Racing de Cordoba
Wikipedia - Racing de Córdoba
Club Atlético Racing (usually referred as Racing de Córdoba) is an Argentine sports club headquartered in the city of Córdoba. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised second division of the Argentine football league system.
Apart from football, other sports practised at the club are basketball, volleyball, and rhythmic gymnastics.
History
Racing was founded in the Nueva Italia district of Córdoba on 14 December 1924. Its most successful season came in 1980 when the team finished 2nd in the Nacional championship, after losing the final matches at the hands of Rosario Central, with scores of 1–5 and 2–0 respectively (3–5 on aggregate).[]
At the end of the 2005–06 season the club narrowly missed out on promotion to the Primera B Nacional. Racing had to play San Martín de Tucumán in the Clausura final. After the game ended with an aggregate score of 3–3, the decision went to a penalty shootout which Racing lost 7–6.[]
Racing har vundet adskillige nationale titler, herunder fem argentinske Primera División-mesterskaber og en Copa Argentina-sejr. I 1988 nåede klubben finalen i Copa Libertadores, den sydamerikanske klubturnering, hvor de tabte til uruguayanske Nacional Montevideo.
Racings rivaler omfatter Talleres de Córdoba, som de spiller en årlig rivalkamp mod kaldet El Clásico Cordobés. Klubben har også et stærkt rivalisering med Rosario Central, som de møder regelmæssigt i Primera División.
Nogle af de mest berømte spillere, der har spillet for Racing, inkluderer Mario Kempes, Miguel Brindisi, Rubén Paz og Guillermo Hoyos. Kempes var en nøglespiller på Argentinas landshold, der vandt VM i 1978, og han blev kåret til turneringens bedste spiller.