Racing CH
Association football club in Haiti
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Racing Club Haïtien is a professional football club based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is one of the most successful clubs in the country's history.[6]
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| Full name | Racing Club Haïtien | |
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| Nickname | Le Vieux Lion[1] | |
| Founded | 23 March 1923[2][3] | |
| Ground | Stade Sylvio Cator | |
| Capacity | 15,000[4] | |
| Coordinates | 18°32′9.81″N 72°20′32.79″W | |
| Chairman | Sylvain Olivier | |
| Manager | Étienne Clément | |
| League | Ligue Haïtienne[5] | |
| 2016 | Ligue Haïtienne, 14th | |
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History
The club has won the most league championships in Haitian club history, 11, winning in 1937-38, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1953-4, 1958, 1962, 1969, 2000, 2002 Clôture and 2009 Clôture. In 1941, it captured the double after winning the league and the Coupe d'Haïti.
They are also one of only two Haitian clubs to have ever won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, along with Violette AC, winning in 1963.[7]
Honours
- Ligue Haïtienne (14): 1938, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 2000, 2002 C, 2009 C
- Coupe d'Haïti (2): 1941, 1944
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1): 1963
- Tournoi Haiti-Jamaique-Etats-Unis (1): 1968 [8]
International appearances
- 1963 – CONCACAF Champion
- 1967 – first round (Caribbean) – group stage – 5th placed – 2 pts (stage 1 of 3)
- 1970 – final round (Caribbean) – lost against
Transvaal (stage 3 of 3); unknown results - 1975 – Unknown results; withdrew or disqualified
- 1978 – first round (Caribbean) – lost against
Pele FC 4 – 2 on aggregate (stage 1 of 4)
- CFU Club Championship: 1 appearance
- 2001 – second round – Group A – 2nd place – 2 pts
