Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly called RC Strasbourg, Racing Strassburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: Fuessballmannschaft Vu Strossburri) is an Alsatian French association club of football established in 1906 and located in Strasbourg, Alsace. It has been a professional club since 1933 and currently plays at Ligue 1, the top league in French football, since it won this year's Ligue 2 championship. The club was moved to the fifth division of French football following the conclusion in the 2011-11 Championnat National season after going into financial liquidation. The club was renamed RC Strasbourg Alsace, they took home their first CFA Championship in 2012-13 and then become Championnat National champions in 2015-16. The stadium that the club plays in since 1914 has been known as the Stade de la Meinau.
It is among six clubs that have been awarded the three main French trophy competitions including The Championship in 1979 as well as the Coupe de France in 1951 the year 1966, 2001, in addition to the Coupe de la Ligue in 1994, 1997, 2005 and in 2019. Strasbourg is also one of the six teams that have played more than 2,000 matches in France's top division (spanning the course of 56 seasons) and has also played in 52 European matches since 1961. In spite of these achievements however, the team has not achieved its goal of establishing its place in the ranks of one of France's top clubs, relegation occurring every ten years from the beginning of 1950s. Racing has had its manager changed 52 times over the course of the 75 years of professional soccer and often due to pressure from supporters.
The future of Racing has always been linked to the past of Alsace. As with the area, Racing has changed nationality three times, and has a turbulent past. The club was established in what was an area of the German Empire The club has always insisted that it had Alsatian and popular roots against the initial Strasbourg-based clubs that were part of german-born elites. In 1919, when Alsace came back to France in 1919 and the club was renamed in 1919, it switched its title from "1. FC Neudorf" to the present "Racing Club de Strasbourg" to resemble the Pierre de Coubertin's Racing Club de France, clearly expressing frenchophilia. Racing players fought through World War II as most Alsatians were and were removed in 1939; annexed 1940, and attempting to avoid nazification and enlistment into the Wehrmacht between 1942 between 1942 and 1944. After 1944, when Alsace was finally returned to France the identity of Racing changed to Jacobinism and, for instance emotional victories during the 1951 cup and 1966 amid Franco-Alsatian disputes. In recent times Racing has been keen to highlight its European identity, as well as its strong local relationships.
On April 20, 2021, the club joined together to French Esport organisation Team Vitality for the FIFA eLigui 1 event, which was their first foray to competitive Esports.
