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Stade Marcel Verchère

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Surface
  
Grass

Capacity
  
11,400

Stade Marcel-Verchère

Location
  
Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France

Owner
  
Town of Bourg-en-Bresse

Address
  
11 Avenue des Sports, 01000 Bourg-en-Bresse, France

Similar
  
Stade René Gaillard, Stade Francis Le Basser, Stade de la Source, Stade Ange Casanova, Stade Gabriel Montpied

Stade Marcel-Verchère is rugby union stadium located in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain. It is the home ground of Union Sportive Bressane, promoted to Rugby Pro D2 (the second level of French club rugby) for the 2013–14 season. It has a capacity of 11,400. Moreover, the team of Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 playing in this stadium and evolve in Ligue 2.

The stadium is named in memory of Marcel Verchère, a Bressane player who died following a violent tackle during a match against Oyonnax on 24 September 1937.

References

Stade Marcel-Verchère Wikipedia