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| Full name | Union sportive arlequins Perpignan-Roussillon | ||
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| Founded | 1902 (as AS Perpignan) 1919 (as US Perpignan) 1933 (as USA Perpignan) | ||
| Location | Perpignan, France | ||
| Ground(s) | Stade Aimé Giral (Capacity: 14,593) | ||
| President | François Rivière | ||
| Coach(es) | Franck Azéma | ||
| Captain(s) | Mathieu Acebes | ||
| League(s) | Top 14 | ||
| 2023–24 | 10th | ||
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Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais, also referred to as USA Perpignan or Perpignan, is a French professional rugby union club founded in 1933 and based in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. They compete in the Top 14, France's elite division of rugby.
The club is a result of a merger between US Perpignan and Arlequins Perpignanais in 1933. US Perpignan was also born from a union of merging clubs AS Perpignan (founded in 1902) and Stade Olympien Perpignanais, which took place in 1919.[1]
Its home ground is the 14,593-capacity Stade Aimé Giral but important fixtures may occasionally be taken to Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, in Barcelona.[2] The club's colours are sky blue, scarlet and golden yellow, which derived from the Catalan Senyera and gives Perpignan its nickname Les Sang et Or (French for "The Blood and Golds").
- ^ "Historique et Palmarès du Club de Rugby USAP". USAPassociation.com (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ Perrin, Thibault (1 September 2018). "De retour en Top 14, l'USAP pourrait faire une infidélité à Aimé-Giral". Le Rugbynistère (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2022.