RACING CLUB DE AVELLANEDA

:''For Spanish club, see Real Racing Club de Santander.''
'Racing Club de Avellaneda' is a football team based in the city of Avellaneda, a suburb of Gran Buenos Aires (the Buenos Aires metropolitan area), Argentina. Its colors are light blue and white vertical stripes.
Founded on March 25, 1903, Racing has won seven professional local championships (1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1967 and 2001), four international championships (1967 Copa Libertadores, 1967 Intercontinental Cup, 1988 Supercopa, 1988 Supercopa Interamericana). During the amateur era, Racing was the team won more championships (1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1925) and minor competition cups both local and international than any other club.
In 1950 their new football stadium was inaugurated, and named after President Juan Domingo Perón. The stadium is nicknamed ''"Avellaneda's Cylinder".''
In 1983 ''La Academia'' were relegated to Primera B division, staying there until 1985.
Racing was the first Argentine football team to win the Intercontinental Cup (and the first to win the Supercopa), and the first team to win three local championships in a row.
In 1999 Racing Club filed for bankruptcy, but its supporters helped the club to recover. It is the first Argentine club to be run by a company: Blanquiceleste S.A., directed by Fernando Marín. In 2001 Racing won the Apertura championship, breaking a 35-year period without championships.
Together with Boca Juniors, River Plate, San Lorenzo and Independiente (Racing's traditional rival), Racing is one of the "big five" of Argentine football.
Racing Club's name later went on to inspire Racing Club Warwick's namechange.

Contents

Football Titles

Amateur

Professional

Kit Evolution and Rare Models

Famous Players

Current squad

Squad changes for Apertura 2007

External links

Football Titles

Amateur

First Division: '9'
:1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1925

Professional

First Division: '7'
:1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1966, Apertura 2001
Copa Libertadores: '1'
:1967
Intercontinental Cup: '1'
:1967
Other International Cups: '2'
:Supercopa 1988, Supercopa Interamericana 1988

Kit Evolution and Rare Models

Famous Players

''see also ''

★ Evaristo Barrera (Topscorer Argentina 1934 and 1936)

★ Alfio Basile (1964~1970)

★ Delfín Benitez (Joint topscorer Argentina 1940)

★ Sergio Roberto Livingstone (Chilean Goalkeeper)

★ Albano Bizarri (1997~1999)

★ Jorge Borelli (1987~1991)

★ José Luis Brown 1989

★ Gabriel Calderón (1977, 1979~1981)

★ Omar Oreste Corbatta (1955~1962)

★ Néstor Clausen (1994~1995)

★ Néstor Fabbri (1986~1992)

★ Ubaldo Fillol (1972~1973, 1987~1989)

★ Rubén Paz (1986~1993)

★ Roberto Perfumo (1960~1972)

★ Juan José Pizzuti (Topscorer 1953)

★ Sergio Goycochea (1990~1991)

★ Claudio López (1991~1996) (2007- )

★ Walter Machado (Topscorer 1949)

★ Humberto Maschio (1954-1957, 1966-1968)

★ Norberto Doroteo Méndez (1947-1954)

★ Diego Milito (1999~2003)

★ Milovan Petar Mirosevic (2003~2006)

★ Norberto Raffo (1967~1968)

★ José Salomón (1939~1945)

★ Diego Simeone (2005~2006)

★ Llamil Simes (Topscorer Metropolitano 1969)

★ Enrique Wolff (1967-1972)

Current squad

(''Last updated: August 7 2007)

Squad changes for Apertura 2007

'Players in'

★ Sebastián Arrieta FW from Newell's Old Boys

★ Erwin Ávalos FW from Club Toluca

★ Darío Bottinelli Midfielder from San Lorenzo

★ Marcos Cáceres DF from Cerro Porteño

★ Jose Manuel Chatruc Midfielder from Club Atlético Banfield

★ Maximiliano Estévez FW from Antofagasta

★ Mauricio Ferradas FW from Platense

★ Reinaldo Navia FW from CF Atlas

★ Hilario Navarro GK from Cerro Porteño

★ Domingo Salcedo DF from Cerro Porteño
'Players out'

★ Luis Alberto Benítez to Santiago Wanderers

★ Gonzalo Bergessio to SL Benfica

★ Diego Crosa DF to Maccabi Haifa

★ Celso Esquivel DF to San Lorenzo

★ Fernando De la Fuente to San Martín (SJ)

★ Pablo Andres González FW to FC Locarno

★ Francisco Diego Maciel DF released

★ Ezequiel Miralles FW to Talleres de Córdoba

★ Maximiliano Moralez MF to FC Moscow

★ Sixto Peralta FW to River Plate

★ Miguel Ángel Romero MF to Colón

★ Sergio Romero GK to AZ Alkmaar

★ Juan Manuel Torres MF to San Lorenzo

External links

★ Racing Club's official website

★ Unofficial website

★ Unofficial Forum

★ ArchivoFutbol.com - Team-specific news about Argentine soccer