# Racing Club de Montevideo

Racing Club de Montevideo is a professional football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently participates in the Uruguayan Primera División since winning the Torneo Competencia in 2022.
Racing CM is known as "La Escuelita" (The Little School) due to the high standard of players that have emerged from their teams. Racing is one of Uruguay's traditional teams, in terms of victories and fans. Recently, Racing has faced economic problems and struggled to remain consistent and perform well at the Uruguayan League. This drove the club toward economic reorganization and a transformation into a sports corporation (SAD), as is customary in Europe. An associated investment program created the basis for sporting promotion to Uruguay's first division in 2022. In the 22/23 season, the promoted team qualified for the qualifying round of the Copa Sudamericana at the first attempt. Following this change, Red&Gold Football, a joint venture between FC Bayern Munich and Los Angeles FC, became the new majority shareholder in the club, driving further investment into the club's infrastructure in order to further expand and improve the existing foundations.
Racing's main rival is Fénix, with whom they contest the Clásico del Oeste.

## Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

* Copa Libertadores: 1 appearance
       2010: Second Round
* Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
       2024: Knockout Stage

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 5 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 | URU | Renzo Bacchia |
| 2 | DF | URU | Hugo Magallanes |
| 3 | DF | URU | Gastón Bueno |
| 4 | DF | URU | Guillermo Cotugno |
| 5 | DF | URU | Lucas Monzón |
| 7 | MF | URU | José Varela |
| 8 | FW | URU | Luis Gorocito |
| 9 | FW | URU | Dylan Nandín |
| 10 | FW | URU | Juan Rivero |
| 12 | GK | BRA | Alexandre Castro |
| 14 | MF | URU | Erik De Los Santos |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Mateo Cáceres (on loan from Tigre) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | URU | Robinson Ferreira |
| 18 | FW | URU | Agustín Alaniz |
| 20 | FW | URU | Jonathan Urretaviscaya |
| 21 | MF | URU | Lucas Rodríguez |
| 23 | FW | URU | Nicolás Sosa |
| 24 | MF | URU | Rodrigo Teliz |
| 25 | GK | URU | Rodrigo Odriozola |
| 26 | FW | URU | Hugo Silveira |
| 29 | FW | URU | Alexander Hernández |
| 32 | DF | URU | Thiago Espinosa |
| 33 | DF | URU | Germán Peralta |
| 34 | DF | URU | Agustín Pereira |

### 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.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ECU | Oscar Quiñónez (at Orense until 31 December 2024) |
| — | FW | URU | Mateo Carrizo (at La Luz until 31 December 2024) |
| — | FW | ARG | Carlos Airala (at Oriental until 31 December 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | URU | Axel Pérez (at Fénix until 31 December 2024) |
| — | FW | URU | Rodrigo Rey (at La Luz until 31 December 2024) |
| — | FW | ARG | Tomás Verón Lupi (at Grasshoppers until 30 June 2025) |

## Notable coaches

* Julio "Cascarilla" Morales (1983–87)
* Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (1 July 1992 – 31 December 1992)
* Adolfo Barán (1 July 1998 – 30 June 1999)
* Gerardo Pelusso (1 January 2000 – 31 December 2000)
* Julio Acuña (17 April 2002 – 31 December 2002), (1 January 2007 – 1 July 2007)
* Eduardo Favaro (1 August 2007 – 27 December 2007)
* José Puente (1 January 2008 – 31 December 2008)
* Juan Verzeri (1 July 2008 – 6 May 2010)
* José Puente (2010)
* Álvaro Regueira (Oct 2010)
* Edgardo Arias (4 October 2010 – 19 April 2011)
* Osvaldo Streccia (1 July 2011 – 21 December 2011)
* Jorge Giordano (23 December 2011 – 8 October 2012)
* Miguel Angel Piazza (9 October 2012 – 3 January 2013)
* Juan Tejera (5 January 2013 – 30 June 2013)
* Rosario Martínez (1 July 2013 – 31 December 2013)
* Mauricio Larriera (3 January 2014–)

## Titles

* Segunda División: 5
       1955, 1958, 1974, 1989, 2008
* Divisional Intermedia: 3
       1923, 1929, 1930

## Other teams

Racing Club de Montevideo also has a esports division, with a squad of FIFA video game series, competing in the championship organized by the Uruguayan Virtual Football Federation.