Racing Club Beirut

Racing Club Beirut (Arabic: نادي الراسينغ بيروت‎), commonly referred to as Racing Beirut or Racing, is a football club based in Achrafieh, a district of Beirut, Lebanon.[1] They play their home matches at the Fouad Chehab Stadium and are primarily supported by the Christian community.[2]

Racing Beirut
Full nameRacing Club Beirut
Nickname(s)القلعة البيضاء‎ (The White Castle)[1]
Short nameRacing
Founded1935 (1935)
GroundFouad Chehab Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanGeorge Farah
ManagerJalal Radwan
LeagueLebanese Second Division
2019–20Lebanese Second Division (season abandoned)

Racing Beirut played international friendly games against a variety of famous clubs and selections during its golden era, including one against the Brazil under-23 team.[3]

Shirt manufacturers

Club rivalries

Racing plays the Achrafieh derby with Sagesse.[4]

Players

Current squad
As of 23 January 2019[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  LBN Mohammad Sadek
6 MF  LBN Mohamad Sebai
7 FW  LBN Hussein Tahan
8 DF  LBN Ali Sabra
9 DF  LBN Hussein Sayed
10 FW  LBN Rony Azar
11 DF  LBN Tarek Halloum
12 FW  LBN Elie Baradhi
12 MF  LBN Serge Said (Captain)
14 MF  SLE Khalifa Jabbie
15 MF  LBN Sultan Haidar
16 FW  NGA Emmanuel Onyeka
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  LBN Ali Fahes
20 MF  LBN Khodor Salameh
22 GK  LBN Mohamad Hijazi
32 DF  LBN Ali Ayoub
71 MF  LBN Karim Mekkaoui
– GK  LBN Majd Khalifeh
– DF  LBN Marc Mhanna
– MF  LBN Ali Khatoun
– FW  NGA Babatunde Noureddine Siqueiro
–  LBN Bassam Adada
–  LBN Mohamad Ali Rida
–  LBN Mohamad Nasser

Honours

League

Cup

Managerial history
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References
  1. "racing club beirut". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  3. "RACING CLUB BEIRUT". www.abdogedeon.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. "مبارتا دربي اﻷشرفية!". Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. "Racing Players and Stats". lebanonfg.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.


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