diff --git a/rhodecode/model/user_group.py b/rhodecode/model/users_group.py
copy from rhodecode/model/user_group.py
copy to rhodecode/model/users_group.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/user_group.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/users_group.py
@@ -24,3 +24,56 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 # MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+import logging
+import traceback
+
+from pylons.i18n.translation import _
+
+from rhodecode.model import BaseModel
+from rhodecode.model.caching_query import FromCache
+from rhodecode.model.db import UsersGroup
+
+from rhodecode.lib.exceptions import DefaultUserException, UserOwnsReposException
+
+from sqlalchemy.exc import DatabaseError
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class UsersGroupModel(BaseModel):
+
+    def get(self, users_group_id, cache=False):
+        users_group = self.sa.query(UsersGroup)
+        if cache:
+            users_group = users_group.options(FromCache("sql_cache_short",
+                                          "get_users_group_%s" % users_group_id))
+        return users_group.get(users_group_id)
+
+
+    def get_by_groupname(self, users_group_name, cache=False, case_insensitive=False):
+
+        if case_insensitive:
+            user = self.sa.query(UsersGroup)\
+            .filter(UsersGroup.users_group_name.ilike(users_group_name))
+        else:
+            user = self.sa.query(UsersGroup)\
+                .filter(UsersGroup.users_group_name == users_group_name)
+        if cache:
+            user = user.options(FromCache("sql_cache_short",
+                                          "get_user_%s" % users_group_name))
+        return user.scalar()
+
+    def create(self, form_data):
+        try:
+            new_users_group = UsersGroup()
+            for k, v in form_data.items():
+                setattr(new_users_group, k, v)
+
+            self.sa.add(new_users_group)
+            self.sa.commit()
+        except:
+            log.error(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.sa.rollback()
+            raise
+