# Racing Club Beirut

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. They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the Greek Orthodox Christian community.
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
### Early history

The club was founded in 1934 by several locals from the Achrafieh and Gemmayzeh districts of Beirut, Lebanon. The club's name is inspired from French football club Racing Paris, who the club's presidents supported. Racing played five years in the Lebanese Second Division, and got its first promotion to the Lebanese Premier League in 1940.
In 1953, Albert Kheir was elected as the club's president. 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.
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.

### Recent history

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).

## Club rivalries

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

## Players
### Squad

    As of 6 September 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | LBN | Hadi Mortada |
| 2 | DF | LBN | Ali Fahes |
| 3 | DF | LBN | Hassan Bitar |
| 4 | MF | LBN | Hussein Saleh |
| 6 | MF | LBN | Mohamad Ghamlouch |
| 7 | FW | LBN | Haidar Abou Zeid |
| 8 | MF | LBN | Miguel Karam |
| 9 | FW | LBN | Ali Imad Moussawi |
| 10 | MF | LBN | Habib Shweikh |
| 11 | FW | LBN | Jimmy Kazan |
| 12 | DF | LBN | Ali Ayoub (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | LBN | Maygen Raad |
| 16 | FW | 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 |
| 21 | DF | LBN | Shadi Skaf |
| 22 | GK | LBN | Omar Idlibi |
| 23 | MF | LBN | Jehad Abou El Aynein |
| 30 | FW | LBN | Edmond Chehade |
| 70 | DF | LBN | Ibrahim Abou Jabal |
| 90 | GK | LBN | Hassan Ayoub |

## Shirt manufacturers

* 2008: Adidas
* 2009: Lotto
* 2010: Lotto
* 2011–2013: Adidas
* 2014–2016: Diadora
* 2016–2018: Joma
* 2018–2022: Capelli Sport
* 2022–: Joma

## Honours
### League

* 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

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

## Managerial history

* 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 (2023–2024)
* Osama Sakr (2025–Present)