Racing Beirut

Racing Beirut

Full name	Racing Beirut
Nickname(s)	The No mercy team
Founded	1950
Ground	Bourj Hammoud Stadium Beirut, Lebanon
Capacity	10,500
Chairman	George Farah
Manager	Eugen Moldovan
League	Lebanese Premier League
2014–15	Lebanese Premier League, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Racing Beirut (Arabic: الراسينغ بيروت‎) is a Lebanese football team playing at the top level. It is based in Beirut. Their home stadium is Fouad Shehab Stadium. It is primarily supported by the Christian community.^[1]

Racing Beirut during its golden era played international friendly games against a variety of famous clubs and selections including one against the Brazil national under-23 football team ^[2]

Kit Manufacturer

• 2008: Adidas
• 2009: Lotto
• 2010: Lotto
• 2011–13: Adidas
• 2014– : Diadora

Achievements

• Lebanese Premier League: 3

1955–56, 1964–65, 1969–70

• Lebanese FA Cup: 0

Runners-up: 1945, 1948

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohammad Santina 4 DF Mohammad Sadek 5 MF Hussein Ammar 6 DF Mohamad Matar 7 MF Ali Ballout 9 FW Mahmood Kojok 10 MF Tarek Halloum 11 MF Moustafa Hassan 13 MF Serge Said (Captain) 14 FW Adnan Melhem 15 MF Ali Osman

No. Position Player 17 DF Ali Hamieh 18 FW Paul Rustom 21 MF Hassan Kleit 23 DF Mahmoud Kojok 24 DF Marwan Zgheib 25 GK Raoul El-Khazen 26 DF Andrei Villetairu 29 GK Majed Khalifeh 69 FW Rayan Semaan 77 DF Jihad Noureddine 85 FW Octavian Drăghici

Notable former players

• Sergey Erzrumyan
• Joseph Abou Murad
• Foud Sayegh

Notable former managers

• Ljubiša Broćić (1955)
• Ion Bogdan (1967–70)
• Dorian Marin (2004–05)
• Libor Pala (2012–15)

References

1. Montague, James (24 October 2007). "In Lebanon, even soccer is tainted by sectarian strife". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
2. http://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/racing_club_beirut%202.html