Strasbourg finished as champions of the CFA at the end of the 2012–13 season and returned to the National. "Le football alsacien-lorrain résiste à la dictature nazie", Dominique Rousseau, "SS Straßburg, C'était Son Nom", "Ligue 2 – Strasbourg: Patrick Proisy et Claude Le Roy mis en examen", AFP, 28 septembre 2006. He was joined a year later by his friend Claude Le Roy as manager. [11] That same year, the RPSM was relegated despite the arrival at the end of the season of Yugoslavian star Ivica Osim. [26], On 19 May 2017, Strasbourg sealed its return to Ligue 1 after a nine-year absence from the French top tier following a 2–1 home victory over Bourg-Péronnas to claim the 2016-17 Ligue 2 championship. Only one year later, Strasbourg was relegated following the worst ever season in the club's history. [30] Since 2007, the Flag of Alsace is featured on the back of the club's shirt. RCS started competition in Ligue 2 but immediately earned promotion to the top flight at the end of the 1933–34 season, going through a pair of two-legged playoff matches, first against Mulhouse (0–0 and 3–1), and then against AS Saint-Étienne (2–0 and 4–4). The final was played at Lille’s Home Stade Pierre-Mauroy. However, Gress quickly entered in conflict with many members of the club, including Ginestet, whom he violently attacked just after his side's defeat to Châteauroux in the inaugural league game. At that time, the new 1. In 1968, Racing started a process that would eventually lead to a merger with two other clubs, the "Association Sportive Culturelle de la Meinau" and, most importantly, the CS des Pierrots 1922 Strasbourg.
26.7, Foreigners: Previously (1973–2000; 2004–2007), Racing was equipped by Adidas, which has its French seat in Landersheim, between Strasbourg and Saverne. The 2001 Coupe de France winning team for itself included Yvon Pouliquen as manager and Corentin Martins as captain. Yolande BALDEWECK, "Des patrons rachètent le Racing Club de Strasbourg".

In 1947, the Strasbourgeois reached for the second time the final of the cup at Colombes, this time losing to Lille OSC 0–2. In the 1930s, the team was the only one in the area to jump to professional play and, with the help of good results during that decade, it built support all around the town. See more information. This is a record in French football only surpassed by Marseille. In most French clubs, defenders were told not to cross the midfield line and strikers had almost no defensive duties. [18] The club was taken over by a pool of local investors with former player Marc Keller staying as director-general. Under Furlan, the RCS was unable to preserve its spot in Ligue 1, mainly due to eleven consecutive defeats at the end of the 2007–08 season, a record for post-World War II football in France. Disclaimer: Although every possible effort is made to ensure the accuracy of our services we accept no responsibility for any kind of use made of any kind of data and information provided by this site.

That same year, the IMG–McCormack Group was chosen by the municipality to take control of the club. They were however back in the top flight after only one season in Division 2. [60] Dominique Dropsy, Léonard Specht and Gérard Hausser also earned more than 10 caps while Marc Molitor is one of the rare examples of a player being capped for the national team while playing in the Division 2. With the help of their primary-school teacher, they formed a team called "Erster Fußball Club Neudorf", commonly named "FC Neudorf". Other Mitteleuropa players fondly remembered include Elek Schwartz, Ivica Osim, Ivan Hašek, Alexander Vencel or Danijel Ljuboja while Russian Aleksandr Mostovoi is the last world-class star to play for Racing to this date. Gilbert Gress holds the record for the longest-serving manager at the club, both for a single spell (39 months between. In 1976, the future seemed somewhat dark for Racing: the club had been relegated for the second time in only four years, was torn apart by internal struggles following the failure of the merger and was desperately seeking municipal subventions to reach a balanced budget. Founded in what was then a part of the German Empire, the club from the beginning insisted on its Alsatian and popular roots, in opposition to the first Strasbourg-based clubs which came from the German-born bourgeoisie.