Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently participates in the Uruguayan Primera División since winning the Torneo Competencia in 2022.

Racing de Montevideo
Full nameRacing Club de Montevideo SAD
Nickname(s)La Escuelita
Racinguistas
Cerveceros
FoundedApril 6, 1919; 105 years ago (1919-04-06)
GroundEstadio Osvaldo Roberto, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity8,500
ChairmanC.N. Raúl Rodríguez
ManagerEduardo Espinel
LeaguePrimera División
2024Primera División, 7th of 16
Websiteracingclub.com.uy

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. Recently, Racing has faced economic problems and struggled to remain consistent and perform well at the Uruguayan League. This drove the club toward economic reorganization and a transformation into a sports corporation (SAD), as is customary in Europe.[1] An associated investment program created the basis for sporting promotion to Uruguay's first division in 2022. In the 22/23 season, the promoted team qualified for the qualifying round of the Copa Sudamericana at the first attempt.[1] Following this change, Red&Gold Football, a joint venture between FC Bayern Munich and Los Angeles FC, became the new majority shareholder in the club, driving further investment into the club's infrastructure in order to further expand and improve the existing foundations.[2]

Racing's main rival is Fénix, with whom they contest the Clásico del Oeste.

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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2010: Second Round
2024: Knockout Stage

Players

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Current squad

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As of 5 September 2024 [3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   URU Renzo Bacchia
2 DF   URU Hugo Magallanes
3 DF   URU Gastón Bueno
4 DF   URU Guillermo Cotugno
5 DF   URU Lucas Monzón
7 MF   URU José Varela
8 FW   URU Luis Gorocito
9 FW   URU Dylan Nandín
10 FW   URU Juan Rivero
12 GK   BRA Alexandre Castro
14 MF   URU Erik De Los Santos
15 MF   ARG Mateo Cáceres (on loan from Tigre)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF   URU Robinson Ferreira
18 FW   URU Agustín Alaniz
20 FW   URU Jonathan Urretaviscaya
21 MF   URU Lucas Rodríguez
23 FW   URU Nicolás Sosa
24 MF   URU Rodrigo Teliz
25 GK   URU Rodrigo Odriozola
26 FW   URU Hugo Silveira
29 FW   URU Alexander Hernández
32 DF   URU Thiago Espinosa
33 DF   URU Germán Peralta
34 DF   URU Agustín Pereira

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ECU Oscar Quiñónez (at Orense until 31 December 2024)
FW   URU Mateo Carrizo (at La Luz until 31 December 2024)
FW   ARG Carlos Airala (at Oriental until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   URU Axel Pérez (at Fénix until 31 December 2024)
FW   URU Rodrigo Rey (at La Luz until 31 December 2024)
FW   ARG Tomás Verón Lupi (at Grasshoppers until 30 June 2025)

Notable coaches

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Titles

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1955, 1958, 1974, 1989, 2008
1923, 1929, 1930

Other teams

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Racing Club de Montevideo also has a esports division, with a squad of FIFA video game series, competing in the championship organized by the Uruguayan Virtual Football Federation.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Red&Gold Football Makes Long-Term Commitment At Racing Club De Montevideo | Los Angeles Football Club". LAFC. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ "LONG-TERM COMMITMENT AT RACING CLUB DE MONTEVIDEO". Red&Gold Football. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ "Racing Club de Montevideo » Plantel". www.racingclub.com.uy. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  4. ^ Prieto, Nacho (24 June 2021). "Racing club de Montevideo el primer equipo de esports en Uruguay que marcó el camino". Diario El Este (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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