Argentine women's football club
Football club
Racing Club de Avellaneda Women, also known as Racing Club Women or just Racing Women, is the women's association football section of the homonymous Argentine sports club, which is based in the city of Avellaneda in Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1996 and appearing in Argentine championships sporadically until 2017, the women's football section of Racing Club currently participates in the Primera División A.
Racing has yet to win a title at the local level. Nonetheless, it has reached third place twice, once in the second division (in the 2017–18 season) and once in the first division (in the 2022 season).
History.
Pre-AFA era.
In 1978, a month-long metropolitan women's tournament was held, which was won by Racing Club. Some of the participating teams (the few that accepted women), in addition to the aforementioned champion, were Yupanqui, Excursionistas, Minué and San Fernando. Four players who had played in the unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup were on the Racing squad: Gloria 
"Betty" García, Marta Soler, Virginia Cattaneo and Norma Saralegui.
First official establishment (1996).
In 1996, Racing Club debuted in AFA tournaments in the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino of the same year. Even having withdrawn from it before its completion, they had a decent participation, finishing in fourth place.
During the championship they played a match against Boca Juniors at the club's stadium, something unusual for a women's team at the time.
Brief return to competition (2003–2005).
After not competing again due to lack of investment, in 2003, the team competed in championships continuously from Apertura 2003 to Apertura 2005.
Re-establishment (2017–present).
In 2017 they returned to official competitions and disputed the 2017–18 season of the second division, where they were promoted and returned to the first division by winning the Torneo Reducido beating Real Pilar in the final match by 2 to 1 on aggregate, thus obtaining the third and final promotion.
In their return to first division, Racing disputed the 2018/19 Championship, where they stood out being top of Zone A, qualifying to the Fase Campeonato, where they finished in seventh place with 9 points from 14 games played, 2 won, 3 tied and 9 defeats.
In the 2022 tournament, Racing had their best campaign in the history of the discipline, finishing third with 47 points, product of 15 wins, 2 draws and only 3 defeats in 20 matches played. the club also participated for the first time in the , where they were eliminated in the round of 16 against Belgrano.
On 30 August 2022, striker and captain Rocío Bueno becomes the first player in the history of women's soccer in Argentina to move to a foreign team on a loan with a fee (to Sassuolo of Italy).
On 7 July 2023, defender Luana Muñoz signed for Celtic Women of the Scottish Women's Premier League, becoming the first Argentine player to play for that league.
 "As of 13 March 2024".
Players.
Current squad.
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