Racing Club de Montevideo
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Racing Club de Montevideo is a football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club from Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

 in Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

. It currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division
Primera División Uruguaya
The Liga Profesional de Primera División , also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay , is a professional football league in Uruguay at the top of the country's football league system. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and is contested by 16 teams...

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Racing Club is known as "La Escuelita" (The Little School) due to the excellent players that resulted from the team, it was like a player machine. Racing is one of Uruguay's traditional teams, in terms of victories and fans; However, nowadays Racing is facing problems of all types.

The main rival of Racing is Fénix
Centro Atlético Fénix
Centro Atlético Fénix are a sports club from Montevideo in Uruguay. They currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division. Fénix is one of the most popular and traditional teams of Uruguay's 2nd Division, along with Racing Club de Montevideo, who are their all-time rivals.-History:The club were founded...

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Titles

  • Segunda División Uruguay
    Segunda División Uruguay
    Segunda División Profesional is the second tier of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol league system. The league is sometimes referred to as Primera B.The Uruguayan 2nd division was established in 1942.-Season 2011–2012 Teams:* Atenas* Boston River...

    : 5
1955, 1958, 1974, 1989, 2008

  • Divisional Intermedia (2nd level): 3
1923, 1929, 1930

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

  • Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance
2010: Second Round

Current Squad 2011

Notable players

Atilio García
Atilio García
Atilio Ceferino García was an Argentine-Uruguayan football striker who is the second highest goalscorer in the history of Uruguayan football...

   Juan Hohberg
Juan Hohberg
Juan Eduardo Hohberg was an Argentine - Uruguayan football player and coach.-Club career:...

 Pablo Islas Roberto Saporiti
Roberto Saporiti
Roberto Marcos Saporiti is a former Argentine footballer currently working as manager of Defensa y Justicia of the Argentine 2nd division. He has managed clubs in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia.-Playing career:...

 Brunet Hay
Brunet Hay
Brunette Hay Pino is a football striker who currently plays in Colombia for Categoría Primera A team Deportes Quindío. He is currently on a loan deal to Sweden for Allsvenskan club Örebro SK.-External links:*...

 Héctor Acuña
Héctor Acuña
Héctor Acuña is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Marathón in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras....

 Julio Acuña Sebastián Balsas Adolfo Barán
Adolfo Barán
Adolfo Barán is a former Uruguayan footballer.-Club career:Barán was the top goal scorer in the 1990 Primera Division Uruguaya season, with 13 goals.-International career:...

 Eladio Benitez Federico Bergara
Federico Bergara
Raúl Federico Bergara is a former Uruguayan footballer.-Club career:Bergara played for Estudiantes de La Plata in the Primera División de Argentina.-International career:...

 Marcelo de Souza
Marcelo de Souza
Marcelo de Souza , commonly known as Marcelinho, is a Brazilian football offensive midfielder, who currently plays for Necaxa in the Primera División de México....

 Darió Flores
Darío Flores
Darío Antonio Flores Bistolfi , is a Uruguayan footballer, who plays for Racing Club on loan from Palestino.- Career :Flores began his career by River Plate and joined in Winter 2005/2006 to Peñarol...

 Leo García
Leo Garcia
Leo Garcia was a Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Cincinnati Reds in 1987 and 1988. He was born November 6, 1962 in Santiago, Dominican Republic. He debuted on April 6, 1987 and managed 1 RBI in his debut. His last game in the majors was June 1, 1988. He is currently the...


Ernesto Goñi
Ernesto Goñi
Ernesto Goñi is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Quilmes as a left back. His nickname is "Teto", an abbreviation of his name....

 Fernando Kanapkis
Fernando Kanapkis
Fernando Alfredo Kanapkis García is a retired football defender from Uruguay, who obtained a total number of twenty international caps for his national team, scoring five goals...

 Darío Larrosa
Darío Larrosa
Darío Larrosa is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Racing Club de Montevideo.-References:...

 Hernán Rodrigo López
Hernán Rodrigo López
Hernán Rodrigo López Mora is an Uruguayan football player who plays as a forward for Club Atlético Banfield of the Primera División Argentina.-Club:...

 Héctor Macchiavello
Héctor Macchiavello
Héctor Macchiavello is a former Uruguayan footballer who played for Racing de Montevideo in Uruguay, Audax Italiano in Chile and the Uruguay national football team in the Copa América 1935.-External links:...

 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Iglesias is an Uruguayan former football goalkeeper of the 1960s and 1970s. He helped the Uruguay national team to qualify to the semifinals of the 1970 World Cup, where the charrúas were stopped by the eventual champions, Brazil. He was elected the best goalkeeper of that...

 Julio Morales
Julio Morales
Julio César Araújo Morales is a former Uruguayan football striker. He was born on February 16, 1945, in the city of Montevideo in Uruguay. He was part of the Uruguay squad for the 1970 World Cup, where they finished fourth, as well as in a Mundialito winning team in January 1981, at the age of...

 Fernando Morena
Fernando Morena
Fernando Morena Belora is a retired football striker from Uruguay. His most known nicknames were "Nando" and "Potrillo", and he is the all-time top goalscorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera with 230 goals in 244 games...

 Celso Otero
Celso Otero
Celso Otero Quintás is a retired football goalkeeper from Uruguay, who obtained one official cap for the Uruguay national football team: on August 7, 1988 in a friendly against Colombia in Bogotá...

 Venancio Ramos
Venancio Ramos
Venancio Ariel Ramos Villanueva is a retired football striker from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Chicharra" during his professional career.-Club career:...

 Jorge Marcelo Rodríguez
Jorge Marcelo Rodríguez
Jorge Marcelo Rodríguez Núñez is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for Jaguares de Chiapas in the Primera División de Mexico.Rodríguez received first cap at the friendly match against Japan on August 20, 2008....

 Juan Pablo Rodriguez
Juan Pablo Rodriguez
Juan Pablo Rodríguez Guerrero is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for Santos Laguna in the Primera División de México.-Career:...

 Ruben Sosa Marcelo Sosa
Marcelo Sosa
Marcelo Fabián Sosa Farías is an Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays for Racing Club de Montevideo, as a defensive midfielder....



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