Racing de Córdoba
Full nameClub Atlético Racing
Nickname(s)Academia Cordobesa
Founded14 December 1924 (1924-12-14)
GroundEstadio Miguel Sancho, Córdoba, Argentina
Capacity15,000
ChairmanManuel Pérez
ManagerDiego Pozo
LeaguePrimera Nacional
WebsiteClub website

Club Atlético Racing (usually referred as Racing de Córdoba) is an Argentine sports club headquartered in the city of Córdoba. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised second division of the Argentine football league system.

Apart from football, other sports practised at the club are basketball, volleyball, and rhythmic gymnastics.

History

Racing was founded in the Nueva Italia district of Córdoba on 14 December 1924. Its most successful season came in 1980 when the team finished 2nd in the Nacional championship, after losing the final matches at the hands of Rosario Central, with scores of 1–5 and 2–0 respectively (3–5 on aggregate).

At the end of the 2005–06 season the club narrowly missed out on promotion to the Primera B Nacional. Racing had to play San Martín de Tucumán in the Clausura final. After the game ended with an aggregate score of 3–3, the decision went to a penalty shootout which Racing lost 7–6.

Honours

National

Regional

  • Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol (Primera División) (9): 1962, 1965, 1967, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 2004 Apertura, 2004 Clausura
  • Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol (Segunda División) (1): 1934
  • Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol (Tercera División) (1): 1925
  • Torneo Neder Nicola (2): 1973, 1981
  • Copa Córdoba (1): 1981
  • Copa Desafío Córdoba (1): 2008
  • Copa "Sesentenario" Sunchales (1): 2008

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References

  1. President's Cup (South Korea). RSSSF. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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