Club Atlético Racing de Córdoba
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Club Atlético Racing is an Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...

 from the city of Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...

 in Córdoba Province
Córdoba Province (Argentina)
Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are : Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca...

. The football
Football (soccer)
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 squad currently plays in Torneo Argentino A
Torneo Argentino A
Zone 1Zone 2-List of champions:European-styled seasonsApertura and Clausura seasonsEuropean-styled seasons-External links:*...

 which is the regionalised third tier of the Argentine Football Association
Argentine Football Association
The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...

 league system.

The club was founded in Nueva Italia Neighbourhood, located in Córdoba, on December 14, 1924. The shirt uniform colors are sky blue and white in vertical stripes.

Racing's most successful season came in 1980 when the team finished 2nd in the Nacional tournament
Nacional tournaments
Within the years 1931-1966, the Campeonato de Primera División of Argentina included only the clubs from Capital Federal and most important cities of the province of Buenos Aires . In 1939, the clubs from Rosario, Newell's and Central, entered in the championship...

, after losing the final matches at the hands of Rosario Central
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina. Its football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second tier of the Argentine football league system, after being relegated in the 2009-10 season....

, with scores of 1-5 and 2-0 respectively (3-5 on aggregate).

At the end of the 2005/06 the club narrowly missed out on promotion to the Primera B Nacional, Racing met San Martin de Tucumán in the Clausura final. After the game ended with an aggregate score of 3-3, the definition went to a penalty shootout which Racing lost 6-7.

Current Squad 2010/11

Titles

  • President's Cup (Korea): 1
1981

  • Torneo Argentino B
    Torneo Argentino B
    Torneo Argentino B is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in Torneo Argentinos B come from all over Argentina....

    : 1
1998/99

  • Torneo Argentino A
    Torneo Argentino A
    Zone 1Zone 2-List of champions:European-styled seasonsApertura and Clausura seasonsEuropean-styled seasons-External links:*...

    : 3
1999, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2003

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