Racing Métro 92 Paris
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| Full name | Racing 92 |
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| Nickname(s) |
Les Ciel et Blanc ("The sky-blues and whites") Les Racingmen |
| Founded | 1890 (Racing Club) 2001 (merged clubs) |
| Location | Colombes, France |
| Ground(s) | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir (Capacity: 14,000) |
| President | Jacky Lorenzetti |
| Coach(es) | Laurent Labit and Laurent Travers |
| Captain(s) | Dimitri Szarzewski |
| League(s) | Top 14 |
| 2016–17 | 6th |
| Official website | |
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Racing 92 (French pronunciation: [ʁasiŋ ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.duz]) is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. They were called Racing Métro 92 between 2001 and 2015, when they changed the name to Racing 92. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, a département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council gives financial backing to the club. They currently play in the Top 14, having been promoted as 2008–09 champions of Rugby Pro D2. Racing 92 play at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir stadium at Colombes, where the France national team played for several decades.
Racing Club was established in 1882 (it became Racing Club de France in 1885) as an athletics club, one of the first in France. New sections were regularly added thereafter (17 as of 2006, accounting for some 20,000 members). A rugby section was founded in 1890, which became an immediate protagonist of the early French championship and to which, until 1898, only Parisian teams were invited. On 20 March 1892 the USFSA organised the first ever French rugby championship, a one off game between Racing and Stade Français. The game was refereed by Pierre de Coubertin and saw Racing win 4–3."R.C. France 4 – Stade Francais 3". lnr.fr. Archived from the original on 25 November 2006. Racing were awarded the Bouclier de Brennus, which is still awarded to the winners of the French championship today.
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