Calais RUFC
Defunct football club in Calais, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the active football club based in Calais, see RC Calais.
Calais Racing Union FC (Calais RUFC) was a French football club based in Calais, France.
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Full name | Calais Racing Union Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Les Sangs et Ors (The Blood(-Reds) and Golds) Les Canaris (The Canaries) | ||
Founded | 1974 | ||
Dissolved | 2017 | ||
Ground | Stade de l'Épopée | ||
Capacity | 12,432 | ||
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Calais RUFC was founded in 1974 after a merger of two local clubs and, as an amateur club, reached the 2000 Coupe de France Final which it lost to top-flight Nantes. The club played at the 12,342-seater Stade de l'Épopée. Calais Racing Union was liquidated in September 2017.[1]