# Olympus Rugby XV Madrid

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid was a rugby union team that competed in the European Challenge Cup. The side was formed to play in the 2009–10 European Challenge Cup, consisting of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues. After an absence of three seasons, it intended to participate in the 2013–14 European Challenge Cup, but was forced to withdraw due to financial issues.

## 2009/10 European Challenge Cup

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid competed in the 2009–10 season of the European Challenge Cup. The side was formed of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues.
They lost all six of their pool matches and finished 4th in the pool table.

### 2009/10 Pool table

| Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts |
| Connacht | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 199 | 63 | +136 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Montpellier | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 158 | 92 | +66 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Worcester Warriors | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 140 | 83 | +57 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Olympus Madrid | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 45 | −41 | 44 | 303 | −269 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source : www.ercrugby.com Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match ||||||||||||||

### 2009/10 Matches

* 9 October 2009 18:30
| Connacht | 46 – 6 | Olympus Madrid |
| | Score | |
* The Sportsground, Galway Attendance: 875
* 17 October 2009 16:30
| Olympus Madrid | 5 – 38 | Worcester Warriors |
| | Score | |
* Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 5,300
* 11 December 2009 20:00
| Montpellier | 57 – 24 | Olympus Madrid |
| | Score | |
* Stade Yves du Manoir, Montpellier Attendance: 6,832
* 19 December 2009 16:00
| Olympus Madrid | 6 – 42 | Montpellier |
| | Score | |
* Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 3,000
* 16 January 2010 15:00
| Worcester Warriors | 54 – 3 | Olympus Madrid |
| | Score | |
* Sixways Stadium, Worcester Attendance: 5,923
* 23 January 2010 16:00
| Olympus Madrid | 0 – 66 | Connacht |
| | Score | |
* Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 4,500

### 2009/10 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
| Player | Position | Union |
| Javier Arbelaitz | Hooker | Spain |
| Chema Bohórquez | Hooker | Spain |
| Marcelo Vargas | Hooker | Portugal |
| Víctor Acevedo | Prop | Spain |
| David Gurgenadze | Prop | Spain |
| Sebastian Hattori | Prop | Spain |
| Ion Insausti | Prop | Spain |
| Alex Onega Camacho | Prop | Spain |
| Javier Salazar | Prop | Spain |
| Manuel Serrano | Prop | Spain |
| Oscar Astarloa | Lock | Spain |
| Leandro Fernández | Lock | Spain |
| Pol Massoni | Lock | Spain |
| Jesús Recuerda | Lock | Spain |
| Sergio Souto | Lock | Spain |
| Martín Aceña | Flanker | Spain |
| Rafael Camacho | Flanker | Spain |
| Iván Criado | Flanker | Spain |
| Juan Gonzalez | Flanker | Spain |
| Gensen Palmers | Flanker | New Zealand |
| Player | Position | Union |
| César Bernasconi | Number 8 | Spain |
| Matthew Cook | Number 8 | Spain |
| Sergi Guerrero | Number 8 | Spain |
| Pablo Feijoo (c) | Scrum-half | Spain |
| Hernán Quirelli | Scrum-half | Spain |
| Carlos Arenas | Fly-half | Spain |
| Jeremias Palumbo | Fly-half | Spain |
| César Sempere | Fly-half | Spain |
| Javier Canosa | Centre | Spain |
| Fernando Díez | Centre | Spain |
| Martín Heredia | Centre | Spain |
| David Mota | Centre | Spain |
| Juan Cano | Wing | Spain |
| Ignacio Gutierrez | Wing | Spain |
| Benjamín Pardo | Wing | Spain |
| Lucas Poggi | Wing | Spain |
| Manuel Mazo | Fullback | Spain |
| Marcos Poggi | Fullback | Spain |
| Matías Tudela | Fullback | Spain |

## 2013/14 European Challenge Cup

After an absence of three seasons, the team intended to participate in the 2013–14 season of the European Challenge Cup. In the draw carried out on 5 June 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Olympus Madrid was drawn in Pool 5 against France's Stade Français, England's London Irish and Italy's Cavalieri Prato. However, due to financial issues, the team withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Lusitanos XV on 2 September 2013.