Stade Amédée-Domenech

CA Brive

  • Rugby Union World Cup 1991

The Stade Amédée Domenech - is a rugby and football stadium in the French town of Brive- la -Gaillarde in Corrèze. It is home to rugby union club CA Brive, who is represented in the top French league Top 14. Occasionally it was also the venue for games of local football clubs ESA Brive.

The 1922 opened stadium has a capacity of 15,000 seats, which is spread over two side stands. It was named after Amédée Domenech, a former rugby union footballer of the CA Brive, who played from 1954 to 1963 for the French rugby union team. Currently, the stadium is still the largest in the Limousin and this is expected to remain so until the completion of renovation work in Beaublanc Stadium in Limoges.

In the Stade Amédée Domenech - important matches of the French League Top 14, as well as the Heineken Cup took place. In 1991, the stadium was also the venue for a Rugby World Cup match between Romania and Fiji.

In 2004, the stadium was also the venue for a quarter final match in the French Cup football between the ESA Brive and Paris Saint- Germain FC.

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