Color the Racing de Santander logo for free

About this drawing

Think of the Racing Santander crest as the badge of a charter member. When Spain launched its national soccer league in 1929, only ten clubs were in it, and this team from the northern coast made the cut. It was founded in 1913, so it was still quite young when it earned a place among the country's founding group.

It didn't take long for the club to make noise. In the 1930-31 season it finished second, the best result in its history and a remarkable feat for a mid-sized city. Since then, the team has been on a roller coaster, moving up and down between divisions. European soccer works that way, with promotion for top teams and relegation for bottom ones, unlike the closed leagues Americans grow up with.

Santander sits on a wide bay in Cantabria, a green region where meadows roll almost to the ocean. The stadium, El Sardinero, is located in the beach district, so a trip to a game can double as an afternoon by the water. As for the name, racing was simply a fashionable English word in the early 1900s, when modern sports were arriving from Britain and many Spanish clubs wanted to sound up to date. It has nothing to do with cars or horses, which often confuses visitors.

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