Racing de Santander

Real Racing Club played their first football match on 23 February 1913, losing 1–2 to neighbouring Strong. It was officially founded on 14 June, as Santander Racing Club, appearing in its first tournament during that summer (Luis Redonet Trophy) and being admitted to the Northern Federation on 14 November, eventually merging with Santander Football Club.

In the 1928–29 season, the Spanish League competition began. After a complicated elimination process to determine the tenth and final team for the new First Division, Racing successively beat Valencia, Betis and Sevilla. The club was part of the first goalless game in the league, against Athletic Bilbao. During the Second Republic, the classifications of Santander varied. In the 1930–31 season, they achieved the runner-up position in the Spanish League, tied at 22 points with champion Athletic Bilbao and third-place Real Sociedad. This is the highest finish achieved by the club in all its history, trained by the English Robert Firth and chaired by Fernando Pombo. They also participated in the International Tournament of Paris, falling in the semifinal to Slavia of Prague (2–1). In the 1930s, under the presidency of the academic José María de Cossío, it had varied positions, from third place in (1933–34) to low table rankings. In seasons 1934–35 and 1935–36, Racing played in the Commonwealth Championship of Castilla-Aragón, in which it finished second in the first season. Meanwhile, in Cantabria a lesser championship was…

La Liga Runners-up (1): 1930–31 Segunda División Winners (3): 1949–50, 1959–60, 2025–26 Promoted (6): 1972–73, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1992–93, 2001–02 Tercera División/Segunda División B/Primera División RFEF Winners (4): 1943–44, 1947–48, 1969–70, 2021–22 Group Winners (4): 1990–91, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19 Promoted (6): 1943–44, 1947–48, 1969–70, 1990–91, 2013–14, 2018–19 Cantabrian Championship Winners (13): 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1938–39, 1939–40 Campeonato Regional Centro: Runners-up (1): 1934–35