Racing Club Beirut

Racing Beirut
	File:Racing Beirut (logo).png
Full name	Racing Club
Nickname(s)	القلعة البيضاء (The White Castle); سندباد الكرة اللبنانية (The Sinbad of Lebanese Football)
Short name	Racing
Founded	1934; 90 years ago
Ground	Fouad Chehab Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Paula Faraoun
Manager	Ismail Kortam
League	Lebanese Second Division
2021–22	Lebanese Second Division, 3rd of 12
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Racing Club (Arabic: نادي الراسينغ), known as Racing Beirut or simply Racing, is a football club based in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Second Division.^[1] They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the Christian community.^[4]

Racing Beirut won the Lebanese Premier League three times, the Lebanese Challenge Cup twice, and the Lebanese Second Division three times. They also finished runners-up in the Lebanese FA Cup twice.

History

The club was founded in 1934 by several locals from the Achrafieh and Gemmayzeh districts of Beirut, Lebanon.^[5] The club's name is inspired from Racing Paris, a French football club, of which the club's presidents were passionate.^[5] Racing played five years in the Lebanese Second Division, and got its first promotion to the Lebanese Premier League in 1940.^[5]

In 1953, Albert Kheir was elected as the club's president.^[5] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Club rivalries

Historically, during the 1960s and 1970s, Racing's main rivals were Nejmeh, also from Beirut.^[5] Racing plays the Achrafieh derby with Sagesse.^[7]

Players

Squad

As of 1 October 2022^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	LBN	Ali Hajj Hassan
2	DF	LBN	Mostafa Doulani
3		LBN	Mohammad Shrim
4	MF	LBN	Hussein Saleh
6	MF	LBN	Mohammad Rammal
7	DF	LBN	Andrew Al Azzi
8		LBN	Miguel Karam
9	FW	LBN	Ali Imad Moussawi
10	FW	LBN	Wael Bayyad
11	FW	LBN	Hussein Ezzeddine
12	DF	LBN	Ali Ayoub (captain)
14	FW	LBN	Hussein Mrad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	LBN	Issa Atriss
18		LBN	Joseph Aoun
20		LBN	Khalil Hamieh
21	GK	LBN	Abdelmenhem Tamer
22	MF	LBN	Mehdi Koubeissi
23	MF	LBN	Jehad Abou El Aynan
27	FW	LBN	Ali Hamdar
28	DF	LBN	Abdallah Taleb
33	GK	PLE	Mohammad Issa
66	DF	LBN	Taha El Hussein
90	FW	LBN	Ibrahim Abou Jabal

Shirt manufacturers

2008: Adidas
2009: Lotto
2010: Lotto
2011–2013: Adidas
2014–2016: Diadora
2016–2018: Joma
2018–present: Capelli

Honours

League

Lebanese Premier League
- Winners (3): 1955–56, 1964–65, 1969–70
Lebanese Challenge Cup
- Winners (2; joint record): 2016, 2017
Lebanese Second Division
- Winners (3): 1938–39, 1999–2000, 2006–07
Lebanese FA Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1944–45, 1947–48

Managerial history

Ljubiša Broćić (1955)
Ion Bogdan (1967–1970)
Dorian Marin (2004–2005)
Libor Pala (2012–2015)
Eugen Moldovan (2015–2016)
Moussa Hojeij (2016–2017)
Roda Antar (2017–2019)
Jalal Radwan (2019–2020)
Said Jraidini (2020–2021)
Ismail Kortam (2021–present)

References

^ ^a ^b "racing club beirut". abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^ "الراسينغ "سندباد الكرة اللبنانية" - صورة من الماضي". نداء الوطن. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "باولا فرعون رزق رئيسة لنادي الراسينغ بيروت". موقع الايام (in Arabic). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "الراسينغ: نادي الأشرفية ومحيطها... يعاند التاريخ". asasmedia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ "RACING CLUB BEIRUT". abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "مبارتا دربي اﻷشرفية!". Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Racing Club Bayrūt". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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[2] "الراسينغ "سندباد الكرة اللبنانية" - صورة من الماضي". نداء الوطن. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[3] "باولا فرعون رزق رئيسة لنادي الراسينغ بيروت". موقع الايام (in Arabic). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[4] Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

[:0-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "الراسينغ: نادي الأشرفية ومحيطها... يعاند التاريخ". asasmedia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[6] "RACING CLUB BEIRUT". abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[7] "مبارتا دربي اﻷشرفية!". Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[8] "Racing Club Bayrūt". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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