Racing de Montevideo
Full nameRacing Club de Montevideo
Nickname(s)La Escuelita
Racinguistas
Cerveceros
FoundedApril 6, 1919 (1919-04-06)
GroundEstadio Osvaldo Roberto, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity8,500
ChairmanC.N. Raúl Rodríguez
ManagerEduardo Espinel
LeaguePrimera División
2023Primera División, 6th of 16
WebsiteClub website

Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently participates in the Uruguayan Primera División Profesional since winning the Torneo Competencia in 2022.

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

2010: Second Round

Players

Current squad

As of 15 April 2023 [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Uruguay URU Rodrigo Brasesco
3 DF Uruguay URU Francisco Ibáñez
4 DF Uruguay URU Gonzalo Aguilar
7 MF Uruguay URU Ányelo Rodríguez
11 FW Uruguay URU Liber Quiñones
16 DF Uruguay URU Gonzalo Sena
18 MF Uruguay URU Gustavo Da Silva
20 FW Uruguay URU Lucas Ortíz
21 DF Uruguay URU Martín Díaz
23 FW Uruguay URU Axel Pérez
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 GK Uruguay URU Camilo Rodríguez
28 DF Uruguay URU Norman Rodríguez
29 MF Uruguay URU Juan Affonso
— GK Uruguay URU Matías Quintana
— DF Uruguay URU Juan Pablo Besón
— MF Uruguay URU Fabricio Santos
— MF Uruguay URU Jorge Zambrana
— FW Uruguay URU José Luis Ávila
— FW Uruguay URU Nicolás López

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Notable coaches

  • Uruguay Julio "Cascarilla" Morales (1983–87)
  • Uruguay Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (July 1, 1992 – Dec 31, 1992)
  • Uruguay Adolfo Barán (July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999)
  • Uruguay Gerardo Pelusso (Jan 1, 2000 – Dec 31, 2000)
  • Uruguay Julio Acuña (April 17, 2002 – Dec 31, 2002), (Jan 1, 2007 – July 1, 2007)
  • Uruguay Eduardo Favaro (Aug 1, 2007 – Dec 27, 2007)
  • Uruguay José Puente (Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008)
  • Uruguay Juan Verzeri (July 1, 2008 – May 6, 2010)
  • Uruguay José Puente (2010)
  • Uruguay Álvaro Regueira (Oct 2010)
  • Uruguay Edgardo Arias (Oct 4, 2010 – April 19, 2011)
  • Uruguay Osvaldo Streccia (July 1, 2011 – Dec 21, 2011)
  • Uruguay Jorge Giordano (Dec 23, 2011 – Oct 8, 2012)
  • Uruguay Miguel Angel Piazza (Oct 9, 2012 – Jan 3, 2013)
  • Uruguay Juan Tejera (Jan 5, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
  • Uruguay Rosario Martínez (July 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
  • Uruguay Mauricio Larriera (Jan 3, 2014–)

Titles

1955, 1958, 1974, 1989, 2008
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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Racing Club de Montevideo » Plantel". www.racingclub.com.uy. Archived from the original on 2016-01-29.
  2. ↑ Prieto, Nacho (24 June 2021). "Racing club de Montevideo el primer equipo de esports en Uruguay que marcó el camino". Diario El Este (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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