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| Full name | Club Atlético Racing | |||
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| Nickname | La Academia Cordobesa | |||
| Founded | 14 December 1924; 100 years ago (1924-12-14) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Miguel Sancho,Córdoba, Argentina | |||
| Capacity | 15,000[1] | |||
| Chairman | Manuel Ángel Pérez | |||
| Manager | Hernán Medina | |||
| League | Primera Nacional | |||
| 2023 | Primera Nacional Zone B, 12th | |||
| Website | https://racingcba.com.ar | |||
Club Atlético Racing, known asRacing de Córdoba, is an Argentinesports club headquartered in the city ofCórdoba. Thefootball team currently plays inPrimera Nacional, the regionalised second division of theArgentine football league system.
Apart from football, other sports practised at the club arebasketball,volleyball, andrhythmic gymnastics.
Racing was founded in the Nueva Italia district of Córdoba on 14 December 1924 using the name ofRacing Club fromAvellaneda,Buenos Aires Province.[2] Its most successful season came in 1980 when the team finished 2nd in theNacional championship, after losing the final matches at the hands ofRosario Central, with scores of 1–5 and 2–0 respectively (3–5 on aggregate).[citation needed]
At the end of the 2005–06 season the club narrowly missed out on promotion to thePrimera B Nacional. Racing had to playSan 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.[citation needed]
