Racing Club Beirut

The club was founded in 1934 by several locals from the Achrafieh and Gemmayzeh districts of Beirut, Lebanon.{{Cite web|title=الراسينغ: نادي الأشرفية ومحيطها... يعاند التاريخ|url=https://www.asasmedia.com/news/386547%26p%3D666|access-date=2020-08-29|website=asasmedia.com|archive-date=2 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902173840/https://www.asasmedia.com/news/386547%26p%3D666|url-status=live}} The club's name is inspired from French football club Racing Paris, who the club's presidents supported. Racing played five years in the Lebanese Second Division, and got its first promotion to the Lebanese Premier League in 1940.

In 1953, Albert Kheir was elected as the club's president. He sought to heighten the club's status in the country, by buying 20-year-old Joseph Abou Murad from Intissar Chayyah, Said Haidar from Al Nahda, and Yuguslavian coach Ljubiša Broćić.

Racing Beirut played international friendly games against a variety of famous clubs and selections during the 1970s, including one against the Brazil national under-23 team.{{Cite web |title=RACING CLUB BEIRUT |url=http://www.abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/racing_club_beirut%202.html |access-date=16 March 2019 |website=abdogedeon.com |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202091537/https://abdogedeon.com/volleyball/NOUJOUM/racing_club_beirut%202.html |url-status=dead }}

The match between Ahed and Racing Beirut in the first matchday of the 2023–24 Lebanese Premier League, on 6 August 2023, was the first to test the use of video assistant referee (VAR).{{Cite web |last=Khaled |first=Nasser |date=26 July 2023 |title= |script-title=ar:تقنية الفيديو حاضرة في لقاء العهد والراسينغ |trans-title=Video technology will be present in the match between Ahed and Racing |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1257135 |access-date=27 July 2023 |website=Kooora |language=ar |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727194407/https://www.kooora.com/?n=1257135 |url-status=live }}

Historically, during the 1960s and 1970s, Racing's main rivals were Nejmeh, also from Beirut. Racing plays the Achrafieh derby with Sagesse.{{Cite web|url=http://elieattieh.blogspot.com/2015/10/|title=مبارتا دربي اﻷشرفية!|language=en|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523233318/http://elieattieh.blogspot.com/2015/10/|url-status=live}}

{{updated|6 September 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/racing-club-bayrut/16375/|title=Racing Club Bayrūt|website=Global Sports Archive|access-date=1 October 2022|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928090302/https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/racing-club-bayrut/16375/|url-status=live}}

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• 2014–2016: Diadora
• 2016–2018: Joma
• 2018–2022: Capelli Sport
• 2022–: Joma

• Lebanese Premier League
• Winners (3): 1955–56, 1964–65, 1969–70
• Lebanese Second Division
• Winners (4): 1938–39, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2022–23

• Lebanese Challenge Cup (defunct)
• Winners (2; joint record): 2016, 2017
• Lebanese FA Cup
• Runners-up (2): 1944–45, 1947–48

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• {{Flagicon|Romania}} Dorian Marin (2004–2005)
• {{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} Libor Pala (2012–2015)
• {{Flagicon|Romania}} Eugen Moldovan (2015–2016)
• {{Flagicon|Lebanon}} Moussa Hojeij (2016–2017)
• {{Flagicon|Lebanon}} Roda Antar (2017–2019)
• {{Flagicon|Lebanon}} Jalal Radwan (2019–2020)
• {{Flagicon|Lebanon}} Said Jraidini (2020–2021)
• {{Flagicon|Palestine}} Ismail Kortam (2021–2023)
• {{Flagicon|Montenegro}} Vladimir Vujović (2023–2024)
• {{Flagicon|Sudan}} Osama Sakr (2025–Present)

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