Football Clubs from Former German Territories - Rc Strasbourg, FK Austria Wien, Sk Rapid Wien, Sk Sturm Graz, FC Metz, FC Mulhouse (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: RC Strasbourg, FK Austria Wien, SK Rapid Wien, SK Sturm Graz, FC Metz, FC Mulhouse, First Vienna FC, LASK Linz, Jeunesse Esch, VfB Admira Wacker Modling, FC Progres Niedercorn, AKS Chorzow, l sk wi toch owice, SR Colmar, AS Strasbourg, Wiener AC, Wiener Sport-Club, CA Spora Luxembourg, SC Selestat, SC Schiltigheim, Naprzod Lipiny. Excerpt: Racing Club de Strasbourg (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, RCS or simply Strasbourg) is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace. They currently play in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football, having been relegated from Ligue 2 at the conclusion of the 2009-10 season. The team has been playing at the Stade de la Meinau since 1914. The club is one of the six to win all three major French trophies: the Championship in 1979, the Coupe de France in 1951, 1966, 2001 and the Coupe de la Ligue in 1997 and 2005. Strasbourg is among the six teams that have played more than 2000 games in France's top flight (56 seasons) and has taken part in 52 European games since 1961. Despite these accomplishments, the RCS has never really managed to lastingly establish itself as one of France's leading clubs, facing relegation at least once in every decade since the early 1950s. This recurring gap between high expectations and disappointing results has more than once led to instability and crises: Racing has changed its manager 52 times in 75 years of professional play, often under popular pressure. The destiny of the RCS has always closely espoused the history of Alsace. Like the region of which it emanates, Racing has changed three times of nationality in less than thirty years and has a troubled, passionate history. Founded in what was then a part of the German Empire, the club has from the begin...