Racing Club Beirut
Lebanese association football club / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Racing Club (Arabic: نادي الراسينغ), known as Racing Beirut or simply Racing, is a football club based in Achrafieh, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League.[1] They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the Greek Orthodox Christian community.[4][5]
This article is about the men's football club from Beirut, Lebanon. For other similarly named sports teams, see Racing Club.
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Full name | Racing Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | القلعة البيضاء (The White Castle)[1] سندباد الكرة اللبنانية (The Sinbad of Lebanese Football)[2] | ||
Short name | Racing | ||
Founded | 1934; 90 years ago (1934) | ||
Ground | Fouad Chehab Stadium | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | Paula Faraoun Rizk[3] | ||
Manager | Vladimir Vujović | ||
League | Lebanese Premier League | ||
2023–24 | Lebanese Premier League, 6th of 12 | ||
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Racing Beirut won the Lebanese Premier League three times, the Lebanese Challenge Cup twice, and the Lebanese Second Division four times. They also finished runners-up in the Lebanese FA Cup twice.