Racing de Santander

Racing de Santander

Full name	Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Los Racinguistas Los Verdiblancos (Green and White) Los Montañeses (The Highlanders)
Founded	February 23, 1913
Ground	El Sardinero, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Capacity	22,222
Chairman	Manolo Higuera
Manager	Ángel Viadero
League	2ª B – Group 1
2015–16	2ª B – Group 1, 1st
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1913 it plays in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at Estadio El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,222 spectators.

History

Racing de Santander played its first match on 23 February 1913, losing 1–2 to neighbouring Strong. It was officially founded on 14 June, as Santander Racing Club, appearing in its first tournament during that summer (Luis Redonet Trophy) and being admitted to the Northern Federation on 14 November, eventually merging with Santander Football Club.

In 1929 Racing first reached La Liga, lasting nine consecutive seasons in the category – finishing in second position in its third year – and fluctuating between the first and the second divisions (with four participations in the third) in the following 30 years. In 1950 the Cantabrians returned to the top flight after a ten-year absence, scoring 99 goals in only 30 games.^[1][2]

During the period of Francoist Spain, the club was renamed Real Santander in 1941, because of the prohibition of non-Spanish names. The name was restored in 1973 as the team returned to the first division one year after nearly relegating, under young manager José María Maguregui.

Racing de Santander was immediately relegated, going on to spend the following years again bouncing between divisions one and two, also being crowned champions in Segunda División B (the new third level, created in 1977) in 1991. Veteran Quique Setién returned to his main club the following year, helping it return to the top flight and scoring in the 1994–95 campaign against FC Barcelona, in a historic 5–0 home win.^[3]

In the 2000s Racing only played one season in the second division, winning promotion with Setién as manager. In 2007–08, under Marcelino García Toral, it finished in sixth position, thus qualifying to the UEFA Cup for the first time ever; additionally the club reached the semifinals of the Copa del Rey twice during this decade, being ousted by eventual runners-up Getafe CF and Atlético Madrid in 2008 and 2010, respectively.^[4]

On 22 January 2011 Indian business tycoon Ahsan Ali Syed, founder and chairman of Western Gulf Advisory, an investment company, purchased Racing de Santander, immediately firing coach Miguel Ángel Portugal.^[5] The 2011–12 season brought with it three different managers, and the side returned to the second level after one full decade in the top division.^[6]

At the end of the following campaign, Racing again finished in 20th position and suffered relegation,^[7] also being immersed in a severe institutional and economic crisis.^[8][9] In spite of that plight, the team was able to reach the quarterfinals in the 2013–14 edition of the domestic cup after ousting top-divisioners Sevilla FC^[10] and UD Almería;^[11] in the first leg against the latter, club fans stormed the presidential tribune at Estadio El Sardinero and assaulted chairman Ángel Lavín.^[12]

On 27 January 2014 Racing's players, citing several months of unpaid wages, announced that they would not play their upcoming Cup match unless the club's president and board resigned. Three days later, prior to the second leg against Real Sociedad and after a 1–3 loss in the first match, Racing players gathered at the centre circle immediately after kick-off and refused to play. Referee Jesús Gil Manzano suspended the game after one minute, and the home team was given a loss due to forfeit;^[13][14][15] as a result of the protest the club was fined and banned from the following edition of the tournament,^[16] and on 31 January Lavín was sacked, with former player Juan Antonio Sañudo being appointed his successor by practically all the shareholders.^[17]

Seasons

Recent seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1996–97	1D	13	42	11	17	14	52	54	50	Quarterfinals
1997–98	1D	14	38	12	9	17	46	55	45	3rd round
1998–99	1D	15	38	10	12	16	41	53	42	Quarterfinals
1999–00	1D	15	38	10	16	12	52	50	46
2000–01	1D	19	38	10	9	19	48	62	39	Quarterfinals	Relegated
2001–02	2D	2	42	19	14	9	58	37	71	Round of 64	Promoted
2002–03	1D	16	38	13	5	20	54	64	44	1st round
2003–04	1D	17	38	11	10	17	48	63	43	3rd round
2004–05	1D	16	38	12	8	18	41	58	44	3rd round
2005–06	1D	17	38	9	13	16	36	49	40	3rd round
2006–07	1D	10	38	12	14	12	42	48	50	2nd round
2007–08	1D	6	38	17	9	12	42	41	60	Semifinals
2008–09	1D	12	38	12	10	16	49	48	46	Round of 16
2009–10	1D	16	38	9	12	17	42	59	39	Semifinals
2010–11	1D	12	38	12	10	16	41	56	46	Round of 32
2011–12	1D	20	38	4	15	19	28	63	27	Round of 16	Relegated
2012–13	2D	20	42	12	10	20	38	51	46	3rd round	Relegated
2013–14	3D	1	36	17	15	4	55	27	66	Quarterfinals	Promoted
2014–15	2D	19	42	12	8	22	42	53	44	DNP	relegated

Season to season

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1929 1ª 10th Round of 32 1929/30 1ª 8th Round of 32 1930/31 1ª 2nd Round of 32 1931/32 1ª 4th Round of 32 1932/33 1ª 8th Round of 32 1933/34 1ª 3rd Round of 32 1934/35 1ª 10th Round of 16 1935/36 1ª 4th 4th round 1939/40 1ª 12th Quarterfinals 1940/41 2ª 6th 1st round 1941/42 2ª 4th Did not play 1942/43 2ª 7th DNP 1943/44 3ª 1st Round of 32 1944/45 2ª 6th Round of 16 1945/46 2ª 9th 1st round 1946/47 2ª 12th Round of 16 1947/48 3ª 1st 5th round 1948/49 2ª 11th 4th round

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1949/50 2ª 1st Quarterfinals 1950/51 1ª 10th Quarterfinals 1951/52 1ª 14th DNP 1952/53 1ª 11th Quarterfinals 1953/54 1ª 8th Quarterfinals 1954/55 1ª 15th DNP 1955/56 2ª 11th DNP 1956/57 2ª 8th DNP 1957/58 2ª 3rd DNP 1958/59 2ª 9th 1st round 1959/60 2ª 1st 1st round 1960/61 1ª 12th Round of 16 1961/62 1ª 14th Round of 16 1962/63 2ª 3rd 1st round 1963/64 2ª 4th 1st round 1964/65 2ª 7th Round of 32 1965/66 2ª 8th Round of 32 1966/67 2ª 12th 1st round

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1967/68 2ª 11th Round of 32 1968/69 3ª 2nd DNP 1969/70 3ª 1st 4th round 1970/71 2ª 13th 3rd round 1971/72 2ª 15th 3rd round 1972/73 2ª 3rd 4th round 1973/74 1ª 17th Round of 32 1974/75 2ª 2nd 3rd round 1975/76 1ª 12th Round of 32 1976/77 1ª 15th 1st round 1977/78 1ª 13th 3rd round 1978/79 1ª 17th Quarterfinals 1979/80 2ª 16th 3rd round 1980/81 2ª 3rd 3rd round 1981/82 1ª 12th 2nd round 1982/83 1ª 18th 2nd round 1983/84 2ª 4th 2nd round 1984/85 1ª 11th 2nd round

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 1985/86 1ª 12th Round of 16 1986/87 1ª 16th 3rd round 1987/88 2ª 14th Round of 32 1988/89 2ª 6th Round of 16 1989/90 2ª 17th 1st round 1990/91 2ªB 1st 4th round 1991/92 2ª 10th 4th round 1992/93 2ª 3rd 4th round 1993/94 1ª 8th 4th round 1994/95 1ª 12th 4th round 1995/96 1ª 17th 3rd round 1996/97 1ª 13th Quarterfinals 1997/98 1ª 14th 3rd round 1998/99 1ª 15th Quarterfinals 1999/00 1ª 15th 2nd round 2000/01 1ª 19th Quarterfinals 2001/02 2ª 2nd Round of 64 2002/03 1ª 16th Round of 64 2003/04 1ª 17th Round of 32 2004/05 1ª 16th Round of 32

Season Division Place Copa del Rey 2005/06 1ª 17th 3rd round 2006/07 1ª 10th Round of 32 2007/08 1ª 6th Semifinals 2008/09 1ª 12th Round of 16 2009/10 1ª 16th Semifinals 2010/11 1ª 12th Round of 32 2011/12 1ª 20th Round of 16 2012/13 2ª 20th 3rd round 2013/14 2ªB 1st Quarterfinals 2014/15 2ª 19th DNP 2015/16 2ªB 1st 1st round 2016/17 2ªB

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• 44 seasons in La Liga
• 33 seasons in Segunda División
• 4 seasons in Segunda División B
• 4 seasons in Tercera División

Honours

• Segunda División: (2) 1949–50, 1959–60
• Segunda División B: (2) 1990–91, 2013–14
• Tercera División: (3) 1943–44, 1947–48, 1969–70
• La Liga Runners-up (1): 1930–31
• La Liga promotion: (8) 1949–50, 1959–60, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1992–93, 2001–02
• Segunda División promotion: (4) 1943–44, 1947–48, 1969–70, 1990–91

European history

UEFA Europa League:

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2008–09	First round	Honka	1–0	0–1	2–0
	Group stage	Twente		1–0
		Schalke 04	1–1
		PSG		2–2
		Manchester City	3–1

Current squad

As of 30 September 2016

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

No. Position Player GK Iván Crespo GK Raúl Domínguez DF Borja Camus DF David Córcoles DF Miguel Gándara DF Julen Castañeda DF Leonel Bontempo DF Mikel Santamaría DF Samuel Llorca MF Alberto Gómez MF Álvaro Peña MF Borja Granero

No. Position Player MF Héber Pena MF Javi Cobo MF Kamal MF Laro Setién MF Óscar Fernández MF Sergio Ruiz MF Jorge Somavilla FW Caye Quintana FW César Díaz FW Mohamed Coulibaly FW Dani Aquino FW Pablo Goñi

Notable former players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Medhi Lacen Aldo Duscher Ezequiel Garay Lionel Scaloni Gabriel Schürrer Andrei Zygmantovich Erwin Lemmens Felipe Melo Henrique Mohammed Tchité Mauricio Pinilla Léider Preciado Rodolfo Bodipo Alexandros Tziolis

Omri Afek Dudu Aouate Yossi Benayoun Luis de la Fuente Giovani dos Santos Gerardo Torrado Mutiu Adepoju Sigurd Rushfeldt Euzebiusz Smolarek Vítor Damas Liam Buckley Marcel Sabou Vladimir Beschastnykh Ilshat Faizulin

Dmitri Popov Dmitri Radchenko Sergey Shustikov Nikola Žigić Nasief Morris Álvaro Cervera José Emilio Amavisca Juan Carlos Arteche Sergio Canales José María Ceballos Gonzalo Colsa Francisco Gento Luis García Javi Guerrero

Enrique Larrinaga Juan Carlos Javier Manjarín Marcos Alonso Vicente Miera Fernando Morán José Moratón Pedro Munitis Ismael Ruiz Salva Juan Antonio Sañudo Santillana Quique Setién Toño

Kennedy Bakircioglu Olof Mellberg Markus Rosenberg Fabio Coltorti Mehdi Nafti Nelson Abeijón Fernando Correa Federico Magallanes Mario Regueiro Christian Stuani Washington Tais José Zalazar Carlos Bocanegra Julio Álvarez

Former managers

Dates Name 1916–17 Pepe Beraza 1917–20 (empty) 1920–22 Fred Pentland 1922–29 Patrick O'Connell 1929–30 Francisco Pagaza 1930–32 Robert Firth 1932–33 Francisco Pagaza 1933–35 Randolph Galloway 1935–36 Francisco González Galán 1936–39 (empty) 1939–40 Óscar Rodríguez 1940 Cristóbal Martí 1940–41 Manuel Vidal 1941–43 Francisco Pagaza 1943–44 Manuel López Llamosas 1944–46 Gabriel Andonegui 1946–47 Pedro Areso 1947–49 Patrick O'Connell 1949 Francisco Hernández Galán 1949–50 Lino Taioli 1950–51 Antonio Barrios 1951–52 Jerónimo Díaz 1952 Félix Elizondo 1952 Enrique Palomini 1952 Fernando González Valenciaga

Dates Name 1952–54 Juan Otxoantezana 1954–55 Luis Urquiri 1955–56 Fernando González Valenciaga 1956–58 Enrique Orizaola 1958 Víctor Garay 1958–59 Juan Ruíz Cambra 1959–60 Louis Hon 1960–62 Otto Bumbel 1962 Luis Alfonso Villalaín 1962–63 Miguel Gual 1963 Fernando Argila 1963 Manuel Fernández Mora 1963–64 Louis Hon 1964–65 Rafael Yunta 1965 Rafael Alsúa 1965–66 José Valdor Sierra 1966–67 Ramón Cobo 1967–68 Laureano Ruiz 1968 Manuel Ibarra 1968–69 Ernesto Pons 1969–72 Manuel Fernández Mora 1972 José Francisco Bermúdez 1972–77 José María Maguregui 1977–79 Nando Yosu

Dates Name 1979 Santiago Gutiérrez Calle 1979–80 Laureano Ruiz 1980–83 Manuel Fernández Mora 1983–87 José María Maguregui 1987–88 Delfín Álvarez 1988 Santiago Gutiérrez Calle 1988 Hermann Stessl 1988–90 José Armando Ufarte 1990 Antonio Martínez "Pachín" 1990–92 Félix Bardera "Felines" 1992–93 Paquito García 1993–94 Javier Irureta 1994–96 Vicente Miera 1996 Nando Yosu 1996–98 Marcos Alonso 1998–99 Nando Yosu 1999 Miguel Sánchez 1999-00 Gustavo Benítez 2000 Andoni Goikoetxea 2000–01 Gregorio Manzano 2001 Gustavo Benítez 2001–02 Quique Setién 2002–03 Manuel Preciado 2003 Chuchi Cos

Dates Name 2003–05 Lucas Alcaraz 2005 Nando Yosu 2005–06 Manuel Preciado 2006 Nando Yosu 2006 Juan Ramón López Caro 2006–07 Miguel Ángel Portugal 2007–08 Marcelino García Toral 2008–09 Juan Ramón López Muñiz 2009 Juan Carlos Mandiá 2009 Juanjo González 2009–11 Miguel Ángel Portugal 2011 Marcelino García Toral 2011 Héctor Cúper 2011–12 Juanjo González 2012 Álvaro Cervera 2012 Juan Carlos Unzué 2012 Fabri González 2012–13 José Aurelio Gay 2013 Alejandro Menéndez 2013–15 Paco Fernández 2015 Javier Pinillos 2015–16 Pedro Munitis 2016– Ángel Viadero

See also

• Racing de Santander B – Racing's B team

References

1. "1929–1940 Inicio de la Liga: Siempre entre los grandes" [1929–1940 La Liga start: always with the big boys] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
2. "1949–1954 Temporada memorable y quinquenio entre los grandes" [1949–1954 Memorable season and five-year spell in top flight] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
3. "Quique Setién – Biografía (Racing 1992–95) por Aitor SL" [Quique Setién – Biography (Racing 1992–95) by Aitor SL] (in Spanish). Museo Verdiblanco. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
4. "Racing Club de Santander a semifinales de la Copa del Rey" [Racing Club de Santander to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey] (in Spanish). Golxtv. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
5. "Racing look to match big boys". ESPN Soccernet. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
6. "La Real certifica el descenso del Racing de Santander (3–0)" [Real certifies Racing de Santander's relegation (3–0)] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
7. "Descenso del Racing de Santander, Huesca y Murcia" [Relegation for Racing de Santander, Huesca and Murcia] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
8. "Pernía: Nunca me he llevado nada del Racing" [Pernía: I never took anything from Racing] (in Spanish). Goal.com. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
9. "Euforia en el Racing: "Trabajar sin cobrar es complicado, pero nos mueve el amor por el fútbol"" [Racing euphoria: "Working without getting paid is hard, but the love of football drives us on"] (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
10. "El Racing se da un gustazo" [Racing really enjoying themselves] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
11. "Crisis club Racing knock out top flight Almeria". Chicago Tribune. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
12. "Unos 20 aficionados asaltan el palco y agreden al presidente" [Some 20 fans storm tribune and assault chairman] (in Spanish). Marca. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
13. "El Racing saltará al campo para un 'simulacro' de partido" [Racing will take the field for 'drill' of a match] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
14. "Con el honor no se juega" [You don't play with honour] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
15. "Racing Santander match suspended after boycott". The Irish Times. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
16. Posada, Gorka (31 January 2014). "Racing hit with year-long ban for Copa del Rey protest against Sociedad". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
17. "El exjugador Tuto Sañudo, nuevo presidente del Racing" [Former player Tuto Sañudo, new president of Racing] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol team profile
• Club & Stadium History at Estadios de España (English)