Racing Club de France Colombes 92
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| Full name | Racing Club de France football Colombes 92 |
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| Founded | 1882 |
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Stade Lucien-Choine Colombes |
| Capacity | 1,000 |
| Chairman | Hervé Street |
| Manager | Azzedine Meguellatti |
| League | Division d'Honneur, Ile-de-France championship (VI) |
Racing Club de France football Colombes 92 (French pronunciation: [ʁasiŋ klœb də fʁɑ̃s]; also known as Racing Paris, RCF Paris, Matra Racing, Racing Club, or simply Racing) is a French association football club based in Colombes, a suburb of Paris.
Racing was founded in 1882 as a multi discipline sports club and is one of the oldest clubs in French football history. The team currently plays in the Championnat de France amateur 2, the fifth level of French football. Racing is managed by former football player Azzedine Meguellatti and hosts its home matches at the Stade Lucien-Choine, a smaller stadium next to the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes.
Racing Club de France was founded in 1882 and was one of the founding members of Ligue 1 (French Division). The club have won one Ligue 1 title, which came during the 1935–36 season and five Coupe de France titles, which is tied for fourth-best among clubs. Racing also played in the USFSA-sanctioned league, which was France's first-ever league championship. Racing made its debut in the league in 1899 and won the league in 1907 having previously finished as runner-up in 1902 and 1903.
Notable players during the club's history include Roger Marche, Oscar Heisserer, Thadée Cisowski, Raoul Diagne, Luis Fernández, Maxime Bossis, David Ginola, Luís Sobrinho, Pierre Littbarski, Enzo Francescoli and Rubén Paz. Diagne spent a decade with the club from 1930–1940 and, in 1931, became the first black player to play in the French national team. He later played on the team at the 1938 FIFA World Cup alongside Abdelkader Ben Bouali, his Racing teammate, who was one of the first players of North African descent to play for the national team. Between 2009 and 2012, the club moved to nearby Levallois-Perret after the club reached a financial agreement with the commune.
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