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Juventud Retalteca

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Juventud Retalteca
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Juventud Realteca
Nickname(s)El Equipo del pueblo
Algodoneros
Founded1951
Dissolved2012
GroundEstadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre,
Retalhuleu, Guatemala
Capacity8,000
ManagerRubén Alonso
LeagueLiga Nacional de Guatemala
Clausura 20105th (playoffs) Promoted
Websitehttps://web.archive.org/web/20100104104217/http://asojuventudretalteca.com/

Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Retalteca was 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.

History

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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

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

Honours

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Copa de Guatemala: 2

1980, 1985

Coaches

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References

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  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 – Prensa Libre (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Desaparece Juventud Retalteca – Guatefutbol (in Spanish)