thumb|250px|thumbtime=6|Racing Club fans supporting their teamRacing Club () is an
Argentine professional
football club from
Avellaneda, a
suburb of
Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football. The club plays in the
Primera División, the top division of the
Argentine league system.
Racing has won the Primera División 7 times in the professional era and another 9 in the
amateur era, totaling 16 championships overall. They won their first league in the
1913 championship, and the last to date in the
2001 Apertura.
On the international stage, the club won in 1967 both the
Copa Libertadores and the
Intercontinental Cup, therefore being the second Argentine team to become South American champion, and the first to become
club world champion. Racing also won the first edition of the
Supercopa Sudamericana in
1988.
The first team play their home games in the
Estadio Presidente Juan Domingo Perón, nicknamed
El Cilindro de Avellaneda (in English: "Avellaneda's Cylinder"). The team is nicknamed
La Academia ("The Academy"), earned for their initial run of 7 consecutive championships during the amateur era,
History
Racing Club was founded on March 25, 1903. The name "Racing Club" and the team`s colours were chosen in honour of
Racing Club de France. Racing obtained promotion to the
amateur first division in 1910. Subsequently, they won the amateur league...
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