Racing Club de Montevideo is a professional

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club from

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

in Uruguay. It currently participates in the

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since winning the Torneo Competencia in 2022. Racing CM is known as "La Escuelita" (The Little School) due to the high standard of players that have emerged from their teams. Racing is one of Uruguay's traditional teams, in terms of victories and fans. Recently, Racing has faced economic problems and struggled to remain consistent and perform well at the Uruguayan League. This drove the club toward economic reorganization and a transformation into a sports corporation (SAD), as is customary in Europe. An associated investment program created the basis for sporting promotion to Uruguay's first division in 2022. In the 22/23 season, the promoted team qualified for the qualifying round of the

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at the first attempt. Following this change, Red&Gold Football, a joint venture between

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and

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, became the new majority shareholder in the club, driving further investment into the club's infrastructure in order to further expand and improve the existing foundations. Racing's main rival is Fénix, with whom they contest the '' Clásico del Oeste''.

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 1 appearance ::2010: Second Round *

: 1 appearance ::2024: Knockout Stage

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable coaches

* Julio "Cascarilla" Morales (1983–1987) * Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (1 July 1992 – 31 December 1992) *

Adolfo Barán Adolfo Barán Flis (born 22 November 1961) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player. Club career Barán was the top goal scorer in the 1990 Uruguayan Primera División season, with 13 goals. Abroad, he played for Cúcuta Deportivo ...

(1 July 1998 – 30 June 1999) * Gerardo Pelusso (1 January 2000 – 31 December 2000) *

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(17 April 2002 – 31 December 2002), (1 January 2007 – 1 July 2007) * Eduardo Favaro (1 August 2007 – 27 December 2007) * José Puente (1 January 2008 – 31 December 2008) * Juan Verzeri (1 July 2008 – 6 May 2010) * José Puente (2010) *

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(2010) * Edgardo Arias (2010–2011) *

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(2011) * Jorge Giordano (2011–2012) * Miguel Angel Piazza (2012–2013) *

Juan Tejera Juan Tejera (born 26 July 1983 in Montevideo) is a retiredUruguayan footballer. Career Tejera began his career in Uruguay playing for Liverpool de Montevideo in the Primera División Uruguaya. In 2010, Tejera joined Olimpo, recently promote ...

(2013) * Rosario Martínez (2013) *

Mauricio Larriera José Mauricio Larriera Dibarboure (born 26 August 1970) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the current manager of Chilean club Everton Viña del Mar. Career Larriera started his managerial car ...

(2014) * Pablo Alonso (2015) *

Santiago Ostolaza Santiago Javier Ostolaza Sosa (born 10 July 1962 in Dolores, Soriano) is a Uruguayan former football midfielder and the current manager of the Uruguayan U-17 national team. Among others clubs, he was manager for Nacional of Uruguay. He play ...

(2015) * Sebastián Taramasco (2016) *

Julio Comesaña Julio Avelino Comesaña López (born 10 March 1948) is a former Uruguayan naturalized Colombian professional football manager and former football player. Playing career Club Comesaña played for 7 clubs during his career as a footballer: Ra ...

(2016) *

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(2016–2017) * Pablo Peirano (2017) * Rodrigo López (2018) *

Juan Ramón Tejera Juan Ramón Tejera Pérez (born 23 February 1956) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Montevideo, Tejera started out at local amateur sides, and was also a part of Danubio squad in 1977 ...

(2018–2019) * Alejandro Apud (2019) * Eduardo Favaro (2019) *

Gustavo Biscayzacú Gustavo Javier Biscayzacú Perea (born October 5, 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay), nicknamed ''grillito'' (little cricket), is a retired footballer and current manager of Racing Club de Montevideo. Career His debut came on September 14, 1997 with ...

(2020) * Martín García (2020) *

Damián Santín Sergio Damián Santín Francia (born 22 September 1980) is a Colombian-born Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Colón FC. He played for several clubs in the South America, inclu ...

(2021–2022) *

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(2023) *

Eduardo Espinel Eduardo Fabián Espinel Porley (born 28 June 1972) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Honduran club CD Olimpia. Honours Manager Plaza Colonia * Uruguayan Primera División ...

(2023–2024) * Darío Rodríguez (2025) *

Cristian Chambian Cristian Rodolfo Chambian Aires (born 5 August 1990) is a Uruguayan football manager, currently in charge of Racing Montevideo. Career Born in Montevideo, Chambian joined hometown side Racing Montevideo in 2020, as an assistant coach of the y ...

(2025)

Titles

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: 5 ::1955, 1958, 1974, 1989, 2008 * Divisional Intermedia: 3 ::1923, 1929, 1930

Other teams

Racing Club de Montevideo also has a

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division, with a squad of

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video game series, competing in the championship organized by the Uruguayan Virtual Football Federation.

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