Racing Club Beirut

Lebanese association football club

This article is about the men's football club from Beirut, Lebanon. For other similarly named sports teams, see Racing Club.

Football club

Racing Beirut

Full name| Racing Club
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| Elias Friejeh
League| Lebanese Premier League
2023–24| Lebanese Premier League, 6th of 12

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Current season

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]

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.

## History

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### Early history

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The club was founded in 1934 by several locals from the Achrafieh and Gemmayzeh districts of Beirut, Lebanon.[6] The club's name is inspired from French football club Racing Paris, who the club's presidents supported.[6] Racing played five years in the Lebanese Second Division, and got its first promotion to the Lebanese Premier League in 1940.[6]

In 1953, Albert Kheir was elected as the club's president.[6] He sought to heighten the club's status in the country, by buying 20-year-old Joseph Abou Murad from Intissar Chayyah, Said Haidar from Al Nahda, and Yuguslavian coach Ljubiša Broćić.[6]

Racing Beirut played international friendly games against a variety of famous clubs and selections during the 1970s, including one against the Brazil national under-23 team.[7]

### Recent history

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The match between Ahed and Racing Beirut in the first matchday of the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League, on 6 August 2023, was the first to test the use of video assistant referee (VAR).[8]

## Club rivalries

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Historically, during the 1960s and 1970s, Racing's main rivals were Nejmeh, also from Beirut.[6] Racing plays the Achrafieh derby with Sagesse.[9]

## Players

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### Squad

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As of 6 September 2024[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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3  | DF |  LBN | Hassan Bitar
4  | MF |  LBN | Hussein Saleh
8  | MF |  LBN | Miguel Karam
9  | FW |  LBN | Ali Imad Moussawi
12  | DF |  LBN | Ali Ayoub (captain)
13  | FW |  LBN | Maygen Raad
14  | FW |  LBN | Jimmy Kazan
16  | DF |  LBN | Mohamad Kdouh
17  | DF |  LBN | Andrew Al Azzi
18  | MF |  LBN | Joseph Aoun
19  | DF |  LBN | Mostafa Al Shamaa
20  | MF |  LBN | Hussein Jawad Khalife
22  | GK |  LBN | Omar Idlibi
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23  | MF |  PLE | Jehad Abou El Aynein
70  | FW |  LBN | Ibrahim Abou Jabal
90  | GK |  LBN | Hassan Ayoub
-- | GK |  LBN | Hadi Mortada
-- | DF |  LBN | Shadi Skaf
-- | MF |  LBN | Habib Shweikh
-- | MF |  LBN | Mohammad Ghamlouch
-- | FW |  LBN | Haidar Abou Zeid
-- | FW |  LBN | Edmond Chehade
-- | DF |  LBN | Ali Fahs

## Shirt manufacturers

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* 2008: Adidas
* 2009: Lotto
* 2010: Lotto
* 2011–2013: Adidas
* 2014–2016: Diadora
* 2016–2018: Joma
* 2018–present: Capelli

## Honours

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### League

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* Lebanese Premier League
* Winners (3): 1955–56, 1964–65, 1969–70
* Lebanese Second Division
* Winners (4): 1938–39, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2022–23

### Cup

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* Lebanese Challenge Cup (defunct)
* Winners (2; joint record): 2016, 2017
* Lebanese FA Cup
* Runners-up (2): 1944–45, 1947–48

## Managerial history

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* Ljubiša Broćić (1955)
* Ion Bogdan (1967–1970)
* Dorian Marin (2004–2005)
* Libor Pala (2012–2015)
* Eugen Moldovan (2015–2016)
* Moussa Hojeij (2016–2017)
* Roda Antar (2017–2019)
* Jalal Radwan (2019–2020)
* Said Jraidini (2020–2021)
* Ismail Kortam (2021–2023)
* Vladimir Vujović (2023–present)

## See also

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* List of football clubs in Lebanon

## References

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1. ^ a b "racing club beirut". abdogedeon.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
2. ^ "الراسينغ "سندباد الكرة اللبنانية" - صورة من الماضي". نداء الوطن. 4 July 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. ^ Maugendre, Axel (31 August 2018), "Ethnography of the Lebanese Football Clubs" (PDF), Athens Journal of Sports, 5 (3): 213–226, doi:10.30958/AJSPO.5-3-3, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019
5. ^ Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
6. ^ a b c d e f "الراسينغ: نادي الأشرفية ومحيطها... يعاند التاريخ". asasmedia.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
7. ^ "RACING CLUB BEIRUT". abdogedeon.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
8. ^ Khaled, Nasser (26 July 2023). تقنية الفيديو حاضرة في لقاء العهد والراسينغ [Video technology will be present in the match between Ahed and Racing]. Kooora (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
9. ^ "مبارتا دربي اﻷشرفية!". Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
10. ^ "Racing Club Bayrūt". Global Sports Archive. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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Seasons|

* 1933–34
* 1934–35
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* 2023–24
* 2024–25

2024–25 clubs|

* Ahed
* Ansar
* Bourj
* Chabab Ghazieh
* Nejmeh
* Racing Beirut
* Riyadi Abbasiyah
* Safa
* Sagesse
* Shabab Baalbeck
* Shabab Sahel
* Tadamon Sour

Organisations|

* Lebanese Football Association

Statistics and awards|

* Al-Manar Football Festival
* Top scorers

Associated competitions|

* Lebanese FA Cup
* Lebanese Elite Cup
* Lebanese Challenge Cup
* Lebanese Super Cup
* Continental
* AFC Champions League
* AFC Cup
* Arab Club Championship

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