French Top 14

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Established
1892 (133 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-08-26

Current Season
2025-2026

Sport
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Rugby

Location
France

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
06 Sep	Stade Fra	11:00am	US Montau
06 Sep	USA Perpi	1:00pm	Aviron Ba
06 Sep	Lyon OU	3:00pm	Racing M�
06 Sep	Castres O	3:00pm	Section P
06 Sep	Montpelli	5:00pm	RC Toulon
06 Sep	Union Bor	7:05pm	Stade Roc
07 Sep	ASM Clerm	7:05pm	Stade Tou
13 Sep	US Montau	12:30pm	Lyon OU
13 Sep	Stade Roc	2:30pm	ASM Clerm
13 Sep	Stade Tou	2:30pm	USA Perpi
Results
28 Jun	Stade Tou	39 - 33	Union Bor
21 Jun	Union Bor	39 - 24	RC Toulon
20 Jun	Stade Tou	32 - 25	Aviron Ba
14 Jun	USA Perpi	11 - 13	FC Grenob
14 Jun	RC Toulon	52 - 23	Castres O
13 Jun	Aviron Ba	20 - 3	ASM Clerm
07 Jun	USA Perpi	42 - 35	Stade Tou
07 Jun	Stade Fra	21 - 10	Castres O
07 Jun	Section P	32 - 18	Stade Roc
07 Jun	Montpelli	10 - 23	ASM Clerm

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