Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. 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

* Copa Libertadores: 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 (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999) * Gerardo Pelusso (Jan 1, 2000 – Dec 31, 2000) * Julio Acuña (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 (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 (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

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

Other teams

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.

References

External links

Official website
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