Racing Rioja CF
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| Full name | Racing Rioja Club de Fútbol | ||
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| Founded | 2018 | ||
| Dissolved | 2024 | ||
| Ground | El Salvador Logroño, La Rioja, Spain | ||
| Capacity | 1,160 | ||
| Chairman | José Coelho | ||
| Manager | Óscar Sáenz | ||
| 2023–24 | Tercera Federación – Group 16, 12th of 18 | ||
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Racing Rioja Club de Fútbol was a football club based in Logroño, La Rioja. Founded in 2018 and dissolved in 2024, they held home games at the Campo de Fútbol El Salvador, with a capacity of 1,160 people.
History
[edit]Founded in 2018, the club submitted their registration to the La Rioja Football Federation in August of that year, immediately entering in the Regional Preferente.[1] In their second season, the club won promotion to Tercera División after finishing first in the first tier, also assuring a Copa del Rey berth.[2]
In the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Racing Rioja qualified to the first round, but was knocked out by La Liga side SD Eibar. At the end of the 2023–24 Tercera Federación, the club dissolved after it could not pay their debts with the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE).[3]
Season to season
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- 2 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
- 1 season in Tercera División
- 1 season in Tercera Federación
Former players
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Yuan Yung-cheng – Taiwan youth international player[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "El capital extranjero llega al fútbol riojano con el Racing Rioja" [Foreign money arrives at the Riojan football with Racing Rioja] (in Spanish). NueveCuatroUno. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "El Eibar visita al Racing Rioja, un 'tercera' con dos años de historia" [Eibar visit Racing Rioja, a 'tercera' with two years of history] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ García Arnáiz, Daniel. "El Racing Rioja deja de competir: no se inscribe en Tercera para la próxima temporada". NueveCuatroUno (in Spanish).
- ^ "Yuan Yung-cheng: Taiwan's first soccer pro in Europe". english.cw.com.tw.
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