Racing Rioja CF

Racing Rioja Club de Fútbol was a football club based in Logroño, La Rioja. Founded in 2018 and dissolved in 2024, they held home games at the Campo de Fútbol El Salvador, with a capacity of 1,160 people.

Racing Rioja

Full name	Racing Rioja Club de Fútbol
Founded	2018
Dissolved	2024
Ground	El Salvador Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Capacity	1,160
Chairman	José Coelho
Manager	Óscar Sáenz
2023–24	Tercera Federación – Group 16, 12th of 18
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 2018, the club submitted their registration to the La Rioja Football Federation in August of that year, immediately entering in the Regional Preferente.^[1] In their second season, the club won promotion to Tercera División after finishing first in the first tier, also assuring a Copa del Rey berth.^[2]

In the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Racing Rioja qualified to the first round, but was knocked out by La Liga side SD Eibar. At the end of the 2023–24 Tercera Federación, the club dissolved after it could not pay their debts with the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE).^[3]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2018–19 5 Reg. Pref. 7th 2019–20 5 Reg. Pref. 1st 2020–21 4 3ª 1st / 1st First round 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 7th First round 2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 17th First round 2023–24 5 3ª Fed. 12th

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• 2 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
• 1 season in Tercera División
• 1 season in Tercera Federación

Former players

• Yuan Yung-cheng – Taiwan youth international player^[4]