Racing Murcia City 1913 Fútbol Club is a

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club based in Murcia a district in center of Murcia Center,

Murcia Murcia (, , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country. It has a population of 460,349 inhabitants in 2021 (about one ...

, Spain. Founded on 1 September 2013, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 13, holding home games at the Estadio Universitario with a capacity of 10,000

History

The club was founded on 1 September 2013 under the name of ''DiTT Redmóvil Asociación Deportiva'', being registered in the Football Federation of the Region of Murcia for the 2014–15 season. In 2016, the club was renamed into ''Racing Murcia FC'', after being in the ''Preferente Autonómica''. In 2020, Racing Murcia achieved promotion to

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, while also qualifying for the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

for the first time in their history. Funded by the Racing City Group, the club signed several former footballers to their organizational chart, such as

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, and

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's brother

Mathias Pogba Mathias Fassou Pogba (born 19 August 1990) is a Guinean professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Championnat National 2 club Belfort. Having started his career as a youth at Celta Vigo, Pogba played briefly for Quimper ...

as a player. Also in June 2021, the club appointed former Real Madrid and Liverpool legend Fernando Morientes as international director. In January 2021, president Morris Pagniello signed former

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star Royston Drente. In January 2022, Indo-Canadian businessman and former sportsman Steve Nijaar was announced as the new president. Jose Montelogo was announced as the new chairman of the club and new partner of Racing City Group after the 2022-23 season.

Season to season

---- *1 season in

*1 season in Tercera División RFEF

Players

First-team squad

References

External links

Official website

Fútbol Regional team profile

Soccerway team profile
Football clubs in the Region of Murcia Association football clubs established in 2013 2013 establishments in Spain {{Spain-footyclub-stub