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Nowadays the Andorran rugby club plays in the French Championship since 1986 after being participated in the Catalan Rugby Championship.Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Origins and foundation[edit]Catalan and Spanish stage (1961-1986)[edit]French stage (1986-present)[edit]Youth and women teams[edit]Kit evolution[edit]Honours[edit]Current squad[edit]Notable players[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]Origins and foundation[edit]Rugby is one of the most traditional sports in Andorra. VPC Andorra XV was founded in 1961 as the rugby union section of FC Andorra (Secci\u00f3 de Rugbi del Futbol Club Andorra). A group of students who had practiced rugby during their stay in France and Spain, decided to introduce it in the country. Later the club was renamed VPC Andorra Rugby XV. The acronyms “VPC” means Civil Protection Volunteers (Voluntaris de Protecci\u00f3 Civil in Catalan). The original idea was to get the orders of the fire chief and the service of the country, whenever necessary, to collaborate on various tasks of civil protection: fires, finding missing persons, mountain rescue, in collaboration service order (arrival of the Tour, visit the coprinces, etc…). Although the country currently has an effective structure for Civil Protection, the club is still in its determination to cooperate whenever necessary.Catalan and Spanish stage (1961-1986)[edit]At the beginning, VPC Andorra XV joined the Catalan Rugby Federation, following the Spanish Rugby Federation. The first results were quite bright, quickly getting placed among the top of the Catalan and Spanish rugby. Unfortunately, in 1971 the club was agree the federation that his team can not climb the categories of honor never to state. It was said that the team was abroad, comprising by foreign players. The club accepted thinking about they could remove this clause in the future. The Andorran team became overwhelmingly dominated the Rugby Catalan Championship, stringing a series of titles. The Catalan Cup (Copa Catalunya) allowed to also play the Spanish Cup (Copa del Rey de Rugby). The victories in the Spanish Cup was important, defeating top teams of the Catalan and Spanish Rugby Championship (UE Santboiana, FC Barcelona Rugby, RC Cornella, etc…). The Andorran club won a Catalan Cup in 1977, with very satisfactory results, demonstrating that the VPC Andorra should fight in top level categories.French stage (1986-present)[edit]Missing hopes to compete at the highest level of the Spanish rugby system, the club decided to take a decisive step and decided to compete in France in the 1986-87 season on the committee of Roussillon and in the committee Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es in 1993.  Despite some early hard beginning, VPC Andorra XV has been rising steadily and currently live sporting level, a period which is fairly positive having won two promotions and two Honneur Midi-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Championship finals, achieving a promotion to F\u00e9d\u00e9rale 3.[1]Youth and women teams[edit]VPC Andorra XV have nowadays a school of rugby. Also the youth team, the second team and women’s team are the pillars of the Andorran club project based in the future of rugby in the country.Kit evolution[edit]Honours[edit]Spanish CompetitionCampionat de CatalunyaWinners (4): 1975-76, 1976\u201377, 1977\u201378, 1978-79Runners-up (3): 1974-75, 1979\u201380, 1980\u201381Copa del Rey de Rugby:Copa Catalunya:Winners (1): 1977Runners-up (1): 1975Copa Principat:Copa President:French CompetitionCurrent squad[edit]Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.Notable players[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/vpc-andorra-xv-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"VPC Andorra XV – Wikipedia"}}]}]