Racing Club de Montevideo
| Full name | Racing Club de Montevideo SAD | ||
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| Nicknames | La Escuelita Racinguistas Cerveceros | ||
| Founded | April 6, 1919 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Osvaldo Roberto, Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Capacity | 8,500 | ||
| Owner | Red&Gold Football | ||
| Chairman | C.N. Raúl Rodríguez | ||
| Manager | Cristian Chambian | ||
| League | Liga AUF Uruguaya | ||
| 2025 | Liga AUF Uruguaya, 7th of 16 | ||
| Website | racingclub | ||
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Racing Club de Montevideo is a professional football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently participates in the Uruguayan Primera División 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. Recently, Racing has faced economic problems and struggled to remain consistent and perform well at the Uruguayan League. This drove the club toward economic reorganization and a transformation into a sports corporation (SAD), as is customary in Europe.[1] An associated investment program created the basis for sporting promotion to Uruguay's first division in 2022.
In the 22/23 season, the promoted team qualified for the qualifying round of the Copa Sudamericana at the first attempt.[1] Following this change, Red&Gold Football, a joint venture between German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and American Major League Soccer (MLS) club Los Angeles FC, became the new majority shareholder in the club, driving further investment into the club's infrastructure in order to further expand and improve the existing foundations.[2][3]
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
- Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
- 2024: Knockout Stage
Players
Current squad
- As of 22 March, 2026 [4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Notable coaches
- Julio "Cascarilla" Morales (1983–1987)
- Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (1 July 1992 – 31 December 1992)
- Adolfo Barán (1 July 1998 – 30 June 1999)
- Gerardo Pelusso (1 January 2000 – 31 December 2000)
- Julio Acuña (17 April 2002 – 31 December 2002), (1 January 2007 – 1 July 2007)
- Eduardo Favaro (1 August 2007 – 27 December 2007)
- José Puente (1 January 2008 – 31 December 2008)
- Juan Verzeri (1 July 2008 – 6 May 2010)
- José Puente (2010)
- Álvaro Regueira (2010)
- Edgardo Arias (2010–2011)
- Osvaldo Streccia (2011)
- Jorge Giordano (2011–2012)
- Miguel Angel Piazza (2012–2013)
- Juan Tejera (2013)
- Rosario Martínez (2013)
- Mauricio Larriera (2014)
- Pablo Alonso (2015)
- Santiago Ostolaza (2015)
- Sebastián Taramasco (2016)
- Julio Comesaña (2016)
- Ney Morales (2016–2017)
- Pablo Peirano (2017)
- Rodrigo López (2018)
- Juan Ramón Tejera (2018–2019)
- Alejandro Apud (2019)
- Eduardo Favaro (2019)
- Gustavo Biscayzacú (2020)
- Martín García (2020)
- Damián Santín (2021–2022)
- Gustavo Fermani (2023)
- Eduardo Espinel (2023–2024)
- Darío Rodríguez (2025)
- Cristian Chambian (2025)
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.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Red&Gold Football Makes Long-Term Commitment At Racing Club De Montevideo | Los Angeles Football Club". LAFC. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "LONG-TERM COMMITMENT AT RACING CLUB DE MONTEVIDEO". Red&Gold Football. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "ACUERDO A LARGO PLAZO CON RACING CLUB DE MONTEVIDEO". FC Bayern Munich. 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Racing Club de Montevideo » Plantel". www.racingclub.com.uy. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
- ^ 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). Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.