C.D. Real Juventud

Club Deportivo Real Juventud is a Honduran football club based in Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara. The club currently plays in Liga Nacional de Honduras, after gaining promotion in Liga de Ascenso de Honduras 2007-08 Clausura season.

History

Real Juventud was founded in 1966. Since their foundation, Real Juventud used to played in the Fraternidad Junquera league in Santa Barbara. In 1983, the club started playing in Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras after they bought a category in that league.^[1] For the rest of their history, they played in Liga de Ascenso de Honduras until 2008 when they earned a promotion to Liga Nacional de Honduras, the highest league in Honduras, by winning both Apertura and Clausura championships after defeating Arsenal FC from Roatan and Social Sol from Olanchito respectively.

Their games for the 2008/2009 Apertura tournament will be televised by Honduran Channel 11. Since playing in Liga de Ascenso de Honduras, Real Juventud has had a working relationship with Marathon. For the upcoming tournament, Marathon has promised to loan out players to Real Juventud that are not part of the plans of their manager Manuel Keosseian.^[2]

Relegation and merge

Before the star on the 2009-10 Apertura season, Atlético Gualala achieved promotion to first division on 2008-09, however before the start of the tournament they choose to merged with Real Juventud who had recently relegated the same season, and then decided to stay with the name Real Juventud.

Honours

National Level

• Liga de Ascenso de Honduras: 2

2007-08 Ap, 2007-08 Cl.

Runner-up (1): 2005-06 Cl.

League performance

All-time record vs. opponents

• As of 2009-10 Clausura

Current squad

Apertura 2008-2009 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Notable players

• Carlos Paes de Oliveira
• Angel Paz (1965–69)

References

External links

• Official Website