UE Santboiana
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Unió Esportiva Santboiana is a professional Spanish rugby union club. The club was established in 1921 and currently competes in the División de Honor de Rugby competition, the highest level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in Sant Boi de Llobregat in Catalonia, considered to be one of the capitals of Spanish rugby. Santboiana play in blue and white colours. The team have in the past won both the Spanish League and the Copa del Rey de Rugby as well as the Copa de Catalunya and Copa Ibèrica. They were champions of Spain in the 2005-06 season.
Santboiana are the former club of Sant Boi de Llobregat native Oriol Ripol, who is among Spain's most successful rugby players. He played professionally for Sale Sharks, in England's Guinness Premiership.
Honours
- División de Honor: 8
- Champions: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2021-22
- Copa del Rey: 12
- Champions: 1931, 1933, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989, 2000, 2017
- Copa Ibérica: 4
- Champions: 1987, 1989, 2005, 2006
- Copa Pirineos: 2
- Champions: 1960, 1961
- Copa de Catalunya: 17
- Champions: 1923, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1959, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
Season by season
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- 55 seasons in División de Honor
Squad 2014–15
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
International honours
- Template:Flagicon Víctor Acevedo
- Template:Flagicon Sergi Guerrero
- Template:Flagicon Marc Puigbert
- Template:Flagicon Víctor Marlet
- Template:Flagicon Juan Severino
- Template:Flagicon Mario Sagario
- Template:Flagicon Pablo Llorens
- Template:Flagicon Víctor Gallego
- Template:Flagicon Vicenç Lazaro
- Template:Flagicon Leonardo Pereira
- Template:Flagicon Jonathan Phipps
Other notable players
- Template:Flagicon Grant Polson (former player from Otago and Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
- Template:Flagicon Isaac Thompson (signs from Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
- Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Socino (international Argentina U20)
- Template:Flagicon Isaac Richmond (international with English Counties)
- Template:Flagicon Pablo Llorens (international with Chile)
- Template:Flagicon Doug Tietjens (Former player from Otago and Manawatu in ITM CUP)
- Template:Flagicon Arnaud Astruc (Former player from USAP ESPOIR)
Ground
UE Santboiana plays its home matches at Estadi Baldiri Aleu, which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.