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15-514: It was first opened in 1939, and underwent renovations in 1983 and 2005. With the promotion of Oyonnax to the Top14 for season 2013–14 , the stadium capacity was expanded from 8,670 to 11,400 places, including 7,500 seats. The capacity went up to 11,500 for the 2018–19 season which was achieved in Oyonnax's Pro D2 semi-final against Bayonne on 18 May 2019. It takes its name from Charles Mathon ,

30-498: A 22–16 win. This is the first time that both quarterfinals have resulted in away wins. The top six teams at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away) enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of France . This consists of three rounds: the teams finishing third to sixth in the table play quarter-finals (hosted by the third and fourth placed teams). The winners then face

45-405: A bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons. France's bonus point system operates as follows: Normally, the teams that finish in 13th and 14th places in the table are relegated to Pro D2 at the end of the season. In certain circumstances, "financial reasons" may cause a higher placed team to be demoted instead. This last happened at the end of

60-575: A leading player for the club before the Second World War . This rugby union article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a French sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2013%E2%80%9314 Top 14 season The 2013–14 Top 14 competition is a French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR). Two new teams from

75-461: A newly promoted team, notably handing early runaway league leaders Stade Français their first defeat of the season, 15–9, in Round 10 on 6 October. Montauban ended the season in seventh place, a respectable position for a newly promoted team. The 2007-08 season saw it consolidate its Top 14 position, again finishing seventh. Because Toulouse advanced to the final of that year's Heineken Cup , which

90-620: Is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Pro D2 , the second level of the country's professional league system . They have also competed at the top level, Top 14 , in the past, most recently between 2007 and 2010. The club is based in Montauban in the département of Tarn-et-Garonne in Occitania . In April 2010, it was announced the club would be relegated from the Top 14 to

105-545: The 2009–10 season when 12th place Montauban were relegated thereby reprieving 13th place Bayonne . After the General Assembly of the Ligue Nationale de Rugby , held at Aix-en-Provence on 5 and 6 July 2013, the outline calendar of fixtures for the 2013–14 season were released. Detailed fixtures information evolves as the season progresses (i.e. specific kick off times). Match attendances are from

120-410: The 2012–13 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 this year, Oyonnax and Brive in place of the two relegated teams, Agen and Mont-de-Marsan . Home-and-away play began on 16 August 2013 and continued through to 3 May 2014. The regular season was very closely fought, with a record few away wins, but ended up with the same six teams qualifying for the play-offs as the previous year. Toulon topped

135-414: The Pro D2 at the end of the 2009/2010 season after breaking budget rules for the league. Although the club appealed the ruling it started to release players to reduce its budget. The club was not in the relegation zone at the time, thereby saving CS Bourgoin-Jallieu , Aviron Bayonnais and Montpellier Hérault RC a nervous run in as they were in the relegation battle with Montauban. On the 26 April 2010,

150-513: The club filed for bankruptcy at a commercial court following a meeting of the club's board of directors. On 24 May 2014, it was announced that they had won promotion back to Pro D2 for the 2014–15 season as a result of winning the Fédérale 1 semi-final 35 – 12 against Lille Métropole Rugby . They went on to win the Fédérale 1 title, defeating Massy 18–14 in the final. The club

165-430: The first time since 2007 that both newly promoted teams managed to keep their places in the Top 14. The quarter-final stage saw two major upsets, with Racing Métro avenging their loss from the previous year with a 21–16 away win at Toulouse , whose run of twenty consecutive semi-final appearances thus came to end, while Castres put an end to Clermont 's record streak of 77 straight wins at Stade Marcel-Michelin with

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180-774: The official web site ( Affluences ). All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Touch judges: Romain Poite Sébastien Minery Television match official: Laurent Valin Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-IRB nationalities. US Montauban US Montauban ( Occitan : Union Esportiva Montalban )

195-494: The table for the first time, one point clear of second-placed Montpellier , whilst defending champions Castres just managed to hold on to the last qualifying spot, finishing in sixth. At the other end of the table, Biarritz had a nightmarish season, spending virtually the whole year in the relegation zone, and finished bottom, while Perpignan , who had been in the top tier of French rugby since 1911, were also relegated. Oyonnax and Brive finished 12th and 9th, respectively, marking

210-400: The top two teams in the semi-finals, with the winners meeting in the final at Stade de France . The LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions. It trialled a new system in 2007–08 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match, a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn

225-526: Was established in 1903. The club made its first championship appearance in the 1967 season, when it captured its first championship title, defeating CA Bègles 11 points to 3 in Bordeaux . It gained promotion from Pro D2 for the 2006–07 season. In its first match of the 2006-07 season , Montauban defeated Narbonne 41–20, gaining five points (including a bonus point) to go to second in the table after round one. The team continued in surprisingly strong form for

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