Racing de Santander
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| Full name | Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Racinguistas, Verdiblancos, Montañeses | |||
| Founded | 1913 | |||
| Ground | El Sardinero, Santander, Cantabria, Spain | |||
| Capacity | 22,271 | |||
| Chairman |  Francisco Pernía | |||
| Manager |  Alberto Zaccheroni | |||
| League | La Liga | |||
| 2008-09 | La Liga, 12th | |||
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Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D., sometimes abbreviated to Racing or Racing Santander, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Santander which was founded in 1913. During the period of Francoist Spain, it was renamed as Real Santander in 1941 (because of the prohibition of non-Spanish names). The name was restored in 1977. The best result of the club was 2nd in 1930-31 season. Racing Santander finished 6th in 2007-2008 and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.
1936 Algiers invitational tournament
In 1936, Racing de Santander competed in a four team invitational tournament in Algiers, Algeria. With Algeria then under French colonial rule, the official programme[1] listed the venue as Stade-Velodrome Municipal d'Alger and the participants as:
Le Queen of the South - La Belle Equipe Ecossaise de Première Division
Racing Club de Santander - Favori des Championnats d'Espagne
Floriana - Champion Officiel et Vainqueur de la Coupe
R.U.A. - Champion de l'Afrique du Nord 1935
The match days were Thursday May 21 and Sunday May 24.
Home side Racing Universitaire d'Alger (R.U.A. for whom Nobel Prize winning author/philosopher Albert Camus had played in goals for their junior team) had already won both the North African Champions Cup and the North African Cup in the 30s (R.U.A. would win each twice by the decade's end). Goals by Willie Thomson and Joe Tulip saw Queens book a place in the invitational tournament final with a 2 - 1 victory against them.
In the final Queens faced a Racing Santander side who had just finished 4th in Spain's Primera División, notching home and away double victories against both Real Madrid and Barcelona. Racing had seen off Floriana in their semi final. Norrie Haywood's goal and a 1 - 0 scoreline saw victory for La Belle Equipe Ecossaise. The trophy can still be seen in Queens' club museum today.[2]
Seasons
Recent seasons
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes 1997-1998 1D 14 38 12 9 17 46 55 45 3rd round 1998-1999 1D 15 38 10 12 16 41 53 42 quarterfinals 1999-2000 1D 15 38 10 16 12 52 50 46 2000-2001 1D 19 38 10 9 19 48 62 39 quarterfinals relegated 1 season at lower levels 2002-2003 1D 16 38 13 5 20 54 64 44 2003-2004 1D 17 38 11 10 17 48 63 42 1 point deducted 2004-2005 1D 16 38 12 8 18 41 58 44 3rd round 2005-2006 1D 17 38 9 13 16 36 49 40 3rd round 2006-2007 1D 10 38 12 14 12 42 48 50 2nd round 2007-2008 1D 6 38 17 9 12 42 41 60 semifinals
Season to season
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- 41 seasons in Primera División
- 32 seasons in Segunda División
- 1 seasons in Segunda División B
- 4 seasons in Tercera División
Current squad
As of June 14 2008 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Famous players
see also Category:Racing de Santander footballers
Coaches
Fred Pentland
Patrick O'Connell- Nando Yosu
- Javier Irureta
- Marcos Alonso
Gustavo Benítez- Andoni Goikoetxea
- Miguel Ángel Portugal
- Marcelino García Toral
- Juan Ramón López Muñiz
see also Category:Racing de Santander managers
References
- ^ Back cover, 'Through the lens glimpses of Old Queen of the South', published by Dumfries and Galloway Libraries, Information and Archives with Queen of the South Museum, 1998
- ^ Profile of the Queen of the South 1936 overseas tour including the Algiers invitational tournament