Juventud Retalteca

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Juventud Retalteca
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Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Juventud Realteca
Nickname(s)El Equipo del pueblo
Algodoneros
Founded1951
Ground Estadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre,
Retalhuleu, Guatemala
Capacity8,000
Manager Rubén Alonso
League Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Clausura 20105th (playoffs) Promoted
Website https://web.archive.org/web/20100104104217/http://asojuventudretalteca.com/

Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Retalteca is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Retalhuleu is in south-west Guatemala who competed in the Liga Nacional , the nation's top footballing division.

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History

Nicknamed Los Algodoneros (the Cotton pickers), the club was founded on 6 May 1951 by José Maria Olivar and Guillermo Gordillo. The club won promotion to Liga Mayor in 2009 [1] after spending years in the Primera División de Ascenso and defeated national champions C.D. Jalapa 5–0 in the season's opener on August 1, 2009.

In February 2012, a car accident in which midfielder Daniel Linares died left the team in shock. [2]

They were dissolved in 2012 after surmountable financial problems. [3]

Stadium

They play their home games at the Estadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre.

Honours

Copa de Guatemala: 2

1980, 1985

Coaches

References

  1. ↑ Juventud Retalteca asciende a la Liga Mayor Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine  – La Red Deportiva (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Futbolista de Juventud Retalteca perece en accidente Archived 2012-12-22 at the Wayback Machine  – Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Desaparece Juventud Retalteca Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine  – Guatefutbol (in Spanish)


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