Racing Club de Ferrol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia.
Founded in 1919, in currently plays in Tercera División, holding home games at Estadio de la Malata. Club colours are green shirts with white shorts, though during the early years of its existence green and white shirts with vertical stripes were used.
[edit] History
The history of football in Ferrol is associated to the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and drydocks and the British technical advisors,[1][2][3] hired to work locally who used to play against existing teams. During the late 19th century and early 20th century there were different football teams organized in Ferrol, though only one of them has survived, and as a result of an amalgamation of some other previous teams.
Racing Ferrol Football Club traced its origins back to June 1919, first competing in national championships ten years later, and fluctuating in the following decades between the second - first presence in 1939–40 - and third divisions. In 1977–78, the Galicians won the inaugural edition of Segunda División B and promoted again, only to be immediately relegated back.
It would not until the year 2000 that the club would again reach the second level, going on to spend there five of the following six years. In 2006–07, the club gained promotion to the second division in the playoffs, with a 2–1 aggregate win against Alicante CF. In the following season, Racing finished fourth from the bottom and dropped back to the third division, and to the fourth only two years later.
[edit] Season to season
[edit] Current squad
As of November 2009. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
[edit] Statistics 2009–10
| Segunda División B |
Position |
Pts |
M |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
| Racing de Ferrol |
19 |
37 |
38 |
7 |
16 |
15 |
31 |
43 |
- Top Scorers:
- Carlier - 8 goals
- Jonathan - 5 goals
- Garrido - 3 goals
- Top Goalkeepers:
- Reguero - 39 goals in 37 matches
- Paco - 4 goals in 1 match
[edit] Honours/Achievements
[edit] Regional
- Galician Championships: 1928–29, 1937–38, 1938–39[4]
[edit] Domestic
[edit] Stadium
Estadio de la Malata holds 12,042 and was built in 1993. The pitch dimensions are 105 x 68 metres.
Racing used three main stadiums over the years, starting with Campo de Futbol Inferniño, which was utilized until a move to Estadio Manuel Rivera in 1954 took place. This was an oval-shaped enclosure with a single cantilever stand. In the 1970s, a cover was erected over the popular terrace.
In 1993, the metropolitan area of Ferrol built Estadio de la Malata to the west of the town, near the valley of Serantes. The total cost of the development was 1700 million pesetas. The first match on the new grounds was played on 18 April 1993, in a 3–2 friendly win over Atlético Madrid B. The official inauguration took place on 29 August, in a triangular tournament featuring the home side and neighbours Celta de Vigo and Deportivo de La Coruña.
[edit] Famous players
see also Category:Racing de Ferrol footballers
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Isidro Silveira
