Racing Club de Avellaneda

The Racing Club - sometimes Racing Club de Avellaneda, former German often Racing Buenos Aires - is a football club from Avellaneda, an industrial suburb of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires Province. His first time the club had 1913-1925, when he was national champion nine times. Between 1949 and 1966 a further six league titles were added. International Racing In 1967, by winning the Copa Libertadores and World Cup spotlight. Since then, the successes are few and far between.

History

The Racing Club was founded on 25 March 1903. In the period before the introduction of the Argentine professional league dominated the game and won Racing 1913-1919 seven championships in a row. Two more titles followed in 1921 and 1925. The first league title in 1930 introduced professional league was won in 1949. Until 1966, 5 more titles were added.

The championship of 1966 qualified for the Copa Libertadores for the first time racing. There, the club reached the final where racing after two goalless draw against Uruguay's top club Nacional of Montevideo finally with a 2-1 success in the decider in the Estadio Nacional in Santiago de Chile as the second Argentine club after the local rivals CA Independiente, which in 1964 the title and 1965, won, won the trophy. After Independiente was defeated for the World Cup but each Inter Milan in the finals, he managed the team of coach Juan José Pizzuti after a 0-1 in Glasgow and a 2-1 victory in the second leg with a 1-0 success with a goal by Juan Carlos Cárdenas in the 55th minute in a hard-fought - a total of five field references - playoff in Montevideo to pick against Celtic Glasgow in Scotland as the first Argentine club also this trophy to the country.

This was followed by a prolonged dry spell. 1983 had La Academia, as the club is also known, relegated to the Primera B and remained there until 1985. Followed in 1999, even the bankruptcy, but his supporters were able to save the club. Racing has since the first Argentine club that operates as a corporation.

Since 2 September 2013, the team of Racing Club of Carlos Ischia is cared for in the function of the trainer.

Stadium

The home ground of Racing Club ( Avellaneda ) is the Estadio Presidente Perón in 1950, (also known as El Cilindro - " cylinder " ) with a capacity of 51 389 seats.

Trivia

According to legend trailer should have the CA Independiente local rivals after winning the title in 1967 Racing's seven black cats at the Estadio Presidente Perón buried to curse their opponents. There was a long dry spell without a title until 2001, it should be managed in a large-scale search operation to make the last carcasses identified. In the same year was the first time racing champion.

The team

Achievements

  • World Cup: 1967
  • Copa Libertadores: 1967
  • Super Copa Sudamericana: 1988
  • Super Copa Interamericana: 1988
  • Copa Aldao: 1917, 1918
  • Copa de Honor Cousenier: 1913
  • Argentine champion (15 x): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1966 Half Season Championships: 2001 (Apertura)

Well-known former players

Well-known former coach

  • Luis Cubilla
  • Diego Maradona
  • Alfio Basile
  • Diego Simeone
  • Luis Zubeldía

Former Presidents

  • To 28 September 2013: Gastón Cogorno
Avellaneda Partido Argentina Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos Club Atlético Independiente Defender (association football) Italy Antonio Valentín Angelillo Pedro Waldemar Manfredini Club Atlético Belgrano Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba Quilmes Atlético Club Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético Tigre
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