Stade Lausanne Rugby Club are a semi-professional

Semi-professional

A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...

 Swiss rugby union

Rugby union

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 club from Lausanne, the Olympic Capital. The club plays in the Swiss first and second division and are former Swiss Cup champions.

Club history

Having been one of the eight original clubs to play in the inaugural Swiss Championship when the Switzerland Rugby Union was formed in 1969, Stade Lausanne has been one of the most successful clubs in the country. With six National League A (NLA) and six Swiss Cup titles including 2009 and 2010 Stade Lausanne sits third - behind Hermance RRC and Rugby Club CERN

Rugby Club CERN

Rugby Club CERN - Meyrin - St Genis are a semi-professional Swiss rugby union club situated on the French Swiss border, north west of Geneva...

on the National overall club honours list and is the most successful club in Lausanne and canton Vaud.
In the 2010/2011 season the First team marched into the Swiss final against RC Avusy and finished 2nd in the first division and the Second team got promoted to the second division of the Swiss Rugby Union.

Club honours

Competitions	Years
Swiss Champions (NLA)	1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986
Swiss Cup	1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 2009, 2010
Second Division Champions (NLB)	2005, 2007, 2008

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