Racing Club de Montevideo is a

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club from

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

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. It currently participates in the Uruguayan Segunda División Profesional following their relegation at the end of the 2019 season. 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. However, in the last few years, Racing has faced economic problems and struggled to remain consistent and perform well at the Uruguayan League. Racing's main rival is Fénix, with whom they contest the ''Clásico del Oeste''.

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 1 appearance ::2010: Second Round

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable coaches

* Julio "Cascarilla" Morales (1983–87) * Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (July 1, 1992 – Dec 31, 1992) *

Adolfo Barán Adolfo Barán Flis (born 22 November 1961 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer. Club career Barán was the top goal scorer in the 1990 Primera Division Uruguaya season, with 13 goals. International career Barán made four appear ...

(July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999) *

Gerardo Pelusso Gerardo Cono Pelusso Boyrie (born February 25, 1954) is a Uruguayan football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the ar ...

(Jan 1, 2000 – Dec 31, 2000) *

Julio Acuña Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

(April 17, 2002 – Dec 31, 2002), (Jan 1, 2007 – July 1, 2007) * Eduardo Favaro (Aug 1, 2007 – Dec 27, 2007) * José Puente (Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008) * Juan Verzeri (July 1, 2008 – May 6, 2010) * José Puente (2010) *

Álvaro Regueira Álvaro (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname (see Spanish naming customs) of Visigothic origin. Some claim it may be related to the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements ''alf'' "elf" and ''arr'' "warrio ...

(Oct 2010) * Edgardo Arias (Oct 4, 2010 – April 19, 2011) * Osvaldo Streccia (July 1, 2011 – Dec 21, 2011) * Jorge Giordano (Dec 23, 2011 – Oct 8, 2012) *

Miguel Angel Piazza --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disa ...

(Oct 9, 2012 – Jan 3, 2013) * Juan Tejera (Jan 5, 2013 – June 30, 2013) * Rosario Martínez (July 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013) * Mauricio Larriera (Jan 3, 2014–)

Titles

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: 5 ::1955, 1958, 1974, 1989, 2008 * Divisional Intermedia: 3 ::1923, 1929, 1930

Other teams

Racing Club de Montevideo also has a

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division, with a squad of

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video game series, competing in the championship organized by the Uruguayan Virtual Football Federation.

References

External links

Official website
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