AS Racine FC is a professional football club based in the city of

Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

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. The team competes in the

Nigeria National League The Nigeria National League (NNL) (formerly the National Division 1) is the second-highest overall in the Nigerian football league system after the Nigeria Premier Football League, and is currently contested by 46 clubs. Each season, four ...

, the second level of the Nigerian football league system. The club was founded in 1998. The club serves as a feeder team to both local and international clubs and has produced stars like Peter Odemwingie,

Brown Ideye Aide Brown Ideye (born 11 October 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Enyimba. He represented the Nigeria national team at international level, winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Early car ...

, Fegor Ogude, Onyekachi Okonkwo and Olubayo Adefemi. Former Super Eagles striker,

Victor Agali Victor Okechukwu Agali (born 29 December 1978) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career In 1997, Agali joined French club Olympique de Marseille. Finding it hard to establish a first team place, he quickly mo ...

, is the head coach of the club. AS Racine is owned by Olorogun Emmanuel Ibru, a businessman and palm oil investor who served on the board of the

Nigeria Football Federation The Nigeria Football Federation (known as Nigeria Football Association until 2008) is Nigeria's association football, football sports governing body, governing body. It was formally launched in 1945 and formed the first Nigerian national football ...

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