Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing de Montevideo

Full name

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

Sebastián Taramasco

League

Uruguayan Primera División

2014–15

7th

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.

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 2015–16

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	Jorge Contreras
2	DF	Juan Manuel Diaz
3	DF	Maximiliano Pereira
4	DF	Gonzalo Aguilar
5	DF	Ignacio Ithurralde
7	MF	Leandro Otormín
8	MF	Pablo Caballero
9	FW	Renzo López
10	MF	Carlos Daniel Acosta
11	FW	Líber Quiñones
12	GK	Diego Melián

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Gastón Faber
15	MF	Ernesto Dudok
19	FW	Gabriel Fernández
21	MF	Javier Méndez
22	MF	Juan Pablo Rodríguez
23	MF	Leandro Ezquerra
25	GK	Nicolás Gentilio
26	DF	José Aja
27	DF	Franco Romero
28	DF	Santiago Cardozo
32	DF	Jesús Trindade

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–)

Uruguayan Primera División teams

Cerro Cerro Largo Danubio Defensor Sporting El Tanque Sisley Fénix Juventud Liverpool Miramar Misiones Nacional Peñarol Racing Rentistas River Plate Sud América Montevideo Wanderers

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