Editing Calais (section)

==Sport==
Calais was represented in [[association football]] by the [[Calais RUFC]], who competed in the [[Championnat National]]. The club was founded 1902 as Racing Club de Calais and in 1974 was renamed as Calais Racing Union Football Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=France – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs |url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618093752/http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-fran-clubs.html |archive-date=18 June 2009 |access-date=5 February 2012 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>
Calais RUFC had a good reputation in French cup competitions and went as far as [[2000 Coupe de France Final|the final in the 1999/2000 season]], losing out finally to [[FC Nantes Atlantique|Nantes]].
Since 2008 they played at the [[Stade de l'Épopée]], a stadium which holds about 12,000 spectators. Calais Racing Union was liquidated in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liquidation du Calais Racing Union Football Club: Clap de Fin Pour Une Étoile Filante di Football |url=https://sport.francetvinfo.fr/tout-le-sport/liquidation-du-calais-racing-union-football-club-clap-de-fin-pour-une-etoile-filante |access-date=26 May 2018 |archive-date=26 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426163552/https://sport.francetvinfo.fr/tout-le-sport/liquidation-du-calais-racing-union-football-club-clap-de-fin-pour-une-etoile-filante |url-status=live }}</ref>

The rugby club in Calais is [[Amicale Rugby Calaisien]].<ref name="Journal de la marine marchande">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W-UiAQAAMAAJ |title=Journal de la marine marchande |date=January 1971 |access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> Basketball is popular in Calais with the teams [[Calais Basket]] (male)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dernières infos |url=http://www.calaisbasket.fr/ |access-date=5 February 2012 |publisher=Calais Basket |archive-date=29 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129081905/http://www.calaisbasket.fr/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[COB Calais]] (female)<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACCUEIL SAISON |url= http://www.cobcalais.com/modulosite2/accueil-saison-2011-2012.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125073548/http://www.cobcalais.com/modulosite2/accueil-saison-2011-2012.htm |archive-date=25 January 2012 |access-date=5 February 2012 |publisher= COB Calais}}</ref> as is volleyball with the [[Lis Calais]] (male)<ref>{{Cite web|title=LIS St Pierre Calais Volley Ball|url=http://www.lisspcalaisvb.com/|access-date=4 December 2020|publisher=Lis Calais|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126212047/http://www.lisspcalaisvb.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Stella Calais]] (female) teams.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Bienvenue |url=http://www.stellaescalais.com/modulosite2/bienvenue-sur-notre-site.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231235208/http://www.stellaescalais.com/modulosite2/bienvenue-sur-notre-site.htm |archive-date=31 December 2011 |access-date=5 February 2012 |publisher=Stella Calais}}</ref> There is also the [[SOC (sports club)|SOC]] club which caters in a range of sports including athletics, handball and football and [[Yacht Club de Calais]], a yachting club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bienvenue sur le site web officiel du YACHT CLUB DU CALAISIS |url=http://www.calais-voile.fr/ |access-date=5 February 2012 |publisher=Yacht Club de Calais |archive-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303220227/http://www.calais-voile.fr/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Calais also has [[Les Seagulls]], an American football team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News |url=http://seagullscalais.sup.fr/ |access-date=5 February 2012 |publisher=Les Seagulls |archive-date=8 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808001702/http://seagullscalais.sup.fr/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>