Strasbourg

Full name	Racing Club de Strasbourg
Nickname(s)	Racing
Founded	1906
Ground	Stade de la Meinau 12, rue de l'Extenwoerth 67100 Strasbourg 4
Capacity	29,230
Chairman	Egon Gindorf
Manager	Jacky Duguépéroux
League	Ligue 2
2005-2006	Ligue 1, ?? (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

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History

In 1906, a group of youngsters in the Neudorf neighborhood of Strasbourg bought their first leather football. With the help of their primary-school teacher, they formed a team called Fußball Club Neudorf.

The meetings took place at the Polygone in German Alsace. In 1914, FC Neudorf rented the Haemmerle garden for 300 deutschmarks a year, an area that would later become the Stade de la Meinau. 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Deutsche Mark (DM, DEM) was the official currency of West and, from 1990, unified Germany. ... Stade de la Meinau is a multi-use stadium in Strasbourg, France. ...

Birth of “Racing”

After the first world war, “FC Neudorf” was renamed “RC Strasbourg Neudorf”, then eventually “Racing Club de Strasbourg”. The first stands, made out of wood, were built in 1921. Within five years, Racing had won their first title: Champions of Alsace.

On June 10, 1933, at the “restaurant de la Bourse”, Racing made the big jump to the professional ranks after a General Assembly that confirmed the addition of Racing. Several months later, they reached Division 1 for the first time, after two two-legged matches, firstly against Mulhouse (0-0 and 3-1), and then against Saint-Etienne (2-0 and 4-4). Ligue 1 is the top division of French football, one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 2. ... Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire, (ASSE or A.S. Saint-Étienne) is a French football team, playing in the city of Saint Étienne. ...

Racing immediately climbed to the top of the table, finishing 2nd in '34/'35, 3rd in '35/'36, 6th in '36/'37, and 5th in '37/'38. After World War II, the Alsatian club remained in the first division until the end of the '48/'49 season, when it was condemned to relegation; however, a massive stroke of luck occurred for Racing. Neighbours SR Colmar liquidated their professional team, and Racing was allowed to stay in the first division after all. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...

The First Trophy

The grace period was only temporary, however. After the '51/'52 season, the Meinau club was relegated to Division 2 after the worst season in club history. Nevertheless, Racing defeated US Valenciennes 3-0 in the French Cup final to claim their first major trophy. Ligue 2 is the second division of French football. ... The Coupe de France, the French Cup is a football cup competition open to both professional and amateur clubs in France. ...

The next few years passed without glory. Other than another French Cup victory in 1971, the seasons were spent alternating between the first and second divisions. Mediocrity reigned.

The Prettiest Page

At the end of the 1976/77 season, Racing was promoted to Ligue 1 once again. The promoted team ended the year in 3rd place and only got stronger. In '78/'79, the Alsatians finished first in the Division 1 and thus were Champions of France for the first and so far only time in their history. Ligue 1 is the top division of French football, one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 2. ... Ligue 1 is the top division of French football, one of two divisions making up the LFP, the other being Ligue 2. ...

That year they amassed 56 points, scored 63 goals, and conceded 28. They had the best defence in the league and boasted an undefeated record at home. Racing was at the summit of French football, and qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup the next season, only to be eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam. Official logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced Ah-yahx), is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ...

The success did not last, and Racing plunged into crisis. The 1980s was a difficult time, and the “Blues” found themselves back in Division 2 in 1986.

After defeating Rennes in 1991 by a score of 4-1, Strasbourg returned to the top flight in 1992. In 1995, a place in the final of the French Cup (where they lost 1-0) allowed Racing to have a taste of big matches and for the European Cup. They reached the last sixteen, where they were eliminated by Italian giants AC Milan. Stade Rennais Football Club is a French football club from the city of Rennes, currently playing in their 47th season in Ligue 1 (the top French division). ... Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club. ...

Two years later, they spent the season in and around the top of the table, before finishing in 9th place. That same year, the IMG group was chosen by the municipality to change the fate of the club and the players trained by the captain of the French champions in 1979, Jacky Duguépéroux, would write a new page in the history of Racing by taking the League Cup against Bordeaux. FC Girondins de Bordeaux is a French football team, playing in the city of Bordeaux. ...

A good run in the UEFA Cup would follow. After qualifications against Glasgow Rangers and Liverpool, in the first round of the knockout stage, Racing beat Inter Milan 2-0 at Meinau, but fell 3-0 in the second leg. UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ... For other teams called Rangers F.C. please see, Rangers F.C. (disambiguation) Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Liverpool Football Club (usually known simply as Liverpool) is an English football club that is based in Liverpool, Merseyside; the current champions of Europe (2005), they are also statistically the most successful English football team of all time. ... Internazionale Milano Football Club is an Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, which plays in the Serie A. It is more commonly known as Inter, and often named Inter Milan in foreign countries. ...

Since all the members of the club are rebuilding a future that all of Alsace hopes for, gorged with emotions to engrave again and again images of celebration in the heart of its supporters, like they saw on May 25, 2001, after the victory in the final of the French Cup against Amiens.

After a season in “purgatory” in 2001/2002, Racing re-took its place among the football elite in the Hexagon by finishing runners-up in Ligue 2.

The 2002/2003 season, in which Racing would come to finish in an encouraging 13th place, would be marked by the withdrawal of the IMG group and the arrival of a new and ambitious group led by Egon Gindorf, who succeeded Patrick Proisy as president, and by Marc Keller, named General Director.

Placed under the title “recapture”, the 2003/2004 season needed to allow Racing to stabilize the club amongst the national elite and to win the favor of the Alsatian public once again.

In 2005, Racing won their second domestic trophy in four years when they beat Caen 2-1 in the final of the League Cup, a feat which provided them with a passport to the 2005/6 UEFA Cup.

Following the 2005-2006 season Racing were relegated into the Second Division. Jean-Pierre Papin has signed a two year deal to coach the club as they look to return to the top flight.

Squad

There are currently 30 players in the first-team squad (as of March 10, 2006):

No. Position Player 1 GK Nicolas Puydebois 2 DF Yves Deroff 3 DF Jean-Christophe Devaux 5 DF Cédric Kanté 6 DF Ahmed Abou Moslem 7 FW Alexander Farnerud 8 MF Abd Rabo Hosni 10 MF Pontus Farnerud 11 MF Yacine Abdessadki 12 MF Gaëtan Krebs 13 MF Salim Arrache 14 MF Ulrich Le Pen 15 DF Arthur Boka 16 GK Stéphane Cassard 17 FW Szilárd Németh

No. Position Player 18 MF Pascal Johansen 19 MF Guillaume Lacour 20 FW Amara Diané 21 DF Karim Haggui 22 FW Haikel Gmamdia 23 FW Kevin Gameiro 24 MF Sidi Yaya Keita 25 MF Ricardo Faty 26 DF Yann Schneider 27 DF Edgard Gnoleba Loué 28 DF Habib Bellaid 29 FW Rudy Carlier 30 GK Mehdi Sennaoui 33 DF Jean-Christophe Vergerolle 34 GK Regis Gurtner

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Honours

• Ligue 1 champions (1): 1979
• Ligue 2 champions (2): 1977, 1988
• French Cup winners (3): 1951, 1966, 2001
• League Cup winners (2): 1997, 2005
• Intertoto Cup winners (1): 1995

Records

• Largest victory: 8-1 (v. RC Paris, 1946/47) and 7-0 (v. OGC Nice, 1962/64)
• Largest defeat: 0-8 (v. Limoges, 1959/60)
• Record appearances: René Hauss (421)

Managers since 1970

• Jacky Duguépéroux (October 2004 to date) (second time)
• Antoine Kombouaré (July 2003 to October 2004)
• Ivan Hasek (July 2001 to June 2003)
• Yvon Pouliquen (December 2000 to June 2001)
• Claude Le Roy (November 1999 to December 2000)
• Pierre Mankowski (January 1998 to November 1999)
• René Girard (January 1998 [interim])
• Jacky Duguépéroux (March 1995 to January 1998)
• Daniel Jeandupeux (1994 to 1995)
• Gilbert Gress (1991 to 1994) (second time)
• Léonard Specht (September 1989 to 1991)
• Albert Gemmrich (September 1989 [interim])
• Gérard Banide (September 1998 to September 1999)
• Jean-Pierre Dogliani (1988)
• Henryk Kasperzak (1987 to 1988)
• Robert Herbin (September 1986 to 1987)
• Didier Six (September 1986 [interim])
• Francis Piasecki (December 1985 to September 1986)
• Jean-Noël Huck (March 1985 to December 1986)
• Jürgen Sundermann (1983 to 1985)
• Roger Lemerre (December 1981 to 1983)
• Raymond Hild (1980 to December 1981)
• Gilbert Gress (May 1977 to 1980)
• Elek Schwartz (September 1976 to May 1977)
• Heinz Schilcher (June 1976 to September 1976)
• Paul Frantz (November 1975 to May 1976)
• Henryk Hollink (June 1974 to Novembeber 1975)
• Robert Domergue (November 1973 to May 1974)
• Casimir Nowotarski (June 1971 to November 1973)
• Paul Frantz (April 1971 to May 1971) (second time)
• Jelse Csaknady (February 1971 to April 1971)
• Paul Frantz (March 1968 to February 1971)

Former Greats

• Frank Leboeuf
• Frank Sauzée
• Arsène Wenger
• Danijel Ljuboja
• Olivier Dacourt
• Raymond Domenech
• Aleksandr Mostovoi
• Rémi Garde
• Youri Djorkaeff
• José Luis Chilavert
• Frank Farina
• Pascal Nouma

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External references

• ((French)) Official website
• ((French)) Historique