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Racing Club de France Football
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<p>Racing Club de France Football, commonly known as Racing Club de France , is a French <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">football</a> club based in the <a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a> suburb of <a href="/facts/Colombes/jevRgLUc">Colombes</a>. </p><p>The club was founded in 1882 as a multi-discipline <a href="/facts/Sports_club/VHhC2HS1">sports club</a>, and is one of the oldest clubs in French football history. The club's football section was not founded until 1896. The team plays in the <a href="/facts/Championnat_National_3/L5kSBJ2I">Championnat National 3</a>, the fifth level of French football. </p><p>Racing Club de France, founded in 1882, was a founding member of <a href="/facts/Ligue_1/jtGrnX8g">Ligue 1</a>. The club has won one Ligue 1 title (in <a href="/facts/1935%E2%80%9336_French_Division_1/ynMePzFr">1935–36</a>) and five <a href="/facts/Coupe_de_France/tMtVcqDN">Coupe de France</a> titles (currently the joint fourth-highest total). Racing also played in the <a href="/facts/Union_des_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9s_Fran%C3%A7aises_de_Sports_Athl%C3%A9tiques/QG5ved6T">Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques</a>-sanctioned league, France's first championship league. The club debuted in the league in 1899 and won the championship in 1907 after finishing second in 1902 and 1903. The club holds the Ligue 1 record for most goals scored during a 38-match season with 118 goals in <a href="/facts/1959%E2%80%9360_French_Division_1/xckqaHcx">1959–60</a>. </p><p>Notable players of the club include <a href="/facts/Roger_Marche/G6b68sKw">Roger Marche</a>, <a href="/facts/Oscar_Heisserer/mKVArDrW">Oscar Heisserer</a>, <a href="/facts/Thad%C3%A9e_Cisowski/R3RnTldH">Thadée Cisowski</a>, <a href="/facts/Raoul_Diagne/V4mrrJ9n">Raoul Diagne</a>, <a href="/facts/Luis_Fern%C3%A1ndez/5F2efyQy">Luis Fernández</a>, <a href="/facts/Maxime_Bossis/GgYeMLxs">Maxime Bossis</a>, <a href="/facts/David_Ginola/dKm77pqb">David Ginola</a>, <a href="/facts/Lu%C3%ADs_Sobrinho/eVeSzlfF">Luís Sobrinho</a>, <a href="/facts/Pierre_Littbarski/dBgokoXh">Pierre Littbarski</a>, <a href="/facts/Enzo_Francescoli/DofnkkVc">Enzo Francescoli</a>, <a href="/facts/Alfred_Bloch/U28eBlzw">Alfred Bloch</a>, and <a href="/facts/Rub%C3%A9n_Paz/1rMh1FBm">Rubén Paz</a>. Diagne spent a decade with the club (1930–1940) and, in 1931, was the first black player on the <a href="/facts/France_national_football_team/sFSXkum8">France national team</a>. He played in the <a href="/facts/1938_FIFA_World_Cup/bhzDBP1G">1938 FIFA World Cup</a> with <a href="/facts/Abdelkader_Ben_Bouali/fWpSLDsX">Abdelkader Ben Bouali</a>, his Racing teammate who was one of the first <a href="/facts/North_Africa/ItxQAfs7">North African</a> players on the national team. From 2009 to 2012, the club moved to nearby <a href="/facts/Levallois-Perret/z7adreNC">Levallois-Perret</a> after reaching a financial agreement with the <a href="/facts/Communes_of_France/76pNg6kk">commune</a>. </p>