Racing Football Club, usually known as Racing Gonaïves, is a professional

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club based in

Gonaïves Gonaïves (; ht, Gonayiv, ) is a commune in northern Haiti, and the capital of the Artibonite department of Haiti. It has a population of about 300,000 people, but current statistics are unclear, as there has been no census since 2003. History ...

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

History

Racing des Gonaïves was founded on 7 April 1962, by a Catholic priest named Louis Simon. He named it after Racing Haïtien whom he was a fan of and donned the same yellow and blue colours.

Honours

Ligue Haïtienne Ligue Haïtienne (; ''Haitian League''), is a Haitian professional league, governed by the Haitian Football Federation, for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the Haitian ...

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International competitions

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: 4 appearances ::

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– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost against

Golden Star (football club) Golden Star de Fort-de-France is a football club in Martinique, playing in the town of Fort-de-France. It plays in Martinique's first division, the Martinique Championnat National. Golden Star was the first overseas club to win a game in the ...

1 – 0 on aggregate (stage 1 of ?) ::

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– Second Round (Caribbean) – Lost against US Marinoise 4 – 3 on aggregate (stage 2 of 7) ::

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– First Round (Caribbean) – Lost against

Aiglon du Lamentin L'Aiglon du Lamentin Football Club is a football club of Martinique, playing in the town of Lamentin. They play in the Martinique's first division, the Martinique Championnat National Achievements *Martinique Championnat National: 4 :: 1984, 199 ...

4 – 0 on aggregate (stage 1 of 5) ::

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– First Round (Caribbean) – Withdrew against

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(stage 2 of 7) *

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup The CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup was an international association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball ...

: 1 appearance ::

– Fourth place * CFU Club Championship: 1 appearance ::

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– Second Round – Group E – 2nd place – 0 pts (stage 2 of 3) – lost against

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– 0–2, 3–0; 5–0 on aggregate

References

Football clubs in Haiti Artibonite (department) {{Haiti-footyclub-stub