Racing de Ferrol

Football club infobox
clubname = Racing de Ferrol


fullname = Racing Club de Ferrol| nickname =
founded = 1917
ground = Estadio de la Malata,
Ferrol, Galicia,
Spain
capacity = 12,042
chairman = flagicon|Spain Isidro Silveira Cameselle
manager = flagicon|Spain Manolo Sánchez Murias
league = 2ªB - Group 1
season = 2007-08
position = Segunda División, 19th
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Racing Club de Ferrol (founded in 1917) is a Spanish football team from the city of Ferrol, Galicia near the port of A Coruña in north-western Spain.

The colours of the club have always been green shirts with white shorts, though during the early years of existence they used to have green and white shirts with vertical bands. Racing de Ferrol has played most of its existence in the Spanish Segunda División, although they have descended as low as third.

History

The history of football in Ferrol is associated to the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and dry docks and the British technical advisors, hired to work locally who used to play against existing teams. During the late 1800s and early 1900s there were different football teams organized in Ferrol, though only one of them has survived, and as a result of an amalgamation of some other previous teams. Racing Ferrol Football Club traces its origins back to June 1919, when the final team as it stands today was finally established.These days they play in the Spanish Segunda División B.

In the season 2006/07 they gained promotion to Segunda División in the Segunda División Play-Off 2006/07 with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Alicante.In the season 2007/08 season they relegated to Segunda División B.

tadiums

Estadio de la Malata holds 12,042 and was built in 1993. The pitch dimensions are 105 x 68 metres

Racing have used three principle stadiums over the years, starting with Campo de Futbol Inferniño which they continued to use until moving to Estadio Manuel Rivera in 1954. This was an oval shaped enclosure with a single cantilever stand. In the 1970s, a cover was erected over the popular terrace.

In 1993 the metropolitan area of Ferrol built " Estadio de la Malata" to the west of the town, near the valley of Serantes. The total cost of the development was 1700 million pesetas.

The first match to be played at "Estadio de la Malata" was on 18 April 1993 when Racing de Ferrol beat Atletico "B" 3-2. The official inauguration took place on 29 August 1993 with a triangular tournament featuring the home side, Celta Vigo and Deportivo La Coruna

"see also cl|Racing de Ferrol footballers"

Manufacturer of clothing

*Trezze

ee also

* Ferrol
* SECN
* Vickers-Armstrong

External links

* [http://www.racingclubferrol.net Racing de Ferrol Official Website]
* [http://ferrol.historia.tripod.com/thebritishschoolatelferrol1926/ The British School @ Ferrol (1909-1936)]
* [http://www.geocities.com/ferrolhistory/Ferrol_Aerial_View_B_2004.html?1122747598687 Aerial Views of Ferrol in North Western Spain 2004]
* [http://circuloracinguista.org/mambo2/index.php| Circulo Racinguista]