Racing Club de Avellaneda
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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.
Racing club participate in one of the most important Football rivalries in Argentina, they play against Club Atlético Independiente in the Clásico de Avellaneda.
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 (currently by Fernando De Tomaso). 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 is one of the "big five" of Argentine football.
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.
Racing club participate in one of the most important Football rivalries in Argentina, they play against Club Atlético Independiente in the Clásico de Avellaneda.
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 (currently by Fernando De Tomaso). 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 is one of the "big five" of Argentine football.
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