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{{short description|Association football club in Haiti}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Racing Haïtien | image = Racing haitien crest.png | upright = .8 | fullname = Racing Club Haïtien | nickname = ''Le Vieux Lion''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/club-profile/haiti/racing-club-ha%C3%AFtien/15308/ |title=Welt Fussball Archiv: Racing Club Haïtien |access-date=2015-05-13 |archive-date=2015-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084119/http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/club-profile/haiti/racing-club-ha%C3%AFtien/15308/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | founded = {{start date and age|1923|3|23|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.haiti-reference.com/loisirs/football/equipes.php |title=Haiti Reference: Le Football Haitien: Équipes et Clubs |access-date=2015-05-14 |archive-date=2017-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707131333/http://www.haiti-reference.com/loisirs/football/equipes.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/haitifound.html |title=Haiti – List of Foundation Dates |access-date=2023-02-03 |archive-date=2022-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203160813/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/haitifound.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ground = Stade Sylvio Cator | coordinates = {{Coord|18|32|9.81|N|72|20|32.79|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | capacity = 15,000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/cwc-final-all-time-results-scorers |title=CWC Final: All-Time Results & Scorers |editor=Press |date=26 October 2014 |publisher=CONCACAF |access-date=1 February 2016 |archive-date=30 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830233841/https://www.concacaf.com/article/cwc-final-all-time-results-scorers |url-status=live }}</ref> | chairman = Sylvain Olivier | manager = Étienne Clément | league = Ligue Haïtienne<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/haiti2016.html |title=Haiti: Championnat National D1 2016 |access-date=2023-02-03 |archive-date=2023-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404182522/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/haiti2016.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | season = 2016 | position = Ligue Haïtienne, 14th | website = | pattern_la1=_blueborder|pattern_b1=_navystripes|pattern_ra1=_blueborder|leftarm1=ffff00|body1=ffff00|rightarm1=ffff00|shorts1=000099|socks1=ffff00 }}

'''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.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOwQ82EArigC&q=RC+Ha%C3%AFtien&pg=PA163 |title=Soccer: The Ultimate Guide |date=19 April 2010 |page=163 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=9780756663186 |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227145550/https://books.google.com/books?id=BOwQ82EArigC&q=RC+Ha%C3%AFtien&pg=PA163 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOwQ82EArigC&q=RC+Ha%C3%AFtien&pg=PA163 |title=Soccer: The Ultimate Guide |date=19 April 2010 |page=163 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=9780756663186 |access-date=2 February 2015 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227145550/https://books.google.com/books?id=BOwQ82EArigC&q=RC+Ha%C3%AFtien&pg=PA163 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==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 <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/detcougars-car68.html |title=RSSSF- Detroit Cougars (USA) Caribbean tour 1968 |access-date=2023-02-03 |archive-date=2022-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127150633/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/detcougars-car68.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

== International appearances == *'''CONCACAF Champions League''' ::1963 – '''CONCACAF Champion''' ::1967 – first round (Caribbean) – group stage – 5th placed – 2 pts (stage 1 of 3) ::1970 – final round (Caribbean) – lost against {{Flagicon|SUR}} Transvaal (stage 3 of 3); ''unknown results'' ::1975 – ''Unknown results''; withdrew or disqualified ::1978 – first round (Caribbean) – lost against {{Flagicon|Guyana}} Pele FC 4 – 2 on aggregate (stage 1 of 4) *'''CFU Club Championship: 1 appearance''' ::2001 – second round – Group A – 2nd place – 2 pts

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==External links== *{{facebook|racingclubhaiti}}

Category:Football clubs in Haiti Category:Sport in Port-au-Prince Category:Association football clubs established in 1923 Category:1923 establishments in Haiti Category:CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning clubs