French Rugby League Championship

Template:This The French rugby league championship (Template:Langx) was the top tier of the French rugby league system from its inception in 1934 until 2002 when the league was split into two divisions; the Elite One Championship and Elite Two Championship.

In all seasons except for the first, a play-off structure leading to a championship final has been used to determine the fate of the championship.

List of Grand Finals

Season	Winners	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Attendance
1934–35	Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve 1	No final played, champion was first placed team in regular season
1935–36	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	25–14	Template:Leagueicon Bordeaux XIII	Parc de Suzon, Bordeaux	14,150
1936–37	Template:Leagueicon Bordeaux XIII	23–10	Template:Leagueicon Catalan		14,300
1937–38	Template:Leagueicon Albi	8–5	Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve		14,880
1938–39	Template:Leagueicon Roanne	9–0	Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve	Stade Velodrome de Lescure, Bordeaux	19,788
1939–40	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	20–16	Template:Leagueicon Pau XIII	Stade des Minimes, Toulouse	10,000
1940–44: Rugby league outlawed by Vichy regime
1944–45	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	13–12	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse	Stade Jean Laffon, Perpignan
1945–46	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	12–0	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse	Stade de Gerland, Lyon
1946–47	Template:Leagueicon Roanne	19–0	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne		15,000
1947–48	Template:Leagueicon Roanne	3–2	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	Marseille	20,000
1948–49	Template:Leagueicon Marseille	12–5	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne	23,500
1949–50	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	21–7	Template:Leagueicon Marseille	Perpignan	18,000
1950–51	Template:Leagueicon Lyon	15–10	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	Stade Chapou, Toulouse	21,933
1951–52	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	18–6	Template:Leagueicon Marseille		16,645
1952–53	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	19–12	Template:Leagueicon Lyon		22,000
1953–54	Template:Leagueicon Bordeaux XIII	7–4	Template:Leagueicon Marseille		8,000
1954–55	Template:Leagueicon Lyon	7–6	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne		12,000
1955–56	Template:Leagueicon Albi	13–5	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne		15,850
1956–57	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	14–9	Template:Leagueicon Avignon		9,000
1957–58	Template:Leagueicon Albi	8–6	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne		16,163
1958–59	Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve	24–16	Template:Leagueicon Lézignan		13,000
1959–60	Template:Leagueicon Roanne	31–24	Template:Leagueicon Albi		13,800
1960–61	Template:Leagueicon Lézignan	7–4	Template:Leagueicon Roanne		6,998
1961–62	Template:Leagueicon Albi	14–7	Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve		12,068
1962–63	Template:Leagueicon Lézignan	20–13	Template:Leagueicon St Gaudens		12,200
1963–64	Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve	4–3	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse		5,166
1964–65	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse	47–15	Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve		8,837
1965–66	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	45–20	Template:Leagueicon St Gaudens		11,244
1966–67	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	39–15	Template:Leagueicon St Gaudens		10,779
1967–68	Template:Leagueicon Limoux	13–12	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne		14,432
1968–69	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	12–11	Template:Leagueicon St Gaudens		8,326
1969–70	Template:Leagueicon St Gaudens	32–10	Template:Leagueicon Catalan		21,300
1970–71	Template:Leagueicon St Estève	13–4	Template:Leagueicon St Gaudens		8,179
1971–72	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	21–9	Template:Leagueicon St Gaudens		11,566
1972–73	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse	18–0	Template:Leagueicon Marseille		13,827
1973–74	Template:Leagueicon St Gaudens	21–8	Template:Leagueicon Villeneuve		5,696
1974–75	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse	10–9	Template:Leagueicon St Estève		5,015
1975–76	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	14–6	Template:Leagueicon Lézignan		14,000
1976–77	Template:Leagueicon Albi	19–10	Template:Leagueicon Carcassonne	Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi	18,325
1977–78	Template:Leagueicon Lézignan	3–0	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	Toulouse	10,358
1978–79	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	17–2	File:CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne		13,202
1979–80	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve	12–7	Template:Leagueicon St Estève		10,029
1980–81 File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve v Template:Leagueicon Catalan abandoned after six minutes due to fighting; no championship awarded.
1981–82	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	21–8	Template:Leagueicon St Estève	Toulouse	8,504
1982–83	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	10–8	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve		10,628
1983–84	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	30–6	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve		8,182
1984–85	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	26–6	Template:Leagueicon Le Pontet XIII		8,797
1985–86	Template:Leagueicon Le Pontet XIII	19–6	Template:Leagueicon Catalan		8,000
1986–87	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	11–3	Template:Leagueicon Le Pontet XIII		4,350
1987–88	Template:Leagueicon Le Pontet XIII	14–2	Template:Leagueicon Catalan		9,950
1988–89	Template:Leagueicon St Estève	23–4	Template:Leagueicon Le Pontet XIII	Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne	9,936
1989–90	Template:Leagueicon St Estève	24–23	File:CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne		8,000
1990–91	File:GaudensRLcolours.PNG St Gaudens	10–8	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve	Toulouse	6,031
1991–92	File:CarcassonneRLcolours.PNG Carcassonne	11–10	Template:Leagueicon St Estève		6,000
1992–93	Template:Leagueicon St Estève	9–8	Template:Leagueicon Catalan		10,000
1993–93	Template:Leagueicon Catalan	6–4	File:PiaRLcolours.PNG Pia	Stade des Sports Et de l'Amitie, Narbonne	12,000
1994–95	File:PiaRLcolours.PNG Pia	12–10	Template:Leagueicon St Estève		13,200
1995–96	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve	27–26	Template:Leagueicon St Estève		10,000
1996–97	Template:Leagueicon St Estève	28–24	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve		12,000
1997–98	Template:Leagueicon St Estève	15–8	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve		12,000
1998–99	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve	33–20	File:GaudensRLcolours.PNG St Gaudens	Paris	7,592
1999–00	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse	20–18	Template:Leagueicon St Estève		6,500
2000–01	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve	32–20	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse	Toulouse	9,000
2001–02	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve	17–0	File:UtcRLcolours.PNG Union Treiziste Catalane	Stade de la Mediterranee, Béziers	8,000
From the 2002–03 season, the French Rugby League Championship split into two divisions: Elite One Championship and Elite Two Championship.

Champions by club

	Club	Wins	Runners up	Winning Years
1	Template:Leagueicon XIII Catalan	11	7	1935–36, 1939–40, 1956–57, 1968–69, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1993–94
2	Template:Leagueicon AS Carcassonne	10	10	1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1991–92
3	File:VilleneuveRLcolours.PNG Villeneuve Leopards	8	10	1934–35, 1958–59, 1963–64, 1979–80, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02
4	Template:Leagueicon AS Saint Estève	6	7	1970–71, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98
5	File:AlbiRLcolours.svg RC Albi	5	1	1937–38, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1976–77
6	Template:Leagueicon Toulouse Olympique	4	4	1964–65, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1999–2000
7	Template:Leagueicon RC Roanne XIII	4	1	1938–39, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1959–60
8	File:GaudensRLcolours.PNG St Gaudens	3	7	1969–70, 1973–74, 1990–91
9	File:LezignanRLcolours.PNG Lézignan Sangliers	3	2	1960–61, 1962–63, 1977–78
10	Template:Leagueicon Le Pontet XIII	2	3	1985–86, 1987–88
11=	Template:Leagueicon Bordeaux XIII	2	1	1936–37, 1953–54
11=	File:LyonRLcolours.PNG Lyon Villeurbanne XIII	2	1	1950–51, 1954–55
13	Template:Leagueicon Marseille XIII	1	4	1948–49
14	File:PiaRLcolours.PNG Pia XIII	1	1	1994–95
15	File:LimouxRLcolours.PNG Limoux Grizzlies	1	0	1967–68
16=	Template:Leagueicon SO Avignon	0	1
16=	File:UtcRLcolours.PNG Union Treiziste Catalane	0	1

Footnotes

1. Won title on points: no play-off was used
2. Match abandoned after six minutes after the beginning due to fighting; no championship awarded.

Books

• Le Rugby à XIII le plus français du monde −1934 to 1996– by Louis Bonnery,
• The Forbidden game by Mike Rylance.

See also

• Rugby league in France
• National Division 1
• National Division 2
• Lord Derby Cup
• Coupe Falcou

External links

• Infostreize Template:Webarchive
• Le monde du rugby à XIII