Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club Full nameRacing Club Nickname(s)La Academia (The Academy) Founded March 25, 1903Ground El Cilindro de Avellaneda,
Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
(Capacity64,161) Chairman Fernando de Tomasso Manager Juan Manuel LlopLeague Argentine Primera División Apertura 200713th 　 Home colours

　 Away colours

Racing Club, more commonly known as Racing de Avellaneda or simply Racing, is an Argentinian professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Gran Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing are historically one of the "big five" clubs of Argentinian football. Currently the club is competing in the Apertura 2008 season of the Primera División Argentina.

Racing have won Primera División Argentina sixteen times first in 1911 and most recently during 2001 Apertura. On the international stage the club won in 1967 the Libertadores Cup and the Intercontinental Cup later in 1988 won the Sudamerican Supercup and the Interamerican Supercup.

1 History
2 Stadium
3 Current squad
4 Coach from 2000
5 Uniform
6 Honours
7 Noted former players
8 References
9 External links

History

Racing Club was founded on March 25 of 1903.
In 1910 is promoted to the first division.
In 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919 won seven consecutive local championships.
In 1921 and 1925 won the local championship.
In 1949, 1950 and 1951 won three consecutive championships.
In 1958 won the local championship.
In 1961 won the local championship.
In 1966 won the local championship.
In 1967 won the America's Libertadores Cup
Racing was the first Argentine football team to win the Intercontinental Cup at Scottish Celtic in three matches
In 1983 was relegated to second division for a polemic decision of the Association of the Argentine Football president.
In 1985 returned to the first division.
In 1988 won the Sudamerican Supercup being the first "Champion of American's Champions"
In the same year won the Interamerican Supercup winning to the "Nortamerican's champion".
In 1999 Racing was nearly bankrupt but the people of the city decided to cover the stadium's expenses.
In 2000 Racing switched management to Blanquiceleste to avoid bankruptcy.
In 2001 Racing won the local championships.

Stadium

El Cilindro during the Avellaneda derby

Home games are played at the Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, best known as El Cilindro de Avellaneda, it has a capacity of 64,161. Just a few yards away is the home of Racing's most fierce rivals Independiente; the two clubs compete together in the Clásico de Avellaneda derby.

Current squad

As of April 20, 2008

No. Position Player 1 GK Hilario Navarro2 DF Marcos Cáceres3 MF Roberto Bonet4 MF Matías Sánchez5 MF Claudio Yacob7 MF Adrián Bastía8 FW Maximiliano Estévez9 FW Facundo Sava10 MF Maximiliano Moralez11 MFSebastián Arrieta 12 GKJosé Luis Martínez Gullotta 13 DFAlan Aciar 14 DFDiego Menghi 15 FWDiego Manicero 17 FWSantiago Malano 18 FW Erwin Ávalos

No. Position Player 19 MFJosé Chatruc 20 MFClaudio Fileppi 22 DF Gabriel Mercado25 GKGustavo Campagnuolo 26 DFAntonio Domínguez 27 FWPablo Caballero 29 DF Franco Sosa30 FW Reinaldo Navia32 MFGabriel Méndez 33 DF Gonzalo García34 DFMatías Martínez 35 GK Bernardo Leyenda36 MFFranco Zuculini 38 DFJosé Schaffer 40 MFJosé Luis Fernández