Venezia_Mestre_Rugby_FC

Venezia Mestre Rugby FC
Full name	Venezia Mestre Rugby FC
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded	1986
Disbanded	2011; 13 years ago
Location	Venice, Italy
Ground(s)	Centro Sportivo Comunale
League(s)	n/a
2010-11	12th (Excellence)
1st kit	2nd kit

Venezia Mestre Rugby FC

Defunct Italian rugby union club, based in Venice

Venezia Mestre Rugby FC, also known as Casinò di Venezia for sponsorship's reasons, was an Italian rugby union club based in Venice in Veneto. They were formed in 1986 following the merger of two clubs: Venezia Rugby Football Club (founded 1948) and Rugby Mestre (founded 1965).

Quick Facts Full name, Union ...

In 1993-1994 they finished first but were denied promotion to Serie B because of a regulation requiring an under 14 team was not met. Promotion to Serie B finally came in 1999-2000, two years later they took part in Serie A. In 2004-2005 they were again promoted to the Super 10, the top tier of Italian rugby union.

Financial problems led the club to bankruptcy and eventual disband in 2011.

This Italian rugby union team article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Venezia_Mestre_Rugby_FC, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.