Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing de Montevideo

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Full name	Racing Club de Montevideo
Nickname(s)	La Escuelita, Racinguistas, Cerveceros
Founded	April 6, 1919
Ground	Estadio Osvaldo Roberto, Montevideo, Uruguay
Capacity	8,500
Chairman	C.N. Raúl Rodríguez
Manager	Gustavo Biscayzacú
League	Segunda División
2019	Primera División, 13th (relegated by average)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. 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.

Titles

• Segunda División Uruguay: 5

1955, 1958, 1974, 1989, 2008

• Divisional Intermedia (2nd level): 3

1923, 1929, 1930

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance

2010: Second Round

Players

For a list of all former and current Racing players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Racing Club de Montevideo players.

Current squad

As of 15 April 2020

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	URU	Rodrigo Brasesco
3	DF	URU	Francisco Ibáñez
4	DF	URU	Gonzalo Aguilar
5	MF	URU	Martín Barrios
7	MF	URU	Ányelo Rodríguez
9	FW	URU	Gastón Alvite
11	FW	URU	Liber Quiñones
16	DF	URU	Gonzalo Sena
18	MF	URU	Gustavo Da Silva
20	FW	URU	Lucas Ortíz

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	URU	Martín Díaz
25	GK	URU	Camilo Rodríguez
28	DF	URU	Norman Rodríguez
29	MF	URU	Juan Affonso
—	GK	URU	Matías Quintana
—	DF	URU	Juan Pablo Besón
—	MF	URU	Fabricio Santos
—	MF	URU	Jorge Zambrana
—	FW	URU	José Luis Ávila
—	FW	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

• 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–)

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)