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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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