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Olympus Rugby XV Madrid
Full name	Olympus Rugby XV Madrid
Union	Spanish Rugby Federation
Founded	2009; 16 years ago
Location	Madrid, Spain
Ground(s)	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain (Capacity: 12,400)
Coach(es)	Ged Glynn
Captain(s)	Pablo Feijoo
Top scorer	César Sempere (20 points)
League(s)	European Challenge Cup
2009–10	4th in pool
	Team kit
	Team kit
Largest defeat
	Olympus Madrid 0 – 66 Connacht (2010)
Official website
	www.olympusrugby.es

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Olympus Rugby XV Madrid was a rugby union team that competed in the European Challenge Cup. The side was formed to play in the 2009–10 European Challenge Cup, consisting of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues.^[3] After an absence of three seasons, it intended to participate in the 2013–14 European Challenge Cup,^[4] but was forced to withdraw due to financial issues.^[5]

2009/10 European Challenge Cup

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid competed in the 2009–10 season of the European Challenge Cup. The side was formed of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues.

They lost all six of their pool matches and finished 4th in the pool table.

2009/10 Pool table

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Connacht	6	6	0	0	28	5	+23	199	63	+136	2	0	26
Montpellier	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	158	92	+66	2	1	19
Worcester Warriors	6	2	0	4	18	8	+10	140	83	+57	2	3	13
Olympus Madrid	6	0	0	6	4	45	−41	44	303	−269	0	0	0
Source : www.ercrugby.com Points breakdown: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

2009/10 Matches

9 October 2009
18:30

Connacht	46 – 6	Olympus Madrid
	Score

The Sportsground, Galway
Attendance: 875

17 October 2009
16:30

Olympus Madrid	5 – 38	Worcester Warriors
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid
Attendance: 5,300

11 December 2009
20:00

Montpellier	57 – 24	Olympus Madrid
	Score

Stade Yves du Manoir, Montpellier
Attendance: 6,832

19 December 2009
16:00

Olympus Madrid	6 – 42	Montpellier
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid
Attendance: 3,000

16 January 2010
15:00

Worcester Warriors	54 – 3	Olympus Madrid
	Score

Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 5,923

23 January 2010
16:00

Olympus Madrid	0 – 66	Connacht
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid
Attendance: 4,500

2009/10 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Javier Arbelaitz	Hooker	Spain
Chema Bohórquez	Hooker	Spain
Marcelo Vargas	Hooker	Portugal
Víctor Acevedo	Prop	Spain
David Gurgenadze	Prop	Spain
Sebastian Hattori	Prop	Spain
Ion Insausti	Prop	Spain
Alex Onega Camacho	Prop	Spain
Javier Salazar	Prop	Spain
Manuel Serrano	Prop	Spain
Oscar Astarloa	Lock	Spain
Leandro Fernández	Lock	Spain
Pol Massoni	Lock	Spain
Jesús Recuerda	Lock	Spain
Sergio Souto	Lock	Spain
Martín Aceña	Flanker	Spain
Rafael Camacho	Flanker	Spain
Iván Criado	Flanker	Spain
Juan Gonzalez	Flanker	Spain
Gensen Palmers	Flanker	New Zealand

Player	Position	Union
César Bernasconi	Number 8	Spain
Matthew Cook	Number 8	Spain
Sergi Guerrero	Number 8	Spain
Pablo Feijoo (c)	Scrum-half	Spain
Hernán Quirelli	Scrum-half	Spain
Carlos Arenas	Fly-half	Spain
Jeremias Palumbo	Fly-half	Spain
César Sempere	Fly-half	Spain
Javier Canosa	Centre	Spain
Fernando Díez	Centre	Spain
Martín Heredia	Centre	Spain
David Mota	Centre	Spain
Juan Cano	Wing	Spain
Ignacio Gutierrez	Wing	Spain
Benjamín Pardo	Wing	Spain
Lucas Poggi	Wing	Spain
Manuel Mazo	Fullback	Spain
Marcos Poggi	Fullback	Spain
Matías Tudela	Fullback	Spain

2013/14 European Challenge Cup

After an absence of three seasons, the team intended to participate in the 2013–14 season of the European Challenge Cup.^[6] In the draw carried out on 5 June 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Olympus Madrid was drawn in Pool 5 against France's Stade Français, England's London Irish and Italy's Cavalieri Prato.^[4] However, due to financial issues, the team withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Lusitanos XV on 2 September 2013.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Olympus Rugby Team Information". European Rugby Cup. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Olympus Rugby Statistics". European Rugby Cup. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
^ "Pretemporada - Primeras pruebas físicas" (in Spanish). Spanish Rugby Federation. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Demanding draw for English clubs". European Rugby Cup. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Portuguese club to compete in Amlin Challenge Cup". European Rugby Cup. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
^ "OLYMPUS RUGBY XV EN LA AMLIN" (in Spanish). Spanish Rugby Federation. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

External links

Olympus Madrid on ercrugby.com
Rugby Spain

[ERC_Teams-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Olympus Rugby Team Information". European Rugby Cup. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

[ERC_Stats-2] "Olympus Rugby Statistics". European Rugby Cup. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

[3] "Pretemporada - Primeras pruebas físicas" (in Spanish). Spanish Rugby Federation. Retrieved 30 July 2013.

[Pool_draws-4] "Demanding draw for English clubs". European Rugby Cup. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[Port-5] "Portuguese club to compete in Amlin Challenge Cup". European Rugby Cup. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[6] "OLYMPUS RUGBY XV EN LA AMLIN" (in Spanish). Spanish Rugby Federation. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

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+After an absence of three seasons, the team intended to participate in the [[2013–14 European Challenge Cup|2013–14]] season of the [[European Challenge Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ferugby.es/component/content/article/7-slider/79-olympus-rugby-xv-en-la-amlin |title=OLYMPUS RUGBY XV EN LA AMLIN |publisher=[[Spanish Rugby Federation]] |date=3 June 2013|access-date=5 June 2013|language=es}}</ref>  In the draw carried out on 5 June 2013 at the [[Aviva Stadium]] in [[Dublin]], Olympus Madrid was drawn in Pool 5 against France's [[Stade Français]], England's [[London Irish]] and Italy's [[Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato|Cavalieri Prato]].<ref name="Pool draws">{{cite web|url=http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/news/21267.php |title=Demanding draw for English clubs |publisher=[[European Rugby Cup]] |date=5 June 2013 |access-date=5 June 2013 }}</ref>  However, due to financial issues, the team withdrew from the competition and was replaced by [[Lusitanos XV]] on 2 September 2013.<ref name=Port>{{cite web | url=http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/news/22029.php | title=Portuguese club to compete in Amlin Challenge Cup | publisher=[[European Rugby Cup]] | date=2 September 2013 | access-date=2 September 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231011410/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/news/22029.php | archive-date=31 December 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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-[[Category:Spanish rugby union teams]]
+[[Category:Rugby union teams in Spain]]
-[[Category:Sport in Madrid]]
+[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Madrid]]
 [[Category:Rugby clubs established in 2009]]
+[[Category:EPCR Challenge Cup]]
+[[Category:2009 establishments in Spain]]