football club
Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to fair Racing, is an argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the “ big five ” baseball club of Argentine football, and is besides known as “ El Primer Grande ” ( The first big baseball club ), for becoming the inaugural club in the world to win seven league titles in a row, beginning Argentine club to win a national cup, and the first gear worldly concern champion ( Intercontinental Cup ) Argentine club. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Racing presently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine league system, and plays its home games at Estadio Presidente Perón, nicknamed El Cilindro de Avellaneda ( in English : “ The Cylinder of Avellaneda ” ).
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Racing has won the Primera División 18 times, with a record of seven back-to-back championships between 1913 and 1919, five of which were won undefeated. [ 3 ] not only does Racing hold the criminal record for the most consecutive titles in Argentine football history, but it is besides the only team in South America to achieve such a feat, along with being one of only four clubs ( the others are Olympique de Lyon, Bayern Munich and Juventus ) to be a seven-time champion of world-cup victorious nations. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The clubhouse besides has 13 National cups to its name, which include five Copa Ibarguren, four Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires and one Copa Beccar Varela. [ 6 ] due to those achievements the team was nicknamed La Academia ( “ The Academy of Football ” ) which still identifies the clubhouse and its supporters. [ 7 ] On the international stage, the club has won 6 titles, with 3 of them organised by CONMEBOL and other international bodies. [ 8 ] Those achievements include one Copa Libertadores, one Intercontinental Cup and the first edition of the Supercopa Libertadores. [ 9 ] The team ‘s home colors are flip blue and white strip, similar to the national team. The shorts and socks have shifted between total darkness, united states navy blue or white. apart from football, early sports practised at Racing are aesthetic gymnastics, basketball, beach soccer, boxing, chess, field field hockey, futsal, handball, soldierly arts, roller skating, tennis and volleyball. [ 10 ]
history [edit ]
Origins [edit ]
First seal of the club with the legend “ Foot Ball Racing Club – Barracas al Sud ” ( 1903 ) The origins of the clubhouse can be traced to the end of the nineteenth hundred, when a group of Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway employees asked for permission to play football in a field belong to the company. As the request was approved, they started to play their beginning matches there, largely against teams formed by british immigrants. [ 11 ] In 1898, they founded a club, “ Argentinos Excelsior Club ”, which lasted three years until in 1901, three new clubs were established “ Sud América Fútbol Club de Barracas al Sur ”, “ american Club ” and “ Argentinos Unidos ”, with Barracas alabama Sur the most celebrated of them. however, the clubhouse was soon disbanded, establishing “ Colorados Unidos ” on 16 March 1902. On 25 March 1903, both clubs met at Mercado de Hacienda with the function of merging again. [ 11 ] The golf club took its name from a french car racing magazine owned by Germán Vidaillac ( a initiation partner of french lineage ). The suggestion was well received and the list “ Racing Club ” was immediately approved. [ 12 ] Racing was the first base football team integrally formed by criollo people. The first jersey worn by the emerging golf club was white, until 25 July 1904, when it was decided a chicken and black vertical striped jersey would be used. however, the recently adopted consistent only lasted a week due to its similarity to Uruguayan club CURCC, being replaced by a design proposed by president Luis Carbone. The jersey had four squares, two clean blue and two pinko. This unaccented blue and pink purpose would be worn until 1908, once again replaced by a design with three horizontal bars ( two blasphemous and one whiten ). finally, Racing adopted the light blue and white colors in 1910, in memorial of the May Revolution ‘s hundredth anniversary that lapp year. [ 11 ]
Racing in 1910, when the squad promoted to Primera División Racing affiliated to the Argentine Football Association in 1905, and began playing in the lower divisions of Argentine football league system. [ 11 ] In 1906 the cabaret registered to play in Segunda División. [ 13 ] In 1909, Racing competed in a playoff to promote to Primera División, but lost to Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires. Racing finally promoted to the first division in 1910, winning the playoff final against Boca Juniors with an attendance of 4,000. The starting line-up that won the promotion was : Fernández ; Seminario, Allan ; Winne, Juan Ohaco, Angel Betular ; Oyarzábal, A. Ohaco, Firpo, Frers and Juan Perinetti. Frers and Ohaco were the scorers for Racing. [ 13 ] The popularity of the club raised after that promotion, increasing its number of supporters. [ 11 ]
“ The Academy ” and the seven straight [edit ]
The 1913 team that won four titles in a year, including its first Primera División championship In 1911 Racing debuted in Primera División, finishing in fourth home. [ 14 ] One class later, Racing won its first domestic cup, the Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires after beating Newell ‘s Old Boys 3–0. Racing besides played its first gear international match, versus Uruguayan team River Plate. [ 11 ] The inaugural league title came in 1913 when Racing defeated San Isidro and River Plate in a playoff. Racing first eliminated River Plate ( 3–0 ), and then played the final against San Isidro, winning 2–0. [ 15 ] In 1914, Racing won its moment league title, having scored 42 goals and merely 7 received in 12 games. The runner-up was Estudiantes ( BA ). That same year Racing won its second consecutive Copa Ibarguren, defeating another Rosarino team, Rosario Central, by 1–0 in Buenos Aires. The line-up for the match : Arduino ; Reyes, S. Ochoa ; Pepe, Olazar, Betular ; Canavery, Ohaco, Marcovecchio, Juan Hospital, Juan Perinetti. [ 16 ]
The 1915 team achieved an outstanding mark of 95 goals in 24 matches Racing became Primera División ace in 1915 when they defeated San Isidro 1–0 in a playoff at Independiente ’ s stadium. Their line-up was : Arduino ; Presta, Reyes ; Betular, Olazar, Pepe ; Canavery, Ohaco, Marcovecchio ( who scored the only goal ), Juan Hospital, Juan Perinetti. Racing finished unbeaten, with 22 games won and 2 attract, with and 95 goals scored with alone 5 conceded. [ 17 ] Racing won the play along title, the 1916 championship, totalizing 34 points in 21 games with 39 goals converted and 10 received at the end of the tournament. Platense was the runner-up with 30 points. The fifth straight title was in 1917 after totalizing 35 points, being River Plate the runner-up with 30 points. The team besides scored the scratch of 58 goals with only 4 received in 20 fixtures. In addition, the police squad achieved its third gear Copa Ibarguren with a smashing victory over Rosario Central by 6–0 in Avellaneda. The line-up was : Arduino ; Ohaco, Reyes, Viazzi Olazar, Ricardo Pepe ; Canavery, Vivaldi, Marcovecchio, Juan Hospital, Juan Perinetti. [ 16 ] That lapp class Racing won another edition of Copa Ibarguren, defeating by 2nd. back-to-back time Rosario Central by 3–2 at GEBA stadium. The line-up was : Crocce ; Castagnola, Reyes ; Vivaldi, Olazar, Pepe ; Natalio Perinetti, Ohaco, Marcovecchio, Minondo, Juan Perinetti. [ 16 ] One class subsequently, Racing won its 6th. league title, remaining unbeaten after 19 games played, with 49 goals scored and 9 received. Racing besides won another version of Copa Ibarguren ( 5 in sum ) with a large victory over Newell ‘s Old Boys by 4–0 at GEBA. The line-up : Crocce ; Castagnola, Reyes ; Ohaco, Marcovecchio, Macchiavello ; Natalio Perinetti, Zabaleta, Vivaldo, Juan Hospital, Juan Perinetti. In 1919 Racing moved to the dissentient league “ Asociación Amateurs de Football “, winning the tournament whilst remaining unbeaten again. Racing played 23 fixtures, winning its 7th. back-to-back entitle with 26 points and 43 goals scored. [ 18 ] They won far titles in 1921 and 1925. [ 19 ]
The 1930–1940s [edit ]
Racing was one of the founding members as the first base professional league in Argentina, Liga Argentina de Football, that split from the AFA to organise its own championships. During those years Racing won the Copa Beccar Varela in 1932 ( defeating Boca Juniors 3–0 in the concluding ) and the Copa de Competencia ( LAF ) one year late, thrashing San Lorenzo de Almagro 4–0 in the final catch. Despite the national cup won, Racing could not win any domestic championship during that period ; its best performances were third gear places in 1932, 1933 and 1936. Evaristo Barrera was the circus tent scorer with 34 goals in 1934 and 32 in 1936. [ 20 ] In 1945 Racing won the first edition of Copa de Competencia Británica defeating Boca Juniors by 4–1 in the final. [ 21 ] Despite its domestic cup achievements, Racing did n’t win any league title until 1949, starting with another brilliant era of three consecutive championships .
rejoinder to league titles [edit ]
Racing team that beat Banfield in 1951, winning their third base consecutive league deed Racing won the championship three years running between 1949 and 1951. [ 19 ] In 1949 Racing finished with 49 points. Besides, two players of the club, Juan José Pizzuti and Llamil Simes, were the topscorers of the tournament with 26 goals each. In 1950, Simes was the topscorer of the meter again. That lapp class, Racing inaugurated its newly venue, Estadio Presidente Perón, the second largest stadium of Argentina. Racing won its third gear consecutive league title in 1951 after beating Banfield 1–0 in a two-leg serial. The starting line-up was Héctor Grisetti ; Higinio García, José M. Pérez ; Juán Gimenez, Alberto Rastelli, Jorge Gutiérrez ; Mario Boyé, Manuel Ameal, Rubén Bravo, Llamil Simes, Ezra Sued, with Guillermo Stábile as coach. Racing could not achieve a four-consecutive title after in 1952 the team finished 2nd to River Plate. The future league title came in 1958, and they were runner-up to San Lorenzo de Almagro the following year. [ 19 ] During those years Racing Club had many noteworthy players that made their contribution to the successful campaigns. Some of them were Norberto Mendez, Rubén Bravo, Llamil Simes, Mario Boyé, Alberto Rastelli, Pedro Dellacha, Ezra Sued, Roberto Blanco, Ernesto Gutiérrez, Pedro Manfredini, Arnaldo Balay, Juan José Pizzuti, Rubén Héctor Sosa and Omar Oreste Corbatta .
International success [edit ]
Players of Racing celebrating with the Intercontinental Cup after beating Celtic in Montevideo Racing finished 4th in 1960 with a top score 72 goals. During this tournament Racing besides achieved its largest victory in Primera División, an 11–3 against Rosario Central. [ 22 ]
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In 1961 Racing won another league backing with director Saúl Ongaro, while besides being the highest score team in the league with 68 goals. The adjacent class, Racing finished 9th and was besides eliminated from the Copa Libertadores in the first stage. Racing won the Primera Division title again in 1966, scoring 70 goals. [ 23 ] In the 1967 Torneo Metropolitano Racing reached the final where the team lost to Estudiantes de La Plata 3–0. [ 24 ] That same year Racing won the 1967 Copa Libertadores after beating Uruguayan team Nacional 2–1 in the final examination. Norberto Raffo was the peak scorekeeper with 13 goals. [ 25 ] At the end of the year Racing won the Intercontinental Cup by defeating Celtic in a playoff bet on. The first meet had been played at Glasgow where Racing was beaten 1–0 while they won the second game 2–1 in Avellaneda. The playoff was played in Montevideo where Racing achieved its second continental championship winning 1–0 with a goal scored by Juan Carlos Cárdenas. The starting line-up for the playoff match on November 4 was : Agustín Cejas ; Oscar Martín, Roberto Perfumo, Alfio Basile, Nelson Chabay ; João Cardoso, Juan Carlos Rulli, Juan J. Rodríguez, Humberto Maschio ; Norberto Raffo, Juan Carlos Cárdenas. Juan José Pizzuti was the passenger car. [ 26 ]
relegation [edit ]
During the 1970s Racing did not win any style, although the team finished 2nd to San Lorenzo in the 1972 Metropolitano, with 43 points in 34 matches. That year was the introduction of Ubaldo Fillol, who some regard as the best argentine goalkeeper always. Fillol set a record of 6 penalty shots stopped in the same season. From 1974 and 1978 Racing made poor campaigns and was approach relegation in 1976 when the team finished adjacent to concluding ( San Telmo was last relegated ). [ 27 ] In 1983, Racing was relegated to the Primera B by finishing concluding in the aggregate table, which was determined by a points average of the previous two seasons. however, the delegating system was changed, and if it had not been changed, Racing probably would n’t have been relegated. The honest-to-god system had the two last-placed teams go down, and Racing finished 17th out of 19 that year. The beginning year in the second class, Racing finished irregular behind Deportivo Español and so had to play a promotion playoff, where Racing eliminated Deportivo Morón and Lanús but lost to Gimnasia y Esgrima ( LP ) in the finals ( 1–3 and 2–4 ). [ 28 ] One year by and by, after two seasons in the second part, Racing returned to the top division for the 1986–87 season after winning a playoff for the moment promotion place against Atlanta in December 1985. Racing won the first game 4–0 and the second match finished 1–1, with Racing winning the series 5–1 on aggregate. [ 29 ] [ 30 ]
render to external success [edit ]
Racing players with the 1988 Supercopa title in Belo Horizonte, the inaugural external title for the baseball club after 21 years Racing won its third external rival in 1988, when the team won the first edition of the 1988 Supercopa Libertadores, defeating brazilian team Cruzeiro in the finals, with Alfio Basile still as coach. That same class Racing won the non-official Supercopa Interamericana beating Herediano from Costa Rica 3–0. [ 31 ] The follow year, Racing played the inauguration edition of the Recopa Sudamericana in 1989 against the winners of the 1988 Copa Libertadores, Club Nacional. Nacional won the first leg in Montevideo 1–0 ; Racing was n’t able to turn the mark around in the second peg in Buenos Aires, and the Uruguayan club won the title. In 1992, Racing played the Supercopa Libertadores finals against Cruzeiro again. In the first meet, Cruzeiro defeated them 4–0 in Belo Horizonte. Racing won the second equal 1–0 but the cup was awarded to the brazilian team with a 4–1 sum score. [ 32 ] Racing came identical close to winning the league entitle in the 90s ; in the 1993 Apertura they finished third base, tied with Velez and barely one period from the champion, River Plate. In the 1995 Apertura they finished runner-ups .
Bankruptcy and resurrection [edit ]
In July 1998, club president of the united states Daniel Lalín declared bankruptcy, leaving many supporters outraged. Lalin had been accused as the independent reason for the club ‘s debt because he spent big amounts of money on players, rather of bringing them up from the youth academy. [ 33 ] In March 1999, a top member of the club said Racing “ had officially ceased to exist ”. however, with the massive support of the fans, they convinced the club to implement the Trust law, saving it from liquidation. In December 2000, the club was taken over by Blanquiceleste SA and was managed by the company until 2008. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] They won the league title in December 2001 for the first time in 35 years, and the style was celebrated at Estadio Jose Amalfitani, Vélez Sarsfield ‘s home stadium, after the death repair with them finished in a draw. [ 34 ] In 2008, the club was about relegated and had to play a promotion play-off against Belgrano. This was ascribable to hapless performances in the last 3 seasons, including a last coating in the 2008 Clausura. The first leg was played in Córdoba on 25 June and ended 1–1. In the second branch, Racing won 1–0 at home plate, and with a 2–1 sum score, was able to maintain its permanence in the peak tier. [ 36 ] In 2012, Racing reached the 2012 Copa Argentina Final, where the team lost to Boca Juniors 2–1. [ 37 ] In June 2014, Diego Cocca was hired as head coach. [ 38 ] Two days after Cocca signed his narrow, erstwhile player and winnow front-runner Diego Milito left Inter Milan and returned to the club to play the 2014 Torneo de Transición. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] In December 2014, Racing won its seventeenth Primera División deed in the last repair of the tournament. If race draw but River Plate won their match against Quilmes, then the claim would ‘ve gone to River. however, the team defeated Godoy Cruz 1–0 to secure the first place and be crowned champions for the first time in 13 years. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] They won the league in 2018–19. [ 19 ] Lisandro López was the top scorer of the tournament with 17 goals, and at the age of 36 he was the oldest player to be league top scorer. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] [ 45 ] In December 2019, Racing became supporter of the Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina by beating the defending champion of the Copa de la Superliga, Tigre, 2–0, with both goals from Matías Rojas. [ 46 ]
stadium [edit ]
Racing Club plays its home games at “ Estadio Presidente Perón ” ( named in honor of former President of Argentina Juan Domingo Perón ), popularly known as “ El Cilindro de Avellaneda ” ( ascribable to its cylindrical shape ) and “ the Coliseum ”. It was opened in 1950 and restructured in 1997. [ 47 ] The field measures 105 ten 70 m. Racing ‘s stadium is the moment largest in Argentina after the River Plate stadium. In the begin, the venue could host a capacity of 120,000 but subsequent restructurings reduced its capacity to 64,161. [ 48 ]
Panoramic view of the Racing Club stadium, August 2019
Players [edit ]
current police squad [edit ]
- As of 29 June 2021.[49]
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Out on loanword [edit ]
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All-time player records [edit ]
Most appearances [edit ]
Natalio Perinetti has the record of most appearances with 405 matches in 17 years with the team
Topscorers [edit ]
Alberto Ohaco, all-time topscorer with 244 goals in 12 years playing for Racing
Coaches since 2000 [edit ]
Honours [edit ]
National [edit ]
league [edit ]
National Cups [edit ]
International [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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