Racing de Ferrol
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Racing Club de Ferrol (founded in 1917) is a Spanish football team from the city of El Ferrol near the port of A Coruña in north-western Spain. The history of football in El 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 El 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 May 17 1917, when the final team as it stands today was finally established. These days plays in the Spanish Second Division.
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. During the early 1990s due to some re-planning of the metropolitan area of El Ferrol, the home stadium was re-located in to a new and more spacious area near the beautiful valley of Serantes with the new name of La Malata Stadium; which seats 12,042 spectators and offers the local Racing supporters plenty of room to celebrate each match "live".
Racing Club de Ferrol has played most of its live in the Spanish Second Division, although they have descended as low as third.
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Honours
- Champions of Galicia 1928-29, 1937-38, and 1938-39.
- Copa del Generalísimo runner-up in 1939.
- Promotion to the Spanish Second Division in 2000.
Famous players
- James Langtry (SECN-1920s)
- Juanito Gónzalez
- Gabriel Alonso
- Juanito Alonso
- Luis Cesar
- Manu
- Horcajada
See also
- El Ferrol
- Ferrolterra
- SECN "La Naval @ El Ferrol"
- Vickers-Armstrong
External Links
- History of the "Racing Club Ferrol" in Spanish (http://www.fdpracingferrol.galeon.com/historia.htm)
- The "Racing Club Ferrol" foundation web-page in Spanish (http://www.racingclubferrol.net/)
- The British School @ El Ferrol (1909-1936) (http://ferrol.historia.tripod.com/thebritishschoolatelferrol1926/)