Racing de Córdoba

Racing de Córdoba

Full name	Club Atlético Racing
Nickname(s)	La Academia (The Academy)
Founded	December 14, 1924
Ground	Estadio Miguel Sancho, Córdoba, Argentina (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Antonio Ruiz
Manager	Gustavo Coleoni
League	Torneo Argentino A
2010-11	5th of Zona 2 (eliminated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Racing (usually referred as Racing de Córdoba) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba in Córdoba Province. The football squad currently plays in Torneo Argentino A which is the regionalised third tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.

The club was founded in Nueva Italia Neighbourhood, located in Córdoba, on December 14, 1924. The shirt uniform colors are sky blue and white in vertical stripes.

Racing's most successful season came in 1980 when the team finished 2nd in the Nacional tournament, 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 the club narrowly missed out on promotion to the Primera B Nacional, Racing met San Martin 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 6-7.

Current Squad 2010/11

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK José Pablo Burtovoy GK Gerardo Godoy DF Damian Fernández DF Hernán Fernández DF Franco Lazzaroni DF Sergio Torales DF Hugo Urruti DF Rodrigo López[disambiguation needed ] DF Mayco Ochoa DF Yamil Garnier MF José Daniel Méndez

No. Position Player MF Mariano Martinez MF Javier Liendo MF Paulo Valero MF Federico Funes MF Sebastian Carrizo MF Pablo Mannara FW Luis Rivero FW Luis Rivero FW Alexis Olivera FW Cristian Rami FW Gabriel Miguel Bordi

Titles

National

• Torneo Argentino A: 3

1999, 2004

• Torneo Argentino B: 1

1999

• 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

International

• President's Cup (Korea): 1

1981

See also

• Argentine football league system
• List of football clubs in Argentina

External links

• Official wwebsite (Spanish)
• Racing Cba. (fan site) (Spanish)

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