Juventud Retalteca

Juventud Retalteca

Full name	Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Realteca
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	https://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

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

Copa de Guatemala: 2

1980, 1985

Coaches

• Gregorio Bundio
• Manuel de Jesús Castañeda
• Daniel Casas
• Carlos García Cantarero (2010)
• Manuel Castañeda (2011–)
• Mauro Oliveira

External links

• Official Website

References

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)