Racing Universitaire d'Alger (in Arabic: فريق جامعة الجزائر) is a former multi sports club formed in 1927 inAlgiers,Algeria.
In 1936 R.U.A. were the home side in a four team invitational tournament. WithAlgeria then under French colonial rule the official programme listed the venue as "Stade-Velodrome Municipal d'Alger" and the participants as:[1]
LeQueen of the South - La Belle Equipe Ecossaise de Première Division
Racing-Club de Santander - Favori des Championnats d'Espagne
Floriana F. C. de Malte - Champion Officiel et Vainqueur de la Coupe
R.U.A. - Champion de l'Afrique du Nord 1935
The match days were 21 May and 24 May.
R.U.A. had already won both theNorth African Champions Cup and theNorth African Cup in the 1930s (R.U.A. would win each twice by the decade's end). Goals by Willie Thomson andJoe Tulip (the Northumbrian was one of the first Englishmen to play in the Scottish League) saw Queens book a place in the invitational tournament final with a 2–1 victory against them.[1]
In the final Queens faced a Racing de Santander side who had just finished 4th in Spain'sLa Liga notching home and away double victories against bothReal Madrid andF.C. Barcelona.Norrie Haywood's goal and a 1–0 scoreline saw victory for Queen of the South. The trophy can still be seen in their club museum today.[1]
RUA's former players includeAlbert Camus who played for the junior football team as goalkeeper.[1]
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