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:''For the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 club, see Vauban Strasbourg.''
'Racing Club de Strasbourg', commonly known as 'RC Strasbourg', is a French football team, playing in the city of Strasbourg. They currently play in Ligue 1, having won promotion from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2006-07 season.
In 1906, a group of youngsters in the Neudorf neighborhood of Strasbourg bought their first leather football. With the help of their primary-school teacher, they formed a team called Fußball Club Neudorf.
The meetings took place at the Polygone in Alsace. In 1914, FC Neudorf rented the Haemmerle garden for 300 marks a year, an area that would later become the Stade de la Meinau.
After the First World War, when Alsace came under French control, ''FC Neudorf'' was renamed ''RC Strasbourg Neudorf'', then eventually ''Racing Club de Strasbourg''. The first stands, made out of wood, were built in 1921. Within five years, Racing had won their first title: Champions of Alsace.
On June 10, 1933, at the ''restaurant de la Bourse'', Racing made the big jump to the professional ranks after a General Assembly that confirmed the addition of Racing. Several months later, they reached Division 1 for the first time, after two two-legged matches, firstly against Mulhouse (0-0 and 3-1), and then against Saint-Etienne (2-0 and 4-4).
Racing immediately climbed to the top of the table, finishing 2nd in '34/'35, 3rd in '35/'36, 6th in '36/'37, and 5th in '37/'38. After World War II, the Alsatian club remained in the first division until the end of the '48/'49 season, when it was condemned to relegation; however, a massive stroke of luck occurred for Racing. Neighbours SR Colmar liquidated their professional team, and Racing was allowed to stay in the first division after all.
The grace period was only temporary, however. After the '51/'52 season, the Meinau club was relegated to Division 2 after the worst season in club history. Nevertheless, Racing defeated US Valenciennes 3-0 in the French Cup final to claim their first major trophy.
The next few years passed without glory. Other than another French Cup victory in 1971, the seasons were spent alternating between the first and second divisions. Mediocrity reigned.
At the end of the 1976/77 season, Racing was promoted to Ligue 1 once again. The promoted team ended the year in third place and only got stronger. In '78/'79, the Alsatians finished first in the Division 1 and thus were Champions of France for the first and so far only time in their history.
That year they amassed 56 points, scored 63 goals, and conceded 28. They had the best defence in the league and boasted an undefeated record at home. Racing was at the summit of French football, and qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup the next season, only to be eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam.
The success did not last, and Racing plunged into crisis. The 1980s was a difficult time, and the "Blues" found themselves back in Division 2 in 1986.
After defeating Rennes in 1991 by a score of 4-1, Strasbourg returned to the top flight in 1992. In 1995, a place in the final of the French Cup (where they lost 1-0) allowed Racing to have a taste of big matches and for the European Cup. They reached the last sixteen, where they were eliminated by Italian giants AC Milan.
Two years later, they spent the season in and around the top of the table, before finishing in 9th place. That same year, the IMG group was chosen by the municipality to change the fate of the club and the players trained by the captain of the French champions in 1979, Jacky Duguépéroux, would write a new page in the history of Racing by taking the League Cup against Bordeaux.
A good run in the UEFA Cup followed. After qualifications against Glasgow Rangers and Liverpool, in the first round of the knockout stage, Racing beat Inter Milan 2-0 at Meinau, but fell 3-0 in the second leg.
Since all the members of the club are rebuilding a future that all of Alsace hopes for, gorged with emotions to engrave again and again images of celebration in the heart of its supporters, like they saw on May 25, 2001, after the victory in the final of the French Cup against Amiens.
After a season in "purgatory" in 2001/2002, Racing re-took its place among the football elite in the Hexagon by finishing runners-up in Ligue 2.
The 2002/2003 season, in which Racing would come to finish in an encouraging 13th place, would be marked by the withdrawal of the IMG group and the arrival of a new and ambitious group led by Egon Gindorf, who succeeded Patrick Proisy as president, and by Marc Keller, named General Director.
Placed under the title "recapture", the 2003/2004 season needed to allow Racing to stabilize the club amongst the national elite and to win the favor of the Alsatian public once again.
In 2005, Racing won their second domestic trophy in four years when they beat Caen 2-1 in the final of the League Cup, a feat which provided them with a passport to the 2005/6 UEFA Cup.
Following the 2005-06 season, Racing were relegated into the Second Division. Jean-Pierre Papin took over from Jacky Duguépéroux, signing a two-year deal to coach the club as they look to return to the top flight. [1] They were successful in their quest, taking the third promotion place by one point over Amiens SC. Despite this success, however, Papin resigned as manager, citing internal relationship problems.[1] His successor is Jean-Marc Furlan.
''As of September 7, 2007.''
''(c)''
''(to Clermont)''
''(to Reims)''
''(to Bursaspor)''
''(to Energie Cottbus)''
''(to Angers)''
''(to Châteauroux)''
''(to Châteauroux)''
:''For a complete list of former RC Strasbourg players with a Wikipedia article, see .''
'France'
★ José Cobos
★ Olivier Dacourt
★ Martin Djetou
★ Youri Djorkaeff
★ Raymond Domenech
★ Jacky Duguépéroux
★ Rémi Garde
★ Albert Gemmrich
★ Gilbert Gress
★ Oscar Heisserer
★ Valérien Ismaël
★ Robert Jonquet
★ Raymond Kaelbel
★ Marc Keller
★ Jean-François Larios
★ Lucien Laurent
★ Frank Leboeuf
★ Péguy Luyindula
★ Corentin Martins
★ Lucien Muller
★ Pascal Nouma
★ François Remetter
★ Olivier Rouyer
★ Franck Sauzée
★ Didier Six
★ Arsène Wenger
'Argentina'
★ Carlos Bianchi
'Australia'
★ Frank Farina
'Austria'
★ Mario Haas
★ Ernst Stojaspal
'Brazil'
★ Claudinho
'Czech Republic'
★ Ivan Hašek
★ Jan Suchopárek
'Germany'
★ Thomas Allofs
★ Oskar Rohr
★ Wolfgang Rolff
'Ivory Coast'
★ Arthur Boka
'Nigeria'
★ Godwin Okpara
'Paraguay'
★ José Luis Chilavert
'Russia'
★ Aleksandr Mostovoi
'Senegal'
★ Habib Beye
★ Mamadou Niang
'Serbia'
★ Danijel Ljuboja
'Slovakia'
★ Alexander Vencel
'South Korea'
★ Seo Jung-Won
'Sweden'
★ Alexander Farnerud
★ Pontus Farnerud
'USA'
★ David Regis
'Yugoslavia'
★ Ivica Osim
★ 'Ligue 1 champions (1)': 1979
★ 'Ligue 2 champions (2)': 1977, 1988
★ 'Ligue 2 promotion:' 2007
★ 'French Cup winners (3)': 1951, 1966, 2001
★ 'French League Cup winners (2)': 1997, 2005
★ 'Intertoto Cup winners (1)': 1995
★ 'Largest victory': 8-1 (v. RC Paris, 1946/47) and 7-0 (v. OGC Nice, 1962/64)
★ 'Largest defeat': 0-8 (v. Limoges, 1959/60)
★ 'Record appearances': René Hauss (421)
★ Jean-Marc Furlan (June 2007 to date)
★ Jean-Pierre Papin (May 2006 to June 2007)
★ Jacky Duguépéroux (October 2004 to May 2006) (second time)
★ Antoine Kombouaré (July 2003 to October 2004)
★ Ivan Hasek (July 2001 to June 2003)
★ Yvon Pouliquen (December 2000 to June 2001)
★ Claude Le Roy (November 1999 to December 2000)
★ Pierre Mankowski (January 1998 to November 1999)
★ René Girard (January 1998 [interim])
★ Jacky Duguépéroux (March 1995 to January 1998)
★ Daniel Jeandupeux (1994 to 1995)
★ Gilbert Gress (1991 to 1994) (second time)
★ Léonard Specht (September 1989 to 1991)
★ Albert Gemmrich (September 1989 [interim])
★ Gérard Banide (September 1998 to September 1999)
★ Jean-Pierre Dogliani (1988)
★ Henryk Kasperczak (1987 to 1988)
★ Robert Herbin (September 1986 to 1987)
★ Didier Six (September 1986 [interim])
★ Francis Piasecki (December 1985 to September 1986)
★ Jean-Noël Huck (March 1985 to December 1986)
★ Jürgen Sundermann (1983 to 1985)
★ Roger Lemerre (December 1981 to 1983)
★ Raymond Hild (1980 to December 1981)
★ Gilbert Gress (May 1977 to 1980)
★ Elek Schwartz (September 1976 to May 1977)
★ Heinz Schilcher (June 1976 to September 1976)
★ Paul Frantz (November 1975 to May 1976) (fourth time)
★ Hennie Hollink (June 1974 to Novembeber 1975)
★ Robert Domergue (November 1973 to May 1974)
★ Casimir Nowotarski (June 1971 to November 1973)
★ Paul Frantz (April 1971 to May 1971) (third time)
★ Jelse Csaknady (February 1971 to April 1971)
★ Paco Mateo (October 1970 to February 1971)
★ Paul Frantz (March 1968 to October 1970) (second time)
★ René Hauss (April 1967 to February 1968)
★ Walter Presch (July 1966 to April 1967)
★ Paul Frantz (July 1964 to June 1966)
★ Robert Jonquet (December 1961 to June 1964)
★ Émile Veinante (June 1960 to June 1961) (third time)
★ Josip Humpal (June 1958 to June 1960) (second time)
★ Ferdinand Faczinek (June 1957 to June 1958)
★ Jean Avellaneda (June 1956 to June 1957)
★ Oscar Heisserer (June 1955 to June 1956)
★ Josip Humpal (1952-1955)
★ Charles Nicolas (June 1949 to April 1952)
★ Émile Veinante (June 1948 to June 1949) (second time)
★ Kaj Andrup (June 1947 to June 1948)
★ Émile Veinante (June 1945 to June 1947)
★ Official website
1. Papin leaves Strasbourg post - UEFA.com
'Racing Club de Strasbourg', commonly known as 'RC Strasbourg', is a French football team, playing in the city of Strasbourg. They currently play in Ligue 1, having won promotion from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2006-07 season.
History
In 1906, a group of youngsters in the Neudorf neighborhood of Strasbourg bought their first leather football. With the help of their primary-school teacher, they formed a team called Fußball Club Neudorf.
The meetings took place at the Polygone in Alsace. In 1914, FC Neudorf rented the Haemmerle garden for 300 marks a year, an area that would later become the Stade de la Meinau.
Birth of "Racing"
After the First World War, when Alsace came under French control, ''FC Neudorf'' was renamed ''RC Strasbourg Neudorf'', then eventually ''Racing Club de Strasbourg''. The first stands, made out of wood, were built in 1921. Within five years, Racing had won their first title: Champions of Alsace.
On June 10, 1933, at the ''restaurant de la Bourse'', Racing made the big jump to the professional ranks after a General Assembly that confirmed the addition of Racing. Several months later, they reached Division 1 for the first time, after two two-legged matches, firstly against Mulhouse (0-0 and 3-1), and then against Saint-Etienne (2-0 and 4-4).
Racing immediately climbed to the top of the table, finishing 2nd in '34/'35, 3rd in '35/'36, 6th in '36/'37, and 5th in '37/'38. After World War II, the Alsatian club remained in the first division until the end of the '48/'49 season, when it was condemned to relegation; however, a massive stroke of luck occurred for Racing. Neighbours SR Colmar liquidated their professional team, and Racing was allowed to stay in the first division after all.
The first trophy
The grace period was only temporary, however. After the '51/'52 season, the Meinau club was relegated to Division 2 after the worst season in club history. Nevertheless, Racing defeated US Valenciennes 3-0 in the French Cup final to claim their first major trophy.
The next few years passed without glory. Other than another French Cup victory in 1971, the seasons were spent alternating between the first and second divisions. Mediocrity reigned.
The first championship
At the end of the 1976/77 season, Racing was promoted to Ligue 1 once again. The promoted team ended the year in third place and only got stronger. In '78/'79, the Alsatians finished first in the Division 1 and thus were Champions of France for the first and so far only time in their history.
That year they amassed 56 points, scored 63 goals, and conceded 28. They had the best defence in the league and boasted an undefeated record at home. Racing was at the summit of French football, and qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup the next season, only to be eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam.
Recent history
The success did not last, and Racing plunged into crisis. The 1980s was a difficult time, and the "Blues" found themselves back in Division 2 in 1986.
After defeating Rennes in 1991 by a score of 4-1, Strasbourg returned to the top flight in 1992. In 1995, a place in the final of the French Cup (where they lost 1-0) allowed Racing to have a taste of big matches and for the European Cup. They reached the last sixteen, where they were eliminated by Italian giants AC Milan.
Two years later, they spent the season in and around the top of the table, before finishing in 9th place. That same year, the IMG group was chosen by the municipality to change the fate of the club and the players trained by the captain of the French champions in 1979, Jacky Duguépéroux, would write a new page in the history of Racing by taking the League Cup against Bordeaux.
A good run in the UEFA Cup followed. After qualifications against Glasgow Rangers and Liverpool, in the first round of the knockout stage, Racing beat Inter Milan 2-0 at Meinau, but fell 3-0 in the second leg.
Since all the members of the club are rebuilding a future that all of Alsace hopes for, gorged with emotions to engrave again and again images of celebration in the heart of its supporters, like they saw on May 25, 2001, after the victory in the final of the French Cup against Amiens.
After a season in "purgatory" in 2001/2002, Racing re-took its place among the football elite in the Hexagon by finishing runners-up in Ligue 2.
The 2002/2003 season, in which Racing would come to finish in an encouraging 13th place, would be marked by the withdrawal of the IMG group and the arrival of a new and ambitious group led by Egon Gindorf, who succeeded Patrick Proisy as president, and by Marc Keller, named General Director.
Placed under the title "recapture", the 2003/2004 season needed to allow Racing to stabilize the club amongst the national elite and to win the favor of the Alsatian public once again.
In 2005, Racing won their second domestic trophy in four years when they beat Caen 2-1 in the final of the League Cup, a feat which provided them with a passport to the 2005/6 UEFA Cup.
Following the 2005-06 season, Racing were relegated into the Second Division. Jean-Pierre Papin took over from Jacky Duguépéroux, signing a two-year deal to coach the club as they look to return to the top flight. [1] They were successful in their quest, taking the third promotion place by one point over Amiens SC. Despite this success, however, Papin resigned as manager, citing internal relationship problems.[1] His successor is Jean-Marc Furlan.
Players
Current squad
''As of September 7, 2007.''
''(c)''
Out on loan
''(to Clermont)''
''(to Reims)''
''(to Bursaspor)''
''(to Energie Cottbus)''
''(to Angers)''
''(to Châteauroux)''
''(to Châteauroux)''
Notable former players
:''For a complete list of former RC Strasbourg players with a Wikipedia article, see .''
'France'
★ José Cobos
★ Olivier Dacourt
★ Martin Djetou
★ Youri Djorkaeff
★ Raymond Domenech
★ Jacky Duguépéroux
★ Rémi Garde
★ Albert Gemmrich
★ Gilbert Gress
★ Oscar Heisserer
★ Valérien Ismaël
★ Robert Jonquet
★ Raymond Kaelbel
★ Marc Keller
★ Jean-François Larios
★ Lucien Laurent
★ Frank Leboeuf
★ Péguy Luyindula
★ Corentin Martins
★ Lucien Muller
★ Pascal Nouma
★ François Remetter
★ Olivier Rouyer
★ Franck Sauzée
★ Didier Six
★ Arsène Wenger
'Argentina'
★ Carlos Bianchi
'Australia'
★ Frank Farina
'Austria'
★ Mario Haas
★ Ernst Stojaspal
'Brazil'
★ Claudinho
'Czech Republic'
★ Ivan Hašek
★ Jan Suchopárek
'Germany'
★ Thomas Allofs
★ Oskar Rohr
★ Wolfgang Rolff
'Ivory Coast'
★ Arthur Boka
'Nigeria'
★ Godwin Okpara
'Paraguay'
★ José Luis Chilavert
'Russia'
★ Aleksandr Mostovoi
'Senegal'
★ Habib Beye
★ Mamadou Niang
'Serbia'
★ Danijel Ljuboja
'Slovakia'
★ Alexander Vencel
'South Korea'
★ Seo Jung-Won
'Sweden'
★ Alexander Farnerud
★ Pontus Farnerud
'USA'
★ David Regis
'Yugoslavia'
★ Ivica Osim
Honours
League
★ 'Ligue 1 champions (1)': 1979
★ 'Ligue 2 champions (2)': 1977, 1988
★ 'Ligue 2 promotion:' 2007
Cups
★ 'French Cup winners (3)': 1951, 1966, 2001
★ 'French League Cup winners (2)': 1997, 2005
★ 'Intertoto Cup winners (1)': 1995
Records
★ 'Largest victory': 8-1 (v. RC Paris, 1946/47) and 7-0 (v. OGC Nice, 1962/64)
★ 'Largest defeat': 0-8 (v. Limoges, 1959/60)
★ 'Record appearances': René Hauss (421)
Managerial history
★ Jean-Marc Furlan (June 2007 to date)
★ Jean-Pierre Papin (May 2006 to June 2007)
★ Jacky Duguépéroux (October 2004 to May 2006) (second time)
★ Antoine Kombouaré (July 2003 to October 2004)
★ Ivan Hasek (July 2001 to June 2003)
★ Yvon Pouliquen (December 2000 to June 2001)
★ Claude Le Roy (November 1999 to December 2000)
★ Pierre Mankowski (January 1998 to November 1999)
★ René Girard (January 1998 [interim])
★ Jacky Duguépéroux (March 1995 to January 1998)
★ Daniel Jeandupeux (1994 to 1995)
★ Gilbert Gress (1991 to 1994) (second time)
★ Léonard Specht (September 1989 to 1991)
★ Albert Gemmrich (September 1989 [interim])
★ Gérard Banide (September 1998 to September 1999)
★ Jean-Pierre Dogliani (1988)
★ Henryk Kasperczak (1987 to 1988)
★ Robert Herbin (September 1986 to 1987)
★ Didier Six (September 1986 [interim])
★ Francis Piasecki (December 1985 to September 1986)
★ Jean-Noël Huck (March 1985 to December 1986)
★ Jürgen Sundermann (1983 to 1985)
★ Roger Lemerre (December 1981 to 1983)
★ Raymond Hild (1980 to December 1981)
★ Gilbert Gress (May 1977 to 1980)
★ Elek Schwartz (September 1976 to May 1977)
★ Heinz Schilcher (June 1976 to September 1976)
★ Paul Frantz (November 1975 to May 1976) (fourth time)
★ Hennie Hollink (June 1974 to Novembeber 1975)
★ Robert Domergue (November 1973 to May 1974)
★ Casimir Nowotarski (June 1971 to November 1973)
★ Paul Frantz (April 1971 to May 1971) (third time)
★ Jelse Csaknady (February 1971 to April 1971)
★ Paco Mateo (October 1970 to February 1971)
★ Paul Frantz (March 1968 to October 1970) (second time)
★ René Hauss (April 1967 to February 1968)
★ Walter Presch (July 1966 to April 1967)
★ Paul Frantz (July 1964 to June 1966)
★ Robert Jonquet (December 1961 to June 1964)
★ Émile Veinante (June 1960 to June 1961) (third time)
★ Josip Humpal (June 1958 to June 1960) (second time)
★ Ferdinand Faczinek (June 1957 to June 1958)
★ Jean Avellaneda (June 1956 to June 1957)
★ Oscar Heisserer (June 1955 to June 1956)
★ Josip Humpal (1952-1955)
★ Charles Nicolas (June 1949 to April 1952)
★ Émile Veinante (June 1948 to June 1949) (second time)
★ Kaj Andrup (June 1947 to June 1948)
★ Émile Veinante (June 1945 to June 1947)
External links
★ Official website
References
1. Papin leaves Strasbourg post - UEFA.com
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