# Vigo RC

Vigo Rugby Club (known for sponsorship reasons as Kaleido [gl]–Universidade Vigo) is a rugby union club based in Vigo, in the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. The club competes in the top-flight División de Honor, since 2011–12 season.

## History

In 1987, a group of university students arrived in Vigo for their Christmas holiday. They played rugby on one of Vigo's beaches and decided to form a rugby club. The Vigo Rugby Club was founded in 1988 with Quique Paz as the first chairman of the board of directors. It began playing in the Segunda División Regional, and were promoted in their first season to the Primera División Regional.
In 1992, the club was absorbed by the University of Vigo, which took over operations. In 1999, the club regained control of operations, but continued the partnership with the university. They play their home games at Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende on the campus of the University of Vigo.
In 2011, Vigo RC was promoted to the top-flight División de Honor.

## Honours

* Copa Xunta: 14
** Champions: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

## 2014–15 season standings

División de Honor — 2014/15 season :
| | Team | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | PF | PA | TB | LB |
| 1º. | Santboiana | 53 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 433 | 202 | 9 | 0 |
| 2º. | VRAC | 49 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 323 | 234 | 7 | 2 |
| 3º. | El Salvador | 47 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 354 | 181 | 6 | 1 |
| 4º. | Cisneros | 44 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 391 | 240 | 8 | 0 |
| 5º. | Independiente | 34 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 295 | 267 | 4 | 2 |
| 6º. | Gernika | 27 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 252 | 310 | 3 | 2 |
| 7º. | Ordizia | 23 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 272 | 284 | 2 | 1 |
| 8º. | CRC | 21 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 184 | 293 | 1 | 2 |
| 9º. | Vigo | 21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 219 | 336 | 3 | 4 |
| 10º. | Getxo | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 237 | 330 | 1 | 2 |
| 11º. | Barcelona | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 261 | 320 | 3 | 6 |
| 12º. | Hernani | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 162 | 386 | 0 | 2 |
Source: Federación Española de Rugby
* Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
* Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
* Relegation playoff
* Relegated

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Notes |
| 1994–95 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 7th | |
| 1995–96 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 8th | |
| 1996–97 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 7th | |
| 1997–98 | 2 | Primera Nacional | 6th | |
| 1998–99 | 3 | Primera Nacional | 4th | |
| 1999–00 | 3 | Primera Nacional | 3rd | |
| 2000–01 | 3 | Primera Nacional | 2nd | |
| 2001–02 | 3 | Primera Nacional | 2nd | |
| 2002–03 | 3 | Primera Nacional | 3rd | |
| 2003–04 | 3 | Primera Nacional | 1st | Promoted |
| 2004–05 | 2 | División de Honor B | 5th | |
| Season | Tier | Division | Pos. | Notes |
| 2005–06 | 2 | División de Honor B | 2nd | |
| 2006–07 | 2 | División de Honor B | 5th | |
| 2007–08 | 2 | División de Honor B | 6th | |
| 2008–09 | 2 | División de Honor B | 3rd | |
| 2009–10 | 2 | División de Honor B | 5th | |
| 2010–11 | 2 | División de Honor B | 2nd | Promoted |
| 2011–12 | 1 | División de Honor | 9th | |
| 2012–13 | 1 | División de Honor | 10th | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | División de Honor | 11th | |
| 2014–15 | 1 | División de Honor | 12th | Relegated |
| 2015–16 | 2 | División de Honor B | | |
* 4 seasons in División de Honor

## Squad 2013–14

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
| Player | Position | Union |
| David Redondo | Prop | Spain |
| Marcos Muñiz | Prop | Spain |
| Juan Manuel Rodríguez | Prop | Spain |
| Óscar Ferreras | Prop | Spain |
| Maka Tatafu | Prop | Tonga |
| Jorge Barbudo | Prop | Spain |
| Santiago Lemos Badía | Prop | Spain |
| Vicente Prieto | Hooker | Spain |
| Mariano Berlande | Lock | Argentina |
| Carlos López Marques | Lock | Spain |
| Daniel Fuentes | Lock | Spain |
| Sam Hayes | Flanker | New Zealand |
| Javier Abadía | Flanker | Spain |
| Lionel Pardo | Flanker | Spain |
| Rubén Rodríguez | Flanker | Spain |
| Víctor Salgado | Flanker | Spain |
| Alejandro Blanco | Number 8 | Spain |
| Player | Position | Union |
| Anxo Fernández Varela | Scrum-half | Spain |
| Joaquín Maguna | Scrum-half | Spain |
| Nathan George | Fly-half | New Zealand |
| Jérémy Simon | Fly-half | France |
| Brais Sanchez | Centre | Spain |
| Javier Parga | Centre | Spain |
| Daniel Vázquez Aldemunde | Centre | Spain |
| Mauro González | Wing | Spain |
| Ignacio Villegas | Wing | Spain |
| Carlos de Cabo | Wing | Spain |
| Adolfo Rodríguez Uruburo | Wing | Spain |
| David Riveiro | Fullback | Spain |
| Lewis Marshall | Fullback | New Zealand |

### Internationally Capped players

* Campbell Johnstone
* Norm Maxwell
* Marcos Mella
* David Monreal
* Óscar Ferreras
* Carlos Blanco
* Alejandro Blanco
* Lionel Pardo
* Francisco Usero
* Vasilis Katsakos
* Nikolas Mavreas
* Cameron Wyper
* Gaston Ibarburu