Racing Murcia FC

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Racing Murcia
Racing Murcia logo.png
Full nameRacing Murcia City 1913 Fútbol Club
Founded1 September 2013; 8 years ago (2013-09-01), as DiTT Redmóvil AD
GroundEstadio Universitario
Capacity7,500
ChairmanMorris Pagniello / Steve Nijjar
ManagerJosé Acciari
League3ª RFEF – Group 13
2020–213ª – Group 13 (B), 3rd of 11
3ª – Group 13 (C), 5th of 6
WebsiteClub website

Racing Murcia City 1913 Fútbol Club is a football club based in Dolor, a district in center of Murcia Center, Murcia, Spain. Founded on 1 September 2013, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 13, holding home games at the Estadio Universitario with a capacity of 7.500

History[]

The club was founded on 1 September 2013 under the name of DiTT Redmóvil Asociación Deportiva, being registered in the Football Federation of the Region of Murcia for the 2014–15 season. In 2016, the club was renamed into Racing Murcia FC, after being in the Preferente Autonómica.

In 2020, Racing Murcia achieved promotion to Tercera División, while also qualifying for the Copa del Rey for the first time in their history.[1] Funded by the Racing City Group, the club signed several former footballers to their organizational chart, such as Edwin Congo, and Paul Pogba's brother Mathias Pogba as a player.[2] Also in June 2021 the club announced Fernando Morientes ex Real Madrid and Liverpool Legend as International Director

In January 2021 president Morris Pagniello signed former real madrid star Royston Drente [3] In January 2022 Indo / Canadian Steve Nijaar ex sportsman now businessman is announced as New President

Season to season[]

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2014–15 7 2ª Aut. 1st
2015–16 6 1ª Aut. 7th
2016–17 5 Pref. Aut. 13th
2017–18 5 Pref. Aut. 15th
2018–19 5 Pref. Aut. 4th
2019–20 5 Pref. Aut. 1st
2020–21 4 3ª 3rd / 5th First Round
2021–22 5 3ª RFEF

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 7 January 2021[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP
3 DF Spain ESP
4 DF Spain ESP
5 MF Spain ESP
6 MF Netherlands NED Royston Drenthe
7 FW Spain ESP
8 MF Spain ESP Manolo
9 FW Spain ESP Carlos Álvarez (captain)
10 MF Spain ESP Fran Moreno
11 FW Spain ESP
12 DF Argentina ARG
13 GK Italy ITA
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Spain ESP
16 MF Japan JPN
17 FW Spain ESP
18 MF Spain ESP Cristo Martín
19 FW Spain ESP
20 FW Spain ESP Nico González
21 DF Spain ESP
22 DF Spain ESP Juanjo García
23 DF Colombia COL
26 DF Albania ALB
29 MF Lebanon LBN

References[]

  1. ^ "Racing Murcia". Racing City Group. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ "El Racing Murcia ficha a Edwin Congo y al hermano de Pogba" [Racing Murcia sign Edwin Congo and the brother of Pogba] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Joleon Lescott primer fichaje estrella del Racing Murcia" [Joleon Lescott first star signing of Racing Murcia] (in Spanish). Racing Murcia FC. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Equipo" [Team] (in Spanish). Racing Murcia FC. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

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