Racing Club Haïtien is a professional
football
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club based in
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The me ...
,
Haiti
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. It is one of the most successful clubs in the country's history.
History
The club has won the most league championships in Haitian club history, 11, winning in 1937-38, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1953-4, 1958, 1962, 1969, 2000, 2002 Clôture and 2009 Clôture. In 1941, it captured
the double after winning the league and the Coupe d'Haïti.
They are also one of only two Haitian clubs to have ever won the
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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, along with
Violette AC
Violette Athletic Club is a professional association football, football club based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
History
Violette is one of the most successful clubs in the country. In 1939, Violette A.C. captured Double (association football), the ...
, winning in 1963.
Honours
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Ligue Haïtienne
Ligue Haïtienne (; ''Haitian League''), is a Haitian professional league, governed by the Haitian Football Federation, for association football
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(14): 1938, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 2000, 2002 C, 2009 C
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Coupe d'Haïti (2): 1941, 1944
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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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(1):
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
* Tournoi Haiti-Jamaique-Etats-Unis (1): 1968
International appearances
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CONCACAF Champions League
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1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
– CONCACAF Champion
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1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
– first round (Caribbean) – group stage – 5th placed – 2 pts (stage 1 of 3)
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1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
– final round (Caribbean) – lost against Transvaal (stage 3 of 3); ''unknown results''
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1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
– ''Unknown results''; withdrew or disqualified
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1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
– first round (Caribbean) – lost against Pele FC 4 – 2 on aggregate (stage 1 of 4)
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CFU Club Championship
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: 1 appearance
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2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
– second round – Group A – 2nd place – 2 pts
References
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Football clubs in Haiti
Sport in Port-au-Prince
Association football clubs established in 1923
1923 establishments in Haiti
CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning clubs
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