Juventud Retalteca

Juventud Retalteca
Full name Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Realteca
Nickname(s) El Equipo del pueblo
Algodoneros
Founded 1951
Ground Estadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre,
Retalhuleu, Guatemala
(Capacity: 8,000)
Manager Manuel de Jesús Castañeda
League Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Clausura 2010 5th (playoffs) Promoted
Website Club home page

Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Retalteca is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Retalhuleu and who compete in the Liga Nacional, the nation's top footballing division. They play their home games at the Estadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre.

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History

Nicknamed Los Algodoneros (the Cotton plants), the club was founded on the 6th of May in 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.

Honours

Copa De Guatemala 2

1980, 1985

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
DF Cristian Vega
DF Rodolfo González
MF Raúl González
MF Jean Carlos Cedeño
FW Igor de Souza
Jairo Pérez
Daniel Linares
Erick Villatoro
Wilmer Odias
José Enrique López
No. Position Player
Ricardo Gutiérrez
Osiel Rivera
Jorge Eduardo Estrada
Cristian Roberto Álvarez
Carlos Vega
Julio César Monterroso
Hetzon Pereira
Rolando Blackburn
Alcibíades Rojas
Mynor Figueroa

Notable players

Coaches

External links

References

  1. ^ Juventud Retalteca asciende a la Liga Mayor - La Red Deportiva (Spanish)