Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing de Montevideo
Full name	Racing Club de Montevideo
Nickname(s)	La Escuelita, Racinguistas, Cerveceros
Founded	April 6, 1919
Ground	Estadio Osvaldo Roberto, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	8,500
Chairman	C.N. Raúl Rodríguez
Manager	Rodrigo López
League	Uruguayan Primera División
2017	12th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently participates in the Uruguayan 1st Division.

Racing CM is known as "La Escuelita" (The Little School) due to the high standard of players that have emerged from their teams. Racing is one of Uruguay's traditional teams, in terms of victories and fans. However, in the last few years, Racing has faced economic problems and struggled to remain consistent and perform well at the Uruguayan League.

Racing's main rival is Fénix, with whom they contest the Clásico del Oeste.

Titles

Segunda División Uruguay: 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

Players

Current squad

As of 22 March 2018 ^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Diego Melián
3	MF	Angel Cayetano
4	DF	Gonzalo Aguilar
5	DF	Damián Malrechauffe
6	DF	Facundo Bonifazi
7	MF	Mauro Estol
8	MF	Ignacio Nicolini
9	FW	Gastón Alvite
10	FW	Maicol Cabrera
13	DF	Pablo Lacoste
14	MF	Jean Pierre Barrientos
16	DF	Maximiliano Pereira
17	FW	Michel Araujo
18	MF	Gonzalo Ramos

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Ányelo Rodríguez
21	MF	Javier Méndez
22	DF	Fernando López
23	FW	Nicolás Sosa
24	MF	Jesús Trindade
25	GK	Pablo Torresagasti
26	MF	Martín Barrios
27	DF	Franco Romero
	DF	Francisco Ibáñez
	FW	Franco Mascia
	DF	Agustín Oliveros
	FW	Tomás Pérez
	GK	Camilo Rodríguez
	DF	Ismael Tejería

Notable coaches

Julio "Cascarilla" Morales (1983–87)
Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (July 1, 1992 – Dec 31, 1992)
Adolfo Barán (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999)
Gerardo Pelusso (Jan 1, 2000 – Dec 31, 2000)
Julio Acuña (April 17, 2002 – Dec 31, 2002), (Jan 1, 2007 – July 1, 2007)
Eduardo Favaro (Aug 1, 2007 – Dec 27, 2007)
José Puente (Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008)
Juan Verzeri (July 1, 2008 – May 6, 2010)
José Puente (2010)

Álvaro Regueira (Oct 2010)
Edgardo Arias (Oct 4, 2010 – April 19, 2011)
Osvaldo Streccia (July 1, 2011 – Dec 21, 2011)
Jorge Giordano (Dec 23, 2011 – Oct 8, 2012)
Miguel Angel Piazza (Oct 9, 2012 – Jan 3, 2013)
Juan Tejera (Jan 5, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
Rosario Martínez (July 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
Mauricio Larriera (Jan 3, 2014–)

References

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External links

Official website (in Spanish)

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