Racing Club Beirut
Template:Pp Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Racing Club (Template:Langx), known as Racing Beirut or simply Racing, is a football club based in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Template:Lebanese football updater.[1] They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the Greek Orthodox Christian community.[2][3]
Racing Beirut won the Lebanese Premier League three times, the Lebanese Challenge Cup twice, and the Lebanese Second Division four times. They also finished runners-up in the Lebanese FA Cup twice.
History
Early history
The club was founded in 1934 by several locals from the Achrafieh and Gemmayzeh districts of Beirut, Lebanon.[4] The club's name is inspired from French football club Racing Paris, who the club's presidents supported.[4] Racing played five years in the Lebanese Second Division, and got its first promotion to the Lebanese Premier League in 1940.[4]
In 1953, Albert Kheir was elected as the club's president.[4] He sought to heighten the club's status in the country, by buying 20-year-old Joseph Abou Murad from Intissar Chayyah, Said Haidar from Al Nahda, and Yuguslavian coach Ljubiša Broćić.[4]
Racing Beirut played international friendly games against a variety of famous clubs and selections during the 1970s, including one against the Brazil national under-23 team.[5]
Recent history
The match between Ahed and Racing Beirut in the first matchday of the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League, on 6 August 2023, was the first to test the use of video assistant referee (VAR).[6]
Club rivalries
Historically, during the 1960s and 1970s, Racing's main rivals were Nejmeh, also from Beirut.[4] Racing plays the Achrafieh derby with Sagesse.[7]
Players
Squad
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Shirt manufacturers
- 2008: Adidas
- 2009: Lotto
- 2010: Lotto
- 2011–2013: Adidas
- 2014–2016: Diadora
- 2016–2018: Joma
- 2018–2022: Capelli Sport
- 2022–: Joma
Honours
League
Cup
- Lebanese Challenge Cup (defunct)
- Lebanese FA Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1944–45, 1947–48
Managerial history
- Template:Flagicon Ljubiša Broćić (1955)
- Template:Flagicon Ion Bogdan (1967–1970)
- Template:Flagicon Dorian Marin (2004–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Libor Pala (2012–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Eugen Moldovan (2015–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Moussa Hojeij (2016–2017)
- Template:Flagicon Roda Antar (2017–2019)
- Template:Flagicon Jalal Radwan (2019–2020)
- Template:Flagicon Said Jraidini (2020–2021)
- Template:Flagicon Ismail Kortam (2021–2023)
- Template:Flagicon Vladimir Vujović (2023–2024)
- Template:Flagicon Osama Sakr (2025–Present)
See also
References
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