid	Cisneros	Arquitectura
	Cornellà	Santboiana	Valencia
	Amigos del Rugby	Sevilla FC	Universidad de Granada
1980	CAU Madrid	Hernani	Valencia
1981	Arquitectura	Hernani	Valencia
1982	Arquitectura	Hernani	FC Barcelona
1983	Valencia	Atlético San Sebastián	Santboiana
1984	Santboiana	CAU Madrid	Hernani
1985	Cisneros	Atlético San Sebastián	Arquitectura
1986	Arquitectura	Santboiana	Cisneros
1987	Santboiana	Arquitectura	Valencia
1988	Arquitectura	Santboiana	El Salvador
1989	Santboiana	CR Complutense Cisneros	Arquitectura
1990	Arquitectura	El Salvador	Ciencias Sevilla
1991	El Salvador	Liceo Francés	Getxo
1992	Ciencias Sevilla	Santboiana	Liceo Francés
1993	Getxo	Liceo Francés	Ciencias Sevilla
1994	Ciencias Sevilla	Getxo	El Salvador
1995	Arquitectura	Getxo	Valladolid
1996	Santboiana	Ciencias Sevilla	Getxo
1997	Santboiana	Getxo	Arquitectura
1998	El Salvador	Santboiana	Real Canoe
1999	Valladolid	Santboiana	Ciencias Sevilla
2000	Real Canoe	El Salvador	Santboiana
2001	Valladolid	Universidad de Sevilla	Liceo Francés
2002	Moraleja Alcobendas	El Salvador	Madrid 2012
2003	El Salvador	Moraleja Alcobendas	Valladolid
2004	El Salvador	UCM 2M12	Valladolid RAC
2005	Santboiana	El Salvador	Bera Bera
2006	Santboiana	El Salvador	USAP BCN
2007	El Salvador	Madrid Noroeste	Santboiana
2008	El Salvador	Ciencias Sevilla	Pozuelo Boadilla
2009	CRC Madrid	El Salvador	Ciencias Sevilla
2010	El Salvador	La Vila	Ciencias Sevilla
2011	La Vila	Ordizia	El Salvador
2012	Valladolid	Ordizia	Santboiana
2013	Valladolid	Santboiana	Gernika
2014	Valladolid	El Salvador	CR Complutense Cisneros
2015	Valladolid	Santboiana	Complutense Cisneros
2016	El Salvador	Valladolid	Bathco Independiente
2017	Valladolid	El Salvador	Alcobendas
2018	Valladolid	El Salvador	Alcobendas
2019	Valladolid	El Salvador	Alcobendas
2020	Valladolid	El Salvador	Alcobendas
2021	Valladolid	Alcobendas	El Salvador
2022	Santboiana	AMPO Ordizia	El Salvador
2023	Valladolid	Recoletas Burgos–UBU	Real Ciencias Enerside
2024	Valladolid	Recoletas Burgos–Caja Rural	Labiana Real Ciencias

Titles by team

Team	Titles	Year
Valladolid	13	1999, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
Arquitectura	9	1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995
Santboiana	8	1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2022
El Salvador	8	1991, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016
Canoe/CRC Madrid	5	1971, 1972, 1973, 2000, 2009
Atlético San Sebastián	3	1970, 1978, 1979^*
Ciencias Sevilla	2	1992, 1994
Cisneros	2	1976, 1985
CAU Madrid	2	1979^*, 1980
FC Barcelona	2	1953, 1954
La Vila	1	2011
Moraleja Alcobendas	1	2002
Getxo Artea	1	1993
Valencia	1	1983
Amigos del Rugby	1	1979^*
Cornellà	1	1979^*
^*1978–79 season; 4 groups competition format, thus 4 champions.

External links

Official website

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Current teams	Alcobendas Aparejadores Ciencias Complutense Cisneros El Salvador FC Barcelona Gernika La Vila Les Abelles Ordizia Santboiana Valladolid
Former teams	AD Plus Ultra Arquitectura Arquitectos Granada Arquitectura Sevilla At. San Sebastián Atlético Madrid Rugby Bathco Bera Bera Bilbao RC BUC Club Amigos Del Rugby Sevilla CAU Madrid CAU Valencia CDC San José CDU Bilbao CDU Córdoba CDU Grabada CDU Sevilla CEU Barcelona CM Isabel la Católica CN Barcelona CN Montjuic CN Poble Nou CR Atlético Portuense CUD Valladolid Divina Pastora Filosofía y Letras RC GEiEG Getxo Artea Hernani Hípica RC Independiente RC Irún RT Juv. Karmen L'Hospitalet Liceo Francés CRC Madrid Olímpico RC Oviedo RC RC Cornellà SEU Madrid Sevilla FC Sporting Gijón Tatami RC Valencia Vigo Zaharrean RT
Seasons	1952-53 1953-54 1969-70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974-75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999-00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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