Esporte Clube Juventude, also known as Juventude, is a Brazilian football team in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. The club currently competes in the top tier of

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, the Série A, as well as in Campeonato Gaúcho Série A, the first level of the Rio Grande do Sul state football league. Major titles won by the club include the

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and the 1994 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Juventude also competes in the top tier state league of Rio Grande do Sul, having won it once, in 1998. Their greatest rival is Caxias, with whom it contests the Caxias do Sul derby, also known as CaJu.

History

Juventude was founded on June 29, 1913, by 35 youngsters from Caxias do Sul, descendants of

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immigrants, being one of the first football clubs in that community. Antônio Chiaradia Neto was chosen as the club's first president. On July 20, 1913, Juventude played its first game, against Serrano, from the city of

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, Rio Grande do Sul. The game ended 4–0 in favor of Juventude. On March 8, 1915, Juventude lost its first game ever. Fußball, from the nearby town of Montenegro, beat Juventude 4–1, ending a 23-game invincibility streak. On October 10, 1919, Juventude joined the Rio Grande do Sul state football association In 1920, the club became professional after signing some

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an players. On December 11, 1975, the first match against Caxias was played, which ended 1–0 to Juventude. The goal was scored by Da Silva. This match is known as the Ca-Ju derby. On May 25, 1993, Juventude signed a partnership with Parmalat, bringing more investment to the club. On December 4, 1994, Juventude won the second division of Campeonato Brasileiro, which was the first national title won by the club, gaining promotion to the first division. On June 7, 1998, Juventude won the

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without losing a single match. On June 27, 1999, Juventude won its most important national title, the

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, gaining the right to contest the Copa Libertadores in the following year. In

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, Juventude played the Copa Libertadores for the first time, but the club was eliminated in the first stage. Finally in 2013 Juventude finished Série D as 2nd and promoted to Série C for 2014 season. They ascended again to the Série B in 2017. Juventude returned to the top division of Brazilian Football Série A after a 13-year absence by finishing 3rd in the

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. In 2021, they finished in 16th in the tournament, ensuring they remain in Série A for the 2022 championship.

Stadium

Juventude's stadium is Estádio Alfredo Jaconi, inaugurated in 1975, with a maximum capacity of 23,519 people.

Honours

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 1 ::1994 *

: 1 ::

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(State Championship): 1 ::1998 *

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: 2 ::2011, 2012

Anthem

The club's official anthem lyrics were composed by Ernani Falcão, and the music by Rodolfo Storchi. There is another anthem, which is an unofficial one, and was composed (both the lyrics and the music) by Paulo Gazola, and is called Hino da Volta do Ju, meaning ''Anthem of Ju's Return''.

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

Technical staff

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: Beto Ferreira, Lucas Zanella, Adaílton Bolzan *

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: Marcos Galgaro *

Goalkeeping Coach A sports coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''coach'' is that of a horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the Hun ...

: Marcio Angonese * Physiologist : Marcos Galgaro *

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: Juliana Veber * Assistant Fitness Coach : Antônio Dal Pizzol *Development Analyst : Antônio Macedo, Josué Romero, Luan Garcia * Club Doctor : Michel Vigo, Rodrigo Zampieri, Alexandre Fay, Cristiano Raymondi *

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: Ricardo Finger, Jean Michelon * Masseurs : Cleber Fernandes, Leonardo Zapello

References

External links

Juventude Official websiteUnofficial website
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