First national successes... and failures (1945–1976) RC Strasbourg Alsace
1966 cup winners @ strasbourg town hall. left right: gress, piat, stiebel, kaelbel
during 1960s, club able participate in inter-cities fairs cup city s foire européenne. in 1964–65 under paul frantz s guidance, racing ousted giants milan , barcelona before falling in quarter-finals against manchester united. year later, repeated cup winners beating champions nantes in final score of 1–0. on occasion, captain rené hauss accomplished remarkable feat of winning 2 cups same club 15 years-interval. other key team members during era included raymond kaelbel , young talents gilbert gress , gérard hausser. again, racing s triumph in cup not without controversy, reporter thierry roland said on live tv cup [was] leaving france , comment deemed offensive many in alsace. in 1968, racing started process lead merger 2 other clubs, association sportive culturelle de la meinau and, importantly, cs des pierrots 1922 strasbourg. merger effective in 1970 , new entity named le racing pierrots strasbourg meinau , or rpsm. pierrots successful amateur team – won national amateur championship in 1969 , 1970—but lacked sufficient structures jump professional play while racing more wealthy in search talent. merger appeared excellent opportunity build powerful football club in strasbourg , favoured business , political circles. however, wedding difficult 1 many internal struggles evidenced when of former pierrots left new entity 1971 re-found former club. same year, rpsm relegated despite arrival @ end of season of yugoslavian star ivica osim. usual, strasbourg won immediate promotion osim , 2 french internationals in ranks: jean-noël huck , marc molitor. in division 1 in 1972, club made 1 of biggest transfer blunders in history: osim sent sedan leave foreign player spot reinhard libuda. yugoslavian left strasbourg in tears helped sedan decent results while libuda suspended due match fixing scandal in germany , released in march 1973. in 1976, club again relegated , went old identity racing club de strasbourg, reflecting final failure of rpsm merger.
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