StuSta München
Encyclopedia
The StuSta München is a German
rugby union
club from Munich
, currently playing in the 3rd Liga South/West
. It is based in the Studentenstadt
in Munich, the student city.
The club is part of a larger student club, the SportVerein der Studentenstadt Freimann e.V, which offers other sports like association football, tennis
and volleyball
.
, repeating this success in 2004.
Following this success, the club earned promotion to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West in 2004, the second tier of German rugby. After struggeling against relegation for the first three seasons there, the team has established itself as a mid-table side.
In this league, it competes with local rival München RFC
, a former Rugby-Bundesliga
club. It took StuSta until May 2008 however, to win a game against the other Munich club.
The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2010-11 season and had to drop down to the 3rd Liga South/West
for the following year.
The second team plays in the now 4th tier Regionalliga Bayern
. And the newly founded Women's team plays in the 2nd tier Regionalliga South/ West.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club from Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, currently playing in the 3rd Liga South/West
3rd Liga South/West
The 3rd Liga South/West is the third-highest level of Germany's Rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation. It is set below the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West, the second tier of rugby in Southern Germany, and above the Rugby-Regionalliga, the fourth tier.The league...
. It is based in the Studentenstadt
Studentenstadt
Studentenstadt Freimann is a student housing complex in Munich, Germany.Built in two stages, 1961-1968 and 1970-1977, it is Germany's largest student housing complex with 2,478 residential units in 14 buildings, and next to the Olympic Village, the second large complex, Studentenwerk München...
in Munich, the student city.
The club is part of a larger student club, the SportVerein der Studentenstadt Freimann e.V, which offers other sports like association football, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
and volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
.
History
A club largely made up of German and international students, StuSta took out its first Bavarian rugby union championship in 2002, winning the Regionalliga BayernRugby-Regionalliga
The Rugby-Regionalliga is the third-highest level of Germany's Rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation. Its set below the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga...
, repeating this success in 2004.
Following this success, the club earned promotion to the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West in 2004, the second tier of German rugby. After struggeling against relegation for the first three seasons there, the team has established itself as a mid-table side.
In this league, it competes with local rival München RFC
München RFC
The München RFC is a German rugby union club from Munich, currently playing in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West.-History:While rugby had been played in Munich and Bavaria before the interception of the MRFC in 1977, four clubs existed in the city in the 1920s and 1930s, the club's game on 10...
, a former Rugby-Bundesliga
Rugby-Bundesliga
The Rugby-Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany's rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation.The league is predominantly amateur, with only two of the ten clubs in the league being professional outfits,the SC 1880 Frankfurt and Heidelberger RK.-History:The German rugby...
club. It took StuSta until May 2008 however, to win a game against the other Munich club.
The club suffered relegation at the end of the 2010-11 season and had to drop down to the 3rd Liga South/West
3rd Liga South/West
The 3rd Liga South/West is the third-highest level of Germany's Rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation. It is set below the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West, the second tier of rugby in Southern Germany, and above the Rugby-Regionalliga, the fourth tier.The league...
for the following year.
The second team plays in the now 4th tier Regionalliga Bayern
Rugby-Regionalliga
The Rugby-Regionalliga is the third-highest level of Germany's Rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation. Its set below the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga...
. And the newly founded Women's team plays in the 2nd tier Regionalliga South/ West.
Honours
- Bavarian rugby union championship
- Champions: 2002, 2004
- Runners-up: 2003
Recent seasons
| Year | Division | Position |
| 2001-02 | Rugby-Regionalliga Bavaria Rugby-Regionalliga The Rugby-Regionalliga is the third-highest level of Germany's Rugby union league system, organised by the German Rugby Federation. Its set below the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga... (III) |
1st |
| 2002-03 | Rugby-Regionalliga Bavaria | 2nd |
| 2003-04 | Rugby-Regionalliga Bavaria | 1st — Promoted |
| 2004-05 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West (II) | 8th |
| 2005-06 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 8th |
| 2006–07 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 9th |
| 2007–08 Rugby-Bundesliga 2007–08 The Rugby-Bundesliga 2007-08 was the 37th edition of this competition and the 88th edition of the German rugby union championship. The season went from 25 August 2007 to 31 May 2008, ending with the relegation final.-Overview:... |
2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 6th |
| 2008–09 | 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 6th |
| 2009–10 Rugby-Bundesliga 2009–10 -Overview:The 2009-10 modus was somewhat different from the previous season. The competition had been expanded from nine to ten teams. It marks the first time since introduction of the single-division Bundesliga in 2001, that ten teams competed in the league. This change of modus was decided upon... |
2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 6th |
| 2010–11 Rugby-Bundesliga 2010–11 -Overview:The 2009-10 modus is identical to the previous season. However, the competition had been reduced from ten to nine teams, after the withdrawal of the ASV Köln Rugby during last season and no team from the 2nd Bundesliga accepting promotion. Like in 2008-09, the top four teams qualify for... |
2nd Rugby-Bundesliga South/West | 10th — Relegated |