Racing Power FC

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Racing Power FC
Full nameRacing Power Football Club
Founded2020
Ground Seixal, Portugal
President Nuno Painço
League Campeonato Nacional Feminino
2024–25 6th
Website https://racingpowerfc.pt/

Racing Power Football Club is a Portuguese women's soccer team based in Seixal.

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The team was founded in 2020, entering the Campeonato Nacional III Divisão Feminino the following year. [1] [2] Within three years, the team achieved promotion to the top-flight Campeonato Nacional Feminino.

History

The team's origins date to 2019, when Ismael Duarte, CEO of RPower Energy Drink and father of Paio Pires player Mariana Duarte, wanted his daughter to be able to continue her football career. He was joined by Nuno Painço, future president of Racing Power and the father of Benfica B player Beatriz Painço, and Pedro Sebastião, future vice president of the club and father of Racing player Beatriz Sebastião. [3] [4] [5] The following year, the team was created by splitting from Paio Pires FC and with the sponsorship of RPower Energy Drink. Exclusively a women's club, it had ambitions early on reach the top division of Portuguese football. [6]

Debuting in the Campeonato Nacional III Divisão Feminino, the team moved up to the Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino in its debut season. [6] It was built up over the following years, adding under-17 and under-19 sides, and won promotion to the top division after the 2022–23 season. Now coached by João Marques, the team reached the final of the 2023–24 Taça de Portugal Feminina, losing 41 to Benfica.. [7] [8] [9]

Players

Current squad

As of 12 May 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Ana Oliveira
2 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maliah Morris
3 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Raquel Infante
5 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Bárbara Azevedo
7 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Vanessa Marques
8 MF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Catarina Ferreira
13 FW Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Mercy Idoko
15 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Ana Assucena
17 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Taina Rodrigues
18 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Carolina Mendes
21 MF Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Gerda Konst
No.Pos.NationPlayer
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashley Barron
25 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Beatriz Rodrigues
26 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Ana Nogueira
28 DF Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Joana Pinheiro
29 FW Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Doly Djiatio
31 DF Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  PUR Mirianée Hernández
38 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Marta Ferreira
46 GK Flag of Cameroon.svg  CMR Michaely Bihina
57 FW Flag of Portugal (official).svg  POR Inês Gonçalves
78 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Bénédicte Simon

Record

YearDivisionLeagueReg. SeasonPlayoffs
2025 4 United Women's Soccer 2nd, East ConferenceConference Finals

References

  1. "Clube". Racing Power FC (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. "Racing Power FC é para chegar à Liga BPI em apenas dois anos - O Setubalense". osetubalense.com (in European Portuguese). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. SAPO. ""Sou o Jardel do Seixal". O adepto número um do futebol feminino e líder da claque do Racing Power, onde os pais da formação são os adeptos". SAPO 24 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. Abola.pt (17 May 2024). "Reportagem Racing Power: elas vieram para ficar! | Abola.pt". Abola.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  5. "Os segredos do Racing Power, o clube apenas de futebol feminino que vai ao Jamor com a promessa de ganhar a Taça e levá-la a Gouveia e Melo". Tribuna Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Reportagem Flashscore: Racing Power, o clube que quer "deixar marca no futebol feminino" | Flashscore.pt". www.flashscore.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  7. "Clube". Racing Power FC (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  8. Marques, Pedro (24 April 2024). "Racing Power e Benfica vão disputar a final da Taça de Portugal - JPN". JPN - JornalismoPortoNet (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  9. "Finalistas motivadas". FPF (in European Portuguese). 7 January 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.