Juventud Retalteca
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Algodoneros
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| Full name | Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Realteca |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | El Equipo del pueblo Algodoneros |
| Founded | 1951 |
| 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 | https://web.archive.org/web/20100104104217/http://asojuventudretalteca.com/ |
Club Juventud Retaltecos 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.
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
- 1980, 1985
