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Racing Santander
Full name	Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Racinguistas,; Verdiblancos,; Montañeses
Founded	1913
Ground	El Sardinero,; Santander, Cantabria,; Spain; (Capacity: 22,271)
Chairman	Francisco Pernía
Manager	Miguel Ángel Portugal
League	La Liga
2008-09	La Liga, 12th

Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D., sometimes abbreviated to Racing or Racing Santander, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Santander which was founded in 1913. During the period of Francoist Spain, it was renamed as Real Santander in 1941 (because of the prohibition of non-Spanish names). The name was restored in 1977. The best result of the club was 2nd in 1930-31 season. Racing Santander finished 6th in 2007-2008 and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.

[edit] 1936 Algiers invitational tournament

In 1936, Racing de Santander competed in a four team invitational tournament in Algiers, Algeria. With Algeria then under French colonial rule, the official programme^[1] listed the venue as Stade-Velodrome Municipal d'Alger and the participants as:

Le Queen of the South - La Belle Equipe Ecossaise de Première Division

Racing Club de Santander - Favori des Championnats d'Espagne

Floriana - Champion Officiel et Vainqueur de la Coupe

R.U.A. - Champion de l'Afrique du Nord 1935

The match days were Thursday May 21 and Sunday May 24.

Home side Racing Universitaire d'Alger (R.U.A. for whom Nobel Prize winning author/philosopher Albert Camus had played in goals for their junior team) had already won both the North African Champions Cup and the North African Cup in the 30s (R.U.A. would win each twice by the decade's end). Goals by Willie Thomson and Joe Tulip saw Queens book a place in the invitational tournament final with a 2 - 1 victory against them.

In the final Queens faced a Racing Santander side who had just finished 4th in Spain's Primera División, notching home and away double victories against both Real Madrid and Barcelona. Racing had seen off Floriana in their semi final. Norrie Haywood's goal and a 1 - 0 scoreline saw victory for La Belle Equipe Ecossaise. The trophy can still be seen in Queens' club museum today.^[2]

[edit] Seasons

[edit] Recent seasons

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1997-1998	1D	14	38	12	9	17	46	55	45	3rd round
1998-1999	1D	15	38	10	12	16	41	53	42	quarterfinals
1999-2000	1D	15	38	10	16	12	52	50	46
2000-2001	1D	19	38	10	9	19	48	62	39	quarterfinals	relegated
1 season at lower levels
2002-2003	1D	16	38	13	5	20	54	64	44
2003-2004	1D	17	38	11	10	17	48	63	43
2004-2005	1D	16	38	12	8	18	41	58	44	3rd round
2005-2006	1D	17	38	9	13	16	36	49	40	3rd round
2006-2007	1D	10	38	12	14	12	42	48	50	2nd round
2007-2008	1D	6	38	17	9	12	42	41	60	semifinals

[edit] Season to season

Season	Division	Place
1929	1ª	10th
1929/30	1ª	8th
1930/31	1ª	2nd
1931/32	1ª	4th
1932/33	1ª	8th
1933/34	1ª	3rd
1934/35	1ª	10th
1935/36	1ª	4th
1939/40	1ª	12th
1940/41	2ª	6th
1941/42	2ª	4th
1942/43	2ª	7th
1943/44	3ª	1st
1944/45	2ª	6th
1945/46	2ª	9th
1946/47	2ª	12th
1947/48	3ª	1st
1948/49	2ª	11th
1949/50	2ª	1st

Season	Division	Place
1950/51	1ª	10th
1951/52	1ª	14th
1952/53	1ª	11th
1953/54	1ª	8th
1954/55	1ª	15th
1955/56	2ª	11th
1956/57	2ª	8th
1957/58	2ª	3rd
1958/59	2ª	9th
1959/60	2ª	1st
1960/61	1ª	12th
1961/62	1ª	14th
1962/63	2ª	3rd
1963/64	2ª	4th
1964/65	2ª	7th
1965/66	2ª	8th
1966/67	2ª	12th
1967/68	2ª	11th
1968/69	3ª	2nd

Season	Division	Place
1969/70	3ª	1st
1970/71	2ª	13th
1971/72	2ª	15th
1972/73	2ª	3rd
1973/74	1ª	17th
1974/75	2ª	2nd
1975/76	1ª	12th
1976/77	1ª	15th
1977/78	1ª	13th
1978/79	1ª	17th
1979/80	2ª	16th
1980/81	2ª	3rd
1981/82	1ª	12th
1982/83	1ª	18th
1983/84	2ª	4th
1984/85	1ª	11th
1985/86	1ª	12th
1986/87	1ª	16th
1987/88	2ª	14th
1988/89	2ª	6th
1989/90	2ª	17th

Season	Division	Place
1990/91	2ªB	1st
1991/92	2ª	10th
1992/93	2ª	3rd
1993/94	1ª	8th
1994/95	1ª	12th
1995/96	1ª	17th
1996/97	1ª	13th
1997/98	1ª	14th
1998/99	1ª	15th
1999/00	1ª	15th
2000/01	1ª	19th
2001/02	2ª	2nd
2002/03	1ª	16th
2003/04	1ª	17th
2004/05	1ª	16th
2005/06	1ª	17th
2006/07	1ª	10th
2007/08	1ª	6th
2008/09	1ª	12th
2009/10	1ª	—

41 seasons in Primera División
32 seasons in Segunda División
1 seasons in Segunda División B
4 seasons in Tercera División

[edit] Current squad

As of September 3, 2009.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Fabio Coltorti
2	DF	Henrique (on loan from FC Barcelona)
3	DF	Oriol
4	MF	Mehdi Lacen
5	DF	Christian
6	DF	José Ángel Crespo (on loan from Sevilla)
7	FW	Mohammed Tchité
8	MF	Gonzalo Colsa
9	FW	Alexandre Geijo
10	FW	Pedro Munitis
11	MF	Óscar Serrano
12	DF	Nasief Morris (on loan from Panathinaikos)
13	GK	Toño
14	DF	Pablo Pinillos (captain)
15	FW	Xisco (on loan from Newcastle United)

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Manuel Arana
18	MF	Edu Bedia
19	DF	Marc Torrejón
20	DF	Laszlo Sepsi (on loan from Benfica)
21	MF	Papa Kouli Diop
22	DF	José Moratón
23	MF	Toni Moral
24	FW	Luis García
26	MF	Luisma
27	MF	Sergio Canales
28	DF	Osmar Barba
29	DF	Juan Luis Cortijo
31	GK	Mario Fernández
32	MF	Dani Álvarez
37	DF	Picón

[edit] Out on loan

No.	Position	Player
—	FW	Jorge Gonçalves (at Vitória Guimarães)
—	FW	Damián Ísmodes (at Sporting Cristal)
—	FW	Juanjo (at Cordoba CF)
—	FW	Brian Sarmiento (at Girona FC)

[edit] Coaches

[edit] References

^ Back cover, 'Through the lens glimpses of Old Queen of the South', published by Dumfries and Galloway Libraries, Information and Archives with Queen of the South Museum, 1998
^ Profile of the Queen of the South 1936 overseas tour including the Algiers invitational tournament

[edit] External links

[0] Back cover, 'Through the lens glimpses of Old Queen of the South', published by Dumfries and Galloway Libraries, Information and Archives with Queen of the South Museum, 1998

[1] Profile of the Queen of the South 1936 overseas tour including the Algiers invitational tournament

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