Strasbourg

Some French teams haven’t been around for more than a few decades, while some have been part of the top division for many decades. One of the oldest clubs in France is Strasbourg. It has been around so long that it survived the two World Wars. Strasbourg remains a traditional club in the French Ligue 1. 

It spent some years as an amateur club but eventually became a top professional football club. And throughout its history, it has made appearances in the French Ligue 1 and other divisions. We can see that the team is an exciting side that would keep pushing, hoping for a spot in the European places. 

Strasbourg General Info

The team was created as Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace. They are also called RC Strasbourg, RCSA, Racing Straßburg, RCS, or Strasbourg. They are a team based in the City of Strasbourg in Alsace. And they play all their home games at the Stade de la Meinau, a stadium with about 26,000 seating capacity. 

Strasbourg is an exciting team that competes in the French Ligue 1 as one of the mid-table teams. The club’s president is Marc Keller, and Julien Stephan is currently the head coach. They continue to push for a spot in the top places. They hope to make it to Europe and compete at the highest level. 

Strasbourg History

A group of youngsters came together in 1906 to form a football club in the Neudorf neighborhood. It was in the old Straßburg, Elsaß-Lothringen city in the old German Empire. It is now Strasbourg, Alsace, France. They had the help of their primary school teacher, and in the end, the club was called Erster Fußball Club Neudorf.

They remained a local amateur club for a while. After the first World War, when the territory was returned to France, the club adopted the name Racing-Club Strasbourg-Neudorf before eventually becoming Racing Club de Strasbourg. However, the club remained at the amateur level until 1933. 

In 1933, they became a professional football team competing in the top-flight leagues. RCS began its pro journey in the Ligue 1 and spent a few seasons there. Eventually, they found their feet, and despite enduring the second world war, they remained a solid team that kept pushing throughout history.