Racing Club de France Football

Racing Club de France
Full name	Racing Club de France Football
Nickname(s)	Les Ciels et Blancs (The sky-blues and whites); Les Pingouins (The Penguins)
Founded	1896 (as Football)
Ground	Stade Yves-du-Manoir; Stade Alphonse Le Gallo (2023–24 season)
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Patrick Norbert
Manager	Guillaume Norbert
League	National 2 Group C
2023–24	National 2 Group C, 10th (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Racing Club de France Football (French pronunciation: [ʁasiŋ klœb də fʁɑ̃s], also known as Racing Paris, RCF Paris, Matra Racing, Racing Club, or Racing) is a French association football club based in Colombes, a suburb of Paris.

Racing was founded in 1882 as a multi-discipline sports club, and is one of the oldest clubs in French football history. The team plays in the Championnat National 2, the fourth level of French football. Racing is managed by Guillaume Norbert and hosts its home matches at the Stade Lucien-Choine, a smaller stadium next to the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes.^[1]^[2]

Racing Club de France, founded in 1882, was a founding member of Ligue 1. The club has won one Ligue 1 title (in 1935–36) and five Coupe de France titles (currently the joint fourth-highest total). Racing also played in the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques-sanctioned league, France's first championship league. The club debuted in the league in 1899 and won the championship in 1907 after finishing second in 1902 and 1903. The club holds the Ligue 1 record for most goals scored during a 38-match season with 118 goals in 1959–60.

Notable players include Roger Marche, Oscar Heisserer, Thadée Cisowski, Raoul Diagne, Luis Fernández, Maxime Bossis, David Ginola, Luís Sobrinho, Pierre Littbarski, Enzo Francescoli, Alfred Bloch, and Rubén Paz. Diagne spent a decade with the club (1930–1940) and, in 1931, was the first black player on the France national team. He played in the 1938 FIFA World Cup with Abdelkader Ben Bouali, his Racing teammate who was one of the first North African players on the national team. From 2009 to 2012, the club moved to nearby Levallois-Perret after reaching a financial agreement with the commune.

^ "Un nouveau manager général Azzedine Meguellatti" (in French). Racing Club de France Football. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Le Stade Yves du Manoir" (in French). Racing Club de France Football. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

[1] "Un nouveau manager général Azzedine Meguellatti" (in French). Racing Club de France Football. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Le Stade Yves du Manoir" (in French). Racing Club de France Football. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

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