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)
League Torneo Argentino A
2010 Clausura 7th in Zone B (eliminated)
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Third 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 definition went to a penalty shootout which Racing lost 6-7.

Contents

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 Hugo Urruti
DF Rodrigo López
DF Mayco Ochoa
DF Yamil Garnier
MF José Daniel Méndez
MF Mariano Martinez
No. Position Player
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

1981
1998/99
1999, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2003

See also

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