Racing Club de France

During the 1900 Summer Olympics, Racing Club de France hosted the athletics events at Croix-Catelan Stadium (the club's previous home). Racing's zenith was the 1930s and 1940s, when the club won Ligue 1 in 1936 and the Coupe de France in 1936, 1939, 1940, 1945 and 1949. The club was also successful in the early 1960s, finishing second in the first division in 1961 and 1962. However, Racing was a focal point of the financial crisis affecting French football during the mid-1960s. The club's financial struggles resulted in its relegation to the lower divisions. In 1982, businessman Jean-Luc Lagardère wanted to build a team of stars and invested in the club as a second major club in Paris (with Paris Saint-Germain). Although he considered a merger of Paris FC and Racing, the Racing management refused due to a lack of detailed information on PFC finances. Lagardère bought the Paris FC (incurring a debt of more than four million francs) and renamed it "Paris Racing 1". Lagardère invested in experienced players in 1982 and 1983. Lagardère, determined to lead his club to the European Cup draws in 1987, hired Portuguese coach Artur Jorge after Jorge's victory in the European Cup with FC Porto. He completed the team with Gérard Buscher and Pascal Olmeta. However, the club fell on hard times and attendance declined. During the late 1980s, Racing lost 300 million francs.

The club, relegated to the amateur levels, sought firmer financial footing. In December 2008, Georgios Kintis tried…

Ligue 1 champions: 1935–36 Runners-up: 1960–61, 1961–62 Ligue 2 champions: 1985–86 Championnat National 1: 2003–04 (Group D) Championnat National 2: 2006–07 (Group F), 2022 (Group L) Division d'Honneur (Paris Île-de-France) championship: 1973 Coupe de France champions: 1935–36, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1944–45, 1948–49 Runners-up: 1929–30, 1949–50, 1989–90 Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques Championship: 1907 USFSA Paris Championship: 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1919 FFFA Ligue de Paris champions: 1931, 1932 Coupe Dewar champions: 1905, 1906, 1907, 1912 Runners-up: 1901