Back الراسينغ بيروت Arabic الراسينج بيروت ARZ Racing Club de Beirut Catalan Racing Beirut German Racing Club Beirut Spanish باشگاه راسینگ بیروت Persian Racing Club de Beyrouth French Racing Beirut ID Racing Club Beirut Italian 라싱 베이루트 Korean
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| Full name | Racing Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | القلعة البيضاء (The White Castle)[1] سندباد الكرة اللبنانية (The Sinbad of Lebanese Football)[2] | ||
| Short name | Racing | ||
| Founded | 1934 | ||
| Ground | Fouad Chehab Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Chairman | Paula Faraoun Rizk[3] | ||
| Manager | Elias Friejeh | ||
| League | Lebanese Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | Lebanese Premier League, 6th of 12 | ||
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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.[1] They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the Greek Orthodox Christian community.[4][5]
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.
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