Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Retalteca was a Guatemalan professional football club based in Retalhuleu and who competed in the Liga Nacional, the nation's top footballing division.
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Full name | Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Realteca |
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Nickname(s) | El Equipo del pueblo Algodoneros |
Founded | 1951 |
Dissolved | 2012 |
Ground | Estadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre, Retalhuleu, Guatemala |
Capacity | 8,000 |
Manager | Rubén Alonso |
League | Liga Nacional de Guatemala |
Clausura 2010 | 5th (playoffs) Promoted |
Website | Club website |
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]
They play their home games at the Estadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre.
Copa de Guatemala 2
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