| Full name | Racing Club de Ferrol, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nicknames | Os Departamentais Os Diaños Verdes (Green Devils) | |||
| Founded | 5 October 1919; 106 years ago (5 October 1919) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Municipal de A Malata | |||
| Capacity | 11,922 | |||
| Owner | Ferrol City Council | |||
| President | Manolo Ansede | |||
| Head coach | Pablo López | |||
| League | Primera Federación – Group 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | Segunda División, 21st of 22 (relegated) | |||
| Website | racingclubferrol.net | |||
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Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known asRacing de Ferrol orRacing Ferrol, is aSpanish football team based inFerrol,Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community ofGalicia.
Founded in 1919, the club currently plays inPrimera Federación – Group 1, holding home games atEstadio da 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.
Although Racing has never played in Spain's top division ofLa Liga, the club has spent many years in the second tier before being in the third tier more recently. Racing holds the record for most seasons in the second tier without making La Liga (35).
The history offootball inFerrol is associated with theshipbuilding yards,workshops,foundries anddrydocks and theBritish technical advisors,[1][2][3] hired to work locally who used to play against each-other at first, but later on, local workers and military personnel stationed in Ferrol. Therenewal of the shipyards and the creation, in town of the"school of Naval Engineers"[4] meant that from the mid-nineteenth century, a mostly French at first but, latter on mostly British, Engineers and Technicians, a constant influx was developed; bringing to Ferrol not new technologies. From those early years to these days manyfootball clubs came and go over the decades but only one of them actually survived for a considerable time and for that, only as an amalgamation of some other previous teams and this is el Racing de Ferrol.
Racing Ferrol Football Club, can trace back its origins back to July 1919, but starting very strongly from the beginning on a massive winning all matches spree that allow the team to play against the best national squads in the country so only ten years after its creation Racing Ferrol Football Club was taking part on itsfirst national championships competition and fluctuating later over the decades between first and second divisions as follows: thesecond – first presence in 1939–40 – andthird divisions. In1977–78 theGalicians won the inaugural edition ofSegunda División B and promoted again, only to beimmediately relegated back.
It would not until the year 2000 that Racing would again reach the second level, going on to spend there five of the following six years. In the2006–07 campaign the club gained promotion to the category inthe playoffs, with a 2–1 aggregate win againstAlicante CF. Inthe following season the team finished fourth from the bottom and dropped back to the third division, and to the fourth onlytwo years later. In the2012–13 campaign, the club achieved promoted to third division.Five years later, the club was relegated to fourth division. Butone year later, the club achieved promotion back to third division.
In the2022-23 campaign, Ferrol promoted back to second division after spending 15 years in third and fourth division. Buttwo years later, Ferrol was relegated back to third division.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Alejandro Menéndez |
| Assistant coach | Carlos Salvachúa |
| Goalkeeping coach | César Caamaño |
| Fitness coach | Luis Rodríguez |
| Rehab fitness coach | Óscar Ares |
| Delegate | Manuel Ángel Mesa |
| Kit man | Uxío Romero José M. Alcudia |
| Doctor | Carlos Lariño Carlos Brage Rodríguez |
| Physiotherapist | Jorge Méndez Rodríguez Iván Losada |
Last updated: 22 January 2025
Source:Racing Club Ferrol(in Spanish)
Note: this list includes players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.
Estadio da Malata holds 12,043 spectators, and was built in 1993.[7] The pitch dimensions are 105 x 68 metres.
Racing used three main stadiums over the years, starting withCampo de Futbol O Inferniño, which was utilized until a move toEstadio 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 builtEstadio da Malata to the west of the town, near the valley ofSerantes. The total cost of the development was 1700 millionpesetas. The first match on the new grounds was played on 18 April 1993, in a 3–2 friendly win overAtlético Madrid B. The official inauguration took place on 29 August, in a triangular tournament featuring the home side and neighboursCelta de Vigo andDeportivo de La Coruña.
