French Top 14

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Established
1892 (133 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-08-26

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
11

Sport
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Rugby

Location
France

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
20 Dec	USA Perpi	3:35pm	ASM Clerm
20 Dec	Stade Roc	3:35pm	Aviron Ba
20 Dec	Stade Fra	1:30pm	Racing M�
20 Dec	Montpelli	3:35pm	Castres O
20 Dec	US Montau	3:35pm	Section P
20 Dec	Lyon OU	8:00pm	Stade Tou
21 Dec	Union Bor	8:05pm	RC Toulon
27 Dec	Aviron Ba	5:00pm	Stade Fra
27 Dec	Castres O	3:00pm	Lyon OU
27 Dec	ASM Clerm	8:00pm	Union Bor
Results
30 Nov	Section P	53 - 33	Stade Roc
29 Nov	Stade Tou	48 - 24	Racing M�
29 Nov	RC Toulon	54 - 28	US Montau
29 Nov	Montpelli	28 - 24	Union Bor
29 Nov	ASM Clerm	36 - 32	Stade Fra
29 Nov	Castres O	23 - 7	USA Perpi
29 Nov	Aviron Ba	22 - 20	Lyon OU
23 Nov	Stade Fra	51 - 24	RC Toulon
22 Nov	Lyon OU	43 - 24	ASM Clerm
22 Nov	US Montau	7 - 49	Stade Tou

Description

The Top 14 (French pronunciation: ) is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France created in 1892. The Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism of LNR. There is promotion and relegation between the Top 14 and the next level down, the Rugby Pro D2. The fourteen best rugby teams in France participate in the competition, hence the name Top 14. The competition was previously known as the Top 16.

The league is one of the three major professional leagues in Europe (along with the English Premiership and the Pro14, which brings together top clubs from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Italy and South Africa), the most successful European teams from which go forward to compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup, the pan-European championship which replaced the Heineken Cup after the 2013–14 season.

The first ever final took place in 1892, between two Paris-based sides, Stade Français and Racing Club de France, which were the only teams playing the competition that year, with the latter becoming the inaugural champions. The competition has been held on an annual basis since, except from 1915 to 1919—because of World War I—and from 1940 to 1942—because of World War II. Toulouse is the most successful club in the competition with 20 titles.

Seasons

Teams

ASM Clermont Auve	Aviron Bayonnais	Castres Olympique	Lyon OU
Montpellier Héra	Racing Métro 92	RC Toulonnais	Section Paloise
Stade Français P	Stade Rochelais	Stade Toulousain	Union Bordeaux B�
US Montauban	USA Perpignan