Racing Murcia FC

Racing Murcia
Full nameRacing Murcia City 1913 Fútbol Club
Founded1 September 2013; 11 years ago (2013-09-01) (as DiTT Redmóvil AD)
GroundEstadio Universitario
Capacity7,500
ChairmanJose Montelongo
ManagerPiero Lo Gato
LeaguePreferente Autonómica
2023–24Tercera Federación – Group 13, 10th of 18 (relegated)
Websitehttps://www.racingmurciacf.com/

Racing Murcia City 1913 Fútbol Club is a football club based in Murcia, a district in center of Murcia Center, Murcia, Spain. Founded on 1 September 2013, it plays in Preferente Autonómica, holding home games at the Estadio Universitario. The club is the current reserve team of Racing Cartagena Mar Menor FC.

History

The club was founded on 1 September 2013 under the name of DiTT Redmóvil Asociación Deportiva, being registered in the Football Federation of the Region of Murcia for the 2014–15 season. In 2016, the club was renamed into Racing Murcia FC, after being in the Preferente Autonómica.

In 2020, Racing Murcia achieved promotion to Tercera División, while also qualifying for the Copa del Rey for the first time in their history.[1] Funded by the Racing City Group, the club signed several former footballers to their organizational chart, such as Edwin Congo, and Paul Pogba's brother Mathias Pogba as a player.[2] Also in June 2021, the club appointed former Real Madrid and Liverpool legend Fernando Morientes as international director.

In January 2021, president Morris Pagniello signed former Real Madrid star Royston Drente.[3] In January 2022, Indo-Canadian businessman and former sportsman Steve Nijaar was announced as the new president. Jose Montelogo was announced as the new chairman of the club and new partner of Racing City Group after the 2022-23 season.

On 7 July 2023, after the Racing City Group acquired Mar Menor FC and renamed the club to Racing Cartagena Mar Menor FC, Racing Murcia became their reserve team.[4]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2014–15 7 2ª Aut. 1st
2015–16 6 1ª Aut. 7th
2016–17 5 Pref. Aut. 13th
2017–18 5 Pref. Aut. 15th
2018–19 5 Pref. Aut. 4th
2019–20 5 Pref. Aut. 1st
2020–21 4 3rd / 5th First round
2021–22 5 3ª RFEF 3rd
2022–23 5 3ª Fed. 4th
2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 10th N/A[i]
2024–25 6 Pref. Aut.

Notes
  1. ^ Reserve team of Racing Cartagena MM.

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 January 2021[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Ximo Ballester
3 DF Spain ESP Mario Martínez
4 DF Spain ESP Urzaiz
5 MF Spain ESP Monty
6 MF Netherlands NED Royston Drenthe
7 FW Spain ESP Joaquín Parra
8 MF Spain ESP Manolo
9 FW Spain ESP Carlos Álvarez (captain)
10 MF Spain ESP Fran Moreno
11 FW Spain ESP Chupi
12 DF Argentina ARG Juan Prefacio
13 GK Italy ITA Lorenzo Leone
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Spain ESP Chema
16 MF Japan JPN Yuya Kamon
17 FW Spain ESP Pekes
18 MF Spain ESP Cristo Martín
19 FW Spain ESP Nico Carrasco
20 FW Spain ESP Nico González
21 DF Spain ESP Sergi Valls
22 DF Spain ESP Juanjo García
23 DF Colombia COL Juan Sebastián Marín
26 DF Albania ALB Jurgen Nikolli
29 MF Lebanon LBN Joseph Khalife

References

  1. ^ "Racing Murcia". Racing City Group. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ "El Racing Murcia ficha a Edwin Congo y al hermano de Pogba" [Racing Murcia sign Edwin Congo and the brother of Pogba] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Joleon Lescott primer fichaje estrella del Racing Murcia" [Joleon Lescott first star signing of Racing Murcia] (in Spanish). Racing Murcia FC. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Nace el Racing Cartagena Mar Menor Fútbol Club alejado de San Javier" [Racing Cartagena Mar Menor Fútbol Club is born away from San Javier] (in Spanish). Murcia Plaza. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Equipo" [Team] (in Spanish). Racing Murcia FC. Retrieved 2 December 2020.