Racing de Córdoba

Racing de Córdoba

Full name	Club Atlético Racing
Nickname(s)	Academia Cordobesa
Founded	14 December 1924 (1924-12-14)
Ground	Estadio Miguel Sancho, Córdoba, Argentina
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Fabián Novack
Manager	Moyano-Silva
League	Torneo Argentino B
2013–14	13th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club Atlético Racing (usually referred as Racing de Córdoba) is an Argentine football club from the city of Córdoba. The team currently plays in Torneo Argentino A, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.

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.

Players

Current Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Gerardo Godoy DF Damian Fernández DF Hernán Fernández DF Franco Lazzaroni DF Sergio Torales DF Hugo Urruti DF Rodrigo López 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 Alexis Olivera FW Cristian Rami FW Gabriel Miguel Bordi

Titles

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Club Atlético Racing.

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Racing Cba. (fan site) (in Spanish)