Stade Rochelais headquarters location La Rochelle
Stade Rochelais (French pronunciation: ​[stad ʁɔʃlɛ]), commonly called La Rochelle, is a French rugby union club who compete in the Top 14.
They were founded in 1898 and play at Stade Marcel-Deflandre (capacity 16,000). They wear yellow and black. They are based in La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime département of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
98% of the shares are owned by the Stade Rochelais Association.Stadium
The stadium is named after Marcel Deflandre, who was the president of the club born of the fusion between the rugby league and rugby union clubs during World War II in La Rochelle, after the Vichy government banned the game of Rugby League and forced all of its assets to be handed to the French Rugby Union.
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