Racing Club de Avellaneda
Racing Club de Avellaneda, officially known as Racing Club or shortened to just Racing, is an Argentine professional sports club based in Avellaneda, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the Big Five clubs of Argentine football, and is also known as El Primer Grande, for becoming the first club in the world to win seven league titles in a row, first Argentine club to win a national cup, and the first world champion Argentine club. Racing currently plays in the Primera División, the top division of the Argentine league system, and plays its home games at Estadio Presidente Perón, nicknamed El Cilindro de Avellaneda.
Racing in 1910, when the squad promoted to Primera División
The 1913 team that won four titles in a year, including its first Primera División championship
The 1915 team achieved an outstanding mark of 95 goals in 24 matches
Racing squad that beat Banfield in 1951, winning their third consecutive league title
Avellaneda is a port city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 342,677 as per the 2010 census [INDEC]. Avellaneda is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, and is connected to neighboring Buenos Aires by several bridges over the Riachuelo River.
Avellaneda
The Central Produce Market, the nation's largest wholesaler from 1889 until its closure in 1963.
Monument to Nicolás Avellaneda on Alsina Square
Pedro Fiorito Hospital
