Racing Club Beirut

Racing Beirut
Full nameRacing Club
Nickname(s)القلعة البيضاء (The White Castle)[1]
سندباد الكرة اللبنانية (The Sinbad of Lebanese Football)[2]
Short nameRacing
Founded1934; 90 years ago (1934)
GroundFouad Chehab Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanPaula Faraoun Rizk[3]
ManagerElias Friejeh
LeagueLebanese Premier League
2023–24Lebanese Premier League, 6th of 12
Current season

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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  4. ^ Maugendre, Axel (31 August 2018), "Ethnography of the Lebanese Football Clubs" (PDF), Athens Journal of Sports, 5 (3): 213–226, doi:10.30958/AJSPO.5-3-3, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019
  5. ^ Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2010.