Racing Club Beirut

Racing Club Beirut (Arabic: نادي الراسينغ بيروت‎), commonly referred to as Racing Beirut or 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.[3]

This article is about the men's football club from Beirut, Lebanon. For other similarly named sports teams, see Racing Club.
Racing Beirut
Full nameRacing Club Beirut
Nickname(s)القلعة البيضاء‎
(The White Castle)[1]
Short nameRacing
Founded1934 (1934)
GroundFouad Chehab Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanGeorge Farah[2]
ManagerJalal Radwan
LeagueLebanese Second Division
2019–20Lebanese Second Division (season abandoned)

Racing Beirut played international friendly games against a variety of famous clubs and selections during its golden era, including one against the Brazil under-23 team.[4]

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]

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.[6]

Players

2018–19 squad
As of 23 January 2019[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  LBN Mohammad Sadek
6 MF  LBN Mohamad Sebai
7 FW  LBN Hussein Tahan
8 DF  LBN Ali Sabra
9 DF  LBN Hussein Sayed
10 FW  LBN Rony Azar
11 DF  LBN Tarek Halloum
12 FW  LBN Elie Baradhi
12 MF  LBN Serge Said (Captain)
14 MF  SLE Khalifa Jabbie
15 MF  LBN Sultan Haidar
16 FW  NGA Emmanuel Onyeka
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  LBN Ali Fahes
20 MF  LBN Khodor Salameh
22 GK  LBN Mohamad Hijazi
32 DF  LBN Ali Ayoub
71 MF  LBN Karim Mekkaoui
— GK  LBN Majd Khalifeh
— DF  LBN Marc Mhanna
— MF  LBN Ali Khatoun
— FW  NGA Babatunde Noureddine Siqueiro
—  LBN Bassam Adada
—  LBN Mohamad Ali Rida
—  LBN Mohamad Nasser

Shirt manufacturers

Honours

League

Cup

Managerial history
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See also

References
  1. "racing club beirut". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. "جورج فرح رئيس نادي الراسينغ ل اللاعب العربي : ساستمر في تقديم العون لمن احببت — Al Laeb Al Arabiاللاعب العربي". Al Laeb Al Arabi (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  4. "RACING CLUB BEIRUT". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. "الراسينغ: نادي الأشرفية ومحيطها... يعاند التاريخ". www.asasmedia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  6. "مبارتا دربي اﻷشرفية!". Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  7. "Racing Players and Stats". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.


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