Racing Murcia City 1913 Fútbol Club was a

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club based in Murcia, a district in center of Murcia Center,

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, Spain. Founded on 1 September 2013, they held home games at the Estadio Universitario. The club was the

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of Racing Cartagena Mar Menor FC.

History

The club was founded on 1 September 2013 under the name of ''DiTT Redmóvil Asociación Deportiva'', being registered in the

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for the 2014–15 season. In 2016, the club was renamed into ''Racing Murcia FC'', after being in the ''Preferente Autonómica''. In 2020, Racing Murcia achieved promotion to

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, while also qualifying for the

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for the first time in their history. Funded by the Racing City Group, the club signed several former footballers to their organizational chart, such as Edwin Congo, and

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's brother

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as a player. Also in June 2021, the club appointed former Real Madrid and Liverpool legend Fernando Morientes as international director. In January 2021, president Morris Pagniello signed former

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star Royston Drente. In January 2022, Indo-Canadian businessman and former sportsman Steve Nijaar was announced as the new president. Jose Montelogo was announced as the new chairman of the club and new partner of Racing City Group after the 2022-23 season. On 7 July 2023, after the Racing City Group acquired Mar Menor FC and renamed the club to ''Racing Cartagena Mar Menor FC'', Racing Murcia became their

. In the following year, after the club's relegation, Racing Murcia was also relegated to the Preferente Autonómica and subsequently ceased to play.

Season to season

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*3 seasons in

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/Tercera División RFEF ;Notes

Players

First-team squad

References

External links

Official website

Fútbol Regional team profile

Soccerway team profile
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