C.D. Rácing Jr

Racing Junior de Armenia

Full name	Club Deportivo Racing Junior
Founded	1951; 74 years ago (1951), as San Juan and Club Deportivo Obrero
Ground	Estadio 21 de Noviembre Armenia, Sonsonate, El Salvador
Chairman	Lic. Ileana Trejo
Manager	Enzo Artiga
League	Segunda División
2015	Grupo Centro Occidente A, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Racing Junior de Armenia is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Armenia, Sonsonate, El Salvador.

The club currently plays in the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

History

On 1951, a group of Armenia citizens decided to form a team which represented their community passion for football. The club started out as San Juan, before being named Club Deportivo Obrero, the club was soon renamed in honor of Racing, a famous Argentine football club. After changing name they won their first title in 1953, being promoted to Liga B (currently known as Tercera Division), for the next two decades the club would remain in the division, however in 1970, the club defeated local team Club Leones to be promoted to the Liga de Ascenso (currently known as Segunda Division). The club came close to promotion to the primera division in 1983 and 1985, however they were defeated on both occasion by Chalatenango and Dragon respectively. [1] The club would be demoted to Tercera Division, In 2012, Racing Jr got revenge on Chalatenango by winning the playoff match.

They currently play in the segunda division.

On July 18,2024 Rácing Jr announced, due to economic reasons, they will not be competing in the Segunda division.[2]

Stadium

The club plays its home games at the Estadio 21 de Noviembre located at Armenia, Sonsonate, with a capacity of 2,329 seats.

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

• Primera División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions : N/A
• Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions  : N/A
  • Runners-up (2): 1983, 1985
• Tercera División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (2) : 1973, 2012
  • Play-off winner (2): 2013 ,2016 [3]

Current squad

As of 15 January 2024^[update]: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SLV Francis Urquilla 3 DF  SLV Markin Duran 4 DF  SLV Balmore Martir 5 DF  SLV Dennys Sales 6 MF  SLV Marlon Consuegra 7 MF  SLV Brayan Obregon Jr. 9 FW  SLV Rafael Burgo 11 FW  SLV Wilber Moran 12 MF  SLV Fredy Portillo 15 MF  SLV Samuel Hernandez 16 FW  SLV Luis Roman

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  SLV Williams Pinto 22 MF  SLV Gerardo Sorto 25 GK  SLV David Aguilar 26 GK  SLV Francisco Melendez 28 GK  SLV Eduardo Cruz 30 MF  SLV Cristian Villeda 31 MF  SLV Noe Hernandez 33 MF  SLV Paolo Ramirez 35 MF  SLV Eduardo Pinto 37 MF  SLV Marvin Anzora 99 FW  SLV Brandon Obregon Jr.

Coaching staff 2024/2025

Coaching staff

As of January 2024

Position	Staff
Coach	Enzo Artiga
Assistant manager	Franklin Cota
Reserve manager	Rodel Ayala
Goalkeeper Coach	Mauricio Huezo
Under 17 Manager	Francisco Argueta
Under 15 Manager	Jorgen Honorato
Sporting director	Bruno Matinez
Fitness Coach	Angel Villatoro
Team Doctor	Mirna Hernandez
Kinesiologist	Alexander Peña
Utility	Luis Desconocido

Notable players

Internationals who have played at Racing

• Jorge Búcaro
• Mauricio Cienfuegos

Coaches

• Arnoldo Carios (1977)
• Cristo Arnoldo Velásquez Farfán (1991)
• Cristo Arnoldo Velásquez Farfán (2005)
• Borís Romero (2012)
• Jorge Búcaro (2014)
• Elmer Guidos (2016–2017)
• Enzo Artiga (2018– June 2018)
• Fausto Omar el Bocho Vásquez (June 2018– March 2019)
• Efren Marenco (March 2019 – October 2019)
• Wilber Aguilar (October 2019 - March 2020)
• Hiatus (March 2020 - May 2021)
• Jaime Medina (June 2021 - December 2021)
• Angel Orellana (December 2021 - June 2022)
• William Osorio (June 2022 - November 2022)
• Enzo Artiga (November 2022 - Present)

References

1. "LA HISTORIA DEL C.D. RACING Jr. [FB-versión] | ARMENIA, SONSONATE, EL SALVADOR". Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
2. "Equipo de segunda división pone en riesgo categoría tras acumular deudas" [Second division team puts up spot due to accumulated debts]. ElGrafico.com (in Spanish). July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
3. "Racing Jr. Es un equipo de ???plata???". June 19, 2016. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.

External links

• Racing Junior 2017/2018 ZeroZero