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Round 1

  1. Racing Club de Avellaneda are known throughout Argentine football by which nickname?
  2. In which year was Racing Club founded?
  3. Racing won the 1967 Intercontinental Cup by beating the reigning European champions. Which club was that?
  4. Racing contest the Avellaneda derby, one of the most bitter rivalries in Argentina, with which club?
  5. When Racing's stadium, El Cilindro, was inaugurated in 1950, it was officially named after which Argentine president?
  6. Racing won their first Argentine championship in 1913 and then took over the amateur era. How many league titles did they win in a row?
  7. Racing's 1966 championship side is remembered as 'El Equipo de José', after the coach who built it. Who was he?
  8. Racing won the 1967 Copa Libertadores after a final that needed a third match. Which club did they beat?
  9. The 1967 Intercontinental Cup between Racing and the European champions went to a play-off after the sides won a leg each. In which stadium was the decider staged?
  10. Who scored the only goal of the 1967 Intercontinental Cup play-off, the strike that made Racing world club champions?
Answers — round 1
  1. La Academia — La Academia — "The Academy" — stuck during their 1910s dominance, when Racing were seen as the finishing school of Argentine football. El Ciclón is San Lorenzo, El Rojo is Independiente and El Fortín is Vélez Sarsfield.
  2. 1903 — Racing were founded on 25 March 1903 in the town then called Barracas al Sud, later renamed Avellaneda. Their neighbours Independiente followed in 1905.
  3. Celtic — Celtic had won the European Cup in Lisbon in May 1967, and the tie with Racing went all the way to a play-off. Manchester United were European champions in 1968, Inter in 1964 and 1965, Real Madrid in 1966.
  4. Independiente — Independiente's ground sits only a few hundred metres from El Cilindro, on the other side of Avenida Mitre — the two clubs share the same streets in Avellaneda.
  5. Juan Domingo Perón — The Estadio Presidente Perón opened on 3 September 1950 with a 1-0 win over Vélez Sarsfield; Perón's government had helped arrange the financing. Its drum-like shape gave it the nickname El Cilindro.
  6. Seven — Seven straight championships, from 1913 to 1919 — the run that made them La Academia and the heirs to Alumni as Argentina's dominant side.
  7. Juan José Pizzuti — Juan José Pizzuti took charge in 1965 and the team was named after his middle name. He followed the league title with the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup in 1967.
  8. Nacional of Montevideo — Both legs against Nacional finished goalless — one in Avellaneda, one at the Centenario — before Racing won the decider 2-1 in Santiago in August 1967.
  9. Estadio Centenario, Montevideo — Celtic won 1-0 at Hampden, Racing 2-1 at El Cilindro, so the tie was settled at the Estadio Centenario on 4 November 1967 — a match so violent it is remembered as the Battle of Montevideo.
  10. Juan Carlos Cárdenas — Juan Carlos 'Chango' Cárdenas hit it from distance in the second half in Montevideo. Raffo, Maschio and Basile were all part of that same Racing team.

Round 2

  1. In which year was Racing relegated from the Argentine top flight for the first time in their history?
  2. Which trophy did Racing win in 1988 — their first international title since 1967 — with Alfio Basile as coach?
  3. Racing became the first Argentine club to win three professional league titles in a row, in 1949, 1950 and 1951. Which coach led that side?
  4. Claudio 'Piojo' López made his name at Racing before moving to Europe in 1996. Which club signed him?
  5. Roberto 'El Mariscal' Perfumo, the centre-back of Racing's 1967 side, left the club in 1971 for which Brazilian team?
  6. Avellaneda folklore says rival fans buried black cats at El Cilindro in 1967 to curse Racing. How many cats does the legend describe?
  7. Racing were Argentine champions in 1966 and then went decades without a domestic league title. In which year did they finally win one again?
  8. Racing were the first Argentine club to win the Intercontinental Cup, in 1967. Which Argentine club won it the very next year, beating Manchester United?
  9. Which manager, remembered for his "paso a paso" mantra, led Racing to the 2001 Apertura title?
  10. Racing sealed the 2001 Apertura on the final matchday with a 1-1 draw away from home. Which club did they draw with?
Answers — round 2
  1. 1983 — Racing went down in December 1983 on the relegation averages. They spent two seasons in the second tier before winning promotion back at the end of 1985.
  2. Supercopa Sudamericana — Racing won the inaugural Supercopa (then called the Supercopa Libertadores), beating Cruzeiro 3-2 on aggregate across Avellaneda and the Mineirão. They reached the first Recopa a few months later and lost it to Nacional.
  3. Guillermo Stábile — Guillermo Stábile, top scorer at the 1930 World Cup as a player, ran Racing through the tricampeonato while also coaching the Argentina national team.
  4. Valencia — Valencia paid around four million dollars for him in the summer of 1996, and he became an idol at Mestalla before joining Lazio in 2000.
  5. Cruzeiro — Perfumo joined Cruzeiro in a big-money move in March 1971 and became an idol in Belo Horizonte, winning three state titles, before returning to Argentina with River Plate in the mid-1970s.
  6. Seven — Seven, according to the story. Six were dug up over the years, and the hunt for the last one dragged on for decades — concrete laid since 1967 was broken up so the soil beneath could be searched.
  7. 2001 — The Apertura 2001, clinched on 27 December under Reinaldo 'Mostaza' Merlo, ended a 35-year wait for a league championship.
  8. Estudiantes de La Plata — Estudiantes, under Osvaldo Zubeldía, took the 1968 title against Manchester United. Boca won the trophy in 1977, River in 1986 and Vélez in 1994.
  9. Reinaldo Merlo — Reinaldo "Mostaza" Merlo's repeated "paso a paso" became the slogan of the campaign. Bianchi was winning Libertadores titles at Boca in the same period.
  10. Vélez Sarsfield — The 1-1 draw at Vélez Sarsfield's ground on 27 December 2001 was enough to clinch the title, in the middle of Argentina's economic and political collapse.

Round 3

  1. Racing clinched the 2001 Apertura with a 1-1 draw away from home on the final matchday. Who scored their goal?
  2. An Argentine court declared Racing bankrupt, the ruling that led to the club's football being handed over to a private management company. In which year?
  3. Racing's next league title after 2001 came in the 2014 Torneo de Transición. Who was the manager?
  4. Diego Milito returned to Racing in June 2014 at the age of 35 and won the title in his first season back. Which club did he leave to come home?
  5. Which Racing player was sold to a Serie A club in July 2018?
  6. Racing won the 2018-19 Superliga with a round to spare. Who was the manager?
  7. Who wore the captain's armband as Racing won the 2018-19 Superliga?
  8. Racing knocked the reigning champions out of the 2020 Copa Libertadores in the round of 16, winning a shootout at the Maracanã. Which club did they eliminate?
  9. Gabriel Arias, Racing's goalkeeper through their 2018-19 Superliga title, is a full international for which country?
  10. Racing won the 2024 Copa Sudamericana with a 3-1 victory in the final in Asunción. Which Brazilian club did they beat?
Answers — round 3
  1. Gabriel Loeschbor — Centre-back Gabriel Loeschbor headed Racing in front early in the second half. Estévez was the squad's leading scorer that tournament with seven.
  2. 1999 — The quiebra was declared in March 1999. Blanquiceleste S.A. took over the running of Racing's football at the end of 2000 and the arrangement collapsed in 2008.
  3. Diego Cocca — Diego Cocca ended a 13-year wait, Racing finishing the tournament on 41 points. Costas would deliver Racing's 2024 Copa Sudamericana a decade later.
  4. Inter Milan — Milito came back from Inter, where he had scored both goals in the 2010 Champions League final. Genoa and Zaragoza were earlier stops on his decade in Europe.
  5. Lautaro Martínez — Lautaro Martínez joined Inter, the biggest sale in Racing's modern history. Zaracho went to Atlético Mineiro two years later.
  6. Eduardo Coudet — Eduardo "Chacho" Coudet's side sealed it with a draw at Tigre on 31 March 2019, finishing with the best attack and the best defence. Beccacece succeeded him at Racing later.
  7. Lisandro López — Lisandro López captained the side and was also the tournament's top scorer with 17 goals, as well as its MVP.
  8. Flamengo — Flamengo, champions in 2019, were held 1-1 in Rio and beaten 5-3 on penalties on 1 December 2020, with Leonardo Sigali scoring Racing's goal.
  9. Chile — Arias plays for Chile despite being born in Argentina. He was also the hero of Racing's 2020 penalty shootout win in Rio.
  10. Cruzeiro — Cruzeiro were beaten 3-1 on 23 November 2024 through Martirena, Adrián Martínez and a late Roger Martínez goal. Corinthians had been knocked out by Racing in the semi-finals.

Round 4

  1. Which manager led Racing to the 2024 Copa Sudamericana title?
  2. Which Spanish club signed Luciano Vietto from Racing in 2014?
  3. Rodrigo De Paul came through Racing's youth system and was sold to Spain in 2014, two years before he joined Udinese. Which club bought him from Racing?
  4. Which Premier League club signed Claudio Yacob from Racing on a free transfer in July 2012?
  5. Diego Simeone's first job as a head coach was at Racing in 2006. Which club did he take charge of next, winning the Apertura later that year?
Answers — round 4
  1. Gustavo Costas — Gustavo Costas, a former Racing captain who had won the 1988 Supercopa as a player, delivered the club's first international trophy in 36 years. Gago had been in charge before him.
  2. Villarreal — Villarreal signed Vietto from Racing in the summer of 2014 and he hit 20 goals in all competitions in his first season there, earning a move to Atlético Madrid.
  3. Valencia — Valencia signed De Paul from Racing in 2014. He had a loan spell back at Racing in early 2016 before Udinese bought him that July.
  4. West Bromwich Albion — Yacob joined West Bromwich Albion on a free and spent six seasons at The Hawthorns, making around 160 appearances.
  5. Estudiantes de La Plata — Simeone left Racing at the end of the 2006 Clausura for Estudiantes de La Plata and won the Apertura that December, beating Boca 2-1 in a title playoff.

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