Racing Madrid 1914 Fútbol Club (officially Sección de Acción Deportiva Racing Ciudad de Madrid) is a

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based in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

. Founded in 1914, they play in . The club was originally known as Racing Club de Madrid, playing in one

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and one

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

season before being dissolved in 1932. Back in 1939 as Racing Club de Chamberí, the club later became Agrupación Recreativa Chamberí, also playing in one Tercera División campaign before also folding in 1981. In 2022, a group of investors refounded Racing de Madrid as Racing de Madrid City Fútbol Club, immediately buying a place in the Preferente.

History

Racing de Madrid

Racing Club de Madrid was founded in 1914 by a merger of two Madrid clubs, Instituto Cardenal Cisneros and Regional FC, and joined the Federación Castellana in 1915.Racing Club de Madrid
La Fútbolteca They played in the top division of the

Campeonato Regional Centro The Campeonato Regional Centro ( Spanish for Central Regional Championship) was an annual association football competition for clubs based primarily in the Castile region of Spain, including the Community of Madrid, during the first half of the 2 ...

, attempting to qualify for the

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

which at that time was the national championship. They won the Centro Championship in 1915 and 1919, but were unable to play in the

1915 Copa del Rey The Copa del Rey 1915 was the 15th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition. The competition started on 15 April 1915 and concluded on 2 May 1915, with the final, held at the Estadio de Amute in Irun, in which Athletic B ...

due to not having completed the registration process earlier in the year. In the 1919 Copa, Racing lost to eventual winners

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after a replay. Originally playing in the ''Paseo del General Martínez Campos'' fields, Racing de Madrid played in the inaugural

1929 Segunda División The 1929 Segunda División Grupo A season saw 10 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. There was no team promoted to Primera División. Celta and Racing de Madrid were relegated to Tercera División. Stadia and locations ...

season, finishing in the last position. Relegated to the newly-established

in 1930, the club declined to play in the division along with many others. They moved to the ''

Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas (originally Nuevo Estadio de Vallecas and previously Estadio Teresa Rivero) is a football stadium in the Madrid district of Puente de Vallecas, Spain. It currently hosts football matches and is the home of Primera Di ...

'' shortly after, and after playing in Tercera during the 1930–31 campaign, they suffered another drop. Racing Madrid crest 2

In 1931, in debt due to the construction of the new stadium, Racing de Madrid went on a trip to Peru, Cuba, Mexico and the United States to play friendlies, but the players were abandoned by the intermediate who organized the trip. Without money to return to Spain, the Federación Castellana paid the trip back, but sanctioned the club with another relegation to the ''Segunda Regional''. Their new stadium, Vallecas, had to be sold to help clear the club's debt with the Federación Castellana. Racing de Madrid then opted to play friendlies in their home country before attempting to return to the ''Primera Regional''in January 1932. They were denied registration by the Federación Castellana, which told them they had to play in ''Segunda Regional'' due to their sanction, and after declining to play in the division, the club was ultimately dissolved.

Chamberí

After the

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, the club had their successor as ''Racing Club Chamberí'' (originally ''Unión Balompédica Chamberí'', a separate club founded in 1927) in 1940. In 1941, the club was renamed ''Agrupación Recreativa Chamberí''; the club then claimed themselves as the original heir of Racing de Madrid, in an attempt to regain their place in Tercera División, but the plead was rejected by the Spanish Football Federation. They still managed to achieve a promotion to Tercera División in 1947, but suffered immediate relegation, and also folded in 1981.

Racing Madrid FC

In 2022, a group of investors founded ''Racing Madrid City Fútbol Club'', and immediately bought the place of ''Sección de Acción Deportiva Cenafe'' in the Preferente. In May 2025, the new club achieved a first-ever promotion to

Tercera Federación Tercera Federación, previously known as Tercera RFEF, is the fifth tier of the Spanish football league system. It is below the ''La Liga'', ''Segunda División'', and its fellow semi-professional divisions '' Primera Federación'' and ''Segunda F ...

Club background

*''Racing Club de Madrid'' (1914–1932) *''Racing Club de Chamberí'' (1940–1941) *''Agrupación Recreativa Chamberí'' (1941–1977) *''Racing Madrid City Fútbol Club'' (2022–2024) *''Racing Madrid Fútbol Club'' (2024–)

Season to season

Racing de Madrid

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*1 season in

AR Chamberí

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Racing Madrid FC

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Honours

: 1914–15, 1918–19

References

External links

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Soccerway team profile
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