Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne
# Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne

The Club Olympique Creusot Bourgogne, formerly known as Club Olympique Creusotin, is a French rugby union club currently playing in the 2012-13 championship of Fédérale 2 in the pool 1.

It is based in Le Creusot in the Saône-et-Loire department

## Honours

* Second division
   * Finalist : 1973 (losing against CS Bourgoin-Jallieu 6-10)
* Premier division Group B
   * Finalist : 1984 (losing against CS Bourgoin-Jallieu)
* 2 participations in Challenge Yves-du-Manoir
* Bourgogne Championship :
   * Winner : 1926, 1930, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946

### Other competitions

* Winner of Challenge of l'Espérance (1) : 1986.
* Finalist of Challenge Leydier in 2009
* French Champion open "touch-rugby" 2012

## Notable players

* Christian Chalmandrier, scrum half
* Gilles Delaigue, centre, international for France in 1973
* Daniel Kaczorowski, third line, international for France in 1974
* Alexandre Lapandry, growth in Le Creusot, Junior au COC, flanker in Clermont-Ferrand.
* Bernard Nectoux, centre in 1960s
* Grzegorz Kacala, third line player, international for Poland played in Grenoble, Brive and Cardiff.
* Džoni Mandić, third line centre.
* Georges Siné, wing in the 1950s
* Eddy Langi.
* Zane Bosch, South African player.
* Andrew Thompson, Munster & Irish Player
* Hervé Laporte, growth in Le Creusot then played in Perpignan.
* Bernard Labouré, growth in Le Creusot then played in RC Toulon.
* André Buonomo, French Champion with Béziers in 1972
* Jean Paul Pelloux, : Finalist of French Championship 1983 with Nice against Béziers
* Gérard Verdoulet, 1/2 Finalist of French Championship with Romans against Agen in 1977.
* Sébastien kuzbik, wing of Montpellier
* Didier Rétière, now assistant coach of French National team

## Coaches

* André Buonomo 1973-1977
* Bernard Labouré 1983-1984
* Gérard Verdoulet 1984-1987
* Jean-Paul Peloux and Philippe Marguin 1991-1993
* Jean François Izidorczyk and Roch Gilot 2006-2007
* Régis Fribourg and Thierry Casasréales 2007-2010
* Wilfrid Gauthier and Sylvain Guyon 2010-2014
* Christophe Vojetta And Cedric Bourgeau 2014--

## Presidents

* Raymond Bené(1960/1966)
* Jean Bourgeois (1966/1967)
* Marcel Lagoutte (1967/1972)
* Andre Roquain (1972/1974)
* Robert Chazette (1974/1977)
* Roger Rousseau (1977/1979)
* Maurice Delorme (1979/1986)
* Jean Claude Clair (1986/1989)
* Robert Boisseau (1989/1995)
* Guy Arnoud and Claude Vernochet (1995)
* Jean Jacques Soulier (2003/2006)
* Jean Pierre Moreau and Alexandre Agnani (2007)
* Jean Pierre Moreau (2009)
* Jean Claude Bourdiau and Michel Popille (2010–present)
