- RCF Paris
Football club infobox
clubname = RCF Paris
fullname = Racing Club de France
nickname = "Les pingouins"
founded =1882
ground = Stade Yves-du-ManoirColombes (Hauts-de-Seine )
capacity = 7,000
chairman = flagicon|France Jean-Michel Jacquot
manager = flagicon|France Frederic Lipka
league = CFA Group A
season = 2006-2007
position = CFA 2, 1st (promoted)
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shorts1 = 000000
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pattern_la2 =
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socks2 = FFFFFFRacing Club de France is a football club based in
Paris . These days the club can be generally found playing in theChampionnat de France Amateurs , which is the fourth tier ofFrench football league system .The club is a historic team of French football, with a complicated history. Its halcyon days were in the 1930s and 40s, when it won the Division 1 in 1936, and the
Coupe de France in 1936, 1939, 1940, 1945 and 1949. The club was also successful at the beginning of the 1960s, finishing twice runner-up of Division 1 in 1961 1962. They then became involved in the financial crisis that engulfed the French game in the mid 1960s and went bust, dropping down the divisions in the process.The club was bought in the 1980s by French businessman
Jean-Luc Lagardère who wanted to build a team of stars but it was a failure. Since Lagardère departure, the club tries to regain its fame, playing at an amateur level.Honours
;French Division 1 Winner::1936;French Cup Winner::1936, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1949;French Division 2 Winner::1986;
Coupe Gambardella ::1987RC Paris in Europe
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963-64 :|
External links
* [http://allezracing.foot.free.fr/ Unofficial site (in French)]
* [http://unite.racing.free.fr/ Unite Racing : Fans ! (in French)]
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